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The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS
BoIEs GIVEN LIFE SENTENCE.
Breaks Down at Last Moment and Prays
to Be Saved.

Quitman, Miss.-William David Boles,
"a years old. accused of poisoning his
18-year-old wife, Minnie Mcdonald
Boles, by giving her s~trychnine in a
drink Of cordial on the evening Of De-
cember &c, was found guilty last night.
Boles was brought into court at 9:15
pm. He had been aroused by Sheriff
Carter and came in convinced hat he
would not be hanged. Bolcs' faith in
this matter depended upon a series of
prayers which he had uttered in Quit
man Jail Immediately after he was
taken from the court room this after
noon. Kneeling down in the second
story of the Jail, Boles prayed aloud
that the Lord would spare his life. Only
n : person overheard the prayer, but
that person had noted the stolid indif-
ference with which Bolcs had greeted
every ruling of the court and every
scored point of the counsel. When he
heard Boles offering a prayer for his life,
it occurred to the witness that it was
ridiculous, and he sent out for his friends
AAd hNISiOOio w SoiuC oio ChJOy II
performance. When a crowd had gath
cred they jeered at the young man as
he offered his petition to his Maker, and
the performance was kept up until Boles
had retired for the night.
When he was brought into court
Boles came direct from his cot. He had
retired, but had not gone to sleep. HIS
hair was not brushed and his clothing
looked as if it had been badly put On.
Otherwise he appeared to be the same
Boles who had unfinchingly faced a jury
for four days. When the verdict was
read to him Boles' eyes showed a faint
CLEAN of triumph, but this was soon
swallowed up in the realization of his
life imprisonment.
Judge Cochran, addressing the jury,
said: You have rendered the most
merciful verdict you could possibly have
rendered under the evidence in this case.
The defendant is guilty as charged in
the Indictment and ought to have been
hanged by the neck until dead
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
Unique Freak of Nature.

New Albany, Miss.-At the home of
John Pannell, at this place, last night,
while his wife and daughter, Opal, were
baking cakes, a most unusual occurrence
took place. The room had become heated
from the stove and as the Geld wave
from the north began to chill the glass
in the upper panel of the door there be-
gan to form beautiful flowers and in a
few moments they appeared as well
c~rystallized chrysanthemums. Then
there formed in each corner of the glass
a flower showing distinct traces of the
veins as they appear in nature. These
flowers remained for eleven hours. A
number of Mrs. PannelPs friends were
called and saw the flowers, and verify
the above facts.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
Supervisors Arrested.

Marks, Miss.-A rather sensational
development has taken place in the ar
rest of the board of supervisors of this
county and the W. T. Young Bridge
Company of Nashville, Tenn, for OBJ
structinr T%allahatchie river, in this
county, by the erection OF a bridge. lal-
lahatchie river is a navigable waterway
and these parties have been arrested on
warrants sworn out by the United
States attorney.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
Houses Blown Away.

Recently, when | lcle Sam ousted
a tribe of Indians from their ances-
trail home of Warmers ranch, San Di-
ego county, and moved them to the
Palo reservation, he gave them a num-
Der of portable houses. A gale swept
all these houses away and the red men
are homeless.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
Walter Clark at Newton.

Hon. Walter Clark, president of the
Mississippi Cotton Association, in com,
pany with p. X. Whitney, financial
agent of the same dNganization, deliv-
cred an address to a good sized audience
at Newton. His talk was a most ex-
cellent one, pr-ctical and to the point,
and much enjoyed by all who heard him,
whether cotton growers or moi. be
spoke of the necessity of organization
among the farmers and strongly urged
them to diversity their crops.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
Fitting Fashions.

On my way to the village the other
evening l met a married friend rum
ming homeward at top speed with a
cur~ious-looking parcel, which he car
ried very gingerly.
"Halloa, JIM" l said. why this
hurry?"
He did not stop, but shouted as he
ran:
New hat for the wife, Will. Run
ming home before it's out of the fash
ion."
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
Agriculture in Ireland.

Ireland's department of agriculture
appropriates a sum of money to each
county annually for poultry improves
ment. There are now employed 30
women instructors in poultry keeping.
Meetings are held for the instruction
Of poultry keepers and the department
has special centers for distributing
eggs Of the best breed.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
Want Our Fishes.

