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Mexico Missouri message., 1907-09-26
BRIDEGROOM DIES BY OWN HAND
Aged Physician Leaves an Estate Of
100000 to Young Wife.

New York-when DR.. A. War.
ner Shepard, who was married
four years ago at the age OF GO years,
died suddenly Sunday morning, Sept.
s. Il was given out by relatives that
death was caused by heart failure.
Through Coroner DR.. Henry J. Brew
er In Brooklyn, however, II became
known later that the veteran physi.
clan had died from an overdose of
morphine. self.administered.
DIR. Shepard went to an undertaker's
two weeks ago and selected a coffin
in which he said he wanted to he
buried. His estate, which is valued AZ
100000, will. for the most part, 20
TO his widow, who is rs years old. II
Is emphaticaliy denied that any other
women have put In claims to the es.
tate. The coroner will investigate the
case.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-09-26
POPE PUTS BAN
ON MODERNISM
NEW ENcYcLIcAL FoRBIps THE
READING OF "MopERNIs
PUBLICATIONS.
-sYNTHESIS OF HEREsY"
Provides for . Council In Every plo.
esss 70 combst Popular "Er.
rors."-ProVislon Of
EDeyolleal.

Rome-Tho obseryatore Romano,
organ Of the Vatican, issued an
important encyciical Of Pope Plus
X. on Modernism" which really
IL q completion Of his recent
syllabus. The document sets forth
that modernism IL a serious danger
TO the church, refers In detail 70 the
various features Of modernism, con-
dennis Il as dangerous in philosophy,
faith, theology, history. criticism and
reforms. and arrives at the conclusion
that modernism In q synthesus OF all
haresy and must logically lead TO
atheism.
Provisions Of EneyeIleals
The encyclIcal makes the following
provisions:
1. The teaching OF philosophy, pos
tive theology. etc, II to be carried on
In the church. schools and uniyersi.
ties. but in a Catholic spirit.
2. Modernists are to be removed
from professorships and the direction
of educational institutions.
8. The clergy and faithful are not
to be allowed to read modernls; pub
locations.
4. A committee Of censorship lie to
be established in every diocese 10 pass
upon the publications which the cler-
gy and faithful shall be permitted to
read.
The encyclical has caused n stir
throughout Europe. and is regarded by
far the most important issued during
the present pontfficate. II Is regarded
IN some circles as liable to arouse as
much controversy and discussion as
the famous PRONUNCIATION of the dogma
OF the Immaculate conception by Pope
Plus TX.
s. The encyclical Of the late Pope
Leo XIII. prohibiting the clergy from
assuming direction OF publications
without their bishops permission and
providing for supervision OF the work
OF ecclesiastical writer's is confirmed.
6. Ecclesiastical congresses except
on rare occasions, are prohibited.
z. A council Is TO be constituted in
every diocese to combat modern or.
rors.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-09-26

be issued early. in October, and that II
will supply material from which Demo
cratic calculations and maneuyers will
be constructed throughout the period
ending with the national convention
that Is 70 name the presidential ticket.
Mr.. Bryan, It is stated upon high au.
thority. win tell the members Of his
party that he would rather not again
be candidate for the presidency: but
that In view Of the fact that there
seems to be a widespread demand that
he be the democratic standard bearer,
he will accept the nomination II II be
deemed best to give Il to him on the
terms he lays down.
There Is no positive information at
hand as to the important principles or
policies which Mr.. Bryan win put
forth as his platform. u Is assumed
that he will make reference to the
initiative and referendum, but wheth-
er the reference will be In the nature
OF demanding the full contamination
OF that idea at the present time must
AeAosfNA Va NohtNNNuAH until
the Nebraskan has spoken.
Undoubtedly reference also win be
made TO the question OF government
ownership. but from information avail.
able II Is safe TO say that no demand
in favor OF the Immediate absorption
OF public service corporations (prIma.
rily the railroads) viii be exploited.
The Bryan belief that government
ownership eventually win prove the
only solution OF the railroad problem
may De enunciated with tine qualsfica-
ton that the time for me change has
not yet arrived. In other words, It
may be sought to have It appear that
government ownership Is not 20 be An
issue next year.
Tariff revision. federal versus state
control the Capitalization Of power
and various other matters that have
occupied the attention % Mr.. Bryan
recently. ana which are familiar to
those who follow his teachings, win re.
ceive special treatment.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-09-26
FouR KILLED ~ AUG WRECK.
EIks, From Colorado Springs, Meet
Death In sIxty-hiiie Ride.

