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The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15
NEWS OF CONGRESS
DoINGs OF PEOPLES REPREsEN-
TATivES AT WASHINGTON.
BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS PRESENTED
Concise Report Of Measures Intro
duced and What Action Is
Taken on Them.
Army Pay Increase.

Washington-The officers and en-
listed men of the army Friday won
their fight for increased pay when
the house Of representatives, after a
debate of two hours, agreed to the
conference report on the army appro-
priation bill. An appropriation of ST.
100000 was made for the purpose, S.
100000 of which will go to the enSst.
ed men. Nine hundred and forty
two officers on the retired list also
will benefit by the increase.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15
Burglar Stays Denver Policeman.

Burglar Stays Denver Policeman.
Denver-Making the last rounds OF
his watch. Charles M. Beck, a police
a was shot through the heart and
killed in the store of the Denver Pho
tograph Supply Co., into which he
had crawled in pursuit of a burglar.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15
Investigating "catch Stations"

Washington-The senate Friday
adopted a resolution introduced by
Senator Penrose, directing the post
master general to send to the senate
before Jan. l next information con-
corning injury to persons and destruc-
ton of mail at "catch stations"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

The island of Malta is the only
known spot where the remains OF
dwarf elephants are found. There
are several places on the island wher,:
the bones of these miniature pacft
yderms have been uncarthed, and
hundreds of skeletons have been Sc
cured in whole or in part.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15
Sleeping Child Burned,

Pierre, S. D.-A report from Hayes
tells of the burning of the house of
a homesteader by the name of Yonk-
ers and an S-month-old baby. The
mother had left the child asleep and
was at the house of a neighbor across
the road when she saw the fire.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15
Denver Gets Bankers.

Lakewood, N. J.-Denver will be
the next meeting place of the Amer
lean Bankers association, according to
the decision reached by the members
Of the executive committee of the as
sociation, who met here Tuesday.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15
Another Ohio Troop Out,

Columbus, Ohio-Troop A of
Cleveland was ordered to Ripley by
Gov. Harris late Thursday afternoon
at the request of Assistant Adjutant
General Kaufman, who reports
that Troop B and Company G of the
Seventh regiment we're not sufficient
to guard the GO miles of river front.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15
CHIEF constable Resions

Rutland, Eng.-The chief constable
of Rutland, William Keep, who has
held that office for 81 years and is re-
ported to be the oldest chief on
stable in England, has resigned. Mr..
Keep, who is SO years Of age. has seen
60 years police service
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15
One Killed, -Four Hurt in Mine.

Rockford, Ill.-Rev. Earl C. Fan
gey, until last fall presiding elder
Tamarack No. 5 mine Tuesday morn.
ing. A rope broke, allowing a car to
fall down a shaft of the mine. The ac-
cident was caused by an over-hoist.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

Prof. Schuster asserts that animals
lack moral feeling entirely, none oil
their acts being immoral or moral, in
the broad sense, and that they have
nc trace of a ems Of shame or oil
honor. Their courage, he declares, is
"a mere impulse of nature"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15
Kills lntruding Tramp.

Brookville, Pa.-Frank Swineford,
q farmer, living near K~noxdale, JEFF
ferson county, shot and killed an I'M
known tramp who had forced his way
into the house by kicking down the
door.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15
Nutmeouers for Taft.

Hartford, Conn.-The Republican
state convention held here on
Wednesday instructed the state dele
CATION to the republican national con-
vention for Taft.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15
SHORTAGES in County Funds.

Guthrie, Okla.-Charles A. Taylor,
state examiner and inspector, re-
ceived word of a serious shortage in
the accounts of the last county Of
fcials of Kay county under the terri
torial regime.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

Concerning hat gun which is adver.
tised to carry a shot 300 miles it will
certainly be able to hit a vast expanse
of the broad blue ocean and immobile
earth. But If you want to hit a spe.
cial target you had better get within
a hundred miles of it, at most.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15
Illinois Legislature to Adjourn.