The white fish of the great lakes and
the red salmon of the Pacific coast
have beer selected by the New Zea-
land government from the breeds of
the world as the best food fishes
wherewith to stock its rivers.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
oyama Admired scotchmen.

Field Marshal -Oyama released q
Scottish war correspondent because he
was OF the nation which had produced
in his opinion. the two greatest men
in the world" namely, Sir Walter
Scott cnd Dr. Westwater. DR.. West
water is a Manchurian missionary.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
VIII Readjust Wages.

Marquette, Mich.-The various
mining companies operating in the Lake
Superior region, it is learned, have vol
UNFAIRLY agreed to readjust all wages.
The schedule has not been made public.
but is understood to be a. material su-
crease over the present schedule.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
Th. n. G. Dougherty Estate.

Peoria. Il.-The entire property Of
the N. C. Dougherty estate. given a face
value of $500, 900, has been turned over
70 e. d. McCulloch, trustee for the
school board, by w. T. Irwin, attorney
In fact for N. G. Dougherty.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
Farmers Institutes.

Tie farmers Institutes which have
been conducted in the summer for the
past two or three years by Prof. Hardy
and Prof. Clothier of the A. and M.
College, will be held again throughout
Mississippi during the coming summer.
These Institutes have been formerly
largely attended and the farmers have
derived much valuable information from
them.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
Paris B~illboards.

All the theatrical and amusement
announcements of Paris are posted on
pillar billboards that are placed at
intervals along the boulevards. 1t is
against the law to disfigure walls with
posters.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
Poultry in Ireland.

The government maintains 1872 egg
distributing stations in Ireland to bet
ter the poultry of that island. Over
5000 meetings have been held this
year to promote Irish poultry inter-
ests.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
HOUSE.

The code chapter on privilege tax IL
censes was taken up.
The first change was the placing of
| privilege tax on ~auctiOneers OF $40, tina
class of professional men having hithert
| enjoyed immunity from such tax under
the State law.
The section on banks created some
| discussion, which arose from an amend
| ment offered by Mr.. Stennis making the
banks liable t. a privilege tax of 81 for
| each thousand of capital paid in. The
amendment was adopted by a vote of
81 to %.
One of the most important of the in
| dividual amendments which the COM
| mittee accepted was that offered by Mr..
Alcorn of Coahoma, fixing a tax of 81
on each express office in the State, this
| being in the nature of a privilege tax
on the money order business, this tax
being in addition to other items.
An amendment offered by MIR. Hoyle,
to place a privilege tax IN itinerant
| and peripatetic hawkers of patent med
icines going through the country and
h~aranguing the multitude, was adopted
| after some discussion, the vote being
40 to IL in its favor.
Mr.. Stennis of Lauderdale introduced
a bill to regulate the sale, analysis and
inspection. Of c~ottonseed feedstuffs and
to regulate concentrated feedstuffs.
Mr.. Norment introduced his bill to
provide for creation and reorganization
of the board of control of the peniten-
tiary, and for other purposes.
The senate bill to provide for a med
zeal field officer to the State board Of
health, to act as a scout for an enemy
in shape of undiscovered contagious dis
eases, notably yellow fever, was called
up. The house committee added an
amendment making the salary of the
officer $4,000, and the bill passed by the
close vote of 40 to As.
Mr.. Millsaps called up the motion to
reconsider the vote on the bond interest
bill, which failed for lack of a two
thirds majority. After an eloquent adj
dress ,deprecating anything like repudi-
alton of debts justly and legally due,
the bill was passed by q vote Of the
whole house, with the exception of one
or two negatives.
The committee on roads, ferries and
bridges reported favorably on the bill
to provide that counties of over 10000
inhabitants may lay out and maintain
by issuance Of bonds public roads lead.
ing to parks.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
Bear River Bill.

The bill introduced by Mr.. Candler OF
the First Mississippi District to author
ize the North Mississippi Traction 60.
to construct dams and power. stations
on the Bear river in the northeast quar-
ter Of section 81, township 5, range IL,
in Tishomingo county, Mississippi, has
heau reported fayorably.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
Ch.rre. Of Rebatins Considered.

New York.-Specifc charges of
batting between the so-called sugar trust
and the west-bound trunk line railroads,
preferred by William r. Hearst, was
considered by the federal grand jury,
here, Monday.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
just Z Few.

