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The Tupelo journal., 1906-12-07
CAUSE OF THE AWFUL WRECK.
Operator Allowed Two Trains on Same
Block at Same Time.

Lynchburg, Va.-The main cause
Of the awful wreck near Lawyers de-
pot, ten miles south of this city, in
which President Spencer and his party
of prominent New York and Baltimore
men lost their lives, is laid absolutely
at the door of G. D. Mattox, the OPP
orator, who was in charge of the block
telegraph station at Ragoon. Mat
tox, who disappeared after being re-
lieved less than an hour after the
accident, has not been found, despite
the fact that railway detectives have
secured the country around the wreck,
and about his home at Sandy Level, in
Pittsylvania county, 40 miles from the
scene of the accident, on a small
branch line of the Southern. An Of
fetal of the Southern railway stated
that the company was DESTROYS of ap-
pretending Mattox, in order to secure
a statement from him that might throw
some light on the cause that led him
to allow two trains in the same block
at the same time. This official was
not prepared to state whether or not
the company would take steps to pros
ecute the missing operator, and he did
not then know if he could be prosecut-
ed under the laws of the state of
Virginia.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-12-07
FUNERAL OF SPENCER
iNTERMENT OF LATE PRESIDENT
AT WASHINGTON.
WILL ATTEND
Ten Of the Oldest Negro Porters In the
Service Of the Road Active
Pallbearers.

Washington, d. C.-The funeral OF
President Samuel Spencer of the
Southern railway, who lost his life in
the railroad collision at Lawyers. Va,
early Thursday morning, will take
place at st. Johns church, in this city,
at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, Rev.
Roland G. Smith, the rector, officiating.
The body will be inferred in this city.
The burial service will be private.
For five minutes during the funeral
hour, beginning promptly at 2 O'Clock,
every train and all machinery of the
entire Southern railway system will
be at a standstill, as a mark of respect
to the late president.
Ten Old Porters Pallbcarers.
The active ~pallbearers will consist
OF ten of the Oldest negro porters in
the service of the Southern. The hon
orary pallbearers will include the vice
presidents and officials of the road, ].
Pierpont Morgan and other prominent
financiers of New York.
Died Where He Won First LaureIs.
President Spencer earned his first
laurels in railroading on the section
of road in which he lost his life. That
portion of the Southern system was
formerly known as the Virginia Mid
land, of which Mr.. Spencer was super
intendent in 1877. This was the high
est position he had held up to that
time, and he left it within a year for a
promotion.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-12-07

% many Cincinnati wives have been
deserted by their husbands Of late that
the city council has taken steps to-
ward putting q check on such run
Always. 1t has been found that mort
gage loan sharks are contributing fac
tors In a great many cases. A mans
ability to mortgage his furniture with
out the knowledge of his wife Is a
strong temptation to husbands Of weak
will. An ordinance has been intro
duced making such mortgage of no
avail unless they bear the signature Of
both husband and wife.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-12-07
TWELVE ARE POISONED
AUBURN IN. W HOUSEHOLD FED
ON ARSENIC.
WAS SERVED IN THE SUGAR
House Is Robbed After Head OF the
Family Is Taken to the
Hospital.

