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The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
THE LAW TO BE INDICATED
Five Arrests Made of Leaders OF the
Mol which Lynched Negroes
ut Springfield, Mo.

Springfield, Motive wellknown
men are now under arrest here
charged with being leaders in the mob
that broke into the county Jail, Satur-
day night, and lynched three negroes.
Two of the alleged mob leaders are in
jail, and two have been released ON
bond. Charles Cannefax and Oney
Calfry were the first men arrested
Cannefax has been a pool pro-
prietor, but is at present employed in
the st. Louis & San Francisco rail-
road yards. Calfry is a switchman
for the same road. Both have been
released on bond. Dan Crane, son OF
d. d. Crane, a well-known saddlery
merchant, was the third arrested.
Crane moves in the best society here.
Dat Hall, the last man arrested, is a
police court character. Crane and
Hall were placed in Jail, but Crane was
later released on bond. Cannefax went
to Sheriff Horner, Monday, and in
CURED how much damage had been
done by the mob on the sheriff's prop
erty. Cannefax was informed that it
--ould amount to $1,000. He then said
a collection would be taken up to re-
pair the loss, but his offer was fatty
refused by Sheriff Horner.
Later a fifth arrest was made in the
person of s.. r. Brake, a former po-
liceman. He was released on bond.
Circuit Judge A. w. Lincoln ordered
a special grand jury called to investi-
gate the triple lynching. The courts
remarks were brief. He simply said
he ordered the special grand jury lin
view of the outrages and crimes COM
mitted here Saturday night, and in
view of the fact that a great number
of men convicted in this court were
liberated"
Prosecuting Attorney Patterson,
who is a young man of determined
air and a graduate of the st. Louis
law school, says the grand Jury will
Immediately endeavor to ascertain the
identity of the mob leaders and fol-
lowers.
And l will prosecute each and
every one of them for murder in the
first degree" Mr.. Patterson declared.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
FOUND ON A RIVER ISLAND
Tragic Accident Recalled BY the
Finding of Skeleton Near
BOOnviIle, No.

Sedalia, Mo.-A human skeleton
found en- all island in the Missouri
river, three miles below Boonville, has
been identified as that of Mrs. William
Courtney, wife of a shoe merchant here,
who was drowned by the %oveturning Of
a steam launch at the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas railroad bridge, August 10,
1905. Other victims of the tragedy
were Mrs. Courtney's two daughters,
whose bodies were recovered several
days later, and Miss Nell Varney, of
Boonville. The skeleton was identified
by the shoes, the only part of her APP
parel remaining. A diamond brooch
and a diamond ring, valued at 5 LOCO,
and other jewelry are missing, and the
earrings she wore when she met her
death were not found.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
UNWELCOME PHILANTHROPY
His Unobtrusive Little Services Got
the Lean Man Into Many
Kinds of Trouble.

"You won't mind my mentioning 1t,
perhaps" said the tall, slim, cadaver-
GUS man of middle age, says the Chi
cago Tribune, turning to the young
man sitting next to him at the lunch
counter, but the salesman at the
clothing store neglected to remove the
tag from the tail of your coat when
you bought it this morning.
Il don't know that you need to con-
Germ yourself about that tag, sir" said
the young man, redeemed with anger
You're welcome" rejoined the 9TH
er. calmly stirring his coffee.
ITO the best of my knowledge and
belief, sir, | didn't thank you"
"Oh, that isn't necessary. If one OF
the parties in a transaction of this
kind fails in the matter OF common
ciyility it doesn't release the other
from the obligation to be at least Or
dinarily polite. Keep the tag on if you
prefer"
81 don't need your permission to do
that, either"
TITS curious" remarked the cadaver-
Gus man, after eating for a few mo-
ments in silence, "in what different
ways people acknowledge a kindness.
For instance, | once offended a man al
most to the fighting point by telling
him that his dyed mustache didn't look
we'll with his light brown hair, just
as your" 80
sr --p ~-r4 90 11n- a~u onD ~
your talk"
Eyes; that's exactly what he said.
You wouldn't believe 1t, young man,
but I've got into more kinds of scrapes
by trying to render u~nobtrusive little
services to my fellow men than you've
got pimples On your nose"
"Tll be obliged to you If you'll let me
alone and attend to your own business,
you darned old walking skeleton!"
mo man of proper feeling could re-
fuse a request couched in such mild,
conciliatory language as that. Please
consider the remark as to the tag on
the tail OF your coat withdrawn. Fur
thermore, for fear it might offend you.
I shall say nothing about your MAX
ing too much noise when you eat, wip-
ing your nose with your napkin, or
laying your dead cigar at my elbow,
you unmitigated barbarian. What you
need is somebody with a good vocab-
ulary to tell you that you're a two
legged donkey and an ~unmannerly
boor, with less sense of decency than
a-going, are you? Sorry you can't
stay to hear the rest of it."
With a sigh of regret that his we'll
meant endeavor to do good had been
so coldly repulsed the long, lean, elder
ly man finished his luncheon in silence.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
The Scotch Domine's Reply.