TIIhoIs Legislature 70 Adjourn.
Springfield, Ill.-The house Thurs
day evening passed Speaker
Shurtleff's bill providing for a board
of control of the state institutions.
The legislature will adjourn sine die
May %.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15
To Sell lndianola COLLEGE,,

Guthrie, Okla.-The Presbyterians
have decided to sell Indianola col
lege, located at Wynnewood. to the
Methodists, who will use it as a pre-
paratory school for Epworth univer-
sity at Oklahoma City.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15
AN EXPLANATION.

Why didn't you answer your teach.
er when she spoke to you in the arith-
metic class, Ethel?'
Coz told me / muthn't
thpeak durin' thcool hourth."
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15
Receiver for Traction Compan,

Terre Haute, Ind.-Charles Harlan
was appointed receiver for the Terre
Haute and Merom Traction Co. Two
miles OF rails have been laid at a cost
OF about $4,000, for which scrip was
issued
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15
Found After 26 Years.

Minot, N. D.-Mrs. Agnes Muhs has
returned from North Crandin, Wis,
where she found her father, whom
she had not seen for 26 years. Both
had made q careful search for the
other.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

Great Britain's navy has suffered
another terrible disaster in maneuvers
The game of war is dangerous, ever
mimic war, and the price is higher
than it should be. Yet the competition
goes on!
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15
Fire DESTROYS Phone EXCHANGE.

Marion, O.-The general stores of
Hornbeck & Hick and Harris Bon
ham & Co., the restaurant of r.
Thornton and the telephone exchange
at Byhalia, were destroyed by fire.
The loss is estimated at $4,000.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15
An Aid TO %Prohihition.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS De Ar
mond (Mo.) introduced a bill, making
it unlawful for the government to Is
sue federal license to sell intoxicating
liquor in prohibition states.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15
Dewitt C. Gallup Dead.

Hutchinson, Kas.-Dewitt C. Gal
lup, a veteran of the civil war
and a member of the Walker flibuster
expedition to Cuba and Nicaragua in
the SOS, died here Wednesday, aged
70 wears.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15
The Prettiest Kind.

1.-THE young heiress who has just
made her debut has a very pretty good
figure to her credit"
That's nothing. Her father has six
pretty good figures to his"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15
Doc Steals Rich Jewels.

New York-Jewels which disap-
peared from the home Of a dog fan
cier in White Plains had been found
in the garden, whittier a pet dog had
carried and buried them.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

The Denver preacher who is giving
trading stamps to the pupils of his
Sunday school mustn't kick if their
parents put them back on the plate
as their Sunday evening contribution.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

This money goes to the counties at a
time when it will do most. good in the
matter of paying for the expenses of
school terms now about to be closed,
and a similar distribution will be made
In October.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

President B. G. Lowrey, of Blue
Mountain college, who is managing the
campaign for raising Mississippi's part
of the money for building the Tri-State
Baptist Hospital in Memphis, is meet
ing with gratifying success, and it is
predicted that the Baptists of Missis-
sippi, Tennessee and Arkansas will soon
have a hospital that will be the pride
not only of this particular denomina-
ton but of the people generally of the
three states.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

Talk of increasing the kaiser's pay
his finances have been such as to
make him favor diplomats sufficiently
rich to oblige with an occasional loan.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15
Rev. d Dead.

Rockford, ILL.,, May 5.-Rev. Earl C.
Eangey, until last fall presiding elder
of Rock River conference of the Meth.
odist Episcopal church, was stricken
with apoplexy in the pulpit Sunday
and died Monday
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

When you are dealing with a man
who continually insists that business
is business you had better examine
all the documents carefully.-Puck.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15
Swedish Bark Runs Ashore.