Auburn, N. Y, Nov. civilian
f. Wait Of the carpet manufacturing
firm of Nye c. Wait, president of the
Cayuga County Savings bank and one
of the prominent and respected citi-
zens of Auburn, is a patient in the
Auburn city hospital, SO desperately
i'll that his recovery Is uncertain.
His son, w. Byron Wait, reported
to be one of the .w%ealthiest young men
in the town, is in the same institu-
ton undergoing treatment based upon
symptoms similar to those of his IA
Their.
Rev. Harvey Clements, son-in-law
Of the elder Wait, n of the most
noted young Presbyterian clergymen
in the county, is in a condition sim
liar, and so seriously affected that his
intended trip to Europe with his wife
has been postponed indefinitely.
Frederick Hancock, coachman for
the Wait family; Margaret Hartney,
the cook; Anna Flynn, the waitress;
Josephine Watkins, a colored washer
woman; Misses Harris and Skena-
teles, both trained nurses, are recov-
ering slowly from an Illness precisely
similar in symptoms as that which
has stricken their employers.
Catherine Walsh, an elderly woman,
who helps out when the domestic
service in Che Wait mansion is over-
taxed, is thc only n stricken who
has regained her normal condition.
All tb csc 10 persons. together with
a woman glest at the summer cottage
Of the Waits at Lake Owasco, and a
boy of all work employed there, are
the victims of arsenic poisoning. In
every instance, p%ulverized or granu-
lated sugar was poisoned.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-12-07
HIS TROUBLE WAS INTERNAL.
Indian Chief Had Peculiar Ideas About
Hydrophobia.

Mayor Stoy of Atlantic City was
describing the cosmopolitan throngs
that visit his famous and gay resort.
Every nationality comes here" he
said. Greeks, Turks, Hindoos, Chi
nese, Moors-they all come.
81 was talking the other day to n
of the physicians Of the Pasteur In
stitute-the hospital, you know, for
the prevention and cure of hydropho-
bia. The Pasteur Institute reminded
me of Atlantic City, its visitors seemed
to be of such a diversified character.
1.-The physician told me about an IN
dian chief who had come to him for
treatment last year.
"rMy name said the chief, is War
Eagle. Please take me in hand. ]
fear 1 am getting hydrophobia.'
Have you been bitten the physic-
ian asked, by a mad dog"
"tNot exactly bitten War Eagle
answered, but l have the gravest sus-
picions about a black poodle that was
served to me in a ragout last Friday
afternoon"
The Tupelo journal., 1906-12-07
BABrs AWFUL M
Thin Skin Formed Over Body and I'm.
der 1t Was Watery BIood-cured In
Ono Week by Cuticura Remedies.

when my little girl baby was one
week old she had a skin disease. A
thin skin formed over her body and
under it was watery blood, and when
she was washed it would burst and
break. She was in that condition for
weeks, and / tried everything l could
think of, but nothing did her any
good. When she was three months
old | took her to San Antonio to see
a doctor, but the doctor We wanted to
see was not at home, so my sister
gave me a cake of Cuticura Soap and
half a box of Cuticura Ointment, and
told me to use them, which l did in
time. l used them three times, and
the humor began to fade, and in one
week she was sound and well, and it
has lever returned since. / think
every mother should keep the Cuti-
cura Remedies in the house. Mrs.
H. Aaron, Benton, Texas, July 3,
1906"
The Tupelo journal., 1906-12-07
ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION.
Further Appropriations Made for High.
err Education.

New York, N. Y.-Announcement
is made that at a meeting of the gen.
eral education board, which has
charge of the John D. Rockefeller
foundation for higher education, the
following appropriations were made:
Lawrence university, Appleton, Wis,
$780, 900; Drury college. Springfield,
Mo-, $4,000; Richmond college, Rich
mond, Va, $4,000; Washington and
Lee university, Lexington, Va, $4,000;
Iowa college, Grinnell, Ia, 100000.
This makes a total of $667,500 con
tributed from the income of the Rock
efeller foundation since the gift was
received in October, 1905. These
gifts are made conditionally. and when
the conditional amounts are raised the
total contributed for the endowment
of colleges will be $2.670.000.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-12-07
WAS FELT FORTY MILES AWAY.
The Terrific Explosion of Roburite,
Near Amen, Germany.