"A Scottish minister who has served
high English government officials in his
congregation was asked whether he
was not put about" by having his
audience so great a thinker and
speaker as Mr.. Balfour. He answered:
mo, l know MI. Balfour, and If ! have
. real conviction, and am to express
It plainly without any aim at orna-
ment, / feel, when he is present, I
shall have an interested, discriminat-
Inc, and sympathetic listener" This
q true everywhere.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
Structural Iron workers Strike.

Indianapolis, Ind.-A gang of forty
five structural iron workers, employed
on the History Knights of Pythias
grand lodge building, went on strike
Monday morning. They demanded so
cents an hour, five cents increase, which
was granted by local contractors, but
they insist on the scale affecting all
structural iron workers within a radius
of 100 miles of Indianapolis. The lat
ter demand was refused. The strike
may spread to several hundred work.
ers in this city and vicinity before
many DAYS.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
By B. L. TAYLOR
Copyright, 1906. by Joseph b. Bowles.)

Most men fatter themselves
when they think how much they
are to their wives. AS a fact.
they are a habit-a sort Of
clothes horse for drying emo
lions on.
Some men dislike certain wo-
men and marry them to cure
themselves of an unreasoning
prejudice, the women being an
acquired taste.
All love is irrelevant in the
eyes of d~isinterested observers.
The thriftless, the spendthrift,
and the unfortunate are often
the parents of misers; for the
lessons of a penurious childhood
pervert the soul.
After all, perhaps the truest
habit of thought is the peripa-
tetic-to walk and give the re-
suits OF our thoughts to one per-
son or a small appreciative
thinking audience. 1t may not
go to the world, but we can
never know the world. The
world has no soul, and a true
success is to inflame a soul.
For Gods sake let us not stint
ourselves of human love and as
sociations in u youth for mon
ey or power; for if we deny our
selves these things we lay by us =
a store Of uncomfortable memories
for old age. when memories are
all that remain to us.
1t is not mems passions which
debase and blacken them so
much as their diseased heredi-
tary imaginations.
There are some people who see ,
nothing beautiful in nature be-
cause they have only eyes for
upholstery.
My idea of happiness is to live
in a great town upon just a suf-
ficiency-with my books, prepar-
ing for a work | never intend to
get started on. This insureS the
mingling of industry and indo-
lence in satisfying proportions.
WALTER BLACKBURN HARTE.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
WELL.KNOWN ST.LOUlS MAN
Samuel r. Rathwell, Well nwO st.
Louis Real estate Man, Ends His
Life BY Shooting.

st. Louis.-Immediately after calling
from the window to his son Robert at
8 a. m. Monday, with the evident in
tention of %instructing him about duties
of his office, Samuel T. Rathell, aged
Sc, one of the b~est-known real estate
men in ST. Louis, changed his mind, and
ended his life by shooting, at his home.
sis Cabanne avenue, before his son, who
had just left the house, reached him.
The deed is attributed by relatives
to a temporary arrangement, superin-
duced by an accident in May, 1905,
when Rathell slipped on the front steps
of his home, w%renching his spine.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
ANOTHER NEGRO KILLED
He Was Shot,, at Springfield, MO.y
While, With Another, Attempting
to Hold I'D a White Man.

Springfield, Mo.-A young negro
named Burns was shot and killed
shortly after ten o'clock Monday
night in the east part of the city by
Leslie Peters, a young white man.
The latter was escorting a young
lady to her home when they were neld
up by two negroes. The white man
drew a pistol and fired at the negroes,
who fed, as he supposed. He ran
after them, not knowing he had hit
one, and stumbled over the dead body
of the man he had shot.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
SUNDAY School Institute.