Colorado Springs. Coi.--An auto
mobile party OF seven persons left Col
orado City on its way to Colorado
Springs. Following the automobile
was cab containing other members
of the party. The automobile was
running at 6o-mile clip and left the
cab. The chauffeur did not see hole
in the roadway. md on making short
turn struck telegraph pole. Three
men were instantly killed, one OF
whom was hurled 100 feet, and a
fourth Is reported to have died later
at q hospital, They were all badly
mntilated
The dead ares William Ralstcn,
dealer in electrical supplies; Britton
Graves. n druggist; - Grey, chauf.
feur.
All we're prominent Elks Of Colora-
do Springs.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-09-26
THEosoPHIsTs PROVOKED.
Police Compel the Holding Of Sessions
With Open Doors.

Chicago-Whether or not action
shall be taken in the spirit world
against the Chicago police is a
question before the Theosophical So.
ciety, which is holding its annual SEES.
sionB in Chicago.
Sergt. Georgue Euston led a squad
OF patrolmen in an attack on the The.
osophists' meeting in Kimball Hall
They found the doors which opened
60 the inside locked. Since the
Iroquois theater fire this has heen
Illegal. Sergeant EustOn stationed
two men in uniform inside the
doors TO compel the Theosophists
20 keep them open, and this
aroused the wrath Of those who are
the reincarnation OF statesmen who,
during their days in Rome and other
places, ran their meetings to suit
themselves.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-09-26

Pittsburg. Kas.-Two Italian min
eFs are dead. and Charles Gard
ner, q mine boss, and mis- sister,
Mrs. George Rexford. are probably fa,
tally wounded as the result or an at
tack BY party OF drnnken Italians
upon Gardner Gardner and his sister
were fred upon from ambush, and
both fen az the arst yolley. Gardner
rallied. and a. hls assailants were nee
Ing. shot. killing two. The trouble
grew out Of . feud At the mine.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-09-26
TO DETECT TUBERCULOSIS.
Inoeulation by New Method Said to
Reveal Presence OF Germs.

Paris-The French Academy Of
Science has Just become &C.
uuainted with a method by which the
existence OF tuberculosis can certain.
" be detected. II consists In inoculat,
ing the patient. AZ In vaccination.
with few drops OF the tubercuIin OF
Koch.
II tuberculosis does not exist the
small incisiOn heals rapidly, but II the
patient is affected with the smallest
trace OF the disease. although symp-
toms may not have been revealed. the
inciSion rubbed with the tubercuiin
becomes Innamed and in from four TO
Ave days = pustuIe similar 70 that OF
vaccine appears. running is course
in four OF fve days.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-09-26
MEDITATION OVER SEPARATION
FROM HER HUSBAND HAS
AROUSED NO REGRET.
she is AT HOME IN FRANCE
Declares She Estsens AFFINITY Who
suppIsnted Her. In Highest Sense.
Earle Would Ne unhappy
Without Her.

Boulogne Sur Mer--Mrs. Emile
Fishbaeher Earle, whose husband,
Ferdinand Pinney Earle, the New
York artist, cast her on for his "af-
anity," Julia Kuttner, and who ar
rived In Boulogne accompanied by her
2-year-old son, consented 10 be In
terviewed regarding her present
and future plans and the things
that led up to her remarkable
remuneration Of her husband, story
unparalleled in histor OF romance.
When Ferdinand and decided that
our paths must separate" she said,
I'VE never dreamed that II would Gre
ate so much excitement and interest
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-09-26

Baltimore. Md.-CardinaI Gibbons
was seized fOrcibly and shaken
BY q beggaF on the street after
the prelate had refused to give
him money. Police and citizens
rushed TO the assistance Of the AGED
Cardinal and dragged the man away.
But for the interpretation Of the CardI.
nal the beggar would have been rough.
~ dealt with. As Il was. he will prob.
ably be sent to the wOrkhouse as Z
yagFant.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-09-26
BRIDEGROOM A SUICIDE.
Mlsslsslpplan Takes Poison When De.
serted After q Week.