Dortmond, Germany.-The terrible
explosion of the roburite factory, e
Amen, resulted, as far as is now
known, in the deaths of 40 persons.
Many others were so seriously injured
that there is no hope of their living
Many persons have not yet been &C
counted for. Among the wounded are
about 200 employees of the factory, and
the total of persons dangerous and
slightly injured amounts to several
hundred.
The pioneers have succeeded in re.
moving the roburite from the. vaults
beneath the factory, and there is now
no danger of further explosions.
The damage is estimated at $780,.
900.
The conclusion was felt 40 miles.
Owing to the bursting of their ear.
drums by the conclusion, many per.
sons have been made deaf.
Physicians regard the condition OF
38 of the wounded as hopeless.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-12-07
NEW YEARS L
A New Drink to Replace the oId-Time
"Apple-Jack."

twenty-five years ago the custom OF
making New Years calls was a de-
lightful one for all concerned, until
some Of the boys got nor "egg-nog
or "apple-jack" than they could sue
cessfully carry.
Then the ladies tried to be charit-
able and the gentlemen tried to be
as chivalrous as ever and stand up at
the same time.
If anyone thinks there has not been
considerable improvement made in the
last quarter of a century in the use
Of alcoohlic beverages, let him stop
to consider, among other things. the
fact that the old custom of New Years
calls and the genteel tipping is nearly
obsolete.
The custom Of calling on ones
friends, however, at the beginning of
the new year, is a good habit, and an
other good habit to start at that time
is the use of wellmade Postum in
stead Of coffee or spirits.
A Staten Island doctor has q sem
sible daughter who has set Postum
before her guests as a good thing to
drink at Yule Tide, and a good way
to begin the New Year. Her father
writes:
my daughter and I have used
Postum for some time past, and we
feel sure it contains wholesome food
material.
81 shall not only recommend it to
my patients, but my daughter will be
most pleased to give a demonstration
of Postum to our Christmas and New
Years callers" Read THE Road to
Wellyille'' in pkgs. There's a reason
The Tupelo journal., 1906-12-07
CONSTITUTIONAL PROHIBITION.
Friends of the Liquor Interest Uneasy
in Oklahoma.

Guthrie, Okla.-In the constitutional
convention, President Murray submit.
ted his forty-six committees. The OPP
ponents of the proposition were
disturbed over the appointment of a
prohibitionist, K. ]. Kurl, of Bartles.
vile, as chairman of the liquor com.
mittee. The statehood enabling act
places the Indian territory portion OF
the new state under prohibition for a
period of 81 years, and 1t is believed
that an effort is being made by the In
dian territory delegates to bring about
constitutional prohibition over the en-
tire state.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-12-07
A BRIDGE OF MAHOGANY.
Valuable Wood Used in Mexican Struo-
ture for Pedestrians and Teams.

AS mahogany is among the most
costly woods In the world, 1t may be
inferred that this tropical material
Is not very extensively employed in
the construction of buildings, etc. A
bridge constructed of solid mahogany
is certainly a rarity, a curiosity.
There is one. claimed to be the only
one in the world, built of that mate
rial. This structure is located IN the
department Of Palenque. state of Chi.
apas, republic of Mexico. This dis
trict lies in the extreme southwestern
part of Mexico, near the boundary line
of Guatemala.
The mahogany bridge is construct
ed entirely of that valuable wood,
except some iron braces and nails that
are necessary. The bridge spans the
Rio Michel and it's total length, in.
GLIDING approaches, exceeds $50 feet.
while the width is Is feet. 1t is used
by both teams and pedestrians and,
though somewhat rude and primitive
in construction, it is very substantial.
None of the timbers of the flooring
were sawed, for in that region there
are no sawmills, but were hewn and
split.
In that section Of old Mexico there
are several very large rubber planta-
lions, and mahogany trees r quite
common. In clearing away the trop-
zeal forests for setting out the young
rubber trees the mahogany growths
are also cut down and removed. AS
this wood is quite abundant, some OF
1t was used in building the bridge
American Inventor.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-12-07
President Smith Fined.

