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The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13
WARSHIPS
M0vE0N CHINA
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DANGER OF ARMED CLASH OVER
SEIZURE OF STEAMER Is
GROWING HOURLY. IN
USE Of. # FORCE Orc THREATENED
Mikado's Hostile Step Regarded al q
Mere Pretext for Bringing on
a collision-China is Not
Prepared.

Pekin-With the Japanese south,
ern squadron on its way to Can
ton, and the danger of an armed clash
with the Mikado growing hourly more
imminent, China is walking between
national pride and the fear of a war
which might mean disintegration of
the Empire.
While Japan has been assuring the
Occident that she has no thought Of
fighting v e the seizure of the steam
er Tatsu Maru, she has made it clear
to Pekin, according to information
from high official circles, that force
will be used if the Chinese govern
ment persists in defying or disregard
ing the Toxic foreign office demands.
The word war" has not appeared
in the correspondence, but China can
not figure that force" means anything
else unless, indeed, she is to submit
tamely to the recovery by a Japanese
squadron of a vessel which the Chi
nese officials seized for bringing aid,
almost openly, to malcOntents in arms
against the government.
China does not want war at pres
ent. Her military experts are build
ing up the army as rapidly as possible,
but they realize that they are still far
outclassed by the Japanese. Their
navy amounts practically to nothing.
So far as the Tatsu is concerned,
the government might yield were it
not convinced that Japan is making an
issue of the matter as a mere pretext.
If the Tatsu is surrendered, the EN-
peror's advisers are satisfied another
cuase for trouble will be found-prob-
ably owe territorial rivalries-and
that hostilities will only be postponed.
is questioned whether, under the cir
cumstances, anything is to be gained
by compliance in the present case.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13
A new EXPLOSIVE
ACTION OF CONGRESS MAY DIS
CLOSE INGREDIENTS.
YEARS OF Experimenting
Bursting Charge of ProjectiIes Leads
the World, and May Revoiu-
tionize Warfare.

Washington, D. C.-The ordnance
department of the army is having
trouble with congress in attempt
ing to keep secret ingredients of what
it asserts is the first successful burst
ing charge for projectiles that has
been discovered anywhere in the
world.
After three years experiment and
exhaustive tests, the ordnance experts
have evolved explosive D." which, it
is claimed, is proof from explosion
when the %projectile leaves the gun.
and which remains unexploded until
the projectile pierces the armor or OBJ
ject at which it is directed. 1t then
explodes within the %projectile and in
flicts damage on the object fired at.
Japan had her "shimosi' during the
Russo-Japanese war, but it proved a
failure in that the material was not
able to Withstand the shock given to
the p%rojectile when it left the gun, or
when it struck the object aimed at.
AS far as is known, the United States
is ahead of the world as regards this
discovery, and, having conceived the
misunderstanding substance which
practically all nations have been en-
deavoring to find for years, the ord
nance officials are naturally anxious
to have it's ingredients remain a Sc
cret.
Congress, up to the present, has sue
ceeded in putting a damper on the
secrecy idea by voting the ingredients
of the new explosive must be pur-
chased in the open market through ad-
vertisement, just as all other supplies
of the army are acquired.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13
DETROIT BANKER KILLS SELF.
e. T. Hance Said to Have Worried
Over Personal Financial Affairs.

Detroit, Mich.-Elwood T. Hance,
first vice president of the Union
Trust /Company of Detroit, and
former postmaster, shot and killed
himself early Friday in his home. His
friends say that he had been greatly
depressed over his own financial af-
fairs for some time.
Mr.. Hance's health had not been
good and it is said that this, aggra-
waited the worry.
Mr.. Hance vas born in Wilmington,
Del, Sc years ago, and came to Detroit
in 1878. He was admitted to the bar
and in 1889 was appointed postmaster.
When the Union Trust Company was
organized he was made secretary and
later vice-president.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13
Calls for Postoffice Probe.

Washington-The startling charge
that the railroads of the country car
rying mails had robbed the people out
of $70,0 O0, 600 was made in the house
by Mr.. Lloyd of Missouri. He declared
that the new system of weighing mails
was an admission of the postmaster
general that the weighing in the past
n years had been fraudulent. He
called for an investigation of the post
office department, and Mr.. Wanger of
Pennsylvania, chairman of the commit
tee to control the expenses of that de-
partment, promised that an inquiry
would be conducted. Others who
spoke were Messrs. Moon of Tennes-
see, Goebel of Ohio, Briggs of Georgia,
Murdoch ansas and Smith Of Cali
fornia.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13
Legislative Procedure Criticised.

