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The Tupelo journal., 1907-10-25
FIRST SOUTHERN PRESIDENT
Mississippi Society Grows Enthusi-
astic Over Idea.

Washington. The Mississippi So
ciety, a social organization composed
of several hundred Mississippians re-
siding in Washington, was moved to a
high degree of enthusiasm at its first
fall and winter meeting last night by
the principal speaker of the evening,
who prophesied that a distinguished
son of that great State would be the
first president of the United States from
the South since the Civil War.
The speaker was Harry Peyton, a
former attorney of the department OF
justice. and the man for whom he pre-
dicted the highest political honor with
in the gift of the American people was
John Sharp Williams, minority leader
in the house.
Mr.. Peyton said: "The first president
of the United States from south of the
Mason and Dixon line since the Civil
War will be John Sharp Williams OF
Mississippi. The time will come when
the South will become the prevailing
and conservative power of the United
States. We have been tied down, but
we are making wonderful progress.
Mississippi itself contains a purely
American type of people, black as well
rs white
The Tupelo journal., 1907-10-25
BACK TO SAvAGERY
NORTHERN INDIANS REVERT TO
BRUTAL PRACTICES.
ARE CONVICTED OF MURDER
Strange and Burn Sick and Helpless
to Relieve Relatives Of Car
ing for Them.

Winnipeg. Manitoba-That the In
dian tribes living within a few hun
dred miles of Winnipeg have reverted
to the most brutal sayagery was
brought out at the trials of chieftains
OF the oalteux tribe, just ended at
the Hudson Bay Co.'s fort at Norway.
Sick and helpless members of the
tribe were strangled or burned at the
stake for no other reason than to re.
lieve their relatives OF caring for
them.
Chief Joseph Peseqhan was con-
victed of murder and sentenced to die.
Chief Jack of the Sucker band of the
same tribe strangled himself to death
III his cell the night before the date
set for his trial. Two brothers named
Rae are in jail at Norway house.
awaiting trial for several murders.
Eyelids, a brave of the Crane band,
gave sensational testimony spec;fcal-
ly describing five strangulations and
burnings in which he participated. In
one instance the strangulation was
not complete and the victim was
placed or a platform v a huge fire,
where he was slowly roasted to death.
After the execution of Chief Joseph,
Eyelids will be sen back to the
north to tell his tribesmen what nap.
pens to murdererS.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-10-25
PRESIDENTS HUNT IS ENDED
Party Killed Three Bears, Six Deer
and Other Smaller Game.

STEAMBOAT, La.-'We got three bears,
six deer, one wild turkey, twelve squir-
rels, n duck, n 'possum and one
wildcat. We ate them all except the
| wildcat, and there were times when we
almost felt as If we could eat IT," This
was President Roosevelt's summing of
the results of his hunt on Bayou Tensas
| and Bear lake.
The chief executive arrived at 3
o'clock this afternoon at the residence
of Leo Shields, where he will be a guest
until he makes his departure for Vicks-
burg tomorrow. The president is
slightly more bronzed than when he
| entered the wilderness from this point
fifteen days ago, bat, Notwithstanding
this fact and the additional circum-
stances hat his skin, as well as his
clothes, bear evidence of contact with
the cane and other brush, he was never
in better spirits in his life.
YES, we got three bears" he added,
call that We saw, and | think a pretty
good record. l am perfectly satisfied"
WAS the 'possum good?" he was
asked.
absolutely the best dish we had ex-
cept the bears liver" he responded
with relish.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-10-25
A LAND OF OPPORTUNITY
For the Eomeseeker, the Health
seeker or the Investor.

To those who are seeking a new coun-
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 one who
traverses this line Of railroad the won
der grows that such lands, near old es-
tablishcd centers, should have remained
SO long undeveloped. A true story of
the opportunities for BODYBUILDING,
colonization, founding CT 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., 1907-10-25
FISH HAS A MAJORITY.
Eighty Per Cent of Proxies Have
Been Insnectad.


