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The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
ARMENIANs AND TURKS CLASH.
Explosion of Magazine Follows Pitched
Battle at Van.

Venna.-Many persons have been
killed, and the greater part of
the Armenian quarter at Van, Asia
Minor, wrecked by the explosion of a
magazine, the seizure of which by
Turkish soldiers an Armenian band
was resisting when the blast occurred.
The Armenians, who are already ev-
identity preparing for an uprisin.
against the Turks, had concealed a
quantity of dynamite cartridges and
rifles in a church, according to the
reports from Van.
The Turkish soldiers had found the
hiding place and were carrying the
arms and ammunition away when the
Armenians, determined to prevent it's
loss, attacked them and a furious fight
followed.
The explosion hurled the church
high in the air, the combatants were
blown in every direction, many build
ings in the vicinity were demolished.
and large numbers of people, it is re-
ported, were either buried in the ruins
or killed by flying bits of wreckage.
Van, which has about 10000 popula-
ton, is an important seal of the
American missions, but so far az
known none of these suffered.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
THEIR DEGREES OF HAPPINESS.
Marital Relations of Rural Postmas-
tiers Not All Serene.

The chief clerk of the post office de-
partment at Washington recently sent
to all the postmasters in the country
a list of questions asking for certain
information, says the New York Sun,
to be used in the preparation of the
government Blue Book. One of the
questions in the list was, What are
your marital relatiens?"
The object of this particular ques-
ton was to find out whether the post
masters are married, single, widowed
or divorced. But some Of the rural
postmasters did not understand, and
many answers were received in which
the persons addressed endeavored to
give a clear and lucid explanation of
the status of their married life. One
postmaster briefly stated that his do
nestle affairs were Fine and dandy"
Another, not so fortunate, replied:
Fairly middling." while a third filled
in the blank space with two words:
"The worst
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
One to Three at Whist.

The late Senator Hoar was extreme
ly fond of whist, which he played
with remarkable skill.
A friend says that the only time he
ever knew the usually placid and
genial man from Massachusetts, to be
absolutely impatient was when on
one occasion at whist the senator had
an unusually stupid partner. Notwith-
standing this handicap, the pair were
winning right along even against good
players.
In the middle of n game, some
one paused behind the. senator's chair
and asked, We'll, senator, how are
you getting on?"
Very well, indeed" was the reply,
"in view of the fact that I have three
adversaries Sunday Magazine.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
Jap Spies Make Maps.

Santa Monica, Cal.-Seven jap
anese, with a small cannon, have
been at work several days on an I'M
frequented bluff which marks the
northern limits of Santa Monica BAY.
making maps of the cliffs along the
water. These experiments have
aroused settlers, as it is thought a
portion of the American battleship
fleet will spend several days in the
bay. The small pivot gun, mounted on
a cliff 1S5 feet above the sea, was
fired first in one direction and then
another.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
HIS ONE AVAILABLE ASSET.
Mr.. Johnson Willing to Give Weli-Writ-
ten Note of Hand.

The financial prospects of Mr.. Wash
ington Lafayette Johnson were decid-
eddy clouded, but he still preserved a
sanguine spirit, which his friends did
not always appreciate.
I'D like to borrow jes' a little
money OBJ you," said Mr.. Johnson, con
f%dentially, to a friend. Il wouldn't
ak you TO- it, but I ain got a single
cen left in de worl'."
What security can you glib me?'
asked his friend, without any enthusi-
asm.
why, I glib you my note OBJ hand"
and Mr.. Johnson looked panied and
amazed at such a question. 81 reckon
you dom know what a good, clear
handwriting l got in de ebening
school."-Youth's Companion.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
CAR HOSTILE TO JEWS.
Russian Ruler Accused of Completely
in Massacres For Years.

Berlin-Allegations of the cars
completely in the Pogroms, which
in the last two or three years
have led to the massacre of hundreds
of Jews in various parts of Russia,
have reached the German Jewish Re-
lief League from what are belieyd
to be trustworthy sources.
1t is stated that at an audience he
granted recently to Count Konow-
nifty, leader of the Odessa branch of
the Genuine Russians Union" the
car said:
1T is true that the courts, in &C.
cordance with the strict letter of the
law, have had to convict certain lead
ers of the anti-Jewish mobs; but
give you my imperial word that none
of the sentences against these heroes
shall be carried out"
The czar's policy has accorded per-
fectly with his alleged speech.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
NEWS OF CONGRESS
DolNGS OF PEOPLES REPRESEN-
TATIVES AT WASHINGTON.
BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS PRESENTED
Concise Report of Measures In
troduced and What Action Is
Taken on Them.
Clay Speaks on Aldrich Bill.