Salt Lake City, Utah.-Joseph F.
Smith, president of the Nor
mon church, appeared in the district
court before Judge Richie, pleaded
guilty to a charge of unlawful cohabi.
tation and a fine of $500 was imposed.
President Smith was arrested on
Oct. 1 last and bound over to the dis.
trict court on charges of unlawful co.
habitation with five wives. The com
plant was based upon the fact that
on May 81 last, President Smiths for.
ty-third child was born to Mary T.
Schwartz Smith.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-12-07

BRIEF TELEGRAMS :



Extradition OF Librado Rivera, on re.
quest from the Mexican government,
Is refused by United States commits
sioner.
The cotton market goes to the high
est point OF the week, but loses and
closes at only 3 to Z points advance.
Senator Bailey leaves Washington
before opening OF congress to face his
in Texas.
Teller D. P. Dyer, of the st. Louis
sub-treasury, Is to be dismissed. He
is $4,000 short.
The weather bureaus records show
that November was slightly colder
than the average. with more ~precipita-
ton.
Gov. Pardee Of California pardons
two ballot-box suffers that they may
testify against Schmitz.
Rear Admiral Converse fears war
with Japan and navigation bureau
urges increase of Pacific fleet.
Counsel Ruff, of Marshall, Mo-,
leaves for Washington to take up Mrs.
Aggie Meyers case with the supreme
court and declares she will not hang
Dec. 10.
Constitutional convention at Guthrie
orders pictures of Indian warriors and
statesmen of various tribes placed in
the hall.
Gov. Folk of Missouri departs from
usual custom and declines to grant
pardons Thanksgiving day.
Catarino Gonzales, noted Mexican
desperate, slain in battle with rurales,
after killing four.
Canadian minister of finance intro.
duces a revision measure, increasing
the tariffs against Uncle Sam.
Paris continues to ship gold to Bank
of England.
Heavy gold shipments will be made
from London to Brazil this week.
American manufacturers are buying
wool at the London auction sales.
Mrs. Rose Hanefield, on threats OF
Rockefeller's life, is given a check for
a million and is arrested when she
attempts to cash it.
Congressman cause their secretaries
to give thanks by announced intention
to raise their salaries.
Available cash balance in United
| States treasury, exclusive OF $3.50, 000,.
900 gold reserve, s226, 4 sos.
President Diaz, of Mexico, is threat
ened with assassination if he permits
the death of Juan Sarabia.
Howard l.. Cronkrite, at one time
speaker of the Illinois house of repre-.
sentatives, dead at Freeport, III.
The mutilated body of Mrs. C. J.
Dennison, Of Peoria, ILL.,, was found on
railroad tracks neal Colorado Springs,
Five thousand acres of valuable pas.
ture land in Oklahoma will be sold to
bidders next month.
Newspaper passes will be considered
by the supreme court and decision
| rendered on the same.
The government spreads its dragnet
for Mexican revolutionary leaders, but
search in Milwaukee is denied.
Indications are that the Republic Oil
company is preparing to wind up its
affairs in Missouri.
Wheat and corr took another slide
in Chicago. Provisions fell in SYM
pathy.
Commander Peary's ship leaks, crew
discontinued, and he is forced to re-
main with vessel.
James ]. Kirby, while standing by
an open window, in st. Louis, falls to
his death from a second-story room.
District court officials at Austin,
Tex, deny that indictment has been
issued against Pierce.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-12-07
MORE INDICTMENTS AT FRISCO.
Abe Ruef and Chief of Police Oman
Receive Attention.

San Francisco, Cal.-Abraham
Ruef and Chief of Police jeremiah
Oman have been jointly indicted by
the grand jury on the charge of con-
spiracy, in connection with the alleged
protection of a house of i'll repute.
Chief Oman was also separately indict-
ed on a charge of perjury, based upon
his testimoy before the grand jury.
Bonds were fixed at $4,000 in each
case. No attempt will be made to dis
place Oman pending the trial of the
case.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-12-07
PLATT MAKES GENERAL DENIAL.
Has Not Said He Would Not Resign,
and Repudiates Alleged Interviews.

