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The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06
EDISON in DANGI R
INVENTOR UNDERGoES NEW AND
DELICATE OPERATION.
THE SURGEONS GIVE SOME HOPE
Meanwhile Wizards Wife Remains
Within Call and Takes
No Rest.

New York-Thomas A. Edison.
the distinguished inventor, is in
a very grave condition in the Manhat-
tan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital.
While the attending physicians hold
cGt hope of his recovery, it is realized
by his family and friends that his life
hangs IN the balance.
Mr.. Edison submitted Monday to an
operation for abscess of the left ear.
Since then an infection of the old mas
told wound set in and this necessitat-
ed a second operation. The physicians
found that the Infection had penetrat-
ed the inner wall of the mastoil cells
and they at once decided upon heroic
methods.
Three years ago Mr.. Edison was op-
Grated on for mastoditis and since
then he has had more or less trouble
with his ear.
The abscess which formed is re-
garded by physicians as merely a sur
face o~utcropDing of she old evil. and
they were not at all surprised when it
was found tlc old wound had been re-
infected.
Physicians Give Hope.
The following bulletin is issued by
the physicians:
While Mr.. Edison's condition is
grave, it is probable that he will re-
cover
Th: OPERATION was performed Thurs
day afternoon by DR.. Arthur 3. Duel
OF 254 Madison avenue, assisted by DR..
j. r. Page. Mr.. Edison was previous
ly informed Of the seriousness of the
task that tkc surgeons were about 70
perform and cheerfully assented. He
stated that he had every confidence
that he was in able hands and was
willing to submit to their judgment.
Er. Gill Wylie, one of the consulting
surgeons, said that the operation had
been a success, and he thought that
with ordinary good fortune the patient
would ecove
Mrs. Edison is at the hospital and
cannot be prevailed upon to seek any
rest while her husbands condition re-
mains serious. While she has been as
sured by the physicians that Mr.. Edi-
son has an ever chance of recovery
and that his robust general health
should pull him through, she insists
upon being constantly within call.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06
To Pay Oklahoma Expenses,

MISUNDERSTANDING the bills and
resolutions introduced in the house
Friday were the following:
By Mr.. Ferris of Oklahoma, aepro-
priating $214,335 to pay the unpaid ex-
penses of the constitutional conven-
ton of Oklahoma and the election held
for the ratification of the constitution
and the election of state and other
officers in said state. A similar bill
has been introduced in the senate by
Mr.. Gore.
BY Mr.. Langley of Kentucky, provid-
ing that all storekeepers and gaugers
who are employed in the internal rev.
enue service shall be enlisted to an
nual leave with pay at the rate of two
and one-half~iays for each month of
service actually rendered during the
calendar year.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06
BRADLEY WINS SEAT.
First Republican Governor of Ken.
lucky Defeats Beckham.

Frankfort, Ky.-The long dead
lock v the election of a United
States senator frfom this state to sue
coed Senator James B. McCreary,
whose term expires March 4, 1909,
was broken Friday afternoon by the
election of VIM. o. Bradley. His OBJ
ponent was former Gov. j. C. w. Beck
ham, democrat. Bradley received Ga
votes to 63 against him, many of the
latter being cast for Congressman
Ollie James.
Mr.. Bradley drew his decisive
strength from the democrats, who
have been hopelessly divided ever
since the general assembly began it's
session, a very small but determined
minority refusing to vote for Beck
ham. When the contest began Friday
Senators Charlton and McNutt, demo-
Gratis, of Louisville, and Representa-
tive Lillard voted for ex-Gov. Bradley.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06
Ask Bribery

Observation-Disclosures Tillman Fri
day introduced a resolution directing
the secretary of the interior to send
to the senate all information in his
possession concerning the alleged
bribing of various persons interested
in the proceedings of the legislative
court of Indian territory in 1905,
when descendants of the Choctaw or
Chickasaw Indians were deprived of
their rights to tribal property.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06
Pass Indian Appropriation Bill.

