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The Tupelo journal., 1905-05-05
The Closing ofplantcrsyiIIs School

The picnic and fishing party given
on Thursday, April the twentieth, by
Mr.. G. w. Smith, was one Of the most
enjoyable events of this season,
Many progressive games were played
while others gathered wild flowers on
the hillside and banks Of old Town creek.
Even this gentle stream as it mean
ders through wood and wild, murmured
to us its song Of cheer.
We have many reasons to feel thank
full for what has been accomplished
through the untiring efforts Of Mr..
Smith in rendering efficient and valuable
work during the school term and max
ing the closing time of joy and pleas
ure to the children.
The pupils and friends met at the
Acadamy on the following Saturday
afternoon and engaged in an old time
spelling match.
This feat of mental gymnastics gave
an additional charm to the occasion.
When the final victor was made
queen of the day, the artistic and beau
tiful maidens served cream and cake
to the hungry children, after all were
.erved in abundance this delightful
and happy evening came to a close.
Many eyes were dimmed with tears
when the hour Of parting came to
teacher, pupils and friends.
Fast as the rolling seasons bring
The hour of parting to those we love
Each pearl thatleayes the broken string
Is set in friendships crown above. :
A Friend.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-05-05
FINAL 1904 CROP REPORT.
Census Bureau Bulletin Places Crop
atl3,584,457 Bales Production
Breaks all Records,

The crop Of 1904, as returned the
ginners, land including linters, J
is 13, 584, 457 bales of 500 pounds.
It exceeds the crop Of 1903 by 3,
491, 1886 bales, or 35.4 per cent.
The largest crop produced in the
United States prior to 1904 was
that of 1898. which according to
commercial returns, amounted to
IL, 235, 900 bales, or 1873 per cent
less than the crop of 1904. The
average crop for the five-years
period ending with 1903 was 8,
892,047 bales, or 25.9 per cent
less than the crop of 1904.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-05-05
KILLING NEAR
PLANTERSVILLE
George Miller. a Negro. Killed
With . Shotgun in the Hands
Of Jordan Parker.


On Tuesday morning George
Miller, a negro. was shot and in
stantly killed by Jordan Parker,
at the latter's blacksmith shop
about a half mile from Planters
vile on the line of the Frisco
railroad. The weapon used was
a double barrel gun and two vol
leys were fired by Parker into
Miller's body. From the evil
dence produced by the state
Parker and Miller had had some
words a few minutes previous to
the killing at the house of a dar-
key named Taylor nearby, when
the parties cursed each other.
Parker returned to his shop and
when Miller went back in that
direction the shooting took place.
Miller received the flrSt vOlley In
his left breast. He was on his
horse at the time both shots were
fired. After the shooting Parker
came Immediately to Tupelo and
reported the matter and turned
himself over to Sheriff Kelly.
He was very much excited and
seemed to fear an attack from
the darkies. He was placed in
Jail to await a preliminary hear
ing.
Esquire McVay, of the Fourth
district and Esquire Pound, of
the Third, are hearing the evil
dence in the case as we go to
press. We have only heard part
of the evidence brought out by
the state, but go to press before
the case closes.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-05-05

The residence Of Pid Monaghan
living four miles northwest Of
NettIeton was burned to the
ground on Monday afternoon
From the report we have Of the
fire the family saved nothing
from the ravages lof the flames,
all the clothing and household
goods being consumed with the
house. Mr.. Monaghan was away
from home with several neighbors
fishing on Bigby when the fire
occurred. The loss is a complete
one and falls heavily upon Mr..
Monahan and hia family who
have the sympathy of every
one.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-05-05

the fire checked. There was
some delay in getting the water
at play, but whenit was turned
on by proper handling it proved
most effective and saved the
town from a great conflagration
No cause can be assigned for
the origin of the fire. The loss
will be in the neighborhood Of
SIS, 900.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-05-05
Revival Services

Beginning Wednesday night, May
nth. There will be revival services
at the Methodist church to continue
several days. Every body cordially
invited to attend
The Tupelo journal., 1905-05-05
New Depot For Jackson.

