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The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15
CLEMENCEAUs DOWNFALL
HIS POSITION IS REGARDED AS
SERIOUSLY COMPROMISED.
King Edward Credited With the
Changed Condition, But This
IL Denied.

Paris-In competent quarters Pro-
mier Clemenceau's position is regard
ed as seriously compromised, and his
sudden retirement or downfall would
not create great surprise. Although
the cabinet has formally approved the
circular sent by Minister Of Education
BRAND to the projects on the subject
of granting leases OF the churches to
the parish priests, it is an open secret
that the premier Is not completely in
sympathy with the conciliatory policy.
A sensational climax Is anticipated
If the followers of ex-Premier Combes
force the debate to an issue. At the
same time 1t is the general opinion
that M. Brands policy would com
mand a majority, and that the minister
of education would succeed to the
premiership If M. Clemenceau were de-
feated.
Some newspapers attribute the
changed attitude Of church and state
to the influence of King Edward, who
ID represented as fearing that Ger
many will succeed to Frances influ-
ence as protector Of Christians in the
near and far east. The kings inter
vention, however, is auth~oritativel3
denied.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15
WOULD COVER DEFICIT.
IT the P~ostoffice Department Was
Credited With Franks.

Westinghouse the ~postofice de-
partment were given creLit for all the
service it renders to the government,
the deficit in postal receipts would be
practically eliminated, according to a
report OF the house committee on post
offices and post roads on the postof-
flee appropriation bill. The govern
ment departments and other govern
ment officers in Washington reported
that for the six months period ended
December 81, 1906, the postage upon
matter sent through the mails would
have aggregated s~2,2S4,427. The COM
mittee estimates that it is fair to as.
sumo $4,000, 900 worth Of mail Is car
ried for the government annually
without credit to the postoffce de.
partment.
The deficit in the postofflce depart
ment for the fiscal year 1906 was $10,.
616,996, and the committee estimates
that this would be entirely covered if
1t were possible to compute the
amount of mail franked by federal Of
dcers in all parts of the country in ad-
dition to the amount OF free mail go
ing out Of Washington.
The increases in compensation to
the employees OF the service including
clerks, carriers in city delivery Of
fees, railway mail clerks and rural
free delivery carriers are practically
as recommended by First Assistant
Postmaster General Hitchcock in his
last annual report. The proposed in.
a will aggregate nearly $ ,O0O,-
600 a year.
The report does not attempt to es,
innate the actual amount of cut in pay
to railroads for postal service. but 1t is
generally believed by members Of the
committee that the reduction will az
gregate $40, 000, \
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15
THE COUNTRY HOME or JOHN
WANAMAKER DESTROYED
BY FIRE.
RARE PAINTINGS SAVED
"Christ Before plate" and "Christ on
Calvary" by M~unkacsy, Vat
ued at $25o,oo0,
Ar Safe.

Philadelpha-The country home OF
John Wanamaker, at Chelten Mills,
near Jenkintown, was destroyed by
fire at night.
Mr.. Wanamaker's home was consid-
cred one of the most artistic and val
liable of Philadelphia's suburban prop
critics. The tract consists of 80 acres
of ground and the house, which, in
the main, was of the English style Of
architecture, stood up onTa hill about
$50 yards back of the famous Old
York road.
Rarest of Paintings Saved.
The Wanamaker art gallery con-
tanned some of the rarest paintings and
most valuable oil paintings in exist
ence. The Wanamakers have been at
their winter home here, and the coun-
try place was in charge of a caretaker.
The fire made rapid progress, the val
liable paintings being about the only
property saved.
Among these are Christ Before
Plate n Christ on Calvary" by
MunkacsY, valued at ~$250,000.
Loss $~1,5o0,oo0.
Though no statement has been Sc
cured from Mr.. Wanamaker as to the
loss, 1t is authoritatively stated that
it will reach at least 81, 500,0 900. The
house cost 81, 000, 900, and it contained
a collection of furniture, bric-a-brac,
tapestries and paintings which Mr..
and Mrs. Wanamaker have been 40
years in collecting. Mrs. Wanamaker
had been collecting Venetian glass for
many years and her collection vas re-
garded as one of the finest extant.
Fifty Rooms Furnished Differently.
The furniture was the most serious
loss. There were so rooms in the
house, and each was furnished in dis
tinctive style of some period in the
worlds history. Many of the furnish
ir.3s were collected from the houses
of royalty and can not be replaced at
any price.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15
PNEUMONIA F0ILOWED La GRIPPE.
PE-RU-NA-A TONIC AFTER la GRIPPE
A Precious HERITAGE.