Washington-The system of legisla-
tive procedure in the house Of repre-
sentatives was severely criticised in
that chamber Tuesday by Mr.. Muir
dock of Kansas. He declared it to be
all wrong and asserted that under it
the vitality of initiative in the indi-
vidual in his representative capacity
was being Slapped.
He has his share of the RESPONSE
bility in a majority vote on non-parti-
san legislation" he asserted, but he
has little or no voice in determining
the question upon which he shall vote
except in purely partisan matters"
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13
Two Wounded in Pistol Duel.

Charlottesville, Woodward Lang
don and Albert Little, both of
Charlottesville, fought a pistol duel
in a saloon near the depot here Mon
day night. The shooting was the re-
suit of a quarrel, and both principals
we're probably fatally wounded. They
we're taken to a hospital at Memphis,
where physicians declare there is lit
tie hope for the recovery of either.
Langdon was formerly night watch
man at Ca%ruthersville.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13
OLD GENTLEMAN NOT PLEASED
Letters Inscription Certainly the Re
verse Of FIattering.

In the English club at Hongkong g
white-haired old gentleman, who had
come down from some northern port,
was seated at dinner when he sudden.
ly became very excited. He had been
brought a letter by a solemn-faced Chi
nese butler, and he saw something on
the outside of this letter which sent
him downstairs two steps at a time
to interview the hall porter. When
he came back he told us what was the
matter. The hall porter had inscribed
in the envelope, in Chinese, for the in
formation of the butler:
This is for the old baboon with
white fur"
Unfortunately for the hall porter,
the old gentleman was a frst-class
scholar in the Chinese language.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13
Officer Kills Preacher.

Guthrie, Okla.-Deputy Sheriff Ed
Hull was arrested Thursday, charged
with murder. Wednesday he killed
a supposed horsethief, said to
nave resisted arrest. The victim
was identified Thursday as Marion
Morgan, a preacher, who was try
ing to sell his horse when approached
by the officer. Hull will claim self
defense.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13
Senator Proctor Dead.

Washington, D. C.-Senator Red.
field Proctor of Vermont, who died
Wednesday afternoon, was the wealth
lest man in the upper branch of con-
gress, according to a statement of one
OF the multimillionaire members. Sen.
ator Proctor was born in Proctors-
vile, VT, in 1881, and had been a leg
lslator and governor and lieutenant
governor of his state. He served in
the civil war, was President Harri-
sons secretary of war, and had been
in the senate since 1891, when he left
the cabient to succeed George F.. Ed
mundS.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13
news OF CONGRESS
polNcs OF PEOPLES .RzPREsEN-
TATIvES At WASHINGTON.
BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS PRESENTED
Concise Report Of Measures In
~troduced and What Action IL
Taken on Them
TO Regulate Asiatic immigration.

Washington-The Hayes bill to reg
1late the coming into and the resi-
dence within the United States OF Ash
atics was considered Tuesday by a
subcommittee of the house committee
on foreign affairs. Representative Nc
Kinley of California appeared in sup
port of the measur and urged chiefly
as against the immigration of Jap
anese and other Asiatics the charges
that they work for wages which dis
rupt conditions of the American work
men and that, racially, they are non
amalgamative. No decision was ar
rived at.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13
PRIEST is THREATENED.
st. Louis Pastor Receives Letter in
Which Death Is Threatened.

st. Louis-Rev. Father Timothy
Dempsey pastor of st. Patrick's
church and proprietor of two hotels
for homeless men, received in his
mail Wednesday a black hand
letter demanding $500, to be left on
Eads Bridge at midnight next Friday.
He is threatened with death if he fails
to pay the money, or if he reports the
demand to the police, and is promised
10 years protection" if he yields the
money.
Father Dempsey is not inclined to
take the threats seriously.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13
GEoRGIANS LYNCH TWO,
Two Other Negroes Held on Suspicion
and Armed Men Menace Them,

Hawkinsville. Ga.-Two negroes,
suspected of being the murderers
of Warren and Mrs. Hart, an
aged couple, Wednesday morning,
have been lynched. Two other ne
groes are held on suspicion.
Large crowds of men, heavily
armed, are on the ground, and fur
Their violence is imminent.
The motive for the murder of the
old people is supposed to have been
robbery, as $1,000 which the assassins
overlooked has been found hidden in
the house.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13
Fire in New York School.

