The Tupelo journal., 1907-01-25
Terse Telegra1ls

l.. v. b. Rucker, newspaper CORE
spondent at Springfield, Mo-, is brutal
ly assaulted by two men.
Bill is introduced in st. Louis house
of delegates to grant franchise to g.
cent-fare street railway system.
British woman educator arrives to
inspect st. Louis schools seeking
knowledge for English Institutions
benefit.
United States begins two suits In
San Francisco to force city to give
Japanese equal school advantages with
Americans.
Arkansas files suit against six pack
ing companies, asking judgment aggre-
eating $24,0 0 5000.
President Roosevelt will favor deep
waterway to gulf in his annual mes
sage to congress at next session.
Locomotive engineers, in session in
st. Louis, adopt resolutions against
passage of the 2-cent fare bill before
the ..Iissouri legislature.
Southeastern lines will adopt an in
Interchangeable mileage book system,
the Southern railway withdrawing it's
opposition.
Two men e~lectrocuted, wires pros
trated, 100 factories darkened and
street car and train service impaired
as result of storm in st. Louis.
Real estate dealer of Brownsville,
Tex, bl-mes army officers for riots,
asserting they knew disturbances
were impending.
Ohio river is above flood mark and
great devastation is expected to fol-
low continuous rains throughout val
ley.
Custer suit instituted by Atty. Gen.
Hadley, of Missouri, involves conten-
ton that several railroads cannot con-
troll express company.
President w. w. Finley says South
ern Railway has invested 500, 000, 900
in improvements for taking care of
traffic.
Report of ]. P. Morgan's Illness
causes slump in stocks. Amalgamated
shows further weakness.
During the consideration of the Dis
trict of Columbia bill notable speeches
were made by Representative Foster,
of Vermont, supporting the president
in his message on the Japanese situa-
ton in California, and by Representa-
tive Sheppard, of Texas, who enthused
the democrats by a closely-prepared
address on politics and tue state of
the nation.
The rainfall at st. Louis for 4S hours
was 1922 inches.
Folks anti-lobby bill may meet de-
feat in Missouri legislature, while tip
ping measure may win.
Custer suit instituted by Atty. Gen.
Hadley, of Missouri, involves conten-
ton that several railroads can not con-
troll express company.
Estimates indicate that ST. Louis
real and personal property in 1907 will
exceed assessed valuation of half-bil-
lion dollars.
Wabash will go steadily on with
the work Of double-tracking between
st. Louis and Chicago and Toledo.
At Bardwell, KY. a rear-end COLI
sion between freight trains occurred,
in which four men were killed and sew
eral injured. Failure to observe a
danger block signal is the alleged
cause.
While propped up in bed, Gov. War
ner of Michigan vas sworn in for his
second term as chief executive of the
state.
Atty. Gen. Hadley of Missouri re-
fuses to bring suit to dissolve the
merger of the United Railway Co. and
the Suburban Co., traction lines, in
st. Louis, believing that the ~consoli-
d ion was lawful.
The !sthmian commission opened
bids from private contractors for the
completion of the Panama canal. w.
j.. Oliver, of Knoxvillel, Tenn, and An
son M. Bangs, of New York, ~associat-
ed together, were the lowest bidders,
$6.75 per centum UPON the estimated
cost.