Meridian, Miss.-Deserted by his
17-yeaT-old bride Of a week, T.
J. Hyde. OF Laurel, q clerk in a drug
store. is dead from morphine poison
ing.
The pair were married q few days
ago while the bride. daughter of w.
= Shelby of wiseyiIle, was on her
way 20 college. She begged to be al.
bowed TO return home. and after reach.
inn there Informed Hyde that abe
wonid not live with him. He killed
himself sitter pleading with her over
the telephone 70 return to him.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-09-26
kINe o. Sc ruarLEs oAuaAT
Landed After a Desperate Two-I4ours
Fight Near New York.

New York--City islanders have
something new to talk about II
Is sea turtle. the largest that the
Oldest inhabitant ever saw. and 1t was
not landed until after two hours fight.
The turtle measures four feet slx
inches long, three feet wide. is a foot
3hick and weighs 26s pounds. Fisher
men estimate II 20 be at least 200
years old.
Percy Pell Of City Island caught the
turtle while fishing for hlackfssh
midway between Harris Island
and shinneeock Point -Peli was near
ly exhausted at the end Of the fight.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-09-26
DIDN'T ORDER COCKTAILS.
Loeb Still Denies on Behalf Of Roose.
welt and Himself.

oyster Bay, N. Y.-Because OF
the widespread publicity givon the
statement of Bishop Berry Of De
troit that either President Roose-
Welt or Secretary Loeb, and not Mr..
Fairbanks, was responsible for the
cocktails served at the luncheon ten
dered them by the vice-presIdent at
indianapolis, Secretary Loeb issued
this formal statement:
The statement Is too absurd to be
given any credenee. Neither the pres.
ident nor his secretary. either direct.
lyl or indirectly ordered anything of
any kind at the luncheon in question,
OF at any other luncheon where they
were guests"
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-09-26

Mexico City-The Mexican govern
ment IS said TO have acquired a con
trolling Interest In the Pan-Ainerican
railway through the purchase Of stock.
The report comes from an authentic
eourca. although Il has not yet
received confirmation.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-09-26

Webster City, Ia.-~Mrs. william
KeyseF. q prominent Ellsworth won.
an, while cooking. was burned fatally.
Her dress caught IRE and she ran
out into the yard. where the high
wind famed the flames.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-09-26

Indianapolis suprema lodge
Of che knights and Ladies oi Honor
ehnnscf ne bylaws o. ne order BY
tEkins away me right o. social mem.
hers 70 vote on the adniieDl6n oI can.
didslea q Inc lellef tpnq b,Rrfh.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-09-26
JAPANESE STEAMER BURNS.
The Tattoo Maru Destroyed on the
Vanssteklans River.

Shanghai, China--A Japanese steam.
er. the Tafoo Maru, has been
burned three miles on Ching.
kiang, on the right hank of the
Yangstekiang, IS miles from Nanking
It is reported that 100 lives were
lost.
The TATTOO Maru, formerly the Ia.
hung Maru. is of 1853 tons register
and Is 800 feet long. She was built in
Japan in 1900. and belongs to the osa.
ki Shosen Kabushlki Co. of osaki.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-09-26
Two Killed II wreck.

Toledo. GA weslbDund limited
car on tbs Lake Shore Electric ran
iatO an open switch at Hays siding.
two mlsea east Of here. xlIiing two
men and iniuring Is passengers. Con
ductor Burns was eEushed 70 dsath.
as was an unidentified man.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-09-26
croMd lilaaad nArnn,.,.

Spokane. W6sh.-clarenco Darrow.
sha Chicago lawyer who defended HAY.
wood IN the recent trial az Boise. was
hleeed by a large crowd IN q local
cafe because he failed to stand while
lhs han1 played America
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-09-26

Los Angelica. cai.--The American
Association Of Press Humorisls. which
has been. holding sc annual ccnven.
ton in Los Angeles, chose Houston.
Tex. as the place for the meeting next
year.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-09-26
cholsro Raging II Russia.