Montevideo-The Swedish bark
Svanhild, from Pensacola Jan. IA, for
Buenos Ayres, is ashore on English
bank. The captain and part of his
crew have been landed at Maldonade,
Uruguay.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15
Hicks capudine Cures Headache

Whether from colds, heat, stomach or
nervous troubles. No Acetanilid or dan
gerous drugs. It's liquid and acts imme-
diately. Trial bottle 10c. Regular 25c and
SOC at all druggists.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

A British scientist says that, thanks
to recent Investigations of radium, II
will Don be possible to estimate the
exact age of the earth. Does radium
possibly know the age of Ann, too?
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

In Italy it is said that the duke OF
the Abruzzi has never flirted. 1t is
still uncertain whether the same can
be said of him in America.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

Some theories of international bust
ness seem to be based on the idea
that a mans diplomatic talents are
demonstrated by his ability to pile up
a fortune.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

A New Jersey woman has promised
to quit smoking if her husband will
move to Brooklyn. Again we see the
utter impossibility of fathoming the
feminine mind.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

Plants with white blossoms have a
larger proportion of fragrant species
than any others; next comes red, then
yellow and blue.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

Prince Helie is having a hard time,
1t is true, but not nearly so hard as
most other men who are trying to
make 5000, 600.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

There are ten negro banks in Mis-
sissippi and they have organized a
State Bankers association of their
own.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

A federal judge in Georgia carries
a gun because he received a threat
ening black hand letter. Why doesn't
he keep an injunction handy?
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

The most unfortunate trait of the
anarchist is his determination to be
taken seriously.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

Have we got to send the fleet OF
~battleships back around the Horn just
to keep Castro quiet?
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

Theodore Shonts says that it takes
a good man to get into debt and live
comfortably. But most good men are
uncomfortable when they're in debt.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

been discovered in New York, where
just such a head is most needed.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

Prince de Sagan's composure is re-
markable for a man who finds himself
worried about love and money both
at once.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

SORE EYES, weak, inflamed, red, watery
and swollen eyes, use PETTITS EYE
SALVE, 25c. All druggists or Howard
Bros, Buffalo, n. Y.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

Castro always looks out for his peo-
pie. He arranges very entertaining
aquatic pageants at foreign expense.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

The peek-a-boo waist and the mos
quito are watching each other, waiting
for the word.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

The M~anchurians don't mind the
"open door," but they feel aggrieved
at the Japanese who act as if they
thought it were the open house."
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

After consuming 90, 900 gallons Of
whisky, the great distillery fire al
Peoria was arrested.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15
One Man FIees to Door.

Gatania made a fierce lunge at Es-
perito's neck and an instant later
slashed Strafino's face. Both tumbled
out of their cots, and the third man,
Macera, fed to the door. Gatania had
cut a deep cash in his arm.
Strafino tried to hold the mad youth,
but he tore himself loose and with one
bound gained the inner bedroom. He
inflicted a deep stab on the neck of
Peraco, his employer, and was just
about to stab the latter's 4-year-old
boy, Angelo, when the child's mother
rolled oyer in an effort to protect him
and received the full force of the blow
In her breast.
Escapes in Night Clothes.
Peraco managed to get out of bed
and engaged in a struggle with Gata-
MIA. The latter wrenched himself free
and gained the street. He had no
shoes or coat, but ran down Fulton
street and has not been seen since.
A general alarm has been sent out
for him. Peraco and his wife will die.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

Among the birds the swan lives to
be the oldest, in extreme cases reach
ing 800 years. The falcon has been
known to live over 1872 years.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

A Clinton county, N. Y, baby has
two tongues. Girl, of course.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children %teething, softens the gums, reduces In
Examination. allays pain. cures wind collie. Csc a bottle.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15
BOY SLASHES five
TWO VICTIMS OF cRAZED YOUTH
ARE DYING.
CHILD IS SAVED BY HER MOTHER
Tragedy Occurs in a Barber Shop in
New York VeVndetta-Slashes
With Razor.