The afternoon session of the
Mississippi Railroad Commission
was devoted to arguments on the
petition of the Jackson Board of
Trade for the establishment of a
new union depot in this city,
The Board of Trade was repre-
sented by C. H. Alexander and
w. H. Watkins as attorneys, and
the organization, through these
gentlemen, expressed its opposi-
ton to the proposed plan of i'm
provment on the present.
A. McCourt of Memphis, Gen.
eral Superintendent of Southern
lines, appeared in behalf of the
Illinois Central, owner of the
present depot, and exposed op-
position to the building of a new
union depot at this time,
stating that it is certain that
Jackson will have at least one new
railroad in the near future, which
would necessitate a change of
railroad plans in Jackson, and
that if q new depot is built it
will not be on the present site.
Maj. M. Gilleas, Vice-President
of the Illinoise Central, was not
present at the meeting, having
been called to California by the
illness Of his daughter.
After the argument in favor
of a new depot had been delivered
Commissioner Kincannon said
that he believed that a new depot
should be erected in Jackson,
stating that two years ago he
voted to repair the present struc-
ture and that the road had spent
$50, 600 on it, which was not
satisfactory. He offered a reso-
luton that it was the sense of
the commission that there should
be a new depot at Jackson, which
was adopted unanimously. An
order formally directing the
Illinois Central road to erect a
new depot was not passed, butan
opportunity will be given the rail-
road and the board Of trade to get
together on the proposition, but if
impossible for them to do so, the
necessary order directing the
building the building Of q new
depot will be passed. The ques-
ton Of q new depot for jackson
has been before the commission
for about four years in one
shape or another.
Tupelo's firefghters were on
hand Monday night and rendered
The Tupelo journal., 1905-05-05

Two parasols were left in the Court
room the afternoon of the Baby Show
one a black silk, the other : childs
white silk. The owners may get the
parasols by calling at the Office Of the
Circuit Clerk.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-05-05
Pythians Take Notice.

An important meeting Monday night
May 9Th. A good attendance earnestly
renuested.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-05-05
TUpELo MISSISSIPPI FRIDAY NAY s. 1905 !

Our Mail Order Department brings this great
store to the door OF non-residents. Every order
matter how small. Letters OF inquiry solicited
The one great aim OF this department is to satisfy
in every way, and no house has better facilities
for SO doing.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-07-01
Course Of The Battle AS
Seen From Russian Ships

ing them scarcely visible In the fog,
doomed up to the westward of the Rus.
sian vessels. These Japanese consist.
ed OF four battleships and the armored
cruisers Tokiwa, Nisshin, Kasuga, Iva.
te and Idzumo. They Immediately op.
ened heavy fire, which was especial.
ly directed against the fagships OF the
various squadrons of the Russian feet.
Admiral Rojestvensky signaled to
the transports to place themselves on
the right of the squadron Of light cruz
sers. SO as to increase their distance
from the fighting portion Of the feet.
which was now holly engaged and suf.
fering under the well-aimed fire OF the
japanese.
Owing to the precision of the Japan
ese gunners and the concentration of
their fire on the flagship. within an
hour and a half the Kniaz Souvaroff
and the Osliabia were reduced to
wrecks and soon sank.
Almost at the same time as the Cd.
ening Of the engagement between the
battleship divisions q column of light
Japanese cruisers appeared from the
eastward and fell upon the retiring
Russian transports and the light crui.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-07-01
Lessons Of The Battle

London, June 10.-The\ Toklo corre-
spondent Of the Times. in an interest
ing account Of the naval battle in the
Straits Of Korea, says:
Admiral Togo entered the arena
with the best fighting material Of his
own squadron. four battleships and
the cruisers Nisshin and Kasugo. and
sixparmored cruisers, Togo steaming
fourteen and Kamimura sixteen knots.
The Russians opened fire at $4,000 me-
tiers. II was wholly Intellectual. The
Japanese reserved their fire until 1900
meters, when they fired six trial shots
and scored three hits. The battle then
became general. The Russians perpe-
tually essayed to force their way north
ward, but the japanese ,as constantly
headed them back. so the Russian
course described a loop. their ships
filing past the japanese, who poured
In deadly fire from three directions.
THE Russians maintained much the
higher rate OF fire, but their aim was
bad and Intellectual. Togo's strategy
completely succeeded But the most
important part of his plan remained
for night, loosening his squadron Of
torpedo boats upon the disabled Rus
slams, These rushed from three quar-
tiers, reserving their missiles till with
IN 800 meters and making practice so
deadly that 1t redeemed all previous
failures.
"The battle shows no novel features
Nothing was more notable than the
japanese skill in using torpedoes, con-
trasting markedly with their previous
Ill successes and evidently resulting
from the special course of training they
recently pursued, together with the
teachings of experience.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-07-01
WHEN YANKEE CAPTAIN WHIPPED THE JAPANESE

