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The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-01
WHERE APPLES ARE GROWN.
North America the Great Producing
Region of the World.

The area of the world devoted to
apple raising in the northern henri
sphere extends from Scandinavia on
the north to the mountain regions OF
North Carolina and Tennessee on the
south. In the southern hemisphere
apples are raised in New Zealand and
Tasmania, but little success has been
obtained in Australia, Africa or South
America. North America is the great
apple-producing region of the world
and New York leads all the other
states in the quantity grown, although
there are many choice varieties pro-
duced in other states, particularly
Missouri, Oregon and Washington.
The soil and climate conditions must
combine to produce the finest fruit.
The annual aggregate product of the
world is estimated at 100, 000, 600 bar
rels, but not all of this is gathered, for
in seasons when the production is
plentiful large quantities are fed to
cattle or allowed to rot on the ground,
and every seaso millions Of bushels
OF the less choice varieties and the
poorer fruit from the best trees are
turned into cider, which is used as q
beverage and for making vinegar and
apple brandy.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-01
RESTORATION OF CANTEEN
Urged by DR.. Anita MCGEE, Woman
Army Surgeon.

Washington.-The necessity for the
restoration of the canteen in the army
is strongly set forth in a letter from
DR.. Anita Newcomb MCGEE to Capt. j.
Walter Mitchell of the Spanish-Ameri-
can War Veterans Association. DR..
McGee, who was formerly an assistant
surgeon in the army, and later organ
lied a corps of nurses under the aus
pices of the Red Cross Society for work
among the Japanese soldiers in the
Russo-Japanese war;, gives her obser-
~vations as to the drink habit among
the Japanese soldiers, and tells of the
evil results following the adjustment
of the canteen in the United States
army.
DR.. MCGEE says: Like everyone who
knows something of the subject, l am
heartily in favor of giving our Amer
lean soldiers their club called c%anteen),
where they may enjoy themselves harm
lessly. AS a woman and as a physician
l deplore the horrible results of making
q man seek his amusements where he
is likely to fall a prey to the worst
temptations, and SO l wish you speedy
success in re-establishing the canteen
in the American army"
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-01
COWHIDED BY JUDGE COCHRAN
Sensational Encounter in the Lobby.
of Meridian Hotel.

Meridians Miss.-H. t. Jenkins, a
travelling man by profession, was horse
whipped in a sensational manner in the
lobby of the Grand Avenue hotel this
morning by Judge Robert F. Cochran,
judge of the Tenth judicial district,
while U. r. l.. Murray, a candidate for
constable, covered the victim with a re-
%volver, threatening to kill him If he
made any attempt at defense.
Jenkins states that the basis OF the
trouble extends back several years. He
has been collecting evidence upon which
to base warrants for the arrest of Judge
Cochran for the purpose of securing an
indictment against him, alleging public
drunkenness, and that Cochran had be-
come aware of his work.
Jenkins was fined 1915 by Cochran for
what he claims was hitting a negro,
and that before the fine was paid the
negro was arrested for perjury in on-
nection with the case, but no indict-
ment was allowed returned against
him.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-01
IN CONGRESS
The House.

tM tf H
After a spirited debate, in which
many members participated, the house
by a practically unanimous viva voce
vote, reduced the number Of pension
agencies throughout the country from
eighteen to one, which shall be located
In the pension office in this city.
The plan OF the appropriations COM
mittee was to have the number re-
duced from eighteen to nine. This
plan was as Objectionable to most
members as that which finally carried.
Kansas representatives. and members
from other states expressed confidence
tonight that the senate will authorize
certainly nine, If not all, of the agen-
cies now in operation.
The fight came over an amendment
offered by Representative Dalzell of
Pennsylvania, who had announced his
intention of fighting the programme OF
the committee, which involved the con-
solidation of the Pittsburg pension
agency with that at Philadelphia. Mr..
Dalzell's amendment provided for the
continuance of all of the agencies. Rep
resentative Gardner of Michigan, who
had charge of the pension bill on the
floor, could hardly wait until the
amendment had been read, before Of
fering a substitute cutting out all of
the agencies except that at Washing
ton.
The house passed $50 private PEN
sion bills. The question of the free
distribution of garden seed occupied
a portion of the day.
The house of representatives vCced
to abolish all the pension agen-
cies throughout the country, Is in
number, and centralize the payment of
pensions in the city of Washington.
This action was taken on the pension
appropriation bill, after spirited OPP
position on the part Of those having
pension agencies in their states.
The pension appropriation bill car
rying $13S, 600, 900 in round numbers
was passed.
The committee on military affairs
decided to make a favorable report on
a bill permitting the wives of enlist
ed men to be buried in the same grave
with their husbands in national Gene
teries. This measure was strongly
urged for several years by Mrs. Tan
ner.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-01