Washington-The senate gave atten-
ton to a speech on the Aldrich cur
rency bill by Senator Clay of Georgia.
Mr.. Clay's declarations in favor of the
issuance of paper money by the gov
eminent provoked a controversy be-
tween him and republican senators.
Senators Lodge and Teller both gave
their views on the policy of issuing
paper money by the government.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
Shot as He Was LEAVING Town,

Salina, Kas.-George Washington.
a negro, charged with a brutal
assault on his wife, was taken
from the Jail at Ellsworth, Kas., by a
mob of 100 masked men Wednesday
and threatened with hanging. He was
released after a horsewhipping was
administered to him and as he was
leaving town he was shot in the Shout
der by a member of the mob. He
made his way to Wilson. Kas., where
he received medical attention. He
will recover.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
Black Hands Modest Demand.

Millville, N. John Bailey, who
operates a saw mill at Baileytown,
three miles south of Millville. is
alarmed over a BLACK Hand" letter
he received. 1t demands that Bailey
leave $50 in the butt of an old tree,
designated on the Spring Garden road.
He is given two weeks to comply with
the demand or suffer death in a Pc
culiar manner"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
Liquor Question BROUGHT Up.

Nashington-The liquor question
was injected into the consideration of
the criminal code bill in the senate
when Senator Clay of George attacked
a provision of the bill, which, he de-
clared, changed existing law to the ex-
tent of permitting the mailing of
liquor into prohibition states or coun-
ties. This was brought about by leav-
ing the prohibition of that practice
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury,

o mercury viii surely destroy the sense OF smell
and completely derange the whole system when
entering It through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except on prescrip-
tons from reputable physicians, as the damage they
will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly de-
rive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o., contains no mer-
curry, and fs taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In
buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine. 1t is taken internally and made in Toledo,
OHIO, ~ +. j. Cheney q Co. Testimonial free.
Sold by Druggists. Price, 75c. per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pins for Constipation.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
Pass Railroad Rate Amendment.

Washington-Yhe senate passed a
bill amending the railroad rate laws
in relation to free transportation. Sen
ator Clapp, explaining the change of
law effected by the measure, said it
merely includes superannuated, dis
abled and furloughed employees with
in the scope of the free transporta-
ton clauses of the law and also allows
such transportation for employees back
and forth on the road, as occasion re-
quires.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
Mrs. DoWie Plans Leadership,

Chicago-Mrs. Jane Dowie aspires
to her late husbands place as
head of the Christian Catholic Church.
and believes she is destined to bring
the warning factions of Zion together.
At her home near Muskegon, she is
making plans OF induce the former fol-
lowers of the late John Alexander
Dowie to rally to her standard, accord
ing to statements made in Waukegan.
Ill. She made a secret visit to Zion
City Tuesday.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
Fails to Save Bride.

Quincy, Ill.-Mrs. Josie Pratt Of
Leavenworth. Kas., arrived here at
2 o'clock Thursday morning and
at noon started for home with
her runaway daughter, Alice, 16 years
old, who came here to marry Albert
Buschek. Habeas corpus proceedings
instituted by Buschek were dismissed
by Circuit Judge Akers.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
Labor Hearinu in House,

Misunderstanding before the
house committee on labor in the s.
hour bill introduced by Mr.. Gardner
of New Jersey will commence Tues
day mex and continue until Feb. 81.
The Gardner bill limits the hours of
daily service of laborers and mechan-
les employed upon work done by the
United States.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
Salary Increase Drowned.

Washington-Oratory in the public
Friday gave way to legislation, with
the result that material progress was
made in the executive, legislative and
judicial bill. 1t met with comparative
ly smooth sailing until on points of
proposed increases in salaries of the
assistant secretaries of the several de-
partments were stricken out. Mr.. Ma
con explained his action by saying
that an appropriation bill was not the
place for such legislation.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
Cuts Throat in Turkish Bath.

