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The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06
ALLOTMENT OF CERTIFICATES
Cortelyou Won't Say Whether More
Are to Be Made.

Washington.-The announcement of
Secretary Cortelyou that further sub.
scriptions to the one-year certificates
would not be received is regarded here
as indicating that the secretary consid
ers the crisis in the money market to be
practically over Official figures have not
yet been given out at the treasury of
the amount of the certificates allotted
nor has it been stated whether further
allotments would be made for subscrip-
tions already received. The amount of
The allotments made, however, is to be
about $35,000,o00, and this is probably
the limit unless strong reasons are pre-
scented from banks which have already
made subscriptions why allotments
should be made to tlem
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06
Panama Resignation Rumored.

Panama. Richard R. Rogers,
general counsel for the Panama
canal commission, who was sent here
United States by several Panamans
and foreigners. whose property have
been occupied for canal purposes and
whose claims were left undecided by
the joint commission, sailed from here
Sunday for the United States without
having accomplished anything. 1t is
rumored here that Mr.. Rogers will
tender his resignation on his arrival
in Washington.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06
Pork Prices Drop.

Chicago, Ill.-Lower prices for live
hogs, which within the last month
have dropped nearly So hundred
pounds, resulted in a reduction in the
price of pork to retailers. Presum-
ably the consumer will benefit in
turn. The packers gave out new
schedule of prices, showing reductions
in pork loins, green and cured hams,
ranging from 41ac to size pound. An
other effect of the drop in hog prices
was the bringing into the Chicago
market buyers from outside markets
in increased numbers.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06
FOUR COTTON BILLS ARE ON
Farmers Will Get Needed Relief II
They Pass.


Washington.-Four bills of Importance
to the cottsn interests which, if passed,
will round out legislation heretofore put
through Congress by Mr.. Burleson, of
Texas, intended to enable the farmer to
get Legitimate" price for his cotton,
that is, price uninfuenced by anything
save the law of supply and demand, will
be introduced at the coming session of
Congress.
The first is bill approving for q
quinquennial census of the acreage plant
ed to cotton, and if enacted would be of
inestimable value to the bureau of sta
tistics, as it will afford more frequent
standard of the acreage planted, thus
enabling it to be more accurate in its
annual estimates. Director North of the
census has Endorsed it earnestly and will
urge it in his annual report.
The second measure will be bill pro-
viding for uniform standard of cotton
classification. 1t is argued that for
small sum every warehouse and Farm
ers' Union can secure the standard of
classification and with it can readily
determine the correS. class of his cotton
and thereby secure fair price.
The third will be bill having for its
purpose the minimizing, as far as possi-
BILE, of the wild speculation in cotton flu
lures on the New York and New Or
leans cotton exchanges. Mr.. Hepburn,
of Iowa, declares his purpose to intro
duce and press to passage measure
looking to the suppression of the sales
of stocks on margin, and he declares his
willingness to cooperate with those in
terested in suppressing gambling in cot
ton futures. i
The fourth bill has become known as
the anti-leak bill. 1t has passed through
the house twice. The Secretary of Agri-
culture will urge in his annual report the
passage of some measure to cover this
L.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06
EMPEROR PARDoNs MANY.
Francis Joseph Issues Amnesty to All
Military Fuqitives.

Vienna. - In recognition of the
commencement of the sixtieth
year of his reign, Emperor Francis
Joseph has issued a decree of ex-
tensive military amnesty, granting
free pardon and the resumption of
civil rights to all deserters, fugitives
and evaders of military service at
home and abroad. Those who have
fled abroad are invited to return to
Austria. Thus thousands who fled to
America to avoid military service,
many of whom are now thought to be
stranded in that country, will be able
to return peacefully to their native
country.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06
Three Men Assassinated.

Clio, Ark. - Three men were as
sassinated as they stepped from
a train here Monday night. The
assassin is unknown. The dead are
Thomas r. Godfrey, G. Pine Bluff lum-
herman; Clarence L. Bush, telegraph
operator, and A. R. Melvin, a singing
teacher from Grant county, who was a
bystander. After being shot, Bush
ran up the railroad track and, al
though known to have a mortal
wound, his body has not been found.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06
800 APPLICANTS A DAY.
Chief Engineer Wants Influx of Dead
Ones Stopped.

