The Tupelo journal., 1905-10-27

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frost puts an end to this years crop Oh
stegomoya.
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
The police at Bridgeport, Conn, nave
recovered all of the money stolen from
| the Adams Express Co. at PittsDurg,
| Pa. by Edward G. Cunliffe but about
$40. 900, ard the prisoner has been tax
en- back to Pittsburg. James Missett
| got $500 reward from the Pinkerton
agency for betraying CunlifIe.
Pension Commissioner Warner Will
| recommend the dismissal from the serv-
Ice OF a number Of employees who nave
been acting the role of money sharks
and charging u~sufious rates OF interest,".
Mrs. Lloyd Wheaton, wife of NAL
Gen. Lloyd Wheaton. died at her home
in Chicago, after o months illness,
aged so years.
The Twenty-fourth infantry (colored)
Is to be Sent for a second tour OF duty
in the Philippines. The regiment Will
be stationed in Mindanao.
President Roosevelt was welcomed 10
| Atlanta, Ca, as "Georgia's most illus
| trious grandson" in the course OF a
happy speech by John Temple Graves,
editor of the Atlanta Daily News, TO
which the president made a f~elicitous
response. An incident of the Georgia
itinerary was a visit to his mothers old
home at Roswell by the president.
England celebrated with great cere-
mony the one hundredth anniversary OF
the death of Lord Nelson, the hero OF
Trafalgar. The great shaft in Trafal-
gar square London, was beautifully
| decorated and surrounded by floral trib-
utes.
The worst storm experienced in ~
| years swept over Lake Erie, Lake HUI
ron and Lake Michigan, and shipping
| suffered severely, particularly on Lake
Erie. The loss of life was not very
great, but the property loss was enor-
nous. The gale reached a maximum
velocity Of ~ miles an hour.
Mrs. Clara NJ. Buckley, after seven
hours sweating, confessed that she shot
and killed Mrs. Clara McCluskey at the
rear door of her saloon in Chicago.
Jealousy over the friendship of Mrs.
McCluskey for Albert Tyrman, an cleo
trician, led to the tragedy.
Secretary of the Treasury Leslie M.
Shaw will make political speeches in
Ohio from October 81 to November A..
Portsmouth, Youngstown and Cleve-
land will be included in his itinerary.
Gov. Jos. w. Folk of Missouri has ac-
cepted an invitation from the demo-
Gratis of Ohio to make a three days
tour of The state by special train, No
yember 2, 8 and 4. His itinerary will
include Toledo, Cincinnati, Cleveland,
and, perhaps, Columbus and SPRING
field.
David Hobbs, customs agent for the
Canadian Pacific railway at Montreal,
Can, is charged with being a defaulter
to the extent of $4,000 to $4,000. He
has decamped.
Lieutepant-C Commander Newton A.
McCully, who was United States naval
attache 10 the Russian forces in Man
churia, has returned home. He says
the speedy victory of the japanese over
the Russian fleet in the Sea of Japan
is a riddle to everyone over there.
Prince Ferdinand Of Bavaria and the
Infanta Maria Teresa, sister Of King
Alfonso of Spain, have been formally
betrothed.
The trial Of the Riggen family at
Fort Scott, Kas., for causing the death,
by brutality and abuse, of s~ix-year-old
Herbert Riggin, is attracting great
crowds of spectators.
Miss Annie E. Hitchcock and Lieut..
William H. Sims, U. s. N, will be mar
ried in Washington next month.
Edward G. Cupliffe, who robbed the
Adams Express Co. at Pittsburg, Pa.
of SOL, 900, was arrested at Bridgeport,
Conn, and nearly $4,000 of the stolen
money was found, later, at the home
Of a brother-in-law, JOS. w. Boardman,
at Bristol, Conn, in a suit case sent by
express.
Secretary Of War Taft will start on
his trip to Panama on the 9th inst.
A reissue Of the $40 counterfeit Unit
ed States note first discovered in 1903.
in improved form, is announced by
Chief Wilkie of the secret service.
The entire business section Of AL
turas, CAL, vas swept away by fire.
causing a loss Of $10o, 600; insurance
light.
Terry McGovern appeared in his old
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