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The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
IT'S UP TO HADLEY AGAIA
STANDARD OIL co. WON'T TELL
MORE THAN IT HAS TO.
That Ii the Word Acknowledgement
Hndley of Missouri Has re-
ceived From Attorney Eddy

Kansas City, Mo.-The slippery
Standard Oil Co, through Alfred ID.
Eddy, of Chicago, it's general western
attorney, has in effect, notified Herbert
S. Hadley, attorney general of Missouri,
who was in Kansas City, Tuesday, that
it will give bim 10 more information
in his suit to GUST the Standard its
allied companies from the state OF Mis-
souri, than it is compelled to.
Mr.. Hadley, in discussing the Stand
ards stand, said:
"A week ago to-day, when the tes-
timony Of H. Clay Pierce was to nave
been taken before Commissioner r. A.
Anthony, of st. Louis, Mr.. Eddy, at
torney for the Standard Oil Co, stated
to me that there would be no further
resistance on the part Of witnesses al
ready subpoenaed in New York in an
swering the questions they had pre-
viously refused to answer. / then sug-
gested to Mr.. Eddy that II he would
produce H. M. and w. H.. Tilford and
M. Van Beuron before Commissioner
Sanborn, in New York, March "a, that
l would not, as a matter Of oonven
fence, file an application in the supreme
court to bring them to Missouri.
"Mr. Eddy promised to give an an
swer to this suggestion as soon as he
could consult his clients in New York
He has informed m he did not feel
authorized to make this arrangement.
Consequently If service on them is not
secured at the time the taking Of depo-
sition is resumed in New York | will
apply to the supreme court for an or
der to compel their appearance in Mis-
souri,
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
SHORTAGE KEEPS GROWING
THE cENTERvIEw (Mo.) BANK
rs NOW $25, 900 SHY.
From Evidence low Available 10
would appear That Cashier De-
laney Betrayed Sacred Trusts.

Centerview, Mo.-The apparent
shortage in the defunct Bank of Gen.
terview has, with Investigation, grown
from $4,000 to $4,000.
Cashier Delaney was guardian OF
minors estates amounting to $4,000.
Most of this money is u%naccounted
for. Several persons report that they
paid notes held in the bank and that
the cashier promised to destroy the
notes when he had time. One man
complains that two $500 notes which
the bank still holds against him we're
paid some time ago. Several widows
declare they left money with the cash
Ter to be loaned and trusted him SO
much that they did not even take q
receipt for it.
Delaney was supposed to be worth
between $4,000 and 100000. Not a
cent of these assets can be located.
The home he occupied is worth about
$4,000 and is in his wife's name.
Attorneys who have looked into the
banks affairs declare that it will pay
a large per cent. of the deposits, but
that the stockholders will lose all.
The bank was capitalized at $751; 900 and
the shares were selling at $175, or SIS
above par.
Believe He Was Delnny.
Warrensburg, Mott is generally
believed here that a well-dressed man
who is reported to have drowned him
self in the Kaw river Monday, near
Kansas City, was Cashier Delany of the
Centreview bank, which has failed. So
far nothing but the mans hat has been
recovered.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
AN ALABAMA SENSATION
Detective, VentrilOquist and a Mule
Secure n Confession of the
Christmas Family Murder.

Dothian, Ala.-Following upon
the arrest, Wednesday, of Will Christ
mas, a son., and Walter Holland, a son-in-
law, in connection with the triple muir
der of the Christmas family, new and
sensational developments were brought
to light, Thursday, through the medium
of a detective, his assistant, a ventrilo-
quist, a superstitious negro and the ne
gro's mule. The detective who has been
at work on the case declared the whole
mystery is solved. He has been near
Cottonwood for several weeks hiding
in the woods in the guise of an escaped
murderer from Georgia, and hiring a
negro to bring him his meals.
He suspected the negro knew some
thing of the crime, and with the aid of
q concealed ventriloquist talked to the
negro through a mule. The negro's SUI
perstition was aroused, and it is al
legged he told the details of the murder
to the mule. The arrest of Will Christ
mas and Walter Holland followed.
The murder of the Christmas family
was n of the most atrocious murders
ever committed in this county.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
FOUR THOUSAND SHORTAGE
DEVELOPMENTS In the investigation
of the Affairs of the enter
view CMO) Bank.