"All men make fools of themselves
q number of times in this life"
"Oh, I don't know; some men love
but once."-Houston Post
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
BIO Land Suit.

yicksburg-A suit which aims to dis
nossess forty or fifty families Of prop
erty that they have occupied for years
and Maid taxes on has been fled in the
Chancery Court here by ". +: Craige
and others, the value OF the land m
yolved being placed at $4,000.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
MONEY TO INVEST
THINGS THAT WOMEN OF MEANS
SHOULD KNOW ABOUT.

z dvice of a Well-Known Banker Re-
garding Investments - Women
Should Not Consider Second Mort
gages-Concerning Chattel Mort
cages and Bonds-Business Cues
lions Answered.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
Situation at P0ntotoc.

"A q result of the decision OF Chan
cellor Robbins that the injunction
against the Mobile, jackson and kansas
CITY railroad be made perpetual as to
operating IN line of road that does Q
make the old line of the Gull and CHI
caco road its main line, the track o. the
Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City road
IS completely tied up between Ecfsl on
the north and Algoma on the south OF
Pontotoc. Thousands of dollars worth
Of brick from the plants in and around
Pontotoc. and millions of feet of lumber
arc stacked along the track ready Tor
shipment under contract, and the sltuas
49,, ;e corinllS
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23

OIL Things 10 d HAL IL you Cali get MIN
in a corner"
Kathryn was somewhat mystiied
en- Elwyn came to see her. He had
en- much depressed at the conclusion
of their previous interview, but now
he seemed unusually cheerful.
"Has the claim been paid?" he
asked.
NO" she answered. 81 haven't
even presented it. OF course, I have
only to ask for the money to get it,
but / have had no occasion to do So"
Assign it to me-" he said, "Ill
give you my note for it."
"Oh, / don't want your note, Elwyn,"
she returned. "All l want is to make
papa reasonable"
Its only a FORM" he explained. Il
want you to take my note SO that l
will have a clear title. I'm going to
win your fathers consent tonight"
Tonight" she exclaimed. why.
he's going to entertain some distin-
guished men from out Of the city to-
night"
He thinks he is" corrected Elwyn.
Thinks he is" she repeated. isn't
he?"
Not unless he surrenders to me-"
TITS all very mysterious" she said,
''but I knew you'd find q way to con-
vince him."
Elwyn did not explain further. Per-
haps he was afraid Kathryn might OBJ
ject to his plan, for he had to admit
that there was a large element of risk
to it.
It would have been worth while to
catch the expression Of Benjamin'R
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-05-22
!, :. ALL OVER THE STATE ~:
  ......+* + +* ***s # ** * + + # + + # * ~ Y " "

i've years; q condition that calls down uron those administering the al fairs of state the wrath of God ana the condemnation of thinking men and women. 1t is just such care oi cur unfortunates that makes h'ilhaf- ilarfans advocate them being Killed hv some painless method instead e1 forcing them to drag out their lives Ill misery a thousand times greater than q clOuded mind.
 The state of Arkansas is well aware of these conditions, but not until the state administration passes into the hands of intelligent Christian and hu- nane men will this relic of the dark ages give way to the modern and hu- mane way of treating and caring for our unfortunatcs---Van Ruren Argus.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-05-22
Store Robbed and Burned.

This morning at 2:3O o'clock the grocery store of J. F. and w. C. Walk CT at l2O7 West Fourth street (Rose HID was destroyed by fire. The frame residence owned by MT NJ. F.. Stevens. on the adjoining lot, also caught fire and was destroyed.
 The Walkers total loss, We learn, is about. $25o0. They carried $350 in- surance of their building and $6oo on stock, or a total of $l0oo.
 Mir. Stevens house was of the estl- mated value of $1ooo and is q total joss. He had no insurance.
 The origin of the fire is supposea to have been incendiary The back door is said to have been found open when the fire was discovered and it is surmised that thieves had first broken in. secured all the .rlunder they could carry off and then set fire 10 the concern in the hope of GOV ering up or destroying any possible clew that might be left behind.~-TeN- arkanian.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-05-22
Heavy Fine ioi Whisky Sale.