Chicago.-When the proxy commit
tee appointed by the contending forces
for the control of the Illinois Central
railroad closed its count tonight Stuy-
vesant Fish had a majority Of 10000
proxies, exclusive of those enjoined by
Judge Ball.
Inasmuch as 50 per cent of the vote
has been counted and only the letters
"T,""U," "v ,""X,""Y" and "Zn are
to be counted, the indications point to a
Fish victory in his preliminary skirm-
ish for the control of the Illinois Gen.
trail railroad.
IL is possible hat the Hartman forces
may throw in enough proxies at the
last hour to overcome the lead that
Mr.. Fish has, but the chances arc
against any snch contingency. 1t was
conceded tonight by a member OF the
Hartman forces, who is acquainted
with every detail of the situation, that
Mr.. Fish would win in this encounter,
but the statement was added that Mr..
Hartman would ultimately win because
OF the fact that he hoped to have the
enjoiner of Judge Ball on the $50, 13l
shares removed and there would be a
majority too great to overcome.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-10-25
SIX OF FAMILY SURROGATE.
Mother and Two Boys Escape Fire
Which Burns Home.

~Gloversville, N. Y.-Six members
OF the family Of Solomon Frank,
a glove cutter, the father and
five daughters, we're suffocated by
smoke when their home was de-
stroyed by fire early Sunday. The
dead are: Solomon Frank, aged 40
years; Sarah, 81; Dora, 10; Rosa, II;
Minnie, II; Mary, 10.
The father lost his life trying to
save his children. following the dis
covery of the flames by the mother,
who, with two small sons, made her
escape. The bodies of the victims
were found by the firemen. The old
est daughter was to have become a
bride early in December, and Satur-
day night there was a social gather
ing at the home of the family in cele-
bration of the approaching nuptials.
The gathering broke up at Il o'clock
and at 100, when all had retired, the
fire vas discovered. The origin is be-
lieved to have been due to a defective
chimney.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-10-25
FMississippi
News
Course in

The Mississippi Agricultural College
will offer a short course in agriculture
to the farmers of the State, beginning
on Jan. 6, 1908, and continuing four
weeks. Tuition will be free to all STU
dents in the State, but a fee OF S6 will
be charged to all other students. Prac-
teal work will be emphasized in all de-
partments. The course will include
both lectures and practical instruction
on the following subjects: The improve
ment OF soils; the discussion of fer
t~ilizers and restorative crops; the plant
ing, cultivation, harvesting and mar
keting of farm crops; the methods of
seed selection with cotton and corn;
corn Judging; the testing of milk; the
making of butter; the breeding, feed
ing and marketing of live stock; the
diseases and treatment of farm ami
mails; the production Of vegetables and
fruit for home use; the economic man
agement of the woods lot, and the man
agement of poultry for pleasure and
profit.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-10-25
POSTAL FRAUDS EXPOSED.
Heavy Losses Discovered by Lack Of
System in Money Order Branch.

Washington, d. c. Confronted
with a statement by Henry Castle,
former auditor for the ~postoffce de-
partment. that the government for a
long time had lost an average of $1,000
daily through error and fraud in the
money order system. the congressional
commission which is inquiring into
postal methods has gone far enough
to decide that important reforms are
necessary in the conduct Of the serv.
ice.
The p%ostoffice for years has been
without the system OF checks and bal.
ances known to every efficient private
business enterprise. Before steps were
token to correct this deficit a post
master in a western town, for instance,
might issue a money order for $100 to
be poid in New York. He would re-
ceive the $500 from the applicant and
notify the postmaster at New York by
the usual means that he had issued
an order for 800. But In reporting to
the department he nigh state that the
order issued vas only for 81. The sys-
tenn was such that the fraud would
not be detected, for the western post
masters order to the postmaster in
New York and his report to the de-
partment were not brought together
for comparison.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-10-25
THOUGHT HE WAS A BURGLAR.
Woman Kills North Dakota Editor
with husbands Rifle.

st. Paul, Minn.-A special dispatch
to the Dispatch from Minot, N. D.,
says: j. 7. Neal, editor of the Col
umbus Reporter, was shot and killed
Wednesday night by Mrs. r. C. Ras-
mussen, who mistook him for a bur-
glar. Neal was at work in his office,
when he saw a house on fire in the
street. He started for the fire, but
on the way down stopped for Mr..
Rasmussen. who, however, had al
ready gone. Neal attempted to enter
the Rasmussen home and Mrs. Ras-
mussen, thinking it was a burglar,
procured her husbands rifle and fired
through the door, killing Neal in
stantly.
Mrs. Rasmussen became q raving
maniac when she learned who it was
she had shot.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-10-25
RANCH WAS TOO DULL FOR WIFE
After Long Silence, Mrs. Dean Left
and Sued for a Divorce.