Sweetness Of temper is a precious
heritage. II gives beauty to every
thing. 1t keeps it's windows open to-
wards the spice country, and fills the
home with perpetual delight. The for
tunate p~ossessor of a sunny soul Is
Gods evangel in a dark world. He is
a living Gospel, which no one will
ever repudiate, and the ~blessedness Of
which all men will appreciate. The
body will grow old and the smooth
brow will be furrowed, but a happy
disposition is an aureole to the grey
crown Of age. Blessed is he whose
life looks out upon the land of Beulah,
and whose soul is responsive to the
outlying Observation-Disclosures.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15
LONDON TRIBUNE GIVES ADVICE.
Declares Americas Power to Make
Pledge Respected Is at Stake.

London-The Tribune publishes an
editorial article on what it calls the
"Wicked Scare" and reports words
that President Roosevelt is said to
have used about the Japanese ulti-
matum. The paper declares that such
a wild talk will eve be credited by
such a wild talk will never be cred
tied by responsible opinion in Eng
land. land the denial of the president
given by our Washington correspond
ent disposes absolutely of these mis-
chievous and unintelligent rumors.
mo man could have argued more elo-
ouently or acted more resolutely than
the president to insure that respect for
japanese immigrants to which their
treaties entitle them. History shows
that it is not an easy thing for a re-
public to coerce a defiant state, but
Americas power to make it's own
pledges respected, and, above all,
President Roosevelt's reputation as a
man of his word, are at stake in this
question, and the president is not the
man to hesitate"
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15
connecticut,s Bad Record.

Connecticut is usually regarded as
a safe and pleasant place to live in,
and yet it had 43 murders in 1906,
where Maine had only two. To be
sure, Connecticut has more people
than Maine, but not SO very many
more; it has fewer than 1,eo0, 600,
while Maine has 725,o00. 1t is fair
TO state that it was an unusually bad
year for the old Nutmeg state in this
respect, as its 43 murders are more
than it ever had before in a single
year, and II more than the annuSl av-
erage for the last acknowledgements
Journal.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15
NINE MEN BURNED TO DEATH.
Fatal Accident on Board a French
Torpedo Boat.

L'Orient, Francois a result of an
explosion on board torpedo boat No.
339, of the French navy, nine men are
dead and two lei are injured.
Torpedo boat No. 339 was launched
but a short time ago, and at the time
Of the accident she was undergoing,
prior to being placed in commission,
her full power steam trial in the road
stead. A technical naval committee
was on board at the time. The trial
was successful, but as the boat was
returning to her anchorage, a safety
tube, forming part of the evaporation
apparatus, burst, and a mass of flame
was forced into the stockhole, where
the engineer, a quartermaster and
nine stokers were at work. The en-
gineer and eight of the stokers were
instantly burned to death. Their
bodies were practically reduced to
cinders. The other stoker was Sc
verely injured.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15
GUIDES CHILDREN.
Experience and a Mothers Love Make
Advice Valuable.

An Ills. mother writes about feeding
children:
IF mothers would use Grape-Nuts
more for their little ones, there would
be less need for medicines and fewer
doctor bills.
IT those suffering from Indigestion
and stomach troubles would live on
Grape-Nuts. toast and good milk for a
short period they would experience
more than they otherwise would be
lieve.
"Our children have all learned to
know the benefit Of Grape-Nuts a an
appettzing, strengthening food. 1t is
every evening. with few variations.
like this: Mamma, let's have toast and
Grape-Nuts for breakfast: or, let's have
eggs and Grape-Nuts'-never forget
ting the latter.
"One Of our boys In school and II
years Of age repeatedly tells me HI
mind is so much brighter after havins
Grape-Nuts ASIA part if not all hi
breakfast" Name given by Postum
Co, Battle Creek, Mich. Read the Iii
tie book, "The Road TO Wellville." /
pkgs. There's a Reason"
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15
ROCkEFELLER's BIG GIFT
THE GENERAL EDUCATION BOARD
MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT.
Intended to Assist Work Of Board
Throughout the country-Had
Previously Given $11,ooo.ooo.