Washington-The Indian appropria-
ton bill was Friday passed by the
senate. AS passed by the house, the
bill carried an appropriation of $S,215,-
GOT, to which the senate added $3.50
1913. In several instances the bill waa
amended in the senate to strike out or
limit the authority of the secretary
of the interior as provided in amend
ments reported by the committee on
Indian affairs.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06

Chancellor Lyell found in favor of
the State in the lumber trust case,
which means that the bill of Injunction
asking the court to dissolve the organ
ization of the Retail Lumber Dealers
Association of Mississippi and Louis
lana will be sustained, and the organi-
cation declared as unlawful.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06

Woman's ingenuity with a hairpin,
and her invincibility when armed with
a hatpin, are well known. A new i'm
plement has 0 been added to the
feminine equipment-a pair of rubber
shoes. Four persons were entangled
in the coils of a live wire in New York.
No M dared to help them, says the
Youths Companion in telling the story.
until a young girl came along, took off
her rubbers, and using them as gloves.
handled the wire skillfully and safely,
tied it round a telegraph pole, and
walked quietly away, after having re.
fused to give her name.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06
Appeal in Criminal Cases.

acknowledgements Jenk-
ms of Wisconsin, chairman of the
house committee on judiciary, Friday
introduced a bill to amend the act of
March 2, 1907, providing for writs of
error in certain instances in criminal
cases. The bill permits appeals in
criminal cases where the decision is
adverse to the government, the object
being to test the correctness of de-
cisions in the lower courts. Chair
man jenkins explains hal the bill of
last year was too limited to secure the
result hoped for.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06

1t has been decided to locate one of
the summer normals at Brookhaven.
The buildings of Whitworth college
will be used, and the normal will be
about six weeks in length. 1t will be
the future policy of the department OF
education to have at least one of the
part of the State. 1t is expected that
the usual normals will be held at the
University of Mississippi and the A.
and NJ. College.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06
ALTO DENIES KILLING PRIEST.
Regulates Confession and Says That
Father Leo Dropped Dead.

Denver, Col.-Guiseppe Alto, the
slayer of Father Leo, after con-
ferring with Aobert H. Waidi-
combe. counsel appointed by the court
to conduct his defense, has re~pudiated
the signed statement made by him in
Jail at Colorado Springs and all his
other confessions.
Il didn't kill the priest, he fell dead"
Alto declared. Il went to the church
to pray, not to receive the sacrament.
While was kneeling the priest came
alo2g and put the sacrament in my
mouth. l spat it out. The priest fell
back. l was afraid and ran out"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06
Towns Cut Off by Storm.

st. Petersburg-Railroad traffic in
Central Russia is almost COM
pletely paralyzed by a succession
of heavy snowstorms, which still
from all communication, and such an
important railroad as the Moscow
kazan has not moved a train for Ave
days.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06
KENTUCKY FEUDIsr HANGED.
Ed Turner Is Second White Man to
Be Hanged in Hamilton County.

Chattanooga, Tenn.-Ed Turner.
the Kentucky feudist, was hanged
in the county Jail Thursday at
4:30 p. M. His neck was broken
by the fall and he was pronounced
dead in II minutes. He went to the
scaffold without a tremor.
Turner killed his wife, Lillian Tur-
ner, on the side OF Lookout Mountain.
on the afternoon of April 2, 1907. He
cut her throat from ear to ear with
a pocketknife. On his trial, Turner
made a confession.
Tuner is the second white nan ever
hanged in Hamilton county.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06

The Ohio state fire marshal has been
looking up the records and makes the
announcement that last year in the
United States parlor matches caused
a loss of 81, 600, 900 and 500 lives.
That is a serious and tragic matter.
But it is not fair to lay the blame
wholly On the matches. They may
be dangerous, but as a rule they do
not start fires spontaneously. 1t is
the human factor that must be reck-
oned with, and unfortunately, there
is a great deal of ~carelesness.
thoughtlessness and stupidity in the
world.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06
Railroad Mortgage Foreclosure.

San Diego, Sal.-Suit to fore
close a half million dollars of the
mortgage bonds of the San Diego,
Cuyamaca & Eastern railroad was
commenced yesterday in the superior
court by NJ. Freeman. 1t is under.
stood that Mr.. Fireman is the repre-
sentative of the Southern Pacific and
that the short road eastward from
here into the foothills will ultimately
fall into Southern Pacific possession
through this action.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06

According to a table contained in
the annual report of the Carnegie
Foundation showing the annual in.
comes of nearly 500 colleges and
universities in this country, there
are only four with incomes above
a million dollars. These four are
not specified by name, but the Bos-
ton Herald suggests that presum.
ably they are Harvard, Columbia,
the University Of Chicago and
the Stanford university. The in
of half CT the whole 500
range all the way from $4,000 to
$780, 600 only.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06
Nehraska conaressman II.