Centerview, Mo.-The official in
vestigation of the accounts of the Bank
of Centerview does not bear out the
opinion expressed, Tuesday, that there
would be no shortage. Cashier De-
laney has not returned, therefore Ex-
aniner Burkhardt concluded to open the
safe and look into it's contents.
An expert brought from Kansas City
opened the safe Wednesday afternoon,
and the cash inside was found $4,000
less than the books required it to be.
This, added to a discrepancy of $1,000
In the county funds on the books, makes
a shortage of $4,000.
Cashier Delaney, before his disap-
p~earance, was one Of the most prom
trent and, respected men in Johnson
county. His family is still here. His
personal estate was estimated at about
$50. 900. He was interested in several
business enterprises of Centerview and
was curator of a number Of trust funds
and guardian of a number of minors
with inheritances.
There is a growing belief that when
Delaney left, Sunday, he had no inten-
ton of returning Immediately. and fur
Their developments are anxiously await
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
HE PAID FOR PROTECTION
At Least That is the story the St.
Louis Grand Jury VIII Probe in
the Alfred w. Syrctt Case.

st. Louis.-Specifc charges that
Alfred W. Syrett, former real estate
promoter, now in Jail on warrants
charging him with embezzlement, paid
large sums of money to a certain st.
Louis police captain for protection
while operating here, will be investi-
gated by the grand jury.
Circuit Attorney Sager, Wednesday,
ordered that Syrett and a Jail guard be
brought before him, preparatory to
giving their testimony to the grand
jury.
1t is alleged that since Syrett was
brought back from San Francisco a
prisoner, the police captain sent to him
by a mutual friend the following verbal
message:
STAND pat; if you fail to stand pat,
remember that l have six leaden bull
let's and a well-oiled pistol, and am
recognized as a dead shot"
The Jail guard who is wanted as a
grand Jury witness is said to have over
heard this message and to have told
others about it.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
J%.s.TENNENT,s R.. ARRESTED
Head of a Failed Shoe Firm Charged
with Obtaining Money Under
False Pretenses

st. Louis.-Former President John
H, Tennent, ST., of the Tennent
Shoe Co., which failed recently with
liabilities more than $1,000. 900 in ex-
cess of its assets, was arrested Wednes-
day at his home, 4140 Washington
boulevard, on a bench warrant charg-
inng him with obtaining money under
false pretenses and released on $4,000
bond.
The charge which caused the issu-
ance of the warrant is that a gear ago
Tennent borrowed $4,000 from the
Franklin bank, giving the officials of the
bank what purported to be a statement
of the financial condition of the Ten
nent firm. This statement, it is charg-
ed, was incorrect in essential details.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
CASE is GROWING SERIOUS
Connection With the Walsh
"Memorandum Notes"

Chicago.-Charges of extensive
gerry, growing out of the Walsh bank
failures, are threatened as a result Of
the statement Of George Paradis, a
former employee of the Chicago ma
tional bank, that his signature append
ed to $780, 900 worth of memorandum
notes is spurious.
Paradis was formerly in the employ
of Walsh. He is a civil engineer and
was engaged in surveying the fallen
bankers Indiana properties. Since
leaving the Walsh employ he has been
teaching a class in the Amour insti-
tute.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
LOSS or THE BRITISH KING
Twenty-seven of Her Grew Drowned
Heroic Rescue Work BY the
Crew of the Bostonian.

Boston,-Intense suffering, mental
and physical, and numerous acts Of he
roism in saving life rarely equaled in
the record of tragedies of the sea, at
tended the loss Of the Phoenix line
steamer British King, which, on Sun
day last. in a raging Atlantic storm,
foundered about $50 miles south OF
Sable island, and carried to death "a
members Of the crew. Thirteen were
rescued from the sinking vessel by the
Leyland line steamer B~ostonian, bound
from Manchester to Boston, and IL by
the German tank steamer Mannheim,
Rotterdam for New York. Five others
who had been drawn down in the vor-
tex into which the British King was
engulfed were picked up by the Bos-
tonian from a frail bit of wreckage
which they had grasped after a desper-
ate struggle for life in the whirlpool.
The Bostonian arrived here Wednes-
day afternoon.
Capt. James O'Hagan Of the British
King died on board the Bostonian from
the effects OF terrible injuries sustained.
The rescued who were brought here
include James Lanigan, the second Of
ficer; ]. d. Crawford, the chief en-
gineer; Adolphus Beck, the fourth en-
gineer, and William j. Curry, the
steward. The others were coal passers
and sailors, mostly Belgians, and one
stowaway, Henry Parkotch, of New
York. =
Two life boats from the Bostonian
were crushed to fragments, and the
volunteer crews which manned them
were thrown into the high running
seas while engaged in the work of res
cue, but all were safely landed on
board the steamer.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
CONFESSED TO F0RGERIES
TWO OF THE GANG UNDER Ar
REST IN CHICAGO CONFESS.
Worked Well and Fruitfully.
For q Time.