New York-An announcement Is
made that John D. Rockefeller has
given the general education board $780,
600, 900. He had previously given the
board $11. 000. 900. The gift is intended
to assist in the work Of the board
throughout the country. The educa-
ton board is designed to help educa-
tional institutions.
The members Of the board who will
administer Mr.. Rockefeller's immense
gift include some of the best known
educators, financiers, publicists and
philanthropists In the country
While the board was in session gifts
to Ave colleges were ordered, amount
ing in all to $400, 900 as follows: Beloit
college, Beloit, Wis; M~orningside col
lege, Sioux City, Ia; Lafayette col
lege, Easton, Pa, $4,000 each. Wabash
college. Charlottesville, Ind, and the
University of Wooster, Wooster, O.,
each $125,000.
In 1903 the general educational
board was chartered by congress. 1t
employs a force of experts in the con-
tinuous and systematic study of edu-
cational conditions in all parts OF the
United States. Its object is promoting
education in the various states by
means of gifts and otherwise.
'The organization was adopted to
assist Mr.. Rockefeller in the distribu-
ton of his gifts to education, but it
was not intended to limit the work OF
the board to the administration OF
funds given by him." said Chairman
Frederick T. Gates, who explained the
purposes of the organization.
in March, 1902" said Gates, John
D. Rockefeller pledged 1000, 900 to
the work of the board, confinfng its
use particularly to the study and pro.
motion of education in the southern
states"
On June 80, 1905, through Mr.. Gates,
Mr.. Rockefeller gave the board ST.
00O, 900 in securities, the principal to
be held in p%erpetuity as a foundation
for education, income above expenses
of administration to become distrib-
uted to, or used for. among such In
situations of learning as the board
might deem best adapted to promote a
comprehensive system of higher edu'
cation in the United States.
From the income of the original
fund of $11, 900, 900 conditional sub.
scriptions have already been made to
IS colleges in Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana,
Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Wisconsin, In
diana, Ohio and Pennsylvania, amount
ing to a total of $1,077. 500. AS a con
dition of receiving these gifts the
colleges are raising further the total
sum of $3,262, 500.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15
BELOW ZERO FOR A Y
Spring Will Reveal Grewsome Talea
in the Northwest.

st. Paul, Minn.-Zero weather has
prevailed for weeks in Minnesota. In
North Dakota so degrees below has
been common and there has been
much suffering. Railroads have been
badly demoralized. Lines have been
at a standstill for weeks. This has
caused a coal famine in many North
Dakota towns. There have been re-
ports of many people freezing to death,
but these reports have been denied
from North Dakota sources. 1t is,
however, admitted by railroad man
ayers that the opening of spring will
tell some grewsome tales of suffering,
starvation and death.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15
STILL MORE PROOF
That DR.. Williams Pink Pills Have
Cured Even the Most Stubborn
Casea of rheumatism.

when l was a boy Of sixteen" says
Mr.. Otto H. Rose, a retired grocer, of
1926 Lexington Avenue, Indianapolis,
Ind, II met with a serious accident
which injured the bone Of my head
over the right eye. l recovered from
the accident to all appearances, but
not many years after I began to have
intense pains in the injured bone,
which came on every year and would
last from a few days to several weeks.
81 consulted the doctors who told
me that l vas suffering from neural
gia. The sight of my right eye was
affected, SO that at times l could
scarcely see out Of 1t, while both eyes
watered constantly. During these at
lacks l was often dizzy from the ter
rible pains. The pains came on every
morning and passed away in the after
noon. l never suffered from the pain
at night.
II tried without success to get re-
lief until a friend told me to try DR..
Williams Pink Pills. When l had
taken a few boxes / felt the pain
growing less intense and In a much
shorter time than l had hoped for I
was entirely cured. l have recon-
nended the pills to several persons,
who have used them with good results.
my wife uses DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for nervous headaches and finds
them the best medicine she has ever
used as they give relief where all 9TH
ers fail"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold
by all druggists or sent, postpaid on
receipt OFF price, so cents per box, six
boxes $3.50. by the DR.. Williams Medi-
cine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
An instructive booklet, entitled
Nervous Disorders" will be sent free
on request t o anyone interested.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15
SEVEN VEN
A Lehigh & WiIkesbarre Coal Co. Col
liery IN Fire.

Wilkesbarre, Pa.-Seven miners are
entombed in No. 10 colliery of the Le-
high & W~ilkesbarre Coal Co. at Wan
amac, and miners acquainted with the
workings of the colliery say there is
little hope of rescuing any of them.
Fire broke out on the fourth lift
of the shaft, and the entombed men
who were caught in the lower lifts
extinguished. The fire is burning
fercely and has gained such Roadway
chat it may require many hours fight
ing before the flames are subdued.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15
Roosevelt Takes a Hand.