New Yorkshire broke out on
the top floor of public school No.
165, at One Hundred and Nineteenth
street and Amsterdam avenue, at II
o'clock Friday. On hearing the fire
alarm bells in their classrooms, 1000
children were formed in line and
marched to the street. The fire was
confined to the top story of the build
ing, used as an assembly hall.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13
Wellington Gordon Dies.

Columbia, Mo.-Wellington Gordon.
for more than fifty years a prac-
ticing attorney of Columbia, died
at 3 o'clock Tuesday morning. He
was 73 years old and a member of the
pioneer Gordon family. His father was
John B. Gordon, one of Missouri's IA
nous lawyers in the early days, and
a contemporary of Judges Scott and
Leonard of the early Missouri su.
preme court.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13

According to the report of the com
missioner of internal revenue, only ten
stills have so far been established
in the entire country for the
manufacture of denatured alcohol.
This does not mean that denatured al
cohol is not the commercial and me.
chanical boon which it promised to
be. But it takes time to start a new
industry, to build up a system that will
connect the consumer with the pro-
Queer.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13

A chamber well known to devotees
of chess for a good many years is the
silent room" under Prof. Isaac C.
Rice's residence on Riverside Drive,
Manhattan. 1t is hewn out of and I'M
der solid rock, and not a ~distracting
sound can penetrate its quiet. Cable
matches with England and tourna-
ments between colleges and notable
players have often been played there.
Now the house has been bought by
Solomon Schinasi, but the new owner
Is a chess enthusiast himself, and the
room will remain sacred to the king
of games
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13

Nothing succeeds like success.
Henry Farman, who made the trip in
an aeroplane at Paris and won the
$4,000 prize, is in receipt of invita-
lions to repeat the performance at
different European capitals. This
goes to show the interest taken in
the matter. But what the ordinary,
everyday citizen would like to know is
whether navigating the air is to be an
accomplished fact. Airships for COM
mon, practical use must be produced
before the average person will be-
lieye that the problem has been really
solved.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13
Indian Fraud Probe

Neutrality-suspicious. Tllman's r., o
luton ealing on the secretary Of the
interior for information concerning the
charges OF fraud in the Choctaw and
Chickasha litigations, I n which the
court was charged with receiving a
part of the lawyers commissions. was
adopted by the senate Monday in moi
flied form,
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13
Democrats Favor AIdrich Bill.

Washington-A careful canvass of
the senate to ascertain the sentiment
in regard to the Aldrich currency bill
indicates that when the bill comes to
a vote there will be more democratic
senators recorded for it than republic
an senators against it. Since the
speech by Senator Smith of Michigan
in opposition to the railroad bond fea-
ture of the measure, it has been stat
ed persistently that there is a repub-
lican detection that %endangers the
passage of the bill.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13

There are few ~able-bodied paupers
in Holland. A tract of public land,
containing 5000 acres, is divided into
six model farms, to one of which the
person applying for public relief is
sent. Here he is taught agriculture,
and is subsequently permitted to rent
a small holding for himself. Holland
also has a forced labor colony, to
which Migrants are sent to do farm
and other work, whether they like it
or not.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13
Senate Wants Information,

Washington-The senate Tuesday
passed the resolution offered by Mr..
Tillman calling on the attorney gen
eral for information in his possession
concerning court proceedings in 1905
in the Indian territory affecting the
Cherokee and Chickasha Indian tribes.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13
Trapped Neqro Uses Gun.

Clarksburg, w. Va.-Frank John
son, a negro, accused of murder
ing Mrs. Carl Martin, a negress, and
who is held at bay in a barn near
here by a posse of deputy sheriffs,
shot and wounded three of his pur-
suers early Wednesday. The wound
ed are: H. Cook, James Wamsley and
John Matheny.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13

The dowager empress of China, in
the edict creating provincial assem-
blies, orders that under no circum-
stances shall men of evil reputation.
or local bosses who seek only their
W advancement. be chosen" This
sounds like a good rule, which might
be followed in every country with
great profit.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13
Ask Authority to Extradite Row.