81. Petersburr- -Four fresh cases Of
cholera, OF which three were fatal.
have been reported from Moscow aud
that vicinity. The government OF
vistka IL declared 70 be infected with
the disease.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-09-26

all over the world. II was the only
thing 70 do. We could see no other
way out Of what had become a mis-.
cradle situation. II was an unhappy
II not painful. realization that we
could no longer live together. and we
parted"
And have the trip across and your
meditatlonA made no change in your
attitude? Do you not regret your de-
cision7"
mot in the least. This week, on
the ship with my child, has only con-
firmed my own and my husbands
judgments" she replied.
Have you not woman's qualms OF
remorse-no jealousy" she was
asked.
mo. not jealousy" she replied. with
somewhat less appearance OF assur.
ance: "but. Of course. there was I'M
happiness in It all for all OF us--for
Miss Kuttner, for Ferdinand and for
myself. But that, too, will all pass
away with time. My philosophy tells
me that"
Most certainly I am" said Mrs.
Earle. "she is in every way a woman
my husband can be proud OF. and one
whom esteem in the very highest
sense. She is my husbands own af-
finity--the one woman in all the world
whom he could love truly and as a
woman should be loved. without Miss
Kuttner my husbands life would have
been unhappy"
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-09-26
Standard Oil Stock
Shows Immense Shrinkage

shcw that the University Of Chicago
is the owner of 5000 shares Of Stand.
ard OIL stock.
The depreciation in the price OF
Standard OH stock within the past ten
years. about the time the agitation
against the company began, has been
more than $500 a share.
Since the legal proceedings against
the Standard oil Co. Of New Jersey
were instituted the stock has steadily
declined until It Is now around $40.
This represents a loss Of over $780,.
100000 on, the holdings OF John D.
Rockefeller. The shrinkage in the
market value Of the stock also affects
tho University OF Chicago TO the ex.
tent Of about s2.000,O00.
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-09-26

London--in ST. Margaret's church
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and MIsb
Jean Leckie we're married IN the pres.
ence o. SNAIL select company,
Mexico Missouri message., 1907-09-26

New York.-Reeords OF the stock
holders Of the Standard oil Co. Of
New Jersey. laid bare Friday at the
hearing Of the governments suit for
the dissolution OF the alleged oil COM
bine, disclosed the fact that John d.
Rockefeller owns 247,6 shares. or
nearly Ave times as much stock as
any other individual shareholder, and
that he and his associates who signed
the trust agreement in 1882 still con-
troll a majority OF the Standard OIL
stock.
Measured by the present market
price of $40 a share, the holdings of
Mr.. Rockefeller in the Standard or
Co. have a value Of 500. 100000. The
stockholders record Of Aug. II. 1907
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-31
HOME TRADE FABLE
HOW THE TRANSFORMATION OF
A TOWN WAS EFFECTED.
A STORY WITH A MORAL
One Public Spirited Citizen Who
Realized the Big Possibilities and
Cultivated the Field to Ad-
vantage.

Once upon a time there was a Man,
who in his youth was reared upon a
farm located near a Small Town of
Great Promise. Two weeks in each
year when he vas not saving wood,
feeding the stock or picking potatoes.
he was allowed to attend the little red
schoolhouse in the town. BY hard la.
Dor during the day, and persistently
reading a few old books which were
heirlooms in his family, and each week
absorbing the intelligence contained
in the Weekly Mirror, he, by the time
he could mark down his age at Is
years, had accumulated sufficient
knowledge to run away from home.
He wandered to a large city and there
his great muscular power assisted to
gain for himself a position as Chief
Scrubber in a large store. He had not
acquired the cigarette habit, and his
faithfulness to his s~crubbing brush,
and his unwillingness to know all
about his employers business, soon at
tracted the attention of the Old Man,
and at the end of a year he was pro-
NOTED to Head Rustler in the shipping
department at the large salary of eight
dollars a week.
His disregard for scooting when the
closing time came, and his total lack
of swelled head so pleased the Old
Man that from time to time the ambi-
tiOus youth was advanced until at the
end of six years he was drawing the
biggest salary paid by the house, and
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-31

He erected a large brick building, and
soon he had installed in 1t great stocks
OF goods. Other merchants in the
town shook their heads. The Public
Spirited Man was certainly crazy.
Farmers when they came to town
looked up the big building with Won
der. The Weekly Mirror had to send
away for type to set up the page adj
vertisement for the new store, and to
get a new press for the printing of cir
culars and posters.
One month after the opening of the
store the graveyard qnietness of the
town had passed away. Streets we're
lined with the teams and the wagons
of the farmers. A new elevator for
grain had been started. The railroad
placed a new switch In the yard to &C.
commodate the increased business.
The son of the old town blacksmith
reopened the old shop closed for years
because of no trade. New life was
rapidly being injected into the place.
There was an election. A lot of
newcomers selected the Public Spir-
tied Citizen for chairman of the town
board. He was elected. In six months
the streets were paved, an electric
lighting plant was in operation, along
with a water works. The Great Store
keeper had a way of doing things, and
he did them. News of the activity Of
the town reached nearby villages, and
the people came to see the Big Store
and to buy goods. A cold storage
plant in connection with a new com.
mission house operated by friends of
the Storepeeker, caused Farmers to
bring in tons of butter and hundreds
OF thousands of eggs, and chickens
and other produce. The transforma.
ton was quick from a Dead Town to
a Lively Small City. A high school
was established, new churches built,
and some of the pious people were
shocked to see an opera house erect.
ed. The Panhandle & Skedunk rail.
road, which for years had been run
ming 20 miles from the town so
changed its route as to have it on the
main line, so the place had two rail
roads. Enterprising men who wanted
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-31
A BAD PRACTICE.
Don't Let the Milk Remain In the
Earn After Milking.

