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The Tupelo journal., 1906-09-14
PALMA : IS ANXIOUS
WOULD BE WILLING TO coMPRo.
MISE CUBAN TROUBLE.
AUTHORIZES INVESTIGATION
Men Who Won independence From
Spain Strive to Save Dis
rupted Country.

Havana--A report that General
Menocal. who is using his influ-
ence to establish peace between the
government and the insurgents, has
an eye on the presidency, is vigorous.
ly denied by the leader of the Cuban
veterans.
Menocal adds that he does not seek
the overthrow of President Palma OF
the moderate administration. but de-
sires solely to see the republic at
peace. Personal ambitions. political
and otherwise, should be set aside for
the good of all.
Gen. Menocaps arrival has raised
the hopes of peace. President Palma
gave him carte blanche to investigate
the situation, and emissaries were
Immediately sent to the principal in
surgent chiefs to ask for an armistice,
Brig. Gen. Guzman, commanding the
rebel forces in the Santa Clara pro
vince, is said to have received orders
from Gen. Pine Guerra to avoid an
engagement until after September 10
when Guzman is directed to begin an
energetic campaign.
Committees Of veterans have start
ed to VISIT the insurgents In Santa
Clara, Havana and Pinar del Rio pro
%vinces, to learn whether they are
willing to make peace on the basis OF
municipal election within GO days and
a special session of congress to pass
a new general election providing fol
minority representation and amnesty
for everybody in the revolt.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-09-14
THE BACK STAMP ON LETTERS.
BY Leaving It Off, Chicago Expedites
Mail Delivery.

Washington-An experiment with a
view not only to the say
ing Of expense, but to the economizing
Of time, is being tried in the Chicago
post office. 1t is the elimination of
the use of the back stamp on letters,
which indicates to the recipient of a
letter the precise time Of it's arrival in
the delivering office from the sending
point. The services OF about thirty
clerks has been saved, and the time
of the delivery of the letter mail to the
recipients, from the hour of It's arrival
in the Chicago post office, has been re-.
duced from twenty minutes to two
hours. 1t is proposed now to try the
experiment in other large post offices.
If it should be as successful as it has
been in the Chicago office, the use OF
the back stamp probably will be elm
mated entirely.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-09-14

Something of the Importance OF the
American tourist trade may be gath
cred from the statement sent out
from London that the steamship fares
paid by Americans landing in Eng
land in one week amounted to S..
600. 900. And that is but one item of
expenditure. Americans are liberal
s~penders, and the amount paid out
for hotel bills, transportation and in
a multitude of other ways, to say
nothing of the unacceptable tip, car.
ries the total far up into the mil
lions. 1t is easily believable that
there are sections of Europe where
the residents practically live on
American tourists. And the foreign
owned steamship lines get their rich.
est patronage from the same source.
The money taken abroad in these
ways goes far toward offsetting the
big balance of trade in u favor
which represents the excess OF our
exports over imports.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-09-14

The w. c. r. U. of Los Angeles is
after the peek-a-boo waist and by in.
temperate criticism is making the
wearers lose in mental anguish all
that they gain in creature comfort by
wearing the light and airy creations
above quoted. Up in this region,
which go by the suggestive name
where it is not necessary to wear
garments with ventilators to escape
sweltering to death, people think
there is a great deal of unnecessary
pother over the "peek-a-boo,' and if
asked for an opinion they would be
inclined to say that the censure di-
rected against it is about as rational
as the demand that piano legs should
be draped with trousers. The human
body, remarks the San Francisco
Chronicle, is not such a contaminat-
ing thing that it may not be gazed at
without disaster to the gazer and the
person gaZed at.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-09-14
THE IRRIGATION CONGRESS
MANY MILLIONS ASKED FOR RE
~CLAMATiON WORK.
Claim. Made That California Realized
$150,00o,o0o Last Year From
Irrigation.