ChicagO.-Charles White, who was
recently arrested in Dayton, O., and Jef
Davis and George Grant, who were also
arrested on the charges of being mem
bers of a gang Of forgers, were taken to
the Office of Police Inspector LAWN.
Thursday, where Grant and White con-
fessed their forgeries. Davis would not
confess, and declared that he did not
know either White or Grant.
'The first job we did," said White, in
his confession. was worked on the Ohio
Oil Co., at Marion, Montpelier and Hart
ford City, Ind. In these three places,
Davis and l secured $1,400. Davis
asked me to get a check from the Office
of the oil company, saying that it would
be worth $50, 900 apiece to us If we could
duplicate it. l got the check, and he
made a duplicate. Then he asked me II
I could pull the plug out of an oil tank
in order to get some oil to smear on the
check. l managed to do it, accidentally
Of course, several days later, and we
wasted $50 barrels Of oil SO that Davis
could get enough to rub on those checks.
l was told by the company to pay for
the oil or give up my job, and / quit"
Then we went to st. Louis, and we
each got $11, 900. out of the same kind
of a job which we worked IN the st.
Louis car works. Then we went to AL
ton, where we made $4,000 on pay
checks on. the Baltimore & Ohio rail-
road. From there we went to Joliet,
ILL.,, where we got 81 500, and from there
we came to Chicago and, with the as
sistance of Mr.. and Mrs. Longpre, Rosa
Davis and Ralph Grant, We worked the
duplicate pay check game on the Hill
nois Steel Co. at South Chicago for
about 60 000D
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
ASKS ABSOLUTE DIVORCE
Countess Caste1lane Asks Permis-
sion to Amend Her Bill to
"Absolute Divorce"

Paris, France.-Countess Boni de
Castellane, accompanied by Edmond
Kelly, her lawyer. appeared before
Judge Ditto, president of the civil
tribunal of the Seine, Tuesday, and
asked for permission to amend the pro-
ceedings in her application for a sep
aration from her husband so that the
decree will give her an absolute d.
vorce. The application asked for a sep
arate domicile and custody of the chill
dren pending the legal proceedings.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
JOSEPH NOLAN RYsTERIcAL
The SaIoOmkeeper Charged With
the Murder of Hetntx and Sem
nett, Raving in Jail.

st. Louis.-Joseph Nolan, the
saloonkeeper at Edwardsyille Crossing,
held for the murder OF Fred Heintz
William Sennett, fishermen, whose
gunshot-riddled bodies were found on
the river bank six miles south OF AL
ton. is hysterical and raving in the Ed
warGsyille Jail. "Skippy" Steffen, at
first suspected, but fully exonerated by
his graphite story, told at the coroner's
inquest, has gone back to his cabin on
Moline island.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23

No person in all Europe did as much
to preserve the status quo and main
tain peace as Christian TX, king OF
Denmark, whose sudden death oc-
Cured recently. Called the father OF
royalty, his position was peculiarly
powerful. Had he been an intriguer
or a busybody Europe would have
been bathed in blood many times in
the last generation. But peace at any
cost was Christians motto, and his in
nuence was more potent than policy,
Or expediency. OF diplomacy. He stood
between reigning houses, and argued
AGAINST war and insisted on peace.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23

The number of producing mines in
the western states, exclusive of Alas.
ka, in 1904, was 1884. To this should
be added several hundred producers
in Alaska and probably e a hun.
bred in the southern Appalachian
states, which would make a total OF
about 1000. The total number OF
placer mines reported is 1,349 and OF
deep mines 1906. Colorado has the
largest (567) of deep-producig mines.
and is followed by California with 474.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23

The man who is in charge of the
interests of the brotherhood OF loco.
motive engineers in Mexico reports
that American engineers, American
locomotives, capital, equipment and
brains are doing wonders in the de.
velopment of the railroads of Mexico.
The superiority of the engineer from
the United States over the native en-.
gineer Is fast giving to Americans all
the good positions on the roads.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23

Mrs. Grover Cleveland was the only
woman ever married in the White
House to a president. Mrs. Tyler was
the only other oma who married a
president in his term Of Office. -Four
daughters of presidents have been
married at home, in Washington
Miss Monroe, Miss Tyler, Miss Grant
and Miss Roosevelt. Four sons OF
presidents were married while their
fathers were in Office and all took
their brides to the White House for
long periods. Only one of the sons OF
q president, John Adams, was married
In tho White House.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23