The Sunday School Institute for the
Greenville distaict of the M. E. Church,
South, was held at Greenville. The
institute was pronounced a great sue
cess by all, and that it did much to
awaken an interest in Sunday school
work was the universal opinion.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
State Business League.

The Greater Mississippi Business
League will meet, at Jackson on May 10
and 16. There will be delegates from
all sections of the State, and the series
of papers and topics is expected to be
the most interesting since the formation
of the league.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
Thouxht Mot of seIf.

Chicago, April 19.-With both legs
severed at the knees and his body cut
and bruised. Anthony Hopet, a rail-
road detective, crawled so feet in an
effort to assist H. E. Kenkle, who was
struck by the same train and killed.
Hopet died just as he succeeded in drag.
ging himself alongside his companion.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
Increa.ing Immigration,

Washington. The aggregate OF
immigration to the United States from
all countries during the month Of
March, 1906, according to a statement
issued blythe immigration bureau Mon
day was 1924 or a increase of 20
per cent, over March 1904.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
Music Teachers Association.

All arrangements are completed for
the annual convention of the State
Teachers Association to be held at
Columbus May II, Is and 10. Among
the topics to be discussed will be
"Voice Culture in Mississippi" "The
Need of the Public Schools of the
State"
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
Improvement of Sunhower.

Chief of Engineers Mckenzie has
made a favorable report or the i'm
provement of Sunflower river from its
mouth to Hushpuckana, and recon-
mends an appropriation of 1925, 900,
with an additional $1,000 for annual
maintenance. The contemplated i'm
provements will give a channel of three
feet in lowest water.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
Columbia Now Connected.

Columbia is now connected with
Gulfport and Jackson by an unbroken
line of steel rails. The connection vas
made between Green's creek and Oak
vale, crews of both work trains laying
about half mile of track in two hours.
1t is the intention of the railroad COM
pany to institute a regular service be-
tween Gulfport and Jackson, via Co
lumbia and Silver Creek, on Sunday,
April 20.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
C. O. d. Whisky Traffic.

A circular letter has been sent by j.
Fl. Bradley, general traffic manager of
the American Express Company, to all
agents of the company, which an
n%ounces, among other things, that "this
company will, after July l. refuse to
carry c. O. D. shipments of liquor to
prohibition points" This means that
after the date named G. o. d. whisky
traffic in Mississippi will cease.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
Another OIL Hearing Continuance.

Another Oil Hearing Continuance.
Jefferson City, Mo-, April flowing
to the illness Of Atty-Gen. Hadley. who
is still confined to his bed with pleurisy,
contracted while returning from his re-
sent investigation in New York, the
final hearing of the oil custer proceed.
ings in st. Louis, set for April IS. has
been indefinitely postponed. 1t is ex-
pected the hearing will take place here
within a month. when the States cast
will be closed.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
Court Of Inquiry Appointed.

Washington, April 19.-Rear-Admiral
Evans. commanding the Atlantic fleet.
has arrived at Guantanamo. Cuba, on
his flagship Maine, and has cabled the
navy department that he has appointed
a court Of inquiry to investigate the
Kearsarge accident.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
declared Ius,Iyent.

Chicago.-Judge Sol H. Bethea. in
the United States district court, Mon
day, ordered that the Cash Buyers
Union and First National Co-opera-
tive society be declared insolvent, and
that the assets of the company be sold.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
Deadly Duel.

The little town of Rosetta was the
scene of a pistol duel, resulting in the
death of both participants, John Ash
ley of Knoxville and G. S. Watson, the
agent of the Yazoo and Mississippi
Valley railroad at Rosetta.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
Material for Bank Building.

A solid train of seventeen cars ar
rived at Vicksburg from Indiana with
material to be used in the construction
of the First National Banks new eight
story building.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
sailed For the PhiIippine.