Chicago, Ill.-Robert A. Ault. 81
ylears old, manager of the Chicago
branch of the Ault-Woodford Co., was
found unconscious in bed in a Turkish
bathhouse at 1877 Clark street early
Thursday morning. His throat had
cut. A small pocketknife was
found beside him. Ault had acted
strangely all day. Physicians say he
can not 10Y
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
Attempt. Made to Wreck Express,

Girard, O.-An attempt to wreck
the New York-Chicago express
on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad was
made Wednesday. A tie and a pile
of stone were placed on the track, but
were discovered by a section boss,
who moved them just before the train
passed. Steve Vargo and John Metro
were arrested near the scene.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
Catarrh and Headache

Mrs. 2. E. Goforth, 2119 Holly Street..
Kansas City, writes: after using a
sample bottle and two Csc bottles of.
Hunts Lightning Oil, | am almost we'll
of Catarrh. 1t stops my headaches.
1t is the best medicine l ever saw and
l just can't keep house without It"
She Is right.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
NEGROES Ambush Two White Men.

Meridian, Miss.-Cooper Hender-
son, a mill man, and Samuel
Culpepper, county convict manager,
were fired upon from ambush Wednes-
day night near Graham's Station, by
three negroes. Henderson was prob
ably fatally and Culpepper seriously
injured. The negroes escaped, but
posses are in pursuit.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
IrrefutabIe Tramp Evidence.

Tramp understand that a pocket
book, containing $4,000 has been
found on the street and you got it
here. ! lost it."
Police Justice-What proof have
you got that you lost it?
Tramp-This big hole in my pocket.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21

1t is mainly from Africa, America
and Australia that the world draws it's
supply OF gold, some $40O, 900, 900
worth, won regularly every year. AT.
RIGA leads with about $3.50, 900, 900;
next comes the United States with
about $95, 000, 900. Australia ranks
third with some $4,000, 900; while Rus
STA, both in Europe and Asia, Mexico.
Canada and several other countries
also make up the balance.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
Injunction Bill introduced.

Washington-Mr. Rodenberg of Hi
nois introduced in the house a bill
which provides for reasonable notice
OF i%njunctions in the case of disputes
between employees and employer. The
bill also provides for a trial for con-
tempt unless the contempt occurs in
open court, where summary justice
is given.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
% 600 for New BUILDING.

Washington-In response to a pro-
vision of the sundry civil appropria-
ton bill of last session, directing him
to inquire into the subject, Secretary
Cortelyou Friday transmitted to the
speaker of the house a resolution for
an appropriation of So 600, 900 for a
new building for the bureau of en-
craving and printing.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21

Science should experiment a few
thousand years more with alcohol and
be certain that it is a food before let
ting the world in on the secret. If
the past is anything to judge by, man
will use plenty OF it without any in
formation from science as to its
merits.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21

The total arrivals at the Ellis is.
land immigration depot in New York
during the present year were 1880
624. The figures from other points
bring the aggregate to more than
100000. Classified by countries, il
is seen that the largest contributors
to the immigration host were Austria.
Hungary, Italy and Russia and Fin
land.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
Home Defender Under Bond.

New Cumberland, Pa.-John Probst,
the war veteran confined in Jail for a
month for defending his home in
Wormleyburg, with a shotgun against
the encroachments of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad, which was going to
seize a part Of his back yard, has
been discharged by Judge Saddler un-
der $500 bail to keep the peace.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
Floods DELAY Trains.

Beaumont, Texas-Rains which fell
in torrents all day Wednesday and
nearly all Wednesday night have
flooded the city and outlying coun-
try as far south as Houston. Rail.
road trains are nearly all delayed.
The tracks of the Sabine G. East Tex
as road are badly damaged. The storm
was especially evere at Houston,
where it was accompanied by heavy
winds,
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
Asylum Guard Accused.

Pennington, Mo.-Vincil H. Wal
lace, the 21-year-old guard, &C.
cused in a %coroner's verdict of felo-
NOUS responsibility for the death of
Henry Willmore, aged so, a st. Louis
private patient in the state insane
asylum here, was arraigneG Wednes-
day afternoon for a preliminary hear
ing.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
Increase of Pay for Army.