City of Mexico-At the instance OF
the president of the United States,
President Diaz has sent to the presi-
dents of Guatemala, Salvador and
Costa RIGA a request that. they use
their united influence with Honduras
and Nicaragua TO induce them to sus
pend preparations for war, and give
full freedom to the board of arhitra-
tion, which is now in session in Sal
vador, with the object of deciding the
differences between Honduras and
Nicaragua. Two United States wal
vessels have gone to scene of battle,
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15
Shaw Calls It a sweatshop.

Washington-In a letter to Speaker
Cannon, Secretary Shaw says OF the
building in Washington occupied by
the bureau of engraving and printing:
at doubt il a worse sweatshop exists on
the earth than the factory in which the
government manufactures its money,
its bonds, its internal revenue and post
office stamps. The condition of the
employees, especially in summer, is well
nigh un%bearable, and every c%onsidera-
ton pleads for improvement. The mat
ter will soon be brought up in the SEN
ate.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15
A CALIFORNIA DECISION.
Two Commitments to Asylum Do Not
Exempt a Murderer.

San Francisco-An opinion has
been rendered in the supreme court
holding that two commitments to an
asylum do not exempt a murderer
from responsibility for his crime, nor
uphold his plea that at the time of
his homicide he was insane. An in
teresting decision was rendered in the
case of Frank Willard, who, in 1905.
shot and killed a sheriff.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15
FREER USE OF SUNDAY.
Every Person Be Given Legal Right to
Have One Days Rest in Seven.

Boston-Radical changes in the laws
relating to the observance of the Sab
bath are recommended by the srecial
committee appointed by the last legis-
lature to revise the Sunday statutes
which has submitted its report. The
committee strongly recommends that
every person be given the legal right
to have n days rest in seven.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15

A Hungarian count who has become
a naturalized citizen of this country
is willing to dispose of his title for
q cash consideration. AS the majority
of recent purchases of ancestral brio
a-brac of this sort have made unsatis-
factory bargains, it is more than likely
that this latest offering will remain
a drug on the market.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15
WON MINES WORTH MILLIONS.
Joseph de Lamar Awarded Rich Prop
erty in Nevada.

San Francisco-Title to mines In
the Ferguson district of Nevada, said
to be worth many millions of dollars,
has been won by Joseph de Lamar,
through a decision rendered by gu
perior Judge Seawell. The Utah-Ne-
vada Mining Co. was plaintiff, and
sought to dispossess de Lamar from
Monitor and Jim Grow groups Of
mines.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15

A tunnel under the English channel
is opposed by Great Britain because it
would be too handy for foreign In
vaders. It's a poor rule, however,
that does not work both ways. Why
might not France make a similar OBJ
lection?
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15
AN INTERNAL MACHINE.
A Justice at Paterson, N. j., Killed In
His Office.

Paterson, N. ~J.-Jpstice of the Peace
Robert Cortese was so fearfully in
jured in his office by the explosion Of
an internal machine, Sent him by ex-
press, that he died.
The office was wrecked, and the
defamation could be heard for blocks.
He had actively aided the police in
the capture of Italian l~aw-breakers re-
Gently.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15

Consul General William H. Michael
tells of the growing sentiment among
the coolies of India to go out into the
occidental world for the purpose OF
earning higher wages. They have been
arriving in large numbers in British
Columbia all this year, though the
Canadians object to their presence.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15
THE FEELING IN JAPAN.
Anti-Japanese Press PoWerless to
Break Friendship.

A~nti-Japanese Press Powerless to
Break Friendship.
Tokio-The view taken here of the
Acknowledgements situation, arising
from the San Francisco school Incl
dent, is illustrated by the following Of
fetal statement:
Since the talk of war was first
transmitted from America We have
carefully watched the development OF
feeling here. There has not been the
slightest excitement anywhere in the
country.
THE talk Of var is completely ig-
nored here and implicit confidence is
reposed in President Roosevelt and
his government. The ebulitions of the
anti-Japanese press of America are
powerless to shake Japan's cordially
toward the United States.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15
Expelled From Colorado Senate.

Denver, Col.-Senator Richard w.
Morgan, Of Boulder City, has been ex-
PEELED from the state senate by a vote
OF 90 to 1. His expulsion was recon-
mended by a majority Of a special
committee OF the senate, which found
him guilty of having accepted a bribe
This finding was based on the state
ment made to the senate in March.
1905, by Morgan himself, who handed
to the secretary Of the senate $3.50.
which, he declared, had been given
him to vote for Adams for governor.
He voted for Peabody.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15
UNSIGNED BANK NOTES STOLEN.
On a Pennsylvania Bank and Aggre-
gate $1,25o,oo0.