New York, N. Y.,-United States
Senator Thomas C. Platt said, con-
corning an alleged interview with him,
published in this city, in which he was
quoted as saying that he would not
resign his office as senator:
81 have not said l would not re-
sign. l saw no reporter, in fact, nor
have l said to anybody that I would
not send in my resignation to Gov.
Higgins. 1 never said to any newspa-
per man that l would stay in Wash
ington all winter. In fact, the whole
interview about my refusal to resign
is untrue. / have said nothing, nor
am l going to say anything now"
The Tupelo journal., 1906-12-07

Rifle shooting will hereafter be in
cluded in the curriculum of the ele-
mentary schools of Great Britain. Mr..
Birrell, the president of the board Of
education, who made the announce
ment in the house of commons. said
that the educational authorities had
been given permission, under certain
restrictions, to allow children of GER
tain ages to be taught to shoot at
miniature ranges, the instruction to
be paid out of the public funds.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-12-07
Found a Bomb Plant.

Warsaw, Russia.-The police search
ed the house in Piwna street, near
the governors palace, where a bomb
exploded last Saturday, and dis
covered a plant for the manufacture of
bombs. Two human fingers also were
found, indicating that Saturdays ex-
plosion was accidental.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-12-07
Short Respite for Rawlings.

Valdosta, Ga.-Governor Terrell
has issued orders respiting J. G..
Rawlings from Dec. 8, and ALI Moore
from Nov. 80. both until Dec. 4, the
day following the adjournment at Val.
dosta of the South Georgia conference,
this action being taken in Difference
to the wishes Of the ministers and 9th
ers who will attend the conference.
Following these executions, the prison
commission will meet and decide the
fate of the Rawlings boys, Milton and
Jesse, who are sentenced to be hanged
on Dec. I.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-12-07

Certain Chinese who led the boy
colt on American goods in Canton
last year. and were punished by i'm
prisonment, we're released the other
day. A crowd of enthusiastic Chi
nese gathered and a%pplauded the men,
and a magistrate gave a luncheon in
their honor. Indeed, the boycott lead
ers were treated very much as the
leaders of the anti-Chinese agitation
used to be treated in the sand-lot days
of San Francisco.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-12-07

Diligent seekers may now find the
boundary-line between the United
States and Canada somewhere along
the middle of Lake Erie. Two war
vessels, n belonging to Canada and
the other to the United States, began
In October the work of setting buoys
along the boundary at intervals of five
miles. Hereafter Lake Erie fisher
men will be able to learn whether
they are at home OF in a foreign coun-
try when they bait their hooks for
whales or minnows.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-12-07
Veteran Run Down BY Automobile,

Veteran Run Down by Automobile.
Denver, COL, Nov. 29.-Howard M.
O'Haver died at Mercy hospital from
injuries received by being u down
by an automobile driven by Miss
Birdie Appel, a young daughter of J.
S. Appel, a prominent merchant Of
this city. When information reached
the Appel home that O'Haver was
dead, Miss Appel, accompanied by her
father, appeared before Magistrate
Grant L. Hudson and volunteered q
bond Of $4,000 pending the hearing by
a coroner's Jury. Mr.. O'Haver vas q
real estate dealer. So years of age -
The Tupelo journal., 1906-12-07

Although the population Of the
United Kingdom increased by 1000, 900
during the last six years, there has
been a decline of nearly $500, 900 bar
rels in.the consumption of beer. There
is also a steady decline in the use
of spirits. On the other hand, the
1855, 767,710 pounds of tea imported for
home consumption during the first
seven months of 1906 mark an in
crease of 10,000,O 900 over the same Pc
Rod in 1905.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-12-07

Readers who remember that the au-
thor Of 1.-The Count of Monte Cristo"
had a son as distinguished In htera-
ture as he was will appreciate the joke
of a French journalist. He puts the
whimsical question whether there Is
to be a younger Duma in Russia to
inherit the genius of the elder Duma-
The Tupelo journal., 1906-12-07
BAILEY's ALLEGED OIL FEES.
Attorney General Wants Waters
Pierce to Show Vouchers.