Washington-General Bell, chief of
staff, U. S. A, recommended in per-
son to the house committee on mill
tary affairs an increased pay SEIZED
ule for enlisted men of the army,
Capron bill, but differing somewhat in
scale.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
CHlELAN ADMIRAL CABLES NEWS
Wires Navy Department He Has Been
Requested to Say All Is Well.

Washington, D. C.-The navy de-
partment has received the following
%cablegram from Admiral Simpson of
the Chilean navy, ON board the cruiser
Chacabuco, which piloted Admiral
Evans fleet partially through the
Straits of Magellan:
Admiral Evans requests me to in
form the department of the feet at sea
Tuesday, 4 p. m, bound for Callao,
via Valparaiso. Everything going on
well. Admiral Evans much better in
health"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
Will Ask For Receiver.

New York-State's Attorney Gen
eral William S. jackson announced
Friday that he will ash for the
appointment of a receiver for the
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Co.
The legality of certain liens imposed
upon policies has been questioned.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21

Cats have been made to exchange
livers under the skillful manipulation
of the surgeons in the Rockefeller in.
stitute. After this grand work is
more nearly perfect possibly when
two old men meet one will say to the
other: "What'll you give me to boot
if trade livers with you?"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21

An optimist club in New York
which is tryig to get members all
over the country is sending out verses
to the effect that the optimist sees
the doughnut while the pessimist sees
only the hole. Several learned ply
sicians agree that the pessimist will
feel more like an optimist and the 3D.
timist more Like a pessimist a few
hours later if eacn ats only what he
sees.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
To Settle Catholic Claims.

Neutrality-suspicious. Fulton Thurs
day introduced a bill making an ap-
preparation of $403, 030 to be paid to
the archbishop of Manila, as the rep
resentative of the Roman Catholic
church in the Philippines, in full sat
isfaction of all claims against the
United States because of damage to
church property by reason of occupa-
ton by military forces.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21

1t is useless for hold-up men, when
they have to give up their r%evolvers,
to ask that the women be deprived Of
their hat-pins.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21

Seventy-five thousand people turned
out in New York to attend the funeral
of a Yiddish poet. We are not sure
whether this is an indication that the
Yiddish hold poets in great esteem or
whether the demonstration was in
tended as an indication of the tri-
umph they felt in having one less
poet among them.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
Thinks Time Has Come

Freeland, Pa.-Impressed by the
prediction Of a fortune teller that he
would die in 1908, Peter Rosinko, an
aged citizen of this town, although dan
gerously i'll with pneumonia, refuses
to take any medicine or nourishment
prescribed by his physician.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21

The New York doctor who left a
rubber tube and a safety pin in a Mon
tana mans chest can doubtless re-
cover his goods, besides getting a
more or less ford Endorsement, by ad-
dressing him an urgent letter.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
Burr Mcintosh a BANKRUPT

New York-Burr Mcintosh, former
actor and lately a photographer, with
a studio at A West Thirty-ninth
street, where he publishes also the
Burr Mcintosh Monthly, has filed a
voluntary petition in bankruptcy.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
HAD BUT 81 WIVES
WITHHOLD ADMITS THAT HE
ONCE LIVED IN ST. LOUIS.
MARRIED AS A Livelihood
Before Starting for English Prison,
the Bigamist Boasts of
His Conquests.

London-The Evening News pub
lished Friday the first installment
of an autobiography of Arthur
Hynes, or Hine, he bigamist
who IA sentenced Thursday at Bris-
tol to seven years penal servitude. In
the autobiography, which was written
in 1906, Hynes says Il give the real
facts of all my wrongdoings."
The testament shows that Hyres'
real name was F. A. Shotz. Among
the aliases he has borne are Weston
and Withhold. The headlines to the
autobiography were written by Hynes
himself and read:
Headlines of Autobiography.
"Witzhoff tells his life story. The
man with so names and 80 (married)
wives. Bigamy as a means of liveli-
hood"
In a short preface the writer says
there is no truth in the reports that
he possessed 100 wives. He married
only 80 ONE
In his remarkable narrative Hynes
says he was born in Neufchatel, Switz-
erland, in 1864, and emigrated to the
United States in 1881. He was ap-
prenticed to dentistry in Philadelphia.
Afterward he practiced with an asso-
ciate. Both were arrested for malprac-
tice and placed under bonds of $4,000
each.
1t was the friend who provided
as a mean of ~repaying the writer.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
Leap Year NuptiaIs Fail.