 Judge Conway has returned from Washin@t0n. where he has been hold ing. this week. an adjourned term ot thc Hempstead county circuit court. The business of the court was con fined to the hearing of cases against rarties charged with running blind tigers" at Fulton. which is in prohi- bitien territory.
 Two of the aecHsed Obe Wilson and Cox. brothers. pleaded guilty to selling whisky publicly, across the counter. and we're fined S1G00 each. Godfrey. keenan, Paris, Wilson. Cox brothers and two or three others plead guilty to selling whisky in prl- vate and according to the regular blind tiger Way and were tined in fh sum of $100 each.
 The judge informs us that all the culprits expressed great penitence af- ter the court had sat on them, and all expressed a purpose to get religion and lead better lives They also swo, that they would never again be guilty of running tigers, either of the blind or otber kind..-Texarkanian
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-05-22
Accommodation Train Ditched.

Not far from Gurley station. on the line of the new Memphis, Helena and Louisiana railroad yesterday alter noon about 4:3O o'clock, the McGehee accommodation was defailed and wrecked. The engine and three coaches left the track, and in the nix up Engineer Mays, who was ln charge of the locomotive, was killed. According to all the information that can be gotten about the wreck there was no one hurt except the engineer, who was crushed beneath his engine. What caused the wreck is not known the theory being generally accepted is that the rails spread at that point and caused the train to go into tn ditch. Helena World.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-05-22
A Blot on Arkansas.

More than four years ago q l2-Seaf- old boy mentally deranged asd Wlth- out relatives so situated as to be apie to care for and restrain him was lock- ed up in the Crawford county jail to remain until he could be admitted to the state insane asylum. A few days ,po if was evident that he could live but a few days longer and as hls weakened condition made it possible to restrain him. he was taken to the home of relative where lie died Saturday afternoon and was buried Sunday afternoon in Fairview ceme- tery.
 From a boy of less than 12 years ot age he grew to youth of sixteen years in the county jail not that the boy had ever harmed anyone or commit ted an overt act, but because the state of Arkansas with an overflowlng treasury has been too niSgardly and too indifferent to care for her unfor- tunates as she should. There came to the little fellow at intervals gleams of reason, or intelligence, and those familiar with his condition and who have made mental disorder a study, declare that if he had been taken to the asylum. instead of the county jail he could have been cured.
 But instead of being placed where he could have been humanely treated and cared for. he was confined i'll the iail with whites and blacks charged with every crime on the calendar; suhieeted to curses, abuse and Vlo- fence at the hands of thieves and murderers, his waking moments filled with fear and horror: and thus he llV- cd for four years or until weakened hv confinement he siekened and died Our county officials are in no wise re. sponsihle for the confinement of the ,child nor was it possible for them fo give him any better care than they did. This is not an isolated case in Arkansas. In almost every county iail in the state. especially lA thoSe counties with a large population, Just s,,ch cases as this are t0 be fount. This condition has existed for twenty
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-05-22
Freioht Bureau Dissolved.

It is with much regret that we are called on to announce that TaNark- qna's Freight bureau. which. we are told. has been of great advantage to the city and section for sometime, has gone to pieces and with today $ setting of the sun viii end it's career as an organization.
 This enterprise has been kept i'll eN, jstencc by such firms as the Texts
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-05-22
Dreams Of a Dreamer.

II l. Wall of Bard was a caller a' this office last week, and related the following inciaent sam Jones, oi Seneca Island dreamed q dream some time last fall that the Savior came to him and told him that His picture was in a field under stump, ana lie wanted him to go and get It. ii' enr;no he dreamed the dream twice agoin Jonps was d little afraid to go by himself, and he tried 10 eet h'' wife to go with him, but Tor So'''e reason she would not go. There "'i9 q neighbor at his house some TWO 'i three Sundays after the dfea'h ap' neared to him the last time, ahd MI Jones related it to him ana ne s'i' he would go with him to get IL. lheS wont to the stump and showed it over. r. pulled the picture up wlth tue roots. They examined 1t and lo''ho that it was just as it had appeaie" in the dream. It was a metal picture about 6XS inches. II was mohnteo oh n heart. on it's head there was doVe with a wreath of thorns aroma H. On it's breast there were the "oros a1 will ,, The metal looked as 4bouoh fl, were a white metal ana had been under the ground so long IL b,a can,,ered. It had probably been nnder inc ground for generatlohs'- Paragould Soliphone.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-05-22
Nc increase in Insurance.