Boise, Idaho The slogan. "One
Hundred Million Dollars for Re
clamation" was brought before the ir-
rigation congress by Fred j.. Keisel, OF
Ogden, chairman of the Utah delega-
ton. Mr.. Keisel said the west must
go to congress with this demand. He
would not, he said, insist of this whole
amount In II lump appropriation.
He va willing ito be dealt with and
haggled with a little" In the % re-
clamation projects now In hand, he
said, the government has tied up $43,.
00e,o0o realized from all sources.
largely from the sale of public land,
and $55, 000, 900 would be required to
complete these works. He cited the
great appropriation for the Philip
pines, for rivers and harbors and sim.
liar purposes, and insisted that the
west was justified in asking and de.
handing n hundred million to be
used in new projects. Mr.. Keisel de.
clared that the people of the west
were not persistent enough, and said
that they were not giving to irrigation
the attention which the subject de-
served. The governor Of Nevada, he
said, had promised to come and bring
a train load of his people, but instead.
and unfortunately, they were DETECTED
by q prize fight. at Goldield.
Leigh H. Freeman, OF North Yaka.
ma, Washington, was less modest than
Mr.. Keisel in his demands, which was:
Three hundred millions for irriga-
ton" He asserted that England had
expended an amount greater than this
for irrigation in India and other vast
sums in Egypt.
Irrigation in California was pre-.
scented by Clarence S. Edwards, Of
San Francisco. The statistics which
he presented of California's vast in.
cone frcm the sale of products grown
under irrigation made the irrigation
works of some of the newer states
look slall. California, he said, last
year realized $50, 000, 900 from irriga.
ton, and ven now, in his opinion,
the industry is but in its infancy.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-09-14
PRESIDENT REVIEWS NAVY.
Target AesenbIage Of Warships Ever
Assembled In American Waters.

Oyster Bay-What was probably
the largest assemblage of war yes.
sells in the history of the
western hemisphere was reviewed by
President Roosevelt In the waters of
Long Island sound, off Oyster Bay.
Monday-Labor Day. In the feet
were the newest and best of the YES
sells of the American navy, including
all that IL most efficient in the various
classes of battleships, cruisers, torpe-
DO boats and torpedo boat destroyers
and submarines. In the feet, COM
manded by Rear-Admiral Evans, we're
Is, 1000 men to cheer President Roose-
welt as the Mayhower steamed through
the lines of warships.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-09-14
JOE CANS GIVEN THE DECISION.
Negro Boy Awarded Fight On Foul by
Battling Nelson.

Goldheld, Nevade-Joe Cans got the
decision over Battling Nelson in the
forty-second round of the prize fght
they fought Monday afternoon. The
battle was one Of the f1ercest and long
est eve engaged in by men Of their
weight, each Of them scaling less than
1873 pounds. The negro, Cans. broke
his hand in the thirty-third round. In
the earlier stages of the game the
Dane. Nelson, was apparently almost
beaten, but his wonderful r~ecuperative
powers saved him a knockout. In
the last round Nelson deliberately
struck Cans a vicious blow in the
groin, causing the negro to collapse.
Referee Siler unhesitatingly gave the
decision to Cans, and the thousands
who looked on shouted their approval.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-09-14
MISSISSIPPI NEWS
Zig Farmers Meeting.

The State Farmers Institute and
convention was held at the A. and NJ.
College, Starkville, with about l,O00
farmers from different sections of the
State in attendance. Col. j.. S. New
man of Clayton, Ga, who has been do
ing institute work throughout the State
this summer and delighting his audi
ences wherever he has appeared, add
dressed the meeting on Science and
Art in Agriculture" He was followed
by Superintendent Edgar Green of Lin
coin, who is known all over the State
as a successful school man. His subject
was Rural Schools in Mississippi" and
was handled in an able and intelligent
manner. Prof. ID. A. Saunders deliv-
cred one of his practical and interest
ing lectures on "Alfalfa." "What
Dairying Can Do for the South" was
discussed by E. H. Webster, chief OF
the dairying division, department of
agriculture, Washington. This subject
was also discussed by Prof. j.. S. Moore
of the A. and NJ. College.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-09-14

4<4 T.. 4IONNN SITcffs OE""|" OHW'
Lay FEVER is endemic catarrh. It
I ! is caused by SOME irritating sub
stance in the atmosphere during the
late summer months. 1t is generally
thought that the pollen of certain weeds
and flowers is the u of it.
Change of locality seems to be the
only rational cure. The use of Peruna,
however, stimulates the nervous system
to resist the effect of the poisonous
emanations and sometimes carries the
victim through the hay fever season
without an attack of the disease.
A large number of people rely upon
Peruna for this purpose. Those who
do not find it convenient to change
their location to avoid Hay Fever,
would do well to give Peruna a trial.
1t has proven of priceless value to
many people.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-09-14
Sheriff Seeks Health.