But Capt. McDougal and the Wyoming
were In the neighborhood, and in no
too good humor, and when the news
Of the indignity to the Pembroke reach
ed the doughty American commander
he proceeded to take the matter into
bis own hands. though the Wyoming
was all ready to sail for home.
Determining to proceed to the seems
Of hostilities. "he dropped anchor"
says Mr.. Maclay, at the eastern end
of the Straits on the evening OF July
Is. having first learned that the Lance
field drew no more water than his own
ship. Early the next morning the
Wyoming rounded a point Of land.
when one Of the batteries opened fire.
the first shot striking the ship Just
above the engine room, cutting away
some rigging-ample evidence Of the
accuracy Of japanese gunners. Max.
ing no reply to this. the Wyoming
steamed on until she rounded another
when she came within full
sight OF the town and within long
range OF all the batteries and the Jap.
anese warships.
Japs Were coeky.
1.-THE shrewd American commander
had noticed line OF stakes driven into
the mud. evidently marking the edge
Of the main channel. Rightly guessing
that the enemy had long got the pre-.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-07-01

Vladivostok, June From the &C.
counts of participants In the battle Of
the Sea Of Japan as given here can be
constructed picture Of the first day
of the fight In the morning of May q,
when the Russian feet found itself 120
miles south of Tsu island. 1t was
headed for the straits In three COL
umns, the battleships and five cruis.
ers on the left, the light cruisers on
the right, and the transports and tor.
pedo boats between. The weather was
foggy and the view therefore difficult.
At $3.50 o'clock Is the morning the
Russian feet was discovered by the
Japanese cruiser Idzumo. which blum.
dered upon 1t in the fog. and narrowly
escaped capture.
At 1880 o'clock four Japanese cruz.
sers, the Chitose, Kasuga, the Sushi-
ma and Niitaka were discovered to
the northeast of the feet and were
fired upon by the battleships. The
Japanese cruisers disappeared and
the Russian feet proceeded through
the strait.
Suddenly at 30 o'clock In the aft.
ernoon a gaunt silhouette Of Japanese
vessels, their greenish-blue paint max
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-07-01

crew shouting, and anchoring near tn
bark opened on the steamer. Really
ing that the japanese we're determined
to sink his vessel. the master Of the
Pembroke retraced his course and
eluded his assailants. Complaint was
made to the officials at Toxic, and in
demnity to the amount of $4,000 was
demanded and paid"
A fortnight later the French dis
patch boat Kienchang was attacked in
the same manner, and nearly sunk.
while many Of her men were killed. A
Dutch cruiser, the Medusa, went to the
Straits to see about the matter. was
attacked by the batteries and the small
Japanese feet with such success that
four Of the Medusa's men were killed
and five wounded. and thirty-one shots
took effect In her hull nearly sinking
her.
Next, as French gunboat, the Tan
crede, got in range Of the batteries and
war boats of the Japs and was sunk;
and not long afterward a Japanese
steamer. which the warriors mistook
for foreigner. was sent to the bottom
after nine officers and nineteen sea-
men had been killed.
American Runs the Gauntlet
It may be seen by this that the Cho-
shiu men were having all kinds OF fun,
and It really was a shame to spoil II.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-07-01
Japanese Had Three Good Ships, Supported
BY Batteries And Good Arms And
Ammunition Victory.


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oh .ne o'ner sue tearing great nois
IN 'ne nun AS II not satished WIN
.ne NorA' 'ne sne'i speeaeu over inc
"a'e' anu eAp'oueu ia 'he 'o"n'
Iu",'., Vi niie AWAY
sum '~o onps
IN an instant 'ne lahceneiu was enc
e'opeu III mass Vi stean'' SMOKE
name anu einuers' seores Vi men
enie" themselves in'o 'he sea Two
"o'e sne's were 'he,i sent ih'o .ns
-a"'ene'u W insure ner INSTRUCTION..
n' pNo' guns were 'nen turned On
tue Daniei webster, whicn snip had
oeen Weeping up ues.rueuve hre. a
.eM "e-u,iee.eu sne"s se.''ed her
.a"' anu sue io''o"eu 'ne Lahceneia
'ne uo.'o"' meDousai was now
ao'e ~ ue'o'e MS entire a.'en''on 70
'ne 'no'e oa''eries' ne aeiioera,eiy
$1,000 n,s course ."lousn 'he STRAITS
Neep"e up must enec'iVe nre. 80
mu'" 81 'ha.' ai'housh srea,iy expos-
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-07-01