Spartanburg, S. C.-Representative
E. H. Hinshaw OF Nebraska. who was
taken ill while returning from the flu
neral of Senator Latimer and taken
to a sanitarium in this city, is some
what better. though he will not be
able to leave for Washington for sew
eral days.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06
Privileges Restored to Correspondents

Washington-The standing commit
tee of correspondence Friday re-
stored the privilege of the preSs gal
leries at the capitol to two newspaper
men who we're suspended temporarily
sentative Lilley that they had ac-
cepted money from the Electric Boat
Co. 1t va held that the transaction
occurred, if at all, while the newspa-
per men were not under the rules
made for the government of CORE
spondents.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06
Army Bill Rejected.

Washington-By the narrow mar
gin of n vote the house Friday, after
an all-day discussion, rejected by SO
to 60 an amendment by MI. Foster
of Illinois to the army bill appropriat-
ing $1,000. 900 for joint maneuvers of
the militia organizations and the regu-
lar troops.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06
Favor Fowler Bill.

Washington-By a vote of II to 5,
three members being present and not
voting, the house committee on bank
ing and currency Friday authorized
its chairman, Representative Fowler
of New Jersey, to report to the house
the Fowler currency bill, with the rec
ommendation that it pass.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06
Rescued ONLY to Be Killed,

Pittsburg-Saved from drowning
after a terrible struggle in the icy
water of the Monongahela river at
Elizabeth, Pa, only to be run down
and killed by a train on reaching
shore was the fate of j. w. Draper
and F. B. Garrett. two government
employees at lock No. 3.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06
Fort Reno Abandoned.

Guthrie, Okla.-Fort Reno, on
the Canadian river, forty miles
west of here, ceased to be a military
post last night, when the garrison,
consisting of the Third battalion of
the Nineteenth infantry, vas moved
TO Fort Mckenzie. The fort will be
turned into a government remount sta
ton.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06
Murderous Robbers Routed.

Ell Paso, Tex.-A dispatch from Chi
huahua says that two policemen were
attacked by bullion robbers at the
Santo Domingo mine in Santa Eulalia
district, state of Chihuahua, Mex, and
after a fight were both killed.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06
Nomination Confirmed.

Washingtoa-The senate Friday con-
firmed the nomination of William l..
Day to be United States district attor-
ney for the northern district of Ohio.
Mr.. Day is a son of Associate Justice
Day of the United States supreme
court.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06
italians, Plot Discovered

Winnipeg, Man.-It has Just come
to light that certain Italians at Port
Arthur and Fort Williams. who have
been employed as laborers, attempted
to blow up the huge Canadian North
ern railway coal docks. recently built
at enormous cost.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06
NEWS Of CONGRESS
DolNGs OF PEOPLES REPREsEN-
TATIvES AT WASHINGTON.
BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS PRESENTED
troduce1 ans that Action Is
Taken on Them
BUILDINGS Bill Likely.

Washington-Despite the apparent
ly set desire of congress to make a
record for economy on the eve of the
election, it is probable that a public
buildings bill carrying SIS. 000,0 900 TO
$40, 000, 900, will be pat through with
the sanction of the leaders.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06

The World almanac gives the stand
ing army of Japan as 100000, figures
indicating that a great part of it is in
the United States acting as spies and
getting arrested to help out the poor,
but deserving, newspaper correspond
entS.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06
Where II BeIonus.

Excuse me- said the playwright to
his friend who was kissing the piece,
do you think 1t is good form to hiss
my show when ] gave you the ticket
that admitted your"
Certainly" resentfully replied the
friend. IF I'd bought a ticket / would
have contented myself by going out
side and swearing at myself."-Suc-
cess Magazine.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06
Turns Weddino into Riot

Butler. Pa.-Resentful at not being
invited to the wedding of Miss Rhino
Baski and Stephen Papaski. Stanley
Rachley, the brides rejected sutton
and five companions. entered the
house by force and interrupted the
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06
Whalers Sail for the North,

San Francisco-The Arctic whaling
fleet. consisting of seven steam ves-
sells, is fitting out for a cruise in Beh-
ring sea and beyond Point Barrow.
The first of them got away last week.
Several other vessels will follow with
in a few days.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06
Torpedo Boats Collide.