New York-ISuddenly crazed early
Wednesday ~16-year-old Amelio Ca
tania jumped up from his cot in
the barber shop of Antoine Peraco,
seized a knife and made a desperate
attempt to murder the six other occu.
pants of the place.
Two of his victims are in the hos
pital dying. Three others will live
and one, a 4~-year-old child, was saved
by its heroic mother.
The front part of the store served
as a sleeping apartment for Gatania
and three BARRIERS, Frank Strafino, IS;
Joseph Macera and Nicola Esperito.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

Even a poor wallpaper hanger may
put up at good hotels.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

Anarchists are given to carryin,
their cure around with them.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

The county tax collections will be
kept rather busy during the current
month, as all privilege licenses must
be settled before May 81. This applies
to privileges of all forms, state, county,
city and levee board. The state treas
ury will probably receive a half mill
lion dollars in privilege tax payments
when the collectors make their June
settlements with the state.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

A well-informed physician is fire.
Quently ill-informed.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15
sMississippi
ArWs

State Auditor Smith has completed
the semi-annual distribution of the
Chickasaw school fund, to the several
counties OF the Chickasaw cession, pro-
vided for by law, and accruing May l.
The twenty-three counties participant
ing In this distribution are:
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

President Castro evidently stands
In the shadow of the wood shed.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

Still, you had better not take EN-
OF for a few days yea
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

1t is announced that the Aberdeen
and Tombigbee railroad will be built
from Okolona, Miss, to Pickensville,
Ala, via Aberdeen and Columbus.
Service will begin Jan. l, 1909.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

John Joseph, a negro who murdered
Branch Archer, a white planter, at
Port Gibson, was run down and killed
in a swamp near the mouth Of Bayou
Pierre. Joseph refused to surrender
and was shot to death by three members
of a posse which had stuck to his trail.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

The grand jury of Coahoma ounty
returned 165 indictments, these being
largely against those engaged in the
Illicit retailing of whisky, poker play
ers and crap shooters.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

Col. S. S. Bulls, of Olean, n. Y,
purchased the Vicksburg Street Rail-
way and Lighting Company under a
court decree for $50. 900.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

Water Valley has just completed a
new $4,000 public school building,
which will seat 1000 children.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

The two companies of the Mississippi
National Guard who were detailed to
help in the rescue and emergency work
at Purvis, did creditable work. The
men were on duty a fortnight, and ac-
cording to the official figures the cost
of the expedition will be in the neigh
borhood of 81, 500, including rations and
per diem, and this out of an emergency
fund of only S., 900 to the credit of the
National Guard
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

Suit has been brought at Clarksdale
by F. G. Bobo restraining the levee
board from taking any action whatever
under what is known as the depository
law, passed by the recent legislature.
The complainant assails the constitu-
~tionality of this law.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-05-15

The principal railway lines operating
in Mississippi are reducing their forces
OF employees in the freight departments
owing to the decrease of traffic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-18

ing has been welcomed, 1t was at
tracted here by the possibilities of the
business in the three cities. and the
evident progress OF the community.
The central location of the three cit
les, the magnitude OF its business AM
merchandising enterprises, and the
readiness of local merchants to take
up the trading stamp proposition, were
influences in bringing the branch store
of the S. & H. company to the city.
The Sperry e Hutchinson company
stock, being purchased as it is direct
from the manufacturers and imported
from foreign countries direct by the
company, is as fine as may be purchas.
ed in any store in the country The
company operates not alone in the
United States. but in South America
Germany, Australia, and other coun
tries
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-18
One Cent Postal Rate.

One cent postal rate on letters is
again being agitated and one of the
high officials Of that department de
clares that universal postage at one
cent is sure to come in the near future
The experience of all countries is that
a reduction in postage increases the
volume of business so much that the
loss of revenue is more than made up
The experience of the thousands OF
sickly men and women who have used
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters has al
ways brought the same results-im
proved health, Perfect digestion and
steady nerves. Our "a years record
of cures should be sufficient to con
vince you of its merit, but try one
bottle today and test it for your owl
satisfaction. 1t cures dyspepsia. indf
gestiOn. costiveness. colds. grippe. fe
male ills and malaria.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-18
USED A KNIFE In
FIGHT; FACES CHARGE
Encounter on Street Results in Ar.
rest Of Participant; Cripple
Smashes a Window.