Sheriff Magee of Claiborne county,
who went to Ell Paso, Tex, to regain
his health, has returned, with his con-
dition unchanged. The trouble that
Sheriff Magee has recently encounter.
ed has shattered his health. He was
accused of being responsible for the
escape of the murderer Reagan, who
was under sentence of death in the
Port Gibson Jail. A mass meeting q
the citizens of Claiborne county de-
manded the resignation of Sheriff Ma
gee, but he refused to accede to the de-
mand, claiming that he was entirely
innocent of all culpability in the escape
of the prisoner.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-09-14

The dry dock Dewey has arrived
safely in the Philippines after a voy-
age of more than six months, having
been towed within hat time more
than $4,000 miles. The skill, the
sound Judgment, the re~sourcefulness
in meeting absolutely unprecedented
conditions in officers and men merit
the very highest praise. Probably
those persons who think it would have
cost less money to send out the ma
teriaIs and build the dock there may
be right, but this ignores the uplifting
stimulus for our nav in having
achieved a feat nobody else has eve
equaled. The value of prestige is not
~calculable in dollars.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-09-14
In Entire ignorance.

Most OF the criticism Of the pro-
posed step is evidently made in entire
ignorance of what the step is, no less
than in entire ignorance of the very
moderate and common sense views as
to the purposes to be achieved, which
views are SO excellently set forth in
the circulars to which l have referred.
There is not the slightest attention to
do anything revolutionary or initiate
any far-reachiLg policy. The purpose
simply is for the government, instead
of tagging behind popular sentiment,
to advance abreast CT it, and ct the
same time abreast of the views Of the
ablest and most practical educators OF
our time, as well as of the mCst pro-
found seholars-men of the stamp OF
Prof. Lounsbery and Prof. Sksat. II
the slight changes in the spelling OF
the three hundred words proposed
wholly or partially meet popular ap-
proval, then the changes will become
permanent without any reference to
what public officials or individual pri-
vate citizens may feel; If they do not
ultimately meet with popular approval,
they will be dropped, ard that is all
there is about it.
Sincerely yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
The Tupelo journal., 1906-09-14
GOVERNOR FOLKS CONDITION.
Attending Physician Reports That the
Executive's Fever Is Higher.

Jefferson City, Mo.-Governor Folk
was not quite SO we'll on Thurs
day, and is still confined to his room.
His fever was higher this morning.
and the attending physician, DR.. C. P.
Hough, states that he Is not improv-
ing in the way he should.
Judge w. N. Evans came up from
st. Louis this morning to see the
governor.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-09-14
Tax Rat Reduced.

The board of supervisors of Adams
county reduced the county tax rate one
half mill. This reduction was made
possible by the redemption of S92,5 SOC
7 per cent. bonds issued in aid of the
Natchez, Jackson and Columbus rail-
road and issuing a like amount of Al
per cent. bonds.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-09-14
No New Courthouse.

The Newton county board of super
visors has abandoned the idea of build
ing a new courthouse. There is some
talk now of creating a new county from
north Jasper and Newton counties,
there being sufficient territory in the
counties of Jasper and Newton to form
three counties.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-09-14
THE GERMANS LOSE OUT
cHALLENGERs FoP ROOSEVELT
CUP LEFT FAR IN REAR.
Klasse at kiel Last to
Cross the Line.

Marblehead, Mass.-Three Ameri-
can boats sailed acros the fin
ish line in Wednesdays az for the
Roosevelt cup well in advance of the
three German challengers. Vim, de-
signed by William Gardner, and owned
by Commander T. l.. Park, of the
American Yacht club, of New York,
won the contest through her brilliant
windward work, coupled with splendid
running qualities. Clifford buchanan,
her amateur skipper, sailed the craft
perfectly the second time over the
course, although he lost during the
FIRST time by taking a long hitch In
shore with the tide.
The Caramba. owned by c. H. Eos.
ter, was the second boat, finishing 81
seconds behind Vim. while Aux, win.
ner of Mondays race, was third to
finish. % second behind Caramba.
OF the three German challengers,
Wannssee did the best work, but at
that not M Of them seemed to have
a chance with the American yachts at
any stage of the race. Wannssee fin.
ished the race 8 minutes and 20 sec.
onds behind Vim, and was 81 seconds
ahead OF the Glueckauf ", the fifth
racer to finish. The lilly VI, the
PRIDE of the German feet, and winner
of nearly all the races for the Sender
klasse at Kiel, Germany, was the lasi
boat to cross the finish line.
The German yachtsmen expressed
themselves as much surprised at the
results of the races that have been
sailed, but do not admit yet that their
chances of lifting the Roosevelt cup
are gone They said they woul- be in
thursdays race. and hoped to make
q good showing.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-09-14