,.nnr,a o,l IN o'.to,t,
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co,rmr Tho Acct mos rumar,rs hn,
No I,yino ho,na NO. y,sit,a Tho pms-
s,or sh,ns soamad 20 ha ,r God ,rSar
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,ha Miraso s,anot,ra. .The Sas,,nn -,
orr omn,ro dononds rnon mi, aot,o,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-07-01

Keeping steadily on for the ship
the Wyoming when nearly abreast oi
the squadron was fred upon by the
Daniel Webster, by which two men
William Clark and George Watson
were killed, the latter by chain shot
About the same time shot from one
Of the batteries killed n marine. The
Americans were now firing from every
gun in the ship. and with splendid eff
feet. as was shown by the clouds OF
earth and broken gun mountings that
were hurled into the air.
aided by the strong tide, the wyo-
ming swiftly passed. down the straits.
so that the japanese gunners In the
ships, although firing with admirable
rapidity. could discharge no more than
three broadsides. One OF their shells
killed all the crew Of the forward 32-
FOUNDER except three men.
Ship Ran Aground.
"The Wyoming had now passed the
ships, which she rounded to with the
intention Of making a target OF them.
but at this critical juncture she ran
aground where six batteries and the
squadron could concentrate their fire
upon her. and for a moment II looked
very much like defeat. The Lancefeld
was now observed to slip her cable and
steam over to the northern shore.
probably with view OF gathering
Roadway for ramming the helpless
American. Realizing the danger. Nc
Dougal directed all his attention to the
steamer, hoping to disable her before
she could do the threatened mischief.
Meantime the Wyoming's engines
had been reversed, and after powerful
effort she was backed clear Of the mud
and into deep water. Maneuvering a.
well as the five-knot current and sunk
en- rocks would admit Of. McDougal got
his two pivot guns into play on the
Lancefield, and soon 11-inch shells were
doing their awful work on the hull Of
the steamer The second carefully
aimed shell from the forward pivot
gun crashed through the side Of the
Lancefield one foot above the water
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-07-01

Ting at that early date their present
warlike tendency. This was notably
the case with the men of the Choshi,l
clan. the most bellicose Of the Mika-
dos subjects.
What MeDouoai Had to Face.
The first move Of the Choshiu men
was to erect immense batteries Of the
straits Of Shimonoseki, the western en-
trance to the inland sea. called the
Gibraltar Of the japanese Mediter-
ranean." The straits are three miles
long and mile and a half wide, edged
with high bluffs. On these bluffs the
Choshiu men erected seven batteries.
mounted with 80. "a and ~ FOUNDER
guns Of the latest pattern, some Of
them having been purchased in Amer
lea and others in England.
Besides, they had navy Of three
ships, the iron steamer Lancefield, the
brig Lanrick and, with the irony Of
fate, the bark Daniel Webster! These
ships were armed with 24-pounders.
With their feet and the batteries,
the japanese commanded the Straits
completely, and It was a difiicult mat
ter for ship to pass without being
shot to pieces, for the Mikado's men
were good shots even then.
First Treaeherous Act.
The American steamer Pembroke
was the first vessel to find this out
On June Is, 1868. she entered the
Straits, bound for Nagasaki. She fol-
lowed the custom of dropping anchor
and waiting for slack water. The &C.
count Of what happened next is given
In Edgar Stanton Maclay's History
OF the American Navy"
soon after the Pembroke came to.
the Daniel Webster moved by and
dropped anchor short distance from
her. No suspicious of foul play seems
to have been entertained by the cap
tain Of the Pembroke, for he had shown
his colors.
about an hour after midnight the
Daniel Webster, without the slightest
warning. opened fire on the Pembroke.
and soon the Lanrick approached, her
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-07-01

japanese army had no less than 40
quick.fring mountain guns Of the Ari.
saka system.
As regards heavy artillery. the War
Office was no less remiss. Up to Lao
yang Russia had no heavy field srtil-
lery at all, and even as late as Deem
Der. 1904, there were only ten bat.
teries OF mortars. As regards weight
OF shell, initial speed and movabillty,
the Russian guns were inferior to the
Japanese.
The Russian artillery was hopeless
ly outclassed from the outset.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-07-01
Incident That Opened Japan--Sudden Attack
Similar To That Against Russians
Three Against One.