MISUNDERSTANDING vigorously
any applicants from working their way
to the isthmus without appointment. All
positions filled and no increase contem-
plated. Unemployed men without funds
sources of embarrassment"
The above dispatch from Chairman
and Chief Engineer Goethals of the Pan
anna Canal Commission was received at
the Washington office today. Applica
tions for work on the isthmus are COM
ing at the commissions office at the rate
of 300 day, an increase of probably SO
per cent. in the last month. These are
due, the officials think, to the curtailing
of various enterprises in the United
States, and the more settled and COM
Portable and healthy conditions which
now obtain on the isthmus. 1T is esti-
mated that 90 per cent. of the employees
engaged by the commission at the 18th
mus are permanent, as compared with
percentage of approximately 40 in that
class some time ago.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06

Bishop Potter's dinner to the col.
ored bishop during the recent Epis-
copal convention in Richmond con-
tinues to occasion comment in the
southern press. The prevailing SEN
timent seems to be that bishop has
a perfect right to select his own
guests in his own house, and if the
white guests do not object to the COM
pany, there is no good reason why out
siders should This looks like rea-
sonably safe and sane view, from
both southern and northern stand
point. 1t would seem the question was
beyond argument.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06

The centenary of the birth of Arch.
bishop Trench, which occurred recent
ly, has called to the minds of scholars
of to-day the great service he per-
formed in cracking the shells of Eng.
lish words and showing the richness
of the kernels. He made it plain that
many a word has personal history,
and is almost romance in itself. For
SO years his Study of Words" and
English, Past and Present" have
continued to find readers, ard to mold
the style of students. This, declares
the Youths Companion, is no mean
service to English literature
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06
Favor State Normal.

The convention of school superin-
tendents in session at Jackson unani-
mously adopted the report of the COM
mittee on the subject of the State nor
NAL and training school for teachers.
While the incidental course in peda-
gogy as adapted in the curriculum of
the State collegiate institutions fills out
the course desired by certain students,
the convention was of the opinion that
a separate, distinct and independent
normal training school is needed.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06
Sailing Orders Issued.

Washington, D. C.-Final sailing
orders for the torpedo boat destroyer
Flotilla, which is to make the trip to
the Pacific coast, were issued at the
navy department Friday. The destroy
ers, which are to stop at a greater
number of ports than the battleships
soon to follow them, will leave Eamp-
ton Roads, as heretofore announced,
ON Dec. 2. The Flotilla is in COM
mand of Lieut.. Commander H. l..
Cone.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06
.EMIGRANTS LEAVING CHICAGO
Exodus of Foreigners Estimates at
1000 for One Day.

Chicago.-There has been demand
for third class or Storage transporta-
ton that the steamship agents have been
unable to meet. 1t is estimated that
1900 persons left Chicago yesterday,
bound for various ports in Europe. Ac-
cording to F. G. Whiting of the Cunard
Line, more than 2,40O persons have been
booked by the Chicago office for Scandi-
navian ports during November. He es-
Inmates that an equal number will leave
during December.
"This number exceeds by far the book
ings of any previous year." said Mr..
Whiting. ''All of our passengers seem
to be plentifully supplied with cash. Ad-
vance bookings for next month indicate
that the remaining steamers will be
heavily booked for the Christmas rush.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06
Steel Man Sees Improvement.

Philadelphia, Penn. A high Of
fetal of the United States Steel cor
poration, in an interview, declared
that for the past few days an i'm
provement has been noticeable in tho
steel situation. The indications are,
he said, that number of the mills
that have closed will be reopened in
the near future. The official is quoted
as saying that the steel corporation
has accepted no cancellations, al
though many orders have been de-
ferred. He said that as business con-
ditions improves these orders will
again become operative.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06
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AN EMPTY TREASURY.
Deficit Faces 6tate-Legislature to
Remedy Conditions Early.