Austin, Tex, Nov. 29.-The attorney
general has filed a motion in the dis
trict court here, asking that the Wa
ters-Pierce Oil Co. be ordered to fur
nish the court with vouchers and 9TH
er records showing the amount of
money which had been paid by that
company to Senator Joe Bailey for
services rendered.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-12-07

If you want to get on, go in with the
people in your line of business, or in
your profession. Try to make your
self popular with them. If a business
your business; if a lawyer, keep in
with lawyers. Join the lawyers clubs
or associations. The very reputation
of standing we'll in your craft or pro-
fession, says Success Magazine, will
be of great value to you.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-12-07

One of the troubles of the hard
wood buyer in Dominique is that some
times he has to wait three years for
a freshet to float his logs. Another
is that when a disturbance is going on
in the district his laborers are likely
to leave him till it is over, to avoid
being impressed, either in the govern
ment or revolutionists' ranks.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-12-07
Washburn-L anghorne

Washington, Nov. -9.-At st. Johns
church Miss Alice Langhorne was mar
ried to Stanley Washburn, of Mime
apolis, son Of former United States
Senator w. D. Washburn. The bride
is a member Of the Langhorne family
Of Virginia.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-12-07

McGovern and Young corbett Matched
New York, Nov. 29.-Following a
meeting of their managers here, it was
announced that Terry McGovern and
Young Corbett had been matched for
a bout for not less than Is rounds, to
take place during the week ending Jan.
81. Each side posted a forfeit of ST.
600. Tim Hurst will referee the fight.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-12-07
British Soap Trust Quits.

Liverpool, Eng.-The working ar
rangement entered into on Oct. / be-
tween the leading soap manufacturers
of the United Kingdom, popularity
known as the soap trust" was termi-
mated at a meeting here of the repre-
sentatives Of the firms concerned on
the ground that "the combine had
been received with great disfavor by
the trade and the public"
The Tupelo journal., 1906-12-07
SECRETARY ROOT IN CINCINNATI
Speaks on South America and the
Panama Canal.

Cincinnati, O. = Increased COM
merce with the countries of South
America and moral support of thePan-
anna canal construction work we're
advocated by Secretary of State Elihu
Root in an address at the twenty-sixth
annual dinner of the Cincinnati Com
mercial club. Mr.. Root opened with
a word of greeting from what he
called "one of the biggest and one of
the best all-around men in the world,
Secretary Taft" to his old friends in
Cincinnati.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-12-07

]. Pierpont Morgan's intimate
friends declare that he does not look
a day older than he did ten years
ago. He believes that the annual
trips he takes have a wonderfully re
juvenating effect on his physical and
mental being. II find" he said, re-
Gently, that I can do a years work
in nine months, but that I can't do
10 months work in a year."
The Tupelo journal., 1906-12-07
The Presidents Thanksgiving.

Washington, D.. C.-President and
Mrs. Roosevelt spent a quiet Thanks
giving day. Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss
Ethel attended the morning service
at st. Johns Episcopal church. The
president spent two hours of the morn
ing horseback riding on the country
roads north of the city. In the aft
ernoon he devoted several hours to
business in the executive offices.
Thanksgiving dinner was served in the
evening, Representative and Mrs.
Nicholas Longworth being guests.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-12-07

During a conference with the chiefs
and 5000 tribesmen of S~ekukuniland.
Sir Godfrey Lagden, the chief native
commissioner Of the Transvaal, cited
as evidence of the governments good
intentions toward the black popula-
ton the fact that whereas formerly a
native paid ten dollars for each wife,
the cost was now only 1925. The
chiefs expressed their loyalty to King
Edward.