AS the result of an encounter be.
tween Trephious De Smyttier and Gus
Coddens on Fifth avenue near Eighth
street last night. the former is held to
the grand jury under $500 bond, on q
charge of assault with a deadly wea
pom. He is charged with welding q
knife in the fracas. and inflicting a
slight wound on his antagonist.
Perry Leonard. cripple, smashed a
window at Louis Ortelrs saloon, and
was arrested for malicious mischief
He was held under 5000 bond to the
grand jury. lie is a cripple, having
lost one arm.
CAMEL MOrtier was arrested foI
drunkenness, ard was brought before
Magistrate Elliott on this charge. He
took a change OF venue to Justice G.
Albert Johnson. He claimed an at
tempt had been made to rob him. He
had S54.45 on his person when taken in
charge by the police. The case was
dismissed this afternoon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-18

cemetery at IL o'clocA. a funeral
coach will be attached to the 81
train of the Rock Island. Rev. H. w
Reed of this city will conduct the ser
vices at the home and at the cemetery
1t is requested by the family that nc
flowers be sent.
H. e. Casteel, H. B. Simmon, Mich
ael O'Connor, w. S. Parks, d. S
Montgomery, and o. l.. Bruner will act
as pail bearers!
Banks to BE Closed.
Both the Rock Island National and
Central Trust aud Savings banks will
be closed tomorrow morning till 1C
O'Clock, out of respect for the former
officer.
samuel Blythe.
Samuel Blythe died at 10 O'Clock
last night at his home 1912 Third av
enue, from heart trouble. which follow
ed an attack of pneumonia. Mr.
Blythe, who was employed at the
Rock Island Pillow shops, caught a cold
while at work last Friday and a severe
case of pneumonia Immediately devel
oped. He was native of Nova
Scotia, Canada, where he was born
March II, 1888 He went to Boston
at the close of the civil war, and came
to Rock Island 81 years ago. He was
twice married, the second time in this
city. Besides his wife, he is survived
by two brothers, William in Nova SEQ
tia, and Owen in Vermont and a sis
ter Anna at Brooklyn. N Y.
Funeral services will be held at 1 Sc
tomorrow at the home and will be
private. Rev. G. II. Sherwood will be
in charge. Burial will take place al
Chippiannock cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-18
PERSONAL POINTS.

Harry NJ M3Caskrin returned last
evening from months combined
pleasure and business trip to the Pa
cific coast and the south.
II. Chandler Egan of Chicago, the
golf champion, was in the city yester
day. Mr.. Egdl. who has at one time
or another won nearly every golf hon
or open to amateurs, will without
doubt be a competitor in the tourna
ment of the Western association al
Rock Island arsenal next July.
Cosmetics Inquire the complexion
The highest types of complexion beau
ty comes through the blood. Hollis
ters Rocky Mountain Tea makes rich
red blood, gives you that clear, healthy
complexion. which will wash but mo-
rub off So cents, tea or tablets
Harper House pharmacy.
All the news all the time-THE
| ARGUS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-18
Neglected Colds Threaten Life,

(From the Chicago Tribune.)
Don't trifle with a cold is good
advice for prudent men and women.
1t may be vital in the case of a child.
Proper food. good ventilation. and dry.
warm clothing are the proper safe
guards against colds. If they are main
tanned through the changeable weather
of autumn, winter and spring. the
chances of a surprise from ordinary
colds will be slight. But the ordinary
light cold will become severe if neg
lected, and well established ripe
cold is to the germs of diphtheria what
honey is to the bee. The greatest
menace to child life at this season of
the year is the neglected cold
Whether it is child or adult. the cold
slight or severe, the very best treat.
ment that can be adopted is to give
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. 1t is
safe and sure. The great popularity
and immense sale of this preparation
has been attained by its remarkable
cures of this ailment A cold never
results in pneumonia when it is given
For sale by all druggists.
All the news all the time-THE
ARGUS.