Remedy Conditions EARLY.
The financial situation in Mississippi
10 growing extremely interesting and
would be very TN comfortable but for
the fact that the lie islature is soon to
meet and will doubtless take prompt
action to remedy the matter.
The pension distribution which has
just been made by the auditor, and
which amounts to $3.50, 900, will take
practically all of the money paid into
the treasury on account of November
tax collections, and it ia doubtful il
there will be enough cash left on hand
to meet the regular current expenses of
the State government. During Decem-
Der the collections will be heavy, but
will not be paid into the treasury before
the first week in January, about the
time the legislature will convene. The
legislative session will cost about 1885,
600 or more. Each member is entitled
to draw one-third Of his salary imme-
diately, and his mileage, which is 10
cents mile. This will of itself make
a large hole in the treasury receipts,
especially in view of the. fact that the
January distribution of the common
school school fund will take 1888, 1888.
1t is therefore apparent that the leg
islature will have difficult nut to
crack Immediately on its converting,
and the general impression is that it
Will be necessary to increase the tax
levy. The members of the legislature
usually hate to do this, but the time
seems to have come when it can NO
longer be avoided.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06
DANIEL DENIES GUILT.
Says He and Bryan Passed Their
Usual Badinage.

Richmond, Va.-Senator John w. Dam
iel, of Virginia, who is in the city on
legal business, expressed surprise when
shown the story sent out from Washing
ton regarding his alleged tilt with Col.
William j. Bryan in the lobby of the
New Willard Hotel in Washington. Sen
ator Daniel said:
Il did not know that | had sharp
passage at arms with Col. William Jen-
nings Bryan. This is the first intimation
that l have had of such thing. There
was some little peasant badinage be-
tween us about some points on which We
happen to differ. 1t all grew out of the
long acquaintance between us and the
easy terms upon which we regard each
other
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06
e-Year-old Blind Tiger Operator.

The youngest blind tiger operator in
the State has just been found at Hat
tiesburg. He is years old and is the
son of Ida Corbin. The woman would
not sell the liquor herself, but kept it
in stock at her home, and when Gus
toners came she would direct them to
the little boy, who would deliver the
goods and collect the money, thus max
ing himself the seller OF the goods un-
der the law. The mother was charged
with acting as agent for the liquor.
She was fined 300 and given 30 days
on the streets, while the boy was set at
liberty. However as the boy had no
home to go to he was permitted to stay
in Jail with his mother.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06
Britisher Sues Japan.

Victoria, B. c. News is re-
,eived from Toxic that John Hart
ley, a Britisher, who went to japan in
1864, has brought suit against the
Japanese government for 100000
yen, damages for having impounded
opium imported by him in 1875, while
allowing Dutch firms and other for
eigners to import the drug.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06
WouId Ston SUNDAY Lid Eiuht.

Chicago, Ill. The city council.
by a unanimous vote, asked the Chi
cago Law and Order League to aban-
don it's campaign against Sunday sa-
looms and let the question be submit
ted to vote Of citizens at the next
election. In the same resolution the
aldermen asserted that the Sunday
closing law now on the statute books
is obsolete"
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06
Police Feel the Strinuencv.

New Enthusiastically of money
to defray the expenses and the
numerous bank holidays are the ex-
cuses which the police at Los Angeles,
Cal, offered to the police of New
Orleans for not sending for a prisoner
who has been held here for several
weeks at the request of the California
authorities. The prisoner, c. NJ. Berk-
ley, was arrested here on the charge
of offering fraudulent checks.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06
$4,000 for Missions.

To raise $4,000 for home mission
work in Mississippi between this and
the Both of April next year is the I'M
dertaking of Rev. w. P. Price, who
recently succeeded Rev. w. A. McComb
as vice-president of the Baptist mission
board for Mississippi. He has issued a
stirring appeal to the Baptists of the
State. The home mission board en-
ploys large number of missionaries in
the foreign field, now giving support to
% missionaries in Cuba, on the Isle of
Fines, and in Panama.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06
Contagious Diseases.

Smallpox has appeared at various
points in the State. Occasional cases
Of scarlet fever and diphtheria have
also appeared. The former disease is
rarely contagious in Mississippi, prob
ably owing to climatic conditions, while
the spread of the latter is usually con-
fined to very Restricted area.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06
"short Money. Short shoveIs."

Bedford, Ind.-On account of the
financial crisis one hundred foreign Ia
borers who used the pick and shovel
at the Hoosier quarries had their
wages cut from 15c to 121ac an hour.
The angry men marched to the ma
chine shops and had 21a inches cut
from their shovels to meet the CORE
spending reductions in wages. They
say short money, short shovels.'
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06
Another Try for Gold.