San Francisco, Cal.-The United
States transport Sheridan sailed, Mon
day, for the Philippines, via Honolulu
and Guam. with so cabin passengers
and 500 marines and casuals for Ma
Mia. The vessel is fully laden with
army supplies.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
To Boom

The movement recently inaugurated
by the Greenville Business Mems
League to increase the population of
the city to $4,000 in 1910, has already
started with a wonderful impetus in the
way of a building boom almost unpre-
cedented. Within the radius of n
block there is now in progress of cree
ton $146 900 in buildings.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
FOR director of Recla nation

Washington, April 19.-The bill ere
ating in the department of the interior
q director Of the reclamation service
and TO pay him a salary Of $4,000 per
year from the reclamation fund was
passed by the house.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
SHOT or DroWnedY

Paducah, KY, April 1s.-Irvin Starr,
Watchman on the steamer Dick Fowler.
detected a negro stealing jelly from the
wharf and chased him into the river.
firing three shots. The body did moi
Use again.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
Scottish Rite Masons.

The spring reunion of Scottish Rite
Masonry was held at Meridian with a
large attendance from every part OF
the State.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
A Norwegian Exodus.

Minneapolis, Mimi, April 19.-The
coronation of King Haakon of Norway
at Thindkjem. Norway, June "a, is ex.
pected to cause an exodus of thousands
of N%orwegians from the west and north
west to the old country this spring.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
Director of Geological Survey.

The board of trustees of the State
Geological and Typographical Survey
elected DR.. Albert l.. Order, professor
of geology and mineralogy at the Uni
versity of Mississippi, as director.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
Noted Autographs For President.

Paris, April 19.-Baron Estournelles
de Constant will forward to Washington
within the rext few days a unique
testimonial to President Roosevelt,
bearing the autograph signatures of
nearly all the great historic names of
France.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
stock Transfer Tax Upheld.

Albany, N. Y. April 19.-The court
of appeals, ay a unanimous decision,
upholds the constitutionality Of the law
Of this state taxing the transfer Of
shares of capital stock.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
Blumenthal Bankrupt.

Morris Biumenthal, proprietor of the
Holly Springs Fair, filed a petition in
bankruptcy. Liabilities about $50, 900:
assets about $4,000.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
Revival at Alderman.

Alderman is in the midst of a great
revival, Rev. H. A. Jones, State evan
gelist of the Presbyterian church,
doing the preaching.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
Railroada Refuse Jobhers, Pc

Railroads Refuse Jobbers' Petition.
Chicago, April 19.-Western railroads
have practically decided to refuse the
petition of the Missouri river jobbers
for a readjustment and q reduction in
the rates from New York to the Mis-
souri river territory.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
Postmistress at Marks.

Mrs. Thirza I. Clarke has been APP
pointed postmistsess for Marks and has
taken charge of the Office.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
WHIrEcAPPERs PUNISHED
Sentence Passed Upon the Bradley
County Whitecappers In the Fed
eraI Court at Little Rock.

Little Rock, Ark, April 19.-The
Bradley county whitecappers, who were
convicted in the United States court
last Saturday, were sentenced by Judge
Trieber. Columbus B. Boyet, Bill Nor
gan and Wash Morgan were each SEN
fenced to n year in the penitentiary.
and Lee Bromley, Joe Bromley and Bob
Nichols to six months in Jail and fined
$500.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27

The japanese imperial library at To-
kio has on its shelves something like
1000 written and printed mathematical
works, extending as far back as 1896.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27

Depew Failing Fast, Wife Returns.
New York;. S. Senator Chaun.
cey Depew continues to fail, both phys
ically and mentally, in rigid seclusion
at the Eliot F. Shepard estate at Scar
boro. Mrs. Depew is with her husband,
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
&oK 600 Fire at Friars Point.

Fire destroyed the store OF Chism
Bros. at Friars Point, entaiiing a loss
of 1926, 900, on which there was $4,000
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
HOUSE..