In these days OF japanese proves
on the sea It is matter Of satisfac.
ton to the people Of the United States
that 1t was through their influence
that the Island nation received It's
first introduction to Western civiliza-
ton. Furthermore, though few peo.
pie remember It, the United States 10
the only nation that has ever conquer.
ed Japan on the seas.
The chapter Of history in which I'm.
Gle Sam taught the Mikado's people
that his ships and seamen were some.
thing to be feared was written away
back in 1863, and It's usages are almost
hidden In the mass of stirring events
that were occurring at that time. For
our civil war was at its height, and
happenings in far-off Japan. no mat
ter how important, were too far away
to attract attention. But the story Of
the conflict between Japan and the
United States, read today. makes the
affair seem so important that the only
wonder to us is that 1t did not result
In something more serious.
Fame overshadowed.
In fact, President Roosevelt, In
speaking of 1t, said: Had that action
occurred at any other time than during
the civil war its fame would have been
echoed all over the world"
The United States steam frigate
Wyoming, Capt. David Stockton Nc
Dougal, was the ship that figured in the
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-07-01


who has returned To Sasebo gives the
following account of the sea fight OF
the Tsu islands. Al K. 40 o,c,ocl Sat.
urday morning n wireless message
reading 1.-The enemy's squadron ia in
sight" reached the naval base. This
message was transmitted to all our
ships by the flagship, with instruc.
lions to get ready for action. Our
squadrons left their rendezvous and
headed for the eastern channel of
Tsushima. Our men seemed to he
filled with new inspiration and were
eager for the long.delayed fight to be-
gin.
When Tsushima was sighted to the
southwest the sea was rough and the
torpedo boats were forced to run for
the shelter of the island. Our third
fighting squadron with the Takashiho
to port reconnoitered the Russian
>>>>>>>>>>
sers Tho crpiser. Vladimir Monarch
and Dimitri Donsko, were detached
from the ,eft column and cont N tho,r
aid They were renuIsed INV Tho Ian.
anese cruisers but not he,or. Tho Ura,
had been brought m n sinking cond,.
tion
The hattie corti,,ed un,,, r o,o,ool
witbout any further noticeable ohona,
in the situation soon tbereaster The
battIesbin A,exordor TIT haoon 20 I,st
badly and dronned out NJ me line hn,
wos ,uicL,v rono,roI rasnn,na No..
Mace ana reonenin, Are Tho ha,tIa
shin Rorodino was then bead,rg tho
line. The Janonese notjcIny the CON.
dition of the Alexander III co,ceptr,t
cd their Are mon ber .s,d che oao,n
dronned ont NJ the IA. This lime an.
aI,v and d,sanreored
Sucb n heavy Are from tbo Ion.noso
12.inch guns was then directed against
the Borodino that she was disabled
and sank This was at 7 aO o'clock IN
the evening. The battIesbip sIssoi
Velikv was now ab,aze but was arIng
every available pun. Al tbis hour thu
onslaught of tornedo boats from tho
coast of Japan and the closing in n, tho
battleships from the left broke nm the
Russian Acct nil of which excent four
battlesbips and the converted cruiser
Ural had been holding together.
During the night the Jananese to,.
pedo attacks Continued the result NJ
which was not known here until tbs
report of the commander of the cruis.
err Izumrud was Received from yladl.
mir bay.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-07-01

Jobson-Friends are the greatest
consultations one can have In this
world. Robson-You've evidently new
err met any Of the candid variety.-Ds-
troits Free Press.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-07-01

Every now and again person comes
into possession Of picture that he or
she thinks worthy Of framing. We en-.
Joy special facilities for executing high
class work in our framing department.
Honolulu Photo. Supply Co.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-20
UnderflannelS

Dainty enough for a queen, and
we're Offering them to queens-to
American queens-wives, mothers
and daughters for whom nothing is
too exquisite. These underflannels
are made from finest selections of
cloth, cut and scwed in workshops
that are strictly sanitary in every
respect. Every garment is worthy
your consideration.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-20
PettiCOatS

There are petticoats and petit
coats. We think we have the finest
selection in northern Montana and
would like you to e them. The
prices are right.
75c. to $3.75
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-20

Touchdown, golf, yacht and BIZ
cycle caps in all %colors, % to Is
cents. Boys caps in regular and
fancy shapes, made to stand rough
usage.