The great fault which Americans
have to find with England when they
come over for a visit in the summer
is the absence of ice. In the states ice
is a cult, says the London Globe.
Wherever the traveller may be, even
if he is in the backwoods, he finds ice.
But in England the thing is looked up
On as an almost unobtainable luxury.
"Oh no, sir" says the English purvey-
OF of drink with an amused smile,
we've got no ice. But you will find
it nice and cool" Nice and cool means
that an g would not actually boil in
it. No wonder Americans say that
England cuts no ice"
The Tupelo journal., 1906-09-14
National Banks Warned,

Washington.-An official OF the
treasury department, in discussing
the failure of the First National bank
Of Chelsea, Mass, asserted that here
after the law regulating the making
of loans by national banks will be rig
idly enforced. Willful and fragrant
violation of the law. he said, means
that the charter of the bank will be
forfeited.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-09-14
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
.kleigel to Succeed

ST. Petersburg.-General Trerof,
eommandant Of the palace, is to
be succeeded by Lieut.-Gen. Baron
Kleigel, according to a report current
which is based upon good authority
Last week it was reported that Ire
poff had suffered a nervous collapse
as a result of his trying experience
as the cars protector since the revo
luton began, and had been compelled
to give up his duties.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-09-14
Odd Fellows Lose 50, 900.

1t is currently reported that the Odd
Fellows of the State lost 81 1000 in the
recent Scranton bank failure, the order
having that sun on deposit at the time
of the crash. The Odd Fellows are
collecting funds for the orphans home
to be established by the Mississippi
Grand Lodge. and the funds are de-
posted at certain points throughout the
State. The contributions in the vicir-
ity of Scranton were liberal, and the
money was placed in the bank there.
The loss of this money will fall heavily
on the order just at this time, when
every effort was being made to estab-
lish tha orphans home, n of the new
projects Of the order. Large sums
have been collected in various parts OF
the State, aAd it is estimated that fully
$25, 900 has been contributed by the
members for this purpose.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-09-14
SO LONG AS HE is SPEAKER.
Cannon Says He Will Prevent Pass
age of Gompers' Measure.

Portland. Maine.-Speaker Joseph
G. Cannon addressed a largely
attended republican rally in city hall
Friday night. Mr.. Cannon said that
SO long as he was speaker he would
prevent the passage of the measure
advocated by Samuel Gompers. He
also alluded to the return of William
J.. Bryan to this country, and said
that evil results would attend his
nomination and election to the presi-
dency.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-09-14
A Skeleton Under tfe. Floor.

Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
Under the floor in a lonely hut oc.
cupied by a hermit named James
James. cal here. the skeleton of a
man was discovered. The hermit
committed spicide, and the authorities.
in searching the place in which James
had lived alone for years, made their
chastity find.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-09-14
Ccrnerinq Mexican Cocoa.

Mexico City, Mexico.-Dealers IN
Mexican cocoa have bought up all
the available supply of that product
in this country and have advanced the
price Is per cen in the last few days.
1t is reported that the dealers are
working in conjunction with a New
York city commission firm which is
seeking to control the worlds supply
of cocoa.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-09-14
Farmers Convention.

A farmers convention was held at
Seminary and thousands of farmers
from the surrounding country heard
the speeches of Senator E. F. Noel,
candidate for governor, Hon. S. w.
Joiner, candidate for railroad commits
sioner for the southern district, S. ID.
McNair, for railroad commissioner, and
w. j. Miller, for State auditor. The
Cotton Growers Association was repre-
sented by Hon. P. K. Whitney, who de-
livered an excellent speech to the
farmers,
The Tupelo journal., 1906-09-14
THE SHERIDAN MAY BE LOST,
Appears To Be Pierced Amidship BY
the Rock On Which She Hangs.

Honolulu-Eforts to pull the
transport Sheridan off the rocks
have been abandoned, and it is now
believed the vessel will be a total loss.
1t is reported that there is now water
in the vessel above the fire rooms.
The transport appears to be pierced
amidships by the rock on which she
hangs.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-09-14
Greenville's Cotton Receipts.