Kiel-Torpedo boats Nos. 139 and
40 collided during the course of
maneuvers Wednesday,. Both yes
sells were seriously damaged and
were locked in a leaking condition.
One nan was killed and one injured.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06

Gable lines look straight enough as
seen on the maps, but they are any
thing but straight as they lie on the
ocean floor. DR.. Klotz of Canada said
in a recent lecture that the great Pa
ciic cable, 5000 miles long, between
Vancouver and New Zealand was
time and again DETECTED from a
straight line between the island sta
tons at which it touched in order
TO avoid towering submarine noun
tains or craters or ground that was
hard or otherwise undesirable as a
resting place for the cable.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06
Fall Of Coal Kills Athlete.

Shenandoah, Pa.-John Sunderland,
aged 20. one of the best amateur
baseball pitchers in this section. a
well-known basketball and football
player, was instantly killed by a fall
of coal.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06

Another ~well-known French writer
on international politics declares that
war between the United States and
Japan is inevitable. Couldn't we get
the French to let us have peace if we
paid them we'll for it?
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06

The Mont Gents route, the oldest of
the Alpine through lines, is to follow
the lead of the st. Gothard and Sim
plon routes and employ electric trac-
ton on it's mountain division. Under
the stress of competition of the more
recent lines, the French government
has also double-tracked the approach
to the tunnel on it's side of the noun
tain, and the Italian government will
carry this doub~le-tracking to Turin.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06
Wholesale Whisky House Burns.

Chattanooga, Tenn.-The whole
sale whisky house of Randolph
Rose & Co, S19-S21 Chestnut street.
was destroyed by fire last night. The
loss is estimated at $130,000, with in
urance of $4,000.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06
Bids for Women,s Favor.

New York-Declaring that a mis-
tress is justified in slapping, or even
kicking, a servant girl for imperti-
nence. Recorder Lazarus of Bayonne
has made himself solid with the house
wives of that town.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06
One of the English "suffragettes,"

One of the English "~suffragettes,"
who tried, but vainly, to start the doc
trine of force in this country, has been
telling London that suffrage is
checked in this country by the gallant
ny of the men, who say the women
car have anything they ask for, and
by the folly of the women, who reply
that they have already everything
they want. She seems, with true
British ~denseness, to be utterly obliv-
ious of the excellent showing she is
making for us all around.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06

According to a ST. Louis physician
no scientific practitioner of medicine
recognizes any such disease as the
grippe. But it is pretty safe to sup
pose that they get rather angry IL
their bill for its treatment is not
RECOGNIZED.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06
Saved by Wooden Leo.

Plymouth, Mass.-A one-legged man
foiled two desperate thugs here, and
after beating the highwaymen uncon-
scious held them until the police ar
rived and took them to the police sta
tion-
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06

Gertrude Anterior has announced
that New York never makes up it's
mind about anything" After all, re-
marks the Baltimore American, it is
really interesting to discover that
New York has a mind. The general
impression is that it is entirely
pOcketbOOk.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06
Lost in Woods, Boys Perish.

Kaukauna, Wis.-Word received here
says thst the sons of Joe Wapahnah-
cum and John Owen, s and 10 years
old, respectively, "a away from the
government school at the Keshena
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06
Train Kills Family Of Three

Urbana, O.-Mr. and Mrs. George
Mauck we're instantly killed at Ur-
bana, when their closely-curtained car
riage was struck by an Erie express
at a grade crossing. Their 10-year-
old daughter was fatally injured,
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06
co.ooo.Acre Ranch Is Sold.

Miles City, Mont.-The A. B. Clark
ranch, one of the largest in Montana,
comprising 20,700 acres, has been sold
to w. H. Dye of Indianapolis.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06
Remorse Causes Murder Confession

'Re''0'oC NdUSCS WUTueF VUH1eSST0n.
Pueblo, Col.-Almost crazy for
the past three years, Robert Mum
confessed to a friend here Tuesday
that he had killed a man whose name
he did not know, in a saloon fight in
Litchfeld, Ill. on July 4, 1906. Mum
was arrested and the Litchfield author.
tiles were notified.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06
S5Q,000.00O Mortnaue Filed

Wichita, Kas.-A mortgage for $780,
O00, 900 given by the Missouri Pacific
road to a New York trust company
was filed here. The mortgage runs
for 80 years and bears 6 per cent.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06

A bigamist in Britain is said to have
married 500 times. And yet, SO stub
born is tradition. they will probably
continue, in England, to give the palm
OF bravery to Nelson and Gordon.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06
Pay Increase Restored.