A good many keepers of COWS have
in the COW stable and behind the cows.
pegs on which to hang the milk pals
that are too full of milk toeprevent
their being further used at that milk
ing. A man fills the pail hangs it on
the hook and proceeds to milk anoth-
er COW. By the time the milking is
completed several pals have been
hanging on the pegs for Is minutes
to half an hour. In addition the emp
ty pals hung on the same pegs before
they were taken for milking purposes
and just as readily gathered germs as
when they had the milk in them. So
far as the mixer can see. there is no
reason why this pra, ice should not
be continued. The pals look clean
when they are taken down to be used
for milking purposes and the milk in
he pals that have been hanging there
looks as clean as any other milk. The
pals are hung too high to catch any
visible dirt. The custom is bad, says
the Northwestern Agriculturist. but
its badness is hard to prove because
the student and the scientist know
that the air is full of odors and germs
that are constantly settling in the
pals to become manifest later in bad
favored butter or quickly souring
milk. The milk should be removed
from the stable as fast as MIXED, that
the time exposure to bad odors may
be as short as possible.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-05-31

o he was taken in as a member of
the firm. Age and hard knocks and
brushes with the business world de-
veloped in him marked business acu-
men. He forged to the front as a
f%inancier and a p~ublic-spirited citizen.
AS years passed he prospered. Early
and late he was V looking after his
vast business interests. There were
times that he longed to be again in
the small home town. Often in his
youth he dreamed of some day being
chairman of the village board. Only
once since parting from the old home
had he returned, and then to find the
town just the same only a little more
delapidated, and in the w~eed-over-
grown kirkyard the neglected graves
of his good parents.
Strenuous business life and assid-
ious attention to the accumulation of
capital without vacation, caused him
to suffer from what the doctors pro-
nounced neurasthenia, and advised
total rest from mental effort. The man
had labored too diligently in amass
ing money. Residence in a quiet place
was recommended and retirement from
all commercial worries. The Great
Merchant sold his vast interests to a
combine, and after careful thought,
concluded that he would seek rest and
a renewal of health in the town where
he at one time attended the little red
schoolhouse, and where in childish i'm.
agination he would be powerful and
famous by becoming chairman of the
village board. Accordingly he retired
from the city, purchased the old home
stead where he was reared and picked
potatoes, and also built a residence
and became a Great Factor in the
town. Time had made few changes in
the landscape. Buildings and streets
were the same, only showing the raw
ages of decay. The old stores were in
possession of the descendants of the
owners Tho conducted them when he
was a boy. They were not doing the
business that they should. One great
innovat. ON was the town had a rail-
road. All about was suggestive of
peace. IL was oil lucdI pidCc lOT d
man Who desired to pass his declining
days in contemplation of the here
after. There, life was much like unto
death. There was fresh air in abund-
ance. All of nature lavishly spent its
beaut. over the country and the town,
and even the weeds on the streets
we're allowed to spring up, bloom and
reach maturity without interruption
Dy the scythe or the sicle.
Within a year the Retired Business
Man had regained much of his old
time spirit and health. Habits of ac-
tivity and love of business impelled
him to once again seek work that
would keep his mind occupied. He
loved the old town. He saw that it
needed new life. He figured out that
there were 600 farmers in the neigh
borhood. Each farmer surely spent
$50 a month somewhere for supplies.
This meant a total of $4,000 a month;
$3.50 900 a year. Then the few hun
dred people in the town would add
other thousands to the volume of bust
ness. Why not build a great store and
supply the wants of the people? He
would spend some money and build
up the town. He bought half a block
on which three Of the stores stood.