Pittsburg, Pa.-Unsigned bank notes
to the amount Of $3.50, 900, consigned
by the comptroller Of the currency at
Washington to the Wilmerding Nation
al bank at Wilmerding, a suburb, were
stolen from a drawer in the baggage
room of the Pennsylvania railroad al
Wilmerding.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15
KILLED ON WEDDING DAY.
Rejected Suitor Kills Bride and Shoots
Himself.

Ponca, Neb.-Frank Frink, a farmer,
aged 80, shot and killed Miss Bessie
Newton, daughter of a prominent citi-
zen, at her home here, and then sent
a bullet into his own body. He is not
expected to recover
Miss Newton was to have been mar
ried that night to Edward O'Dcnnell.
Of this city. Frink vas 9 rejected
sutton.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15

Bad telephone service in Gotham
IS excused on the ground that SO many
of the girls in the exchanges are en-
gagged. This appeal to sentiment is
not likely to carry weight in the bust
ness world. All the world may be a
lover, but as far as telephone wires
are concerned, the public prefer him
to ring off until it is a case of ring
onv
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15
Io,,a Ereinht Rates.

Des Moines, lathe Iowa board OF
railroad commissioners has ordered 2
complete revision Of freight schedules
in this state. The order was made
after hearing complaints regarding the
rates on livestock.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15

Reconsiders a Roosevelt Censure.
Carson, Nev.-The joint resolution
~censuring President Roosevelt for in
reference with the rights OF the
states, adopted by the house. was re
considered in that body and referred
to the committee on federal relations
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15

Count White says it cost him $4,000
to go to Portsmouth, and that he only
received $4,000 expense money. 1t is
evident that American commercial
travellers can teach foreign diplomats
Snmething.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15

1t is estimated that from January /
to September 1, 1906, a total of 1896
tons of toys were sent from Germany
to the United States, as against 8,716
tons for the same period the previous
year.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15

Professor Posner, a well known
geon of Berlin, declares that surgery
is making such progress that ulti-
mately doctors will be able to replace
an arm or leg. 1t takes a foreign
surgeon to go this limit.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15

The Society for the Advancement OF
Science has discovered that a human
frame shrinks one foot every 100000
years. If it's no worse than that, we
hardly need worry about the fit of our
clothes.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15
cvc,i,t Amu.es Sultan.

The sultan of Turkey occasionally
finds amusement in watching the per
Torrance of Mustafa, the court cy.
clist, who is said to be the only per
son who has ever made his majesty
laugh. Mustafa accompanies his gy'
rations with frequent bursts OF mono
logue, showing himself to be almost
as good a wit a. he is q cyclist-
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15
Death From ! Knockout Blow,

New York-John Mason, who, it is
alleged, received a knockout blow. in
q friendly boxing bout in the parish
house Of st. Bartholomew Episcopal
church, died in st. Francis hospital
In this city
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15
1880 Dead and Injured.

Washington-An accident bulletin
recently issued by the interstate com
merce commission for the three
1onths ended September 80, last,
shows the total number of casualties
to passengers and railroad employees
while on duty to have been 1880, as
against 16.937 reported in the proceed
ing three months. The number OF
passengers and employees killed in
train accidents was 267, as against 1874
reported in the preceding three
months. Fffty-two passengers were
killed.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15

Hamilton, O.-"Aunty" Jane Lewis,
whose age is automatically estimated
% have been 116 years, died here.
She was born in Petersburg. Va, and
lived for many years with the family
Of Gen. Zachary Taylor.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15
cranberry Growers Have sche,

Cranberry Growers Have Scheme.
Camden, N. IA large number OF
cranberry growers of southern New
Jersey have organized the New Jersey
Cranberry Sales Co. The purpose is
to secure a large market and to have
the whole output sold from a central
office.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15

The fact that it is more scattered
In it's manifestation prevents the rail-
way wreck from being recognized as
a more deadly institution than the
earthquake or the volcanic eruption.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15

Science now scares us with the dis
covery that there are 5000 colonies OF
microbes on a single pin point. Here
is a chance for someone to invent an
a%ntiseptic pin wash.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-02-15

French telephone girls are now re-
CURED to answer to a call, Il hear"
But the main question still remains,
will they heed? ,