In 1899, when the report of the
weigh" of all mails was made, it was
stated that this government free"
matter exclusive of bags and wrap
pings, constituted 1922 per cent. OF the
entire weight carried. Applying this
ratio to the postal revenue from the
public in 1904, Postmaster-Genera
Cortelyou found that the matter car
ried free by the government occa-
stoned a loss of 500, 1000 in round
numbers.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23

The work of the American farmer
for 1905 was the most important in
dustrial work done in the whole
world. The last two years crops
were worth more than all the gold in
the world for the last 400 years. Tho
American farmer is to-day in a fair
way to furnish the bulk of the food
supply of the world.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23

A discussion Of the old question.
should fairy tales be read to children?
has been revived by the duchess OF
Somerset, who takes the negative in
the controversy, declaring that such
mental pabulum is highly Injurious
for young minds, giving false and mis-
leading impressions of life.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23

A rare and notable instance Of reiiS>
fous tolerance and breadth of view,
combined with a philanthropic spirit,
was evidenced in the will of William
M. Gould, who died in New York r.
Gently. Mr.. Gould's entire estate. .
very large one, vas ~bequeathed to four
institutions in equal parts, as follows:
The Gould Memorial home at Rome.
Italy, the Congregational society, the
Methodist Episcopal church, and the
Roman Catholic church, all Of Sharon,
Ct. Sharon was Mr.. Gould's birth
place and early home.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23

Last year we exported nearly ESQ.,.
00O, 900 pounds of fresh beef alone,
while 100000 pounds of canned
beef were sent abroad. Packers have
realized immense returns from the
high price of hides and ~by-products.
Prices for hogs rule higher than for
three years past, although the six
western markets handled a total OF
s, 5000, 900 head during the year. The
range of prices for sheep was higher
than ever known.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23

One of the smallest exhibitions OF
caninity on record was at the dog
show recently held in New York in
the shape of a small bunch of bones
and skin and a little fuzz that has to
do for hair. He is "Chula,' a Chihua'
hua dog, the property of Mrs. c. w.
Atwood, and he tips the beam at six
ounces, just enough to require IL
cents by mail first class. But his price
In $500, just about 500 an ounce for
dog.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
Fnther of IS Dead.

Little Rock, Ark.-William H.
Eagle, aged II, eldest brother of the
late Ex-Gov. James P. Eagle, and one
of the largest planters in the south,
died at his home in this city. Col.
Eagle was twice married, and was the
father of IS children, nine of whom,
with Mrs. Eagle, were at his bedside.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
Unhappy woman Takes Poison.

Observation-Disclosures Mrs. Georgia
Rochette, aged SO, wife Of j. A. Ro-
Ghetto, until six months ago a resident
of st. Louis, where they were married
IL years ago, committed suicide by
swallowing poison. She was unhappy
over q long separation from her hus-
hand.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
Aged Crank Stays Roommate.

Franklin, ~Ind.-Wednesday, Thomas
Darrell, aged Is, an inmate Of the
johnson county infrmary, killed his
roommate, Cyrus Brown, aged 81,
crushing hi S skull with a cuspidor.
Darrell sage he was told to do the deed
by angels who appeared in a dream.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
Saw Coreys Are Reconciled.

Riverside, CAL, March 17.-Mrs. W.
E. Corey, wife of the steel magnate,
started east Friday, accompanied by
Mrs. Corey, ST., and her sister-in-law,
to join her husband, q correspondence
having resulted in q reconciliation
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
Another Anthony I'm the Field.

Rochester, N. Yin this city, at q
council Of the family Of Susan B. AM
thony, Friday, it was decided that Mary
Anthony shall go to Oregon to aid in
the suffragist campaign there. She will
start next week with Rev. DR.. Anna
Shaw.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
Deem snow In Ohio.

Wellston. O., March 17.-This city Is
in the worst throes of a snow storm
since 1871. The snow is % inches deep
on the level, telephone and telegraph
wires are down, and outside, communi-
cation is cut OF.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23

New York.-It is said the grand
fury which is investigating evidence IN
the insurance matters submitted by
District Attorney Jerome, is at sea as
to whether a political assessment by q
director Of a corporation constitutes
the crime of larceny.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
Dead From Lack Of sustenance

st. Louis.-The Missouri state
board of immigration, formed to In
luce foreigners to come to Missouri
and settle on unoccupied lands, is
dead because the legislature has failed
to make any appropriation for its
maintenance.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
None Entitled to Immunity.