The Chinese have long been credited
with the invention of gunpowder, but
Prof. E. o. Won Lippmann, of Halle,
has collected evidence to indicate that
this is a mistake, and that the Arab.
ans did not, as commonly stated, in
troduce %gunpowder into Europe dur.
ing the eighth and ninth centuries.
Prof. Won Lippmann believes that the
manufacture Of the first gunpowder
was based upon the "Fire-book" of
Marcus Graecus, which appeared in
Constaninople about the middle of the
thirteenth century. This was the
source from which Roger Bacon, AL.
bertus Magnus and Thomas Aquinas
derived their knowledge of gunpowder.
The first use of gunpowder to drive
~projectiles is ascribed to a monk,
Berthold Schwarz, whose discovery
was made accidentally while preparing
the mixture for medicinal purposes.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-01
A LAND OF OPPORTUNITY
For the Homeseeker, the Health
seeker or the Investor.

For the H~omeseeker, the Health
seeker or the Investor.
To those who are seeking a new u
try, where there are broad virgin fields
for profitable %endeavor; where one may
''get in on the ground floor" in limitless
Industries, and yet remain in direct
touch with the great world, not isolated
from the marts of trade nor the pleas
ures of congenial association; to those
who are seeking homes in a temperate
climate, free from extremes of heat
and cold: a land of health and oppor-
tunity, the territory along the line OF
the Mobile, jackson and Kansas City
railroad is most inviting. To n who
traverses this line of railroad the won
der grows that such lands, lei old es-
tablished centers, should have remained
so long undeveloped. A true story OF
the opportunities for BODYBUILDING,
colonization, founding of manufacturing
enterprises, opening mercantile estab-
lishments, and securing land for farm
ing purposes is told in a booklet en-
titled "Along the Line of the Mobile,
Jackson and Kansas City Railroad"
which is sent free by L. L. Lawrence,
manager immigration and industrial
department, Laurel. Miss.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-01
The Higher Obligations.


Recent events have made impera'
tive some consideration Of the ethics
of giving testimony. Every n de-
spises a talebearer. Even the children
call such a person a "tattletale," n
j~ustifably look down upon him. The
informer Is a spy, a breaker OF gooo
faith, a violator of the sacred laws OF
hospitality. Loyalty to family and to
friends is the cement which holds SO,
ciety together. Trouble comes when
men act upon a mistaken view of what
constitutes loyalty to society at large,
that society which is but an aggrega-
ton of families and friends. The ex'
istence of orderly government depends
on the observance of certain laws, I'M
punished disobedience to which pro-
duces anarchy. When crime is commit
ted, every person with knowledge OF
it is under moral obligation, when
asked, to tell what he knows. In some
cases the obligation extends so far as
to require him to volunteer informa'
ton against his friends. The mainte'
nance of order and safe government
is of so much greater Importance thar
the protection of law-breaking friends
that the state justly conceals the
crime or who assists the guilty to es'
cape. This rule is the result OF Ions
experience, and its justice is nowhere
disputed. Yet, in practice, it is diff
cult to enforce it, says Youths Com
panion, because of the prevalence OF
false standards growing out of abhor'
renee of the informer. There is no
high school principal or college presf
dent who has not come in contact
with these false standards in his at,
tempt to maintain discipline. There
is scarcely a large city in the country
in which members of the police force
have not at some time o another beer
actuated by belief in the mistaken
notion. In the army and the navy a
similarly false idea of the obligations
of company loyalty las many times
confronted the commanding officers.
as if the men regarded it as of greater
Importance that half a dozen friends
should be saved from the consequences
of their misdeeds than that the body
of national defenders should be pre-
served from those who would under,
mine the foundations of all orderly
institutions.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-01
MARSHALL FIELDS WEALTH
INVENTORY REVEALS LARGE Sc
cuRiTIES HOLDINGS.
The Executors Conservative Estimate
Gives SIS, 600 as Total
Value Of Estate.