Mexico.-In Information has been re-
ceived in this city to the effect that an
other attempt will be made within a
short time to fird the gold that went to
the bottom of the sea with the Golden
Gate, an American ship which sunk off
the port of Manzanillo on July IS, 1862,
with cargo of gold for American banks.
The treasure ship carried nearly $4,000.
900 in American money.
A number of unsuccessful attempts
have been made to get the treasure since
the boat was lest.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06
To Enforce Penalties,

No.ioes are being given by largo
number of county tax collectors in
Mississippi that they will demand the
10 per cent penalty payment on all
taxes not settled prior to the 18th of
December, and that property owners
who desire to avoid payment of this ad-
ditional assessment must pay their
taxes prior to the date named.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06
Worry Causes Suicide.

New York, N. Y.-Worried by
the belief that he had lost his $4,000
deposit in the Knickerbocker Trust
Co., Valentine Hayerdahl of Mount
Vernon committed suicide Tuesday by
shooting himself through the head at
his home. Hayerdahl, who was a
salesman for a china company, re-
signed short time ago to go into
business. All he owned was tied up
in the trust company.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06
Tuu Sunk in Collision.

Port Dalhousie, Ont. = The tug
Escort of this port was struck by
the barge Harrison, in tow of the
steamer Westmount, off Niagara point,
and sunk. Captain Harry Dunlap. En-
gineer Albert Dunlap and canal
helper named Charles Christmas were
drowned. The remainder of the crew,
three in number. were saved.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06
Arkansas convicts cremated.

Little Rock, Ark-Two convicts,
S. D. Wade and Albert Bunch, were
burned to death in fire which de-
stroyed a sotckade at the state con-
vict farm in Lincoln county. During
the excitement three other convicts
escaped
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06
Killed bv Coal Gas.

Devils Lake, N. D.-Charles Erick-
son and his wife. an aged couple
of Edmore, were found unconscious in
their bed at the family residence. Mrs.
Erickson was dead, and her husband
is not expected to live. They were
asphyxiated by coal gas.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06
waoinn War for clean Stores.

Harrisburg. Penn.-The dairy and
food division of the state depart
ment of agriculture is waging cam
paign for clean grocery stores In
Pennsylvania. In the latest bulletin
of the division the Importance of
cleanliness is urged upon all dealers
in food products.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06
PORTUGAL Elections Postponed.

Lisbon. Portugal. government
states that it has been decided not to
hold elections until the political agi-
tation has subsidized, even If it involves
waiting until the end Of 1908. 1t
hopes, however, that it Will be possible
to hold them early in the new year.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06
To Entertain Conference.

Homes have been secured for the $50
or more delegates who will attend the
annual session of the Mississippi Meth
odist conference, which meets at jack
son on Dec. 10. All of the visiting
clerical and lay delegates will be en-
tertained in private homes.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06
-Four Miners Buried in Rock,

Houghton, Mich.-Two miners were
buried by fall of rock in a Calumet
& Hecla copper mine. Both were in
stantly killed. Thursday two more
miners were buried in similar man.
ner at Tamarack mine. One was killed
and the other may not recover.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06
phorooranh Music for . suicide,

New York, N. Y-Turning on the
gas and a photograph at the same
time, Mrs. George Little, aged IS,
committed suicide at iler home to the
strains of 'In the Wild Woods Where
the Blue Bells Crow" her favorite air.
She was respondent because Of ILL
health.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06

There would be nothing wrong with
there were little more care and a
little more strenuous determination
not to make bad start by tying up
with an affinity that belonged to some
body else
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06
Arabs Attack French Forces.

Lula, Maghnia, Algeria.-An en-
gagement took place Friday at Adje-
roudkiss between the French troops
and Beni's Nassen tribesmen. The
latter, numbering $500, at first drove
the French outposts, but the Arabs
eventually retreated in the face of
heavy shell fire.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06
Train Falls Into Deep Ravine.

Parkersburg, w. Va.-A Pennsboro
& Harrisville railroad passenger train
was crossing a trestle Is feet high
near Harrisyille, when the supports
gave way, throwing the train into
the rAvine below.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06

Hazers were assessed $4,000 dam
ages by merry court at Kewanee,
ILL.,, which entered right into the spirit
of the fun. Making hazing come high
is the only way to break some people
of the habit.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06
lola Souvenirs Stolen.