There has been a gGod deal of dis cussion among local property owners as to the effect oll local risks of the reported raise on fire insurance rates in the north and east. ~
 Knowing the anxiety of many of our readers on the subject we called on Mir F. w. Offenhauser. head of the big fire insurance firm. this morning and asked him for light on the sub ject.
 In reply lo questions MT. Offenha1ls CT said that the great losses sutain- ed by many of the companies i'll San Francisco last month. had rendered it necessary Gas they claimeO fc them to raise rates in the larger cities about p per cent. but it was not ilke- lv that such raise would be extended and made to apply to cities of Texar- kana's class. In fact. MT. Offenhause' expressed himself as quite sure that such increase would not apply here
 This, of course. will prove good news to our people who feel that the rates they are now paying are about as high as their patience or their f. nancial means will allow. We were not in any sense to blame for the San Francisco diaster and it does not st em right or just that we should be made to pay any of the damases.- TeNarkanian.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-05-22
Hard Wood Mill for Philadelphia.

A large crowd of our business men attended the meeting of the Arkadel- phia lmprov Leasue Monday night to hear the proposition MT. W. F. Yeager of Beirne had to offer to Arkadelphia for us to get d haf wood mill. and taken altoeether the meeting was most interesting and in structive.
 Whether we ever get q hard wood mill or not. our citizens were ben efitted by coming in contact with man who knows how to do things and who gave them the encouraei surauee that We have great resources of timber here yet and had only to go after hard wood mills to get all of them that We wanted. It is an itt- spiration to come in contact with men of Mir. Yeager's calibre la came down in this cOuntry a stra ,%ar ffon llt .?na twelve years ago and SlrlnS ti.se twelve years has maslA ar 'n- tiependent fortune in the mill nGsMess and is now devoting his time and ell orgies towards establishing ulfsS, etc. in the south.-Arka lefrnia Standard.
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The Publishers 5 Claims Sustained
UNITED STATES COURT OF CLAIM,

UNITED STATES COURT CE CLAIMS The Publishers of Websters '7.cr:'a iona' Dictionary allc@e that il is, in det.thc ihlt' lar Unabridged thoroughly re-edited Ilc'Hlf detail. aud vastly enriched in every lftrf. &ll the purpose of adapting it to meet line iar@t. and seycIcr requirements ol another E"liel''- tOlf.a
 We are of the opinion that this al!c2ati3h most clearly and accurately dc"eflfes iit work that has been acc"mpiishcd aiid '{' result that l.as been reached. The Diet ioHaiA as it now stands, hls been thoroughly lt'- edited iu every detail. has been cuilerIcd II every part, and is admirably adapt cd 9 meet the aioer and sevcicr requirements oi generation which demands more "i popular philOlo"icai Knowledge than any Gcitefati"h that the world has ever COntaiilcd. It is perhaps needless to add that we lefel to the dictionary in our judicial whk a- ot 1he highest authority in accuracy or deflni- ton; and that in the future as in tlc past Il will be the source of constant refcrcnet..
 CHARLES C. NofT li.ict Justice.
 LAWRENCE WELDON
 JOHN DAVIS,
 STANTON J. PEBBLE
 CHARLES j.. lioNtaG.
 ,h!dges.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-05-22

Produce company, Turner brothers, W. F. Taylor Grocery company, the Barry Brothers Grocery company, the state National and TeXarkana Nation al banks and number of other ship 4is and business men If all had paid thefr subscriptions according to aareement. We are told that all would have been welt but many failed to come down with the necessary coin and DOW as result, the crash has C-Te%arkani9n.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-05-22

Next morn preakfas+ed ing to win sight of Ter da would cq no Rosannu' At length
 beckoned t' they follow the halls al of justice black robe canopy in marble fo1 also benea] ] ly appare said in a II
 'Tell us you:" Lii ed and no1
 Then, al souda co4| saying tlld
 to speak t
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 bidden so
 Now so canopy a
 ter on WI
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-05-22
TO THE PUBLIC.

Pine Bluff, Ark, March s, 1906. We the. undersigned hereby agret to close at 12 o'clock on Saturdays beginning April 1, 1906 and continninA until October l, 1906:
 Signed:
 Cotton Belt Savings and Trust com pany.
 Peoples Savings Bank and Trust company.
 Pine Bluff Trust company: Banking Department, from 12 m. to p. m. Jefferson County Savings Bank. Simmons National Bank.
 Merchants & Planters Bank. The Bank of Pine Bluff. Citizens Bank.