The receipts of cotton in G~reenville
for the season just closed amounted to
only 46,03s bales, the lowest for years.
The crop in the territory from which
Greenville receives the bulk of its cot
ton was the shortest last year known in
fifteen YearS.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-09-14

Russian Ships Sail For Foreign Waters
st. Petersburg-The battleships
Tsarevitch and Slav and the
cruiser Bogatyr have sailed from
Cronstadt on q cruise in foreign wa
tiers. Emperor Nicholas went to
Cronstadt and reviewed the ships and
their crews.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-09-14
A Sheriff Kills Two

Fort Worth, T~exas.-Deputy Sher-
III Porter of Guadalupe county is
dead near Redwood, the result Of be-
ing shot twice in the stomach by two
Mexicans at a dance. Before daylight
he she: and killed both Mexicans, who
were ISothers by the name Of Torres.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-09-14
Favors More Phonetic s,eIIino

Chicago, Illinois.-That President
Roosevelt has not gone far enough in
his spelling reform was the declara-
ton made by the Hon. Timothy J..
Healy, for 26 years a member of the
British parliament, who is In Chicago.
Healy said that he has educated all
of his children by the phonetic meth.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-09-14
Death of Mrs. Willis.

Mrs. Margaret E. Willis, aged 10,
died at B~ovina, Warren county. The
deceased was very prominently con-
nected. She was the widow of Capt.
Bryant Willis, who resided near Vicks.
burg until his death in 1878. Mrs.
Willis was the mother of Mrs. Bishop
Galloway.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-09-14
Prominent Speakers at Barbecue.

Two thousand persons. were presen.
at the Indlanola barbecue. The dis
tinguished guests of the occasion were
John Sharp Williams, E. F. Noel, E.
N. Thomas and Earl Brewer; w. n.
Nash, candidate for lieutenant-gov-
ernor, and E. ]. Smith, candidate for
auditOr
The Tupelo journal., 1906-09-14
Court P~retermitted.

The regular fall term of the circuit
court of Tunica county, which should
have convened on the second Monday
of September, was pretermitted. Judge
Cook will convene a special term of his
court some time during the latter part
of October.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-09-14
important Capture Of Moonshiners.

Mayking, Kentucky-The most
important moonshine raid in several
years was made on Elkhorn creek
when United States Marshal and a
posse destroyed six large illicit stills
and captured four desperate moon
sinners. They were taken to Whites
burg for trial before United States
Commissioner Baker. 3
The Tupelo journal., 1906-09-14
President at Masonic Lodqe

Oyster Bay. New York.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt attended the meeting
here last night Of the Matninicock
lodge of Masons, of which he is a
member. The meeting was the first
to be held since last winter, and the
president made a short address.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-09-14
Killed In = Panic.

Chicago-Miss Edelhertz was
killed and Miss Anna Robinson
seriously injured in a panic on a West
Twelfth street car. caused by a short
circuit In a controller box, and fol-
lowed by the burning Of the woodwork
OF the car.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-09-14
Published Weekly.
A Law to Protect Birds.


The threatened determination of all
beautiful birds in this country in order
to satisfy the demands for ornamental
millinery has led to the enactment in
several states of greatly needed laws
for the protection of wild birds. Com
missioner Whipple, of the New York
state forest, fish and game depart
ment, has recently served notice
through the press to the williners OF
the state, retail and wholesale, that
his department intends to use every
legitimate means to enforce the law
prohibiting the possession or sale OF
me bodies or feathers of wild birds,
whether taken in this state or else
where. The penalty for each violation
of the law is $50 fine, and an addition.
al $25 for each bird, or part thereof,
sold, offered for sale, or possessed.
This law seems to be sweeping enough
to constitute an efficacious remedy so
far as the state of New York is con-
cerned. All the added beauty that can
be given to the creations of milliners
for the adornment of ladies is not
enough, remarks the Case and Com
ment, to compensate a civilized people
for the infinite loss to the everyday
life of many millions of people, if the
beautiful plumage and graceful fight
of the birds should disappear, and
their twitter and song be silenced.
States which have no such laws may
well adopt them, and all that have
them should secure their enforcement.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-09-14

Chicago, III. A telegram to
ment at Washington states that no
"homing" warship was due by the way
Of the Mediterranean for forty or fifty
days. The contents Of the message
were forwarded to Assistant States
Attorney Barbour here. This compli.
cation, according to Mr.. Barbour, will
the states attorneys office to bring
back the d~efaulting bank president.
Some detective will probably be given
the task, and enjoy the trip.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-09-14

Russian revolutionists who are try
ing to repeat the French programme
fail to remember that the machine
gun was not invented when history
was doing something original.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-09-14

The discovery that boy burglars
have again been operating in the de.
serted mansions of the Back Bay re-
gion is doubtless also a discovery
that certain unknown parents have
been tardy in the earlier applications
Of family discipline.