Pittsburg, Pa.-Pittsburg's first leap
year marriage ended in a tragedy
when John Hull, aged AZ, a well-to-
do ~bookkeeper, on the North Side, put
a bullet through his brain just before
the time for him to leave work for
home.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
Lone Widow ls Murdered

Middletown, Md.-Mrs. Jane Bow
ers, a widow living alone, was MUIR
dered at Pleasant Walk, Frederick
County. Her body, which had been
mutilated with an ak, was found in
her home.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21

Harden, the German editor, was in
nocent once and guilty the next time
of practically the same offense.
Whether he was more innocent than
he was guilty, or more guilty than
he was innocent is a question which
Germany will long debate in private
over its beer stein.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
Creditors Ellie Petition

Chicago-An involuntary petition in
bankruptcy against Heath & Milligan,
one of the oldest and largest paint
manufacturing firms in the state, was
filed in the federal district court here
following a conference of creditors Of
the concern.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21

The Boston Herald points out that
1t is difficult to kiss a girl who wears
one of the present fashionable hats.
The thing for the true gent to do in
such a case is to give the lady proper
warning so that she may emove her
headgear in as dignified a manner as
haste permitS.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21

Eugene Zimmerman of Cincinnati;
father OF the duchess Of Manchester,
who already owns two historic castles
in Great Britain, is said to be negoti.
ating for two more. Well, if Mrs
Burnett, the novelist, is to believed
there is no greater esthetic Joy than
that to be derived from the restora.
ton of an English estate and no better
place for the expenditure of American
money, regardless of financial strin.
gency at home. In such case. after
the restoration of all his estates. Mr.
Zimmerman ought to know joy in a
q%uadruple form.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21

The Keats-Shelley Memorial asso
citation is of English origin, formed to
do honor to two English poets. The
society has succeeded in raising ST.
500 for its purpose, and of this sum
$12, 500 comes from the United States.
1t seems to be pretty evident which
country has the greater admiration
for the brilliant geniuses in question.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
Train Robbed in Chicago.

Chicago-Two masked and armed
men boarded a through freight train
on the Chicago & Alton railroad in
the suburbs of Chicago, held up the
brakeman, conductor and q stoclSman
and made their escape.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21

A German military man says the
American army lacks discipline. Per-
haps he made his observations in the
vicinity of Fort Sheridan before the
Highwood saloons were transformed
into ice cream parlors.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21

The fishermen towed to sea at
Ocean City, N. j., by a whale are prob
ably not at all in sympathy now with
the movement to preserve the biggest
of all animals from extinction.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21

An English ~'suffragette," now in
New York, has persuaded some Amer.
lean advocates of woman suffrage to
engage in an aggressive campaign.
and to that end street corner speeches
have been arranged for. 1t will not
be worth while for the aggressiveness
Of the ~suffragists to continue. after
the English fashion, to the point OF
making violent attack upon u~nIriendIy
legislators, for, remarks the Indian
apolis Star, at the very first move in
this direction these wise and war;
gentlemen will take to the woods to
remain until the danger is past.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
sultan,s Fourteenth Child.

Constantinople- The sultan Of
Turker became the father of a
princess, who received the name of
Samieh. His majesty, who is in his
Goth year, had previously sever sons
and six daughters.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
Triple-Clad Tramp Killed.

Bristol, Pa.-At the Otter street wa.
ter tank of the Pennsylvania railroad
a tramp was struck by an express
train and instantly killed. Nothing
could be found to identify him, though
he wore three coats. three vests. sew
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
Senate Discusses Bank Reserve.

0OTFdN CISNUSSCS odTTN nCSCF We.
Washington-The senate Thursday
discussed the law governing the re-
serves of national banks, that subject
being brought up by Senator Rayner,
who reverted to a controversy over
statements he made in the senate
Wednesday, when the Aldrich car
rency bill was under consideration.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21

1t is evident that the young Mis-
sourian who fell heir to a fortune the
day after he enlisted is going to be
one of the most popular recruits the
army has ever possessed.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-21
George Dun BUYS Toledo Times

~" '~'SOV TTNICSs
Toledo, O.-The Toledo Times, the
only daily morning paper in the city,
has been sold by the Scripps-McRae
Syndicate to George Dun. owner CT the
Daily Citizen, an afternoon penny pa
per.