st. Louis, Mo.-The story of the
young wife's silent discomfort with
the loneliness of a ranch, her grow
ing longing for society and the sud
dea realization by her husband of her
attitude, is outlined i'll the reply of
Henry w. Dean of Purcell, |. r., to
the divorce petition of his wife. Ber-
tina E. Dean. The reply was filed in
the circuit court Thursday.
Dean, in the answer, says for two
months after their marriage in June,
1904, he and his wife " disagreed,
and that he thought her perfectly con
tented until she left him Aug. %. She
went to her former home in Kinks
Vile, Mo, but is now in ST. Louis.
He denies the allegations that he
treated her like a servant, and says
be helped her with the housewOrk.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-10-25
Tragic Coincidence.

Beaver Falls, Pa.-On exactly tho
same spot that his brother was killed
by a street a ten years AGO., the life
was crushed out of Reginald Hoon,
aged 5years, at Seventh avenue and
Fifth street, today. By another re-
markable coincidence p. w. Kuehner
Witnessed the death Of the first of the
Hoon children at the same spot ten
years ago and took his dead body from
the car, and today Witnessed the death
Of the second child and likewise carried
the dead body to the sidewalk.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-10-25
BARGE Stranded: Three Drown.

Baltimore, Md.-A dispatch from
Cape Henry to the Maritime Ex-
change says: Barge Sexon, lumber
laden, from Georgetown, S. c., to New
York, stranded so miles north of
Cape Hatteras at midnight Get. l..
The captain and two men of the barge
we're drowned. One man, Fred Lunt.
managed to reach the shore and was
picked up by life savers.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-10-25

Certain natives of British India hav-
ing applied for naturalization in Cali
fornia, it became necessary for the at
torney general to decide whether thew
are white" in the meaning of the
law. After consideration, he has CON
cluded that they are not white enough
to be eligible for citizenship. This. of
course, does not apply to the color of
their skin, but to the racial stock from
which they are sprung, and is based
ON the general purpose of the law to
deny rights Of citizenship to all save
free white persons and those of Afri.
can birth or descent.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-10-25
GUILTY OF RELATING
COMMISSIONER LANE SECURES
EVIDENCE IN CALIFORNIA.
ACCUSES THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC
investigation Disclosed that Largest
and Most important Manufacture
ing Firms Were Favored.

Washington, D. c. That rebates
on charges for shipments of freight
have been paid by at least n great
railroad system since the enact
ment of the Hepburn rate act was
a~scertained definitely by Commission
er Franklin X. Lane of the interstate
commerce commission on his recent
trip to the Pacific coast. The offend
ing line is the Southern Pacific con-
trolled and practically owned by Ed
ward H. Hartman. The evidence of
his violation of the law was adduced
at a hearing before Commissioner
Lane, acting for the commission In
San Francisco.
Commissioner Lane just returned
from California and has not yet sub
mitted his report to the interstate
commerce commission, but he author
lied the following statement bearing
| upon his investigation:
Il do not know what may have been
published in the east concerning re-
batting by western roads. The hear
ings held in San Francisco were open
to the public and the information clio
tied was regarded by the California
papers as startling. We found In the
Southern Pacific office a list of pre-
ferred shippers, who had but a pro-
| portion of the published rates upon
state shipments. This list included
some of the largest and most impor-
tant manufacturing firms. We also
found twenty books which had ac-
cumulated since the fire Of last year,
showing special rebates. There were
several thousand entries in all, most
Of them for very small amounts.
| These refunds in all amounted to
about half a million dollars during
the past year.
1T must not be understood, how
| ever, that the great body of them, or
any considerable percentage of them,
were refunds upon interstate ship
ments. But a small per cent could
be connected in any way with an in
terstate shipment"
Believes Roads Will Obey Law.
Il do not regard the revelations in
| California as indicative of a settled
policy by the roads to evade the law.
On the contrary, | believe that the
western roads and the roads of the
country generally are making a very
serious effort to comply with the re-
quirement of the law.
The hearing in California demon
states beyond all question the neces-
| sity for regulation. for the railroads
| will not, or can not, without the
help of prohibltory legislation make
| and enforce uniform rates to all ship
| pers. 1t is not true that all rebating
| upon interstate shipments has been
| stopped. The old method of giving a
direct return of a portion of the rate
has been abandoned very generally,
| but the railroads themselves will
| grow in time to see the wisdom and
| benefit coming to them from the
| strictest enforcement Of the law"
Mr.. Lane said thai no facts were de-
| yeloped at any of the hearings ON the
| Pacific coast connecting Mr.. Harri-
man with any knowledge of rebates
| given by his suDordinates.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-10-25
TAINTED UNDER FIERY BOLT.
Farmer Came to Just in Time to Save
Himself and Others.