Rome, Italy-Mme. Alexandrione
lola, widow of Emile lola, the novel
list, has been robbed of number Of
souvenirs of her husband. The arti-
cles were mostly of gold, bearing the
initials of the noted writer.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06
Double Holiday in Panama.

Colon.-Thanksg day was OBJ
served as a general holiday through
out the canal zone and the re-
public of Panama. Nov. % is also
the anniversary of the independence
of the republic and the double holi-
day was fittingly observed
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06

1t will be some time before the i'm
pulsive lover can safely propose by
wireless, for the wrong girl might
pick up the message and think she
had cause for a breach of promise
raSa
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06
Homestead Exemption.

Attorney-General Fletcher holds that.
homesteads exempt under the laws of
this State cannot be subject to the pay
ment of penalty on an official bond,
even though both the head of family
and his consort jointly sign such bond
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06
Everett 3. Webster Dies.

Jacksonville, Fla.-Everett B. Web
ster, president of the National
Steel and Wire Co., with subsidiary
companies at DeKalb, ILL.,; Bayonne, N.
j.; New Haven, Conn, and on the Pa
cific coast, died at hotel here, aged
SO. He was well-known horseman.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06

That Cincinnati man who quit when
he had $1,OOO,0OO might find others to
follow his example provided they had
the money. Many of our millionaires
are thankful if they have 80 or 40
cents in loose change after settling up
their weekly accounts.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06

Lord Rothschild says governments
all over the world are kissing at cap
ital. That kissing sound you hear
comes from the water in the capitali-
zation as the white-hot probe of in
vestigations is rammed into it.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06
Price of Long STAPLE.

According to reports from the delta,
long staple cotton is being marketed at.
from "a to 80 cents per pound. 1t is.
expected that there will be decided
increase inlong staple production shown
in the State this year, larger acreage
having been planted in those sections
favorable to it's cultivation.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06
Masonic Officer Dies,

Hamilton, Ontario-Hugh Murray,
grand secretary of the Masonic
grand lodge of Canada, died sudden
~ at his home here from apoplexy. In
1884 he was grand master of Canadian
Masons.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06
injunction Against Ticket scalpers.

: IHJUIICeIVTI 5N9dI1TSS 1'SvN~e OS0'F~' .
Omaha, Neb. - On application of
all the railroads doing business
in Omaha, permanent injunction
was issued by Judge w. H. Munger
against ticket scalpers, who have sold
contract tickets at reduced rates. The
temporary order restraining the bro
kers from continuing the practice of
selling contract tickets was issued
some time ago.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06

Another Aurora man is going to see
If he can sustain life on sauerkraut.
That is no experiment. Not only will
the man who feasts exclusively on
that delicacy live and wax fat, but he
will also begin think in long, in
yolyed sentenc~ lnterspread with
compound and triple-expansion words.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06

1t is always well not to rejoice too
soon. 1t turns out that the Florida
man who was sent to Jail for writing
poetry will not be there long enough
to get the ailment out of his system
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06
Hood Succeeds Crosby.

T. n. Hood, present chancery clerk
of Washington county, was elected
secretary and treasurer of the Missis-
sippi Levee Board, to succeed the late
III. r Crosby.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06
Man KILLED. Father Wounded.

Bloomington, Ind.-At a wood1chop-
ping by about 80 farmers near Union
Vile, Frank Mccoy was killed and
his father, Joel Mccoy, fatally wound
ed by Edward Ford, with an ak.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06
Arguments Begin in French Trial.

Arguments Begin IN French Trial.
Lexington, Ky.-A special dispatch
from Beattyville says both sides in
the case of B. Fulton French, charged
with the murder Of James B. Marcum,
rested their case and arguments have
begun.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06

Dinner and Reception at White House
Washington, d. Cat the White
House Friday night large dinner
party and reception was given by the
president and Mrs. Roosevelt in honor
of the president of Panama and Nine.
De Amador Dinner was served in
the state dining room.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06
$4,000. COO Lien Recorded.

Hamburg, Ark.-The rlSansas, Lou
isiana & Gulf railway recorded q
mortgage for s6,OOO00O in favor of
the Colorado Title and Trust Co. for
2 S per cent bond issue.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-12-06

The popularity of bridge in Chica-
go was never more strikingly illus
trated than by the fact that 56,349
wagons crossed eleven bridges in
eight hours the other day.