A message from Gov. Vardaman read
in the House and Senate had a whirlwind
effect. The Legislature Immediately
turned about-face and established a pol
icy entirely different from what it had
heretofore adopted.
The message related to the amend
ment, recently adopted by both houses
after some debate, allowing corporations
to hold and own pine timber land and
standing pine timber to any amount not
exceeding $10,0OO,Ooo,. which was a
raise of 9,OOO,O 900 over the present law.
The opponents of the bill opposed it on
the ground that under it the corpora
tions would gobble up the timber land,
but the amendment had behind it a well
organized and powerful lobby. The Gov
ernor IN his message opposed this raise,
saying it would foster the breeding of
trusts.
Immediately after the message was
read similar resolutions were introduced
in both houses reducing the amount to
So, 200, 900 instead of $4,000, O00. After
a strenuous debate in both houses, dur
ing which the leaders of the 50, 900, 900
raise pleaded with the members to stand
by their guns despite the Governors
statement, the resolution passed, reduc-
ing the limit to $4,000, 600.
Mr.. Smith, of Yalobusha, called up a
bill requiring all public buildings to be
disinfected, and also coaches on all rail
roads. The bill was passed.
Another bill passed requires all com
mon carriers doing a C.. o. D. whisky
business to keep a record of all sales
that they make, so that the record
might be investigated by grand juries of
each county.
Mr.. Bates bill to prevent attorneys
from signing the appearance bonds of
those charged with crimes and misde-
meanors was passed.
The bill depriving the revenue agent
of assessing back taxes on money on
deposit was passed without opposition.
The resolution to give the Governor
power to suspend any State officer for
drunkenness or malfeasance in office was
defeated by a vote of SO to 46 ayes.
A resolution introduced by Mr.. By
mum, reciting that som State officers
had repeatedly dlsagraced themselves Dy
drunkenness and debauchery, precipi-
tated an infammatory debate, Messrs.
East and Nixon demanding that if such
charges were true the House imme-
diately ask the Governor for an extern
sion of the session so that impeachment
proceedings be had before the bar of the
Senate, and that the accused might have
the chance of a free and impartial trial.
The resolution was rejected by a vote OF
80 to SO nays.
The following bills were passed:
An appropriation of $117.60 for the
relief Of Clarksdale Mercantile Com
pany.
TO pay the increased salary of the
State Treasurer,
To amend the act concerning revenues
SO as to permit the Governor to borrow
$500, 900 during the year 1906.
The bill creating a State Ve~terina-
rian was reported unfavorably.
A report of the Conference Committee
appointed to settle the disagreement of
the two houses relative to the amount
that should be appropriated for the
Governors mansion stated that they had
agreed on tie sum of $4,000. The re-
port was adopted.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
skyscraper at vicksburg.

It is stated that the Mississippi Home
Insurance Company will erect q ten.
story building at Vicksburg.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-04-27
On the styxville Golf Links.

"Bozzy,' chuckled DR.. Samuel John
son, you were but a novice at the
game"
The amiable photographer teed off
on the links of the Styxville Golf club,
and he and Boswell, his caddie, leis-
urely followed the ball.
Yes, Bozzy," continued DR.. John
son, Il used to think you the most en-
terprising press agent that ever footed
a horn, but when l compare your work
with the twentieth century article I
am convinced that you were the
merest alphabetarian."
81 put down everything that hap
pened," said Boswell, humbly.
Pooh! pooh! A press agent who
publishes only what has happened
would starve to death these days. But
/ have you even on that count. How
about the time | lost my pantaloons
and was too late at the Cheshire
Cheese. Not a word about it in your
celebrated Life of Johnson . By
the way, what became of the ball? Did
you keep your eye on it,"
Boswell located the gutta percha,
and remarked that he considered the
loss of his patrons unmentionables
too trivial an item for a dignifed biog-
raphy.
Sir" cried DR.. Johnson, relapsing
into his ancient stilted manner, you
are an unconscionable blockhead.
When. not long ago, Booth Harrington
lost his pants a great ado was pade
by his press agent, and the papers
were full of it. Twas not half so good
a tale as mine. You might have
scrubbed a whole chapter about it.
Dick Steele made an excellent jest IN
the matter, and Noll Goldsmith a set
of verses. Davy Garrick gagged his
lines with it, and put the house in an
uproar. Give me the cleek."
Leaning on the club he gaZed at his
abashed biographer with a twinkling
eye.
NAY. BozZy, you were a very good
press agent for our day, but you would
not stand much show if you were on
earth to-day. Harrington wouldn't
keep you a week. You couldn't caddy
five minutes for Irving Bachelor or
Ham Garland, or Hop Smith, or any
other modern man of letters. Boz,
you're a back number"
The golden-egg goose at the Metro
politan opera house, New York, is get
ting thin and losing feathers. LAYING