Chicago, Ill.-Marshall Fields vast
wealth was set forth In detail late
Thursday, when an inventory OF his
estate was filed in probate court. The
par value of numerous stocks and
bonds we're given and huge realty
holdings were enumerated. In the lat
ter classification there was no attempt
to even estimate values. In spite OF
the fact that the merchant occupied a
first rank as wne of real estate In
Chicago and was possessed of large
landed property elsewhere, especially
in New York City, the bulk of his
richces consisted of securities which
represented investments not only in
Chicago, but also from the eastern to
the western coast of America and
some in foreign countries.
In the executors extremely conser-
vative estimate of $4,000, 900 as the
total value of the Field estate the per-
sonal property is placed at 50,000,-
900. The par value of the stock and
bonds is given, but no statement is
made showing the present cash value
of these securities. The investments
are generally among those classed as
gilt edged" and the securities gener-
ally have a far higher market value
than the par figures would indicate.
In some cases the market value of the
stock is five times as great as the par
value and estimates Of total wealth
place it all the way from $500, 000, 900
to $780, 00, 900. An examination OF
the securities shows that Mr.. Field
was interested in a multiplicity of ss-
ineses-banks, railroads in this and
other countries, telephones, telegraph
companies and bond and mortgage
concerns, in fact, almost anything in
an Industrial line, and that he was a
veritable railroad prince.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-01
USED RED-H0T POKER.
6tepmother's Cruel Desires Exposed
+. in Court.


in Court.
New York.-Two little tots, Nellie,
aged I, and Jennie, 2 years younger,
told Magistrate House in the Harlem
police court today how their ~stepmother,
Mrs. Kate Cravins, had branded them
with a red-hot stove litter when in play
they had made too much noise. Twice
during the recital the prisoner, a
woman of intelligent and pleasing APP
p~earance, not more than 20 years of
age, tainted.
When restored the woman admitted
that she had burned the children, but
said that at the same time she was pos
sessed by an unaccountable mania.
The two little girls, she said, had been
playing with their dolls until the noise
and confusion robbed her of her reason
and left her a resistless impulse to pun
ish the little ones. Selling the stove
lid litter she pressed the glowing end
upon the back of the right hand OF each
child, causing scars that the little ones
will carry to their grave.
A peculiar feature of the case was the
apparent affection for the children felt
by the prisoner, and that the attach
ment was returned was repeatedly DEM
onstrated in court. When Mrs. Cra-
vius lost consciousness the children
walled in unison.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-01
The Senate.

Resolutions to check naval officers
from lighting a fire under senators
and members to compel the enact
ment of the naval personnel bill
at this : session were present
ed in the senate by Mr.. Hale,
and after causing a snappy debate
of short duration, went over for flu
ture consideration. Mr.. Haie's reso-
lutions cite the presidents order for.
bidding government employees Ito lob
by" and directs an inquiry by the
secretary of the navy to ascertain
whether the order is being violated.
The latter part of the day was devoted
to the disposition of pension bills.
According to plans the new battle
ship provided for in the naval APP
preparation bill is to be a sister ship
of the monster authorized by congress
last year, which the bill required
should "be a first-class ~battleship, car
rying as heavy armor and as powerful
armament as any existing vessel of
it's class; to have the highest practi-
cable speed and greatest practical
radius of action" The cost of the two
battleships is estimated at $10,0 900
each.
The exact and detailed extent to
which child labor IS employed in the
United States is set forth in a bulletin
issued by the census bureau. The sta
tistics presented are for 1900, and re-
late to the employment of children as
bread winners, of whom 1,750,O00 in
round numbers, between the ages of
10 and Is, were SO employed.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-01
THAW TO PLEAD INSANITY
TRIAL OF HEIR TO MILLIONS Is
COMMENCED.
ManacIed to Prison Guard, Mar Who
Killed Stanford White is Taken
From Tombs.

New York, N. Y.-Manacled to
a prison guard, Harry K. Thaw. the
spoiled scion of the Thaw family of
Pittsburg, was brought from the oid
gray Tombs Monday to stand trial for
shooting down and killing Stanford
White on the roof of the Madison
Square Garden last June because of
jealously of his artist model wife Eve
lyn Nesbit Thaw.
Though pallid from his months of
confinement in the Tombs cell, Thaw's
health seemed much improved by his
Incarceration. His arraignment was
purely formal and he will be remanded
back to the Tombs to await the real
beginning of his trial in a few days. A
delay in the Hilgert magic boots
case caused the postponement of the
Thaw trial Monday.
Report has it that Thaw's defense
will be temporary insanity. If the jury
is satisfied that Thaw was insane from
jealousy when he shot White and that
he is sane now, Thaw will go free.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-01
SNOW SEVENTY FEET DEEP.
Nosth Dakota Is Buried Cnder a Great
White Blanket.

st. Paul, Minn.-North Dakota
is covered with snow of an I'M
precedented depth. Whole commune
ties are isolated and every railroad
in the state is at the mercy of the ele-
ments. Not a train from North Da-
kota has arrived here for three days,
and the officials have no definite idea
when traffic will be resumed. The
blizzard was the worst the northwest
has known in half a century. In the
mountain districts monstrous snow
slides have covered the tracks so to
70 feet deep.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-01
Bad Fire at YOUNGSTOWN, 3.