Pottsville, Penn. In a thunder
storm in Wayne township, this
county, lightning struck q large barn,
telling senseless Justice of the Peace
L. ID. Reed, who sought shelter in the
building.
The barn was set on fire, and by
the time Mr.. Reed came out of his
roc the structure was all ablaze
above and around him. He had a
thrilling escape, and shen aroused the
farm hands.
The building was destroyed, but the
livestock was saved. The seasons
crops We're destroyed in the fire.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-10-25
Wife Search Cost $500.

Hastings Neb. - Henry Stromer,
a wealthy farmer is back home
from Milwaukee where he went
to search for a wife, and, il is said,
was feeced out Of a $500 bill by a
prospective bride. The woman was a
fortune teller, and she told Stromer
that she had a vision of him giving
her $500 and her co~nsenting to marry
him. Half of it came true.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-10-25
CHIEF EDITOR OF AMERICAN.
John Temple Graves to Take Charge
of Hearst's New York Paper.

Atlanta, Gait was announced here
today that John Temple Graves, editor
of the Atlanta Georgian and News,
and considered one of the South's most
gifted journalists and orators, has been
offered and accepted the chief editor
ship of Hearst's New York American.
1t is understood that Col. Graves will
remove t. New York and assume his
new position about Nov. Is.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-10-25

Prof. Wiley, chief OF the bureau OF
chemistry in the United States depart
ment OF agriculture, has returned from
France with an exalted idea of French
cooking and some homely truths for
his countrywomen. There are A1leri-
can women" he says, who pass years
trying to learn to rlay the piano, for
which they have little talent, while
they neglect cooking as beneath their
dignity" A nocturne on the chatting
dish. Prof. Wiley evidently thinks, is
harder to play. but better worth while
In the whole cource Of his stay in
France he did not find a dyspeptic.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-10-25
Rear Admiral Melville Weds,

Philadelphia. Pa.-The announce
ment was made here of the marriage
in New York of Rear Admiral George
w. Melville, United States navy, re-
tired, of this city, to Miss Estella S.
Hills, also of Philadelphia. The cere-
mony was performed in the Little
Church Around the Corner. Rear Adj
miral Melville is &C years CT age and
was d widower.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-10-25
MINISTERS BECOMING SCARCE.
Greed for Money Is Given as One of
the Reasons.

Cleveland, Ohio. The allurements
of commercial life and fear of
the ministerial dead line" are as
signed as the reasons for the alarm
ing decrease in the number of young
men entering the ministry by the Con-
gregational National council. which
held it's final meeting here Thursday.
The report of Prof. G. S. Nash of Cali
fornia on ministerial Training and
Equipment" aroused the discussion. A
score of delegates engaged in the
argument. Increased pay for minis
tiers was the only solution suggested.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-10-25
Work at Hague Practically Completed

New York, N. Y.-Brigadier- General
George B. Davis, Judge advocate gen.
eral of the United States army, re-
turned Monday from Europe on the
steamer Zealand, having been at The
Hague as a member of the American
delegation of the peace conference.
Gen. Davis stated that the work of the
conference was practically. completed
when he left The Hague. all that re-
manned to be done being the compila-
ton OF the report of the conference.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-10-25
Practical Demonstrations.

Through the efforts of Congressman
Gambler, T. ID. Rice, an expert on soils
and soil management from the agri-
cultural department at Washington,
is making a Typographical and geolog-
ical survey Of Tishomipgo county, and
On Nov. 10 a soil surveying party will
begin a soil survey of Monroe county.
The latter part of this month w. L.
Spoon, q good roads expert, will aid the
people of Noxubee county in the con
struction of a system of good roads,
and some time in November a timber
expert from the forestry service will
visit Lee county to examine a lot of
timber in that section.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-10-25
Frisco Carriers Indicted.

San Francisco-The federal Grand
jury reported to United States
District Judge De Haven three
indictments against the Southern Pa
cific Co. and two against the Pacific
Mail Steamship Co. for carrying
freight for less than the legal rate be-
tween Kobe, Japan, and various cities
in the United States.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-10-25
License Revoked.