Washington-The house Friday
formally agreed to the item in the
army appropriation bill for the in
creas of pay of enlisted men and on
commissioned officers of the army.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06

Bigheart, who died the other day.
was the richest Indian in America.
An Indian doesn't have to live up to
his name, any more than a white
man.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06
RepIevined His Goods. Jailed

Vineland, N. J.-Boniface Tomasso,
a farmer. tried to ontwit Sheriff DAN
lei Souder by carting home again
goods that had been levied on. Tom.
asses arrest was ordered.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06
Physicians Are Kept Busy.

Midway, Ky.-Physicians are kept
busy day and night in this cmmunity
because CT an epidemic Of grip. So
ia there have been &c deaths
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06

New York women may have tab
leaux vivants as interesting as Chi
Cages, but it will be everlastingly
remembered in the smart set that
Chicago got there first.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06

The man with the hammer doesn't
says the Washington Post. This is
very true; he is engaged most of the
time knocking his fellow-man.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06
PLAQUE Believed to Be Increasin,

MISUNDERSTANDING plague is be-
lieved to be on the increase in
ports of Chile. At Antofagasta there
are now 10 cases and at Iquique IA
cases.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06
Watch for sunbeam EVANGELIST.

Bridgeton. N. Miss Naomi Seitz-
niger Of Philadelphia, the sunbeam
evangelist" who has just finished her
work here, was presented with a gold
watch
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06

Attorney-Genera Fletcher announces
that he has taken a appeal from the
decision of Judge Cochran, of the
Tenth judicial district, granting bail in
the sum of $4,000 each to the Key
brothers, indicted in the circuit court
of Lauderdale county on the charge of
killing their brother-in-law, Frank
Davis.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06

The Columbia debaters are opposed
to entering the lists against a Cornell
coed. No debate, in their opinion, is
n unless everybody has a chance to
..alk.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06

A Cleveland preacher advises peo-
pie not to get married until they feel
that they will die If they don't. But
nearly everybody does feel that way.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06

Billy Lush has resigned from the
Yale football team. But lushing will
continue in the same old woy.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06

Sam Hines, who shot at Officer Lyons
of Meridian, was sentenced to one year
on the county roads.
Fire at Millview destroyed 1000, 900
feet of lumber.
A stock company, capitalized at $500,
600 has been formed to bore for oil in
the vicinity of Gulfport. There are
abundant surface indications of petro-
leum, and experts have declared this to
be a rich field in a great oil strata ex-
tending from Galveston to Mobile.
DIR. S. H. Mclean, the new secretary
of the State board of health, is one OF
the leading physicians of jackson. DR..
Mclean succeeds DR.. j. f. Hunter, the
veteran yellow fever fighter, who held
the secretaryship of the board for a
period of twelve years.
James Harper and w. T. Smith were
given sentences of six years each by
Federal Judge Niles. They are the
two bank employees of Hattiesburg
who, it is said, defaulted fer an aggre-
gate of 10000, fed to Canada, but
later surrendered and were brought
back.
A bin is before the legislature to
prohibit baby incubator exhibitions at
which admission fees are charged.
The bill provides a fine Of SlO0 against
any person conducting an exhibition OF
that character
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06

1t is better to have striven and
failed than never to have striven at
all. Man learns in failure sometimes
more than in success.-Barrow.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06

Happy is the individual who has
no grievances to redress.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-06

Japan will first make war on that
large and overshadowing deficit.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-05-26
The Ananias Story.

Go to church and hear the pastor, in
his pulpit large and wide, tell about
the dread disaster that overwhelmed
the man who lied It was Colonel
Ananias, who in days long dead and
gone, shocked his neighbors (who were
pious) when he put the truth IN pawn.
All, he took the truth and hauled 1t
through the cinders and the slack. and
he slugged it, and he mauled it. and he
split it up the back; so some bears
came up and ate him. at the prophets
stern command. and the generations
hate him as they march adown the
land. He was cast into furnace that
was full of coal and wood, and he NUT
tered, '"This will learn US" (for his
grammar wasn't good) In the Red
seas depths he wallowed. with his
chariots and men. till whale came up
and swallowed him. and he felt seedy
then. Let us therefore shun the fable
and the foolish. futile lie; do the best
that we are able, camp in heaven by
and bY.-Emporia Gazette.