Youngstown, Ohio. Fire in the
basement of the building occupied
by the H. L. McElroy Co, furniture
dealers, on West Federal street, com
pletely des royed that building and the
ADJOINING enc occupied by ]. N. Eu-
wers' Sons Co.. dry goods dealers. The
loss is estimated at 100000.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-01

THERE are a host of petty ailments
/ which are the direct result of the
weather.
This is more true of the excessive
heat of summer and the intense cold
of winter, but is partly true of all
seasons of the year.
Whether it be a cold or a cough,
catarrh of the head or bowl complaint,
whether the liver be affected Oh the
kidneys, the cause is very liable to
be the same.
The weather slightly deranges the
mucous membranes of the organs and
the result is some functional disease.
Peruna has become a standby in
thousands of homes for minor all
menfs of this SORT.
Ask Your Druggist for Free Peruna
Almanac for 1907.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-01
STATE SUES A RAILROAD.
Minnesota Attorney-Generai Begins
Proceedings Against Manitoba.

St. Paul, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Young Friday began mandamus
proceedings in the supreme court
to compel the st. Paul, Minneapolis,
& Manitoba Railroad Co. to show cause
why its charter should not be forfeit
ed.
This company, formerly known as
the Minnesota e Pacific Co., is really
the parent company of the Great
Northern Railway Co., and the Great
Northern is joined in this issue, as it
is the owner of the Manitoba COM
pany's stock.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-01
COTTON elNNED UP TO JAN. 10
Texas Leads All the States With g..
744,ss8 Bales.

Washington. D. C.-By states the
amount of cotton ginned of the growth
of 1906 Up to Jan. 16, 1907, is: Ala
bama, 1.213,673; Arkansas, 764, $50;
Florida, tJ,42S; Geo ia, 1902, 713; In.
dian territory, 364,215; Kentucky,
1,409; Louisiana, 837,737; Mississippi,
- G3,SH5; Missouri, 40,o51; North Car
DINA, 5SS,315; Oklah ma, 3S0,6o5;
South Csrollna, sS1,192; Tennessee,
252,501; Texas. ~3,744,9SS. The sea
island cotton ginned to Jan. 16, 1907,
distributed by sta.es: Florida, g..
GGG bales; Georgia, 24,775, and South
Carolina, 1851.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-01
Gave eotch a Hard Ma,ch.

Minneapolis, Minn.-Frank Gotch,
of Iowa, still retains the cham
pionship wrestling title of America,
though Fred Beell, of Wisconsin, gave
him a hard match here. Beell stayed
the limit, Is minutes, and Gotch for
feited 5000 and a big side bet. Twice
Beell got Gotch to the floor. Gotch
threw Beell twice to the mat, but
failed 10 hold him.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-01
cunan Editor Is Beaten.

Havana, Cuba.-As a result Of the
notoriety gained by the publication of
his name in connection with the raid
on a cockfight here last Sunday. Col.
Mentiota, Liberal candidate for gov
ernor in Santa Clara province, yester-
day attacked and badly thrashed
Senior Coronado, editor of La Dis
cusione. Jose Miguel Gomez's organ.
Ell Rebelde, prints the story of the at
tack on the editor, and says he de-
served it. lose Miguel Gomez was an
interested spectator at the cockfight.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-01
Neurc Lynched,

Jackson, Miss.-Henry Ball, a negro,
was lynched at Greenwood, the home
of Governor Vardaman, Tuesday night.
He had attacked Mrs. Graves. of
that place. The coroner's jury We'd
nesday decided that the negro had met
his death at the hands of unknown
parties.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-01
AMONG JAMAlcAs MISSING.
Mrs. James Andrews and Daughter, of
s.. Louis.

st. Louis, Mo.-Mrs. James An
drews and daughter, Misc Stella An.
drews, of this city, were It Kingston,
Jamaica during e earthquake, and
wero stopping at the Myrtle hotel,
which was destroyed, and nothing has
been heard from them. Mrs. An
drews is the motherin-in-law of Mr..
Alex. G. Cochran, general counsel of
the Missouri Pacific railway, and the
family is greatly worried. Mrs. An
drews a:.d daughter are well known
in st. Louis and New York.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-01
MExIcANs WHIP YAQUIs.
Twenty Soldiers Killed, While Indians
Carry Off Their Dead.