Chicago. -Attorney-Genera Will
lam H. Moody, in attendance at the
beef case, declares that, under the Pa
per and Tobacco trust decisions handed
down by the United States supreme
court no corporation is entitled to inn
munity.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
nnraIar club. Aged woman.

Washington, Ind, March 17.-Mrs.
Margaret Tucker. 70 years old, a
wealthy widow. is in a critical condi-
tion as 4 result OF being beaten into
insensibility by a burglar because she
refused to give him 500 hidden beneath
the mattress of her bed.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23

Through the invention of a resi-
dent of Colorado City the Vests
great gold output may be doubled.
1t is a simple machine for saving
-four gold, is run by a gasoline en-
CINE, and may be taken anywhere.
Experiments On twice-treated trail
ings or mine refuse show an ccumu
lation of five and one-half pounds OF
gold in ten days.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23

Japanese proprietors of three large
modern apartment houses for Orient
ais in San Francisco have decreed
that no children shall be allowed
within their walls.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
Allexea Padded Regfstration

Kansas City, Mot is alleged there
Is evidence Of padding in the registra-
tion here for the coming election. and
the republican city committee has or
ganized a special committee to make in
yestigation.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
TO Prepare an Anti-Ha.ins Bill.

To Prepare an Antf-Hazing BIZ.
Washington, March 1.-THE house
committee on naval affairs has author
lied the subcommittee headed by Rep
resentative Vreeland, Of New York,
which investigated hazing at Annapolis,
to prepare an anti-hazing bill.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23

Ann Arbor, Mich. March 17.-Prof.
Andrew C. Mclaughlin, head of the
American history department in the
University of Michigan, has been offered
the chair Of history at the University
Of Chicago.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
Chauncey Depew In seciusion.

New York.-Senator Chauncey M. De-
pew is In seclusion in his home, q
West Fifty-fourth street, where he is
frequently visited by a physician. 1t
is said the senator will soon go to Eu-
rome n remain indefinitely.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
The Visible supply Of Cotton.

New Orleans, La, March 17.-Secre-
tary Hester's statement of the worlds
visible supply of cotton showed a
total of 4,968,439 bales, against $685.
907 last week. OF this the. total
American cotton is 3,424,439, against
3,5O1. 907 last week.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23

Bloomington, Ml-Wednesday Walter
Cardiff and Harry Chamblin, boys, were
drowned at Mason City, Wednesday
evening, the ice giving way with them
while skating. The boys were cousins
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23

Des Moines, lathe various Iowa.
Independent telephone companies In
convention started q quarter-million-
dollar combination to fight the Bell
Telephone Cos interests in the statet
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23

George Fields, a Cherokee Indian
living in Indian Territory, has been
married three times, and is the father
Of So children, rs Of whom are now
living.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23

Washington, March 1.-THE secre-
tary Of commerce and labor has accept
ed the resignation of Marcus Braun as
immigrant inspector at Quebec. The
letter of resignation was not made pub
lie.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23

St. Louis.-Governors of all the
southwestern states have been invited
by the Business Mems league to at
tend, as the leagues guests, the COM
mercial convention to be held In st.
Louis, April 16 and II.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
Absolutely No Danger.

ManiIa.-Col. John C. D. knight, MAJ
Gen. Woods chief-of-staff, has returned
from a reconnaissance Of the situation
In China. He reports that there is abb
~solutely no danger Of trouble and that
tranquility prevailsI
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
woman Captures Criminal.

st. Louis.-Tuesday Snake MUIR
ply, a desperate criminal. was cap
tured by Mrs. Lottie Swinhart, in her
home. He has served eight terms in
the ~penitentiary.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23

Chicago-The city of Chicago is soon
to have a bank that will be kept open
for business day and night. The only
exception will be Sundays, Christmas
and New Years day.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
old wound Caused His Death.

San Antonio, Tex, March 17.-Maj.
Charles C. Cresson, United States army.
retired. died from IN operation per-
formed on a wound received in the bat
tie Of Gettysburg.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
At Their Old Masters Bedside.

At Their Old Master's Bedside.
Dallas, Tex.-Venerable Judge James
M. Patterson, Dallas Oldest pioneer
settler, died at his home here. aged "a.
There were many ex-slaves present at
the bedside.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-03-23
The production Of petroleum in the
United States last year was 117,000..
600 barrels, which sold for SOL, 000s
600.
1t is estimated that in the United
Kingdom over fourteen million dol
lars are annually spent on pipes and
tobacco,

The imperial canal in China is the
longest in the world. and connects no
fewer than al cities in the course OF
its 500 miles.