Insurance Commissioner Cole gives
notice that the license heretofore grant
ed the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance
Company and its agents to transact
business in Mississippi, has been re-
voked on account of the failure of said
company to pay a judgment rendered
against it at Vicksburg.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-10-25
Odd Fellows Orphans Home.

Hon. Joseph Hirsh, of Vicksburg, is
making an earnest effort to secure the
funds necessary to build an Odd Eel
lows Orphans Home in this State.
MI. Hirsh says that il each member Of
the order in Mississippi would con-
tribute 81 the money would be in the
hands of the treasurer, and the pre-
liminary details settled by the time of
the mex grand lodge session.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-10-25
Stole Examination Papers.

Through the efforts of the school
authorities four negroes were convicted
at Brookhaven of the charge of pilfer-
ing examination questions in advance
of the time for such examinations, by
which they had profted %pecuniarily
and officially. They we're sentenced to
pay a fine OF 800 each and to serve
sixty days ON the county farm.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-10-25
Reduced BATES to State Fair.

The Gulf and Ship Island Railroad
Company viii have in effect a rate of
M fare plus % cents for the round
trip from all stations on its line 10
Jackson, account the Mississippi State
Fair. These tickets will be on sale
Nov. 5 to Is, inclusive, and will be
good to return up to and including
midnight of Nov. 16, 1907.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-10-25
Ambushed bv Yauuis.

San Antonio, Texas.-A special
to the Express from Ell Paso
Wednesday says: Four men and
three women, one of the former being
a government mail carrier, were am
pushed and killed between San Jose
De Hila and La Colorado, east of
Hermosillo, in the Lower Sonora
country by Yaquis.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-10-25

This proposal to make Chicago
teamsters take a college course before
intrusting them with the work of
plotting big teams through the
streets looks foolish at first. Still.
how fine and how useful it would be if
they were able to swear back at the
motormen in classic Greek,
The Tupelo journal., 1907-10-25
Liebknecht Goes to Prison.

Leipsic, Germany-Dr. Carl Lieb-
knecht, the Socialist leader. was
Saturday found guilty of treason in
writing mis- pamphlet, The Curse of
Militarism,'' following his trial which
lasted nearly a week. He was SEN
fenced to eighteen months imprison-
ment as a first-class prisoner in some
military fortress.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-10-25
Contract Closed for Coast Tour.

Omaha, Neb.-The Union Pacific
Railroad Company Thursday closed a
contract with the FRITZ Scheff Opera
Co.. to carry the troupe of eighty
people over it's entire coast tour in
via Minneapolis and Spokane, a total
distance OF 5000 miles. The start
will be made next week from here in
special and private cars, and nire
cities will be visited entour.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-10-25
State Bar Association.

Ex-United States Senator John C.
Spooner, of Wisconsin, a leading mem-
Der of the American Bar Association,
has accepted an invitation to address
the Mississippi Bar Association, which
meets at Meridian in May.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-10-25

Volunteer military automobilists In
Germany are depopuiating the country
where the army maneuvers are being
held by carrying dispatches over the
PROSTATE bodies of the inhabitants.
Why the machines are not used to
charge the enemy and annihilate him
is a deep mystery.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-10-25
One Man Killed in Frisco Wreck.

Birmingham, Ala.-ln a collision
between a Louisville & Nashville
freight train and a Frisco pas
senger train at Pratt City, Ala, Con-
ductor j.. c. Smith was killed and
eight injured. L. r. Wilcox. general
freight agent of the Frisco, is n of
those hurt.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-10-25
General Won suelow Is Dead.

Potsdam, Germany-General Adolph
Won Buelow, the imperial adjutant,
died @ fheart failure. The wife
of the general died October 9. Her
husband, who had been suffering from
asthma, had a severe attack III the
night of Oct. 9, when she saw him
apparently suffocating, she cried:
The general is dying: 81 am l." and
fell dead at the generals bedside"
The Tupelo journal., 1907-10-25
Shoe Strike Ended.

st. Louis, Mo- The ten ST. Louis
shoe manufacturing companies whose
factories have been idle for i've weeks
because Of a strike of cutters and a
sympathetic walk-out of the other en-
ployes will reopen their factories on
Wednesday. according to a joint an
nouncement issued Tuesday.