Ell Paso, Texas.-Reports have been
received here of a desperate battle be-
tween Yaqui Indians and Mexican
troops, which occurred Wednesday in
the mountain district southeast OF
Guaymas, state of Sonora, Mex.
Twenty Mexicans were killed and a
number wounded. The Yaquis were
defeated with considerable loss, but
as they took both their dead and
wounded with them when %retreating,
it is not known how many were killed.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-01
FEVER CASES DECREASING.
Chicago Has a Marked Increase in
Diphtheria, However.

Chicago, Ill.-The combined o.
forts of the health department, build
ing department and state factory in
spector's office showed results yester-
day in a marked decrease of the num-
Der of scarlet fever cases reported.
This result, however, was accompanied
by the greatest number Of new cases
OF diphtheria reported in any day of
the epidemic, as well as an increase
in the actual number of deaths from
contagious diseases.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-01
coNEIpENTIAL MAN GOES WRONG
Horace E. Hand, Social Leader, Goes
to Penitentiary.

st. Louis, Mo.-Within "a hours
after his arrest, Horace p. Hand, q
member of the bar and conspicuous Id
the social life of Kirkwood, a suburb,
and who for seven years was the con-
fdential chief clerk Of Judge Luman
+. Parker. chief counsel for the Frisco
railway system. was taken to the peni-
Tertiary, after pleading guilty to
forgery. His forgeries r said to ag-
aregate S15. 000.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-01
MilIers Pay More for Wheat.

Chicago, Ill.-An urgent demand
for wheat by millers and import
ers caused an advance of more than
1c per bushel in the local market. A
report from New York that 43 boat.
loads Of -he-t had been taken for
export was an important stimulus to
buyers. The excoIienG demand for
cash wheat at Minneapolis, where
grain suitable for milling purposes is
said to be very scarce, also advanced
prices.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-01
San Antonio Editor Dies.

San Antonio, Tex.-Frank GrIce.
editor and publisher of the Daily
Express, died here Sunday night after
a lingering illness of several months.
Mr.. Grice came to San Antonio in 1877.
He began his career here as city editor
of the Express and in a few months as
sumed editorial control of the news
no nor
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-01
Federal indictments in Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah.-The federal
grand jury which has been inves-
tigating alleged coal and timber land
frauds, has made its final report,
returning a number of indictments.
One indictment is against Don. c..
Robinson, one of the oldest coal pros
pectors in the state, and another is
against Edwin w. Senior, a land at
torney. They are charged with con-
spring to secure coal lands from the
government by fraud.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-01
WITH ARMS ENTWINED
Young Man and Woman Wait for
Train to Kill Them.

Camden, N. with arms e%ntwined,
an unknown young man and young
woman stood on the tracks OF the Penn
.sylvania Electric railroad over Newton
creek today and calmly waited until an
electric train a them down. Both
were killed and their bodies hurled into
the water. The body of the young
woman, who was about Is years of age,
was recovered and brought here. The
body of the mar has not been found.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-01

It is now possible to hear and e
plants grow. In the apparatus of two
Germans the growing plant is connect
ed with a disk having in its center an
Indicator which moves visibly and reg
ularly, and this movement, magnified
SO times over a scale, shows the prog
ress in growth.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-01
Bad Fire al PhiIiipsburg, Kas.

Pkulipsburg, Kas.-Three large bus
mess houses here we're entirely do
stroyed by fire, causing a loss estimat-
ed at 500, 900. The principal losers
are Gebhardt & Son, dry goods. and ].
@. Royce. state bank commissioners,
owner Of the plant Of the Dispatch.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-01
over Not Guilty.

st. Louis, Mo.-The case Of Da
vid P. Dyer, Jr, whose trial on 8
charge & embezzling SOL, 500 from the
st. Louis ~sub-treasury began on Tues.
day, was found not guilty by jury Fri
day evening.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-01
Nipissing Reorsanized.

New York, N. "a complete re.
organization Of the operating com
pany Of the Nipissing Mining Co. took
place at the directors meeting here.
Samuel Newhouse was elected presi.
dent
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-01

A st. Louis typo, employed on one
of the dailies of that city, put in type
a paragraph describing the dress OF a
bride at a fashionable wedding. 1t
contained the amazing statement that
'the brides train, five years long,
swept the aisle"