Washington, d. C.-Application was
made to the state department Tues
day for the necessary authority to
extradite from France Paul E. Roy,
charged with responsibility for /
death of George A. Carkins in New
Hampshire. The action on the applica-
ton was not announced.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13

A writer whose Christmas money
perhaps ran short, and who is obvious
ly trying to comfort himself with the
thought that "her" birthday is yet
to come, remarks that "the one kind
of gift always acceptable to a woman
Is something, anything, in cut glass;"
1t is a wise saying, and n to be
explained on the principle that like
attracts like. She, like cut glass, re-
veals new beauties the longer one
studies her.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13
School Census Shows as .s4z

Guthrie, Okla.-Complete figures re-
ceived by State Superintendent Cam.
eron from every county in the state
show the entire school population of
Oklahoma to be 475,847. Oklahoma
county leads in its school population.
with 1854.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13

A Washington jury has decided that
$2,10O is a suitable recompense for a
m who, while waiting for a car
caught a cold, resulting in the loss of
her voice. After the mean things that
are continually being said about the
feminine desire to talk. this valuation,
while no extremely fiattering, is COM
forting.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13
Children Cause TRAGEDY.

Foyil, Okla.-After a quarrel with
his second wife ove the chill
dren of both by previous marriages,
Emmett Beck, a farmer, shot and killed
the woman, her son and himself. Be-
fore shooting himself he endeavored
to force his young stepdaughter to
take poison, but she refused.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13
Consider. p. o. Approximation.

So"s'oeT r " appropriation.
Observation-Disclosures of the
postoffice appropriation pli. was be-
gun in the house of Representatives,
Monday. AS presented, the bill CARR.
a total appropriation of 1920, 765," ,
which is $~9,675,624 less than the est.
mates. Mr.. Overstreet of Indiana ex-
planned the provisions Of the measure,
the main feature of which has already
been published.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13
More Time to File SURVEY.

Washington-The bill granting ad-
ditional time to the Alaska Pacific
Railway and Terminal Co. to file COM
pleted surveys by road sections was
ordered favorably reported without
amendment Tuesday by the house
committee on territories.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13
Girl Quits Sick Bed TO We'd

Marion. Ohio-Cupid scored a trf.
umph here when Miss Mary Katherine
Johnson. aged Is, her wedding twice
postponed by grip, rose from her bed
and was married by Rev. George M.
Rourke to Charles S. Iden of McKees
Rocks, Pa.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13
To Try Alto in March.

Denver-Guiseppe Alto, slayer OF, Fa-
ther Leo HeiHrichs, pleaded not guilty
to the charge of murder when ar
raigned in the criminal court. Judge
Greeley Whitmore set his trial for
Monday, March 8.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13
Bankers to Hunt Bears.

Marksville, LA party of Kansas
bankers from Neodesha, headed by A..
M. Sharpe and A. M. Hill, arrived here
for one months hunt at Black River
Lakes and on the north side of Red
River, where deer and bears are plenti-
full.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13
Three Killed In Battle.

Evelyn, Ky.-Three men were killed
and a fourth mortally wounded in a
battle with revolvers following a quar-
rel in the lumber camp OF Congleton
& Williams Bros. on Rose Creek, near
here.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13
Buvs Church at Auc,Ion.

New York-John Krause, head gar
dener on William K. Va~nderbilt's coun-
try place, Idle Hour, bought a church
at public auction for $3.50 and for $50
more he got the fixtures. Krause
will use it as a home.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13

Official charting shows that the
Philippine Islands are about $500 in
number. Before this government made
survey and took account of stock, the
number of islands had been variously
given from 1000 to 1000. 1t is no use
trying to count them on an ordinary
map, for most of the islands are too
small to show.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13

The women of Japan are sharing in
the advance of progressive ideas with
the men. That is the reason why the
nation is SO far ahead in its progress
OF other oriental nations. They are
bringing progress into the very foun-
dalton of the nation-the home.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13

In order to convey an adequate idea
of the magnitude of the work at Pana-
ma, the latest canal report says that
the amount of concrete to be used in
building the locks would be sufficient
for the construction of more than 22,-
600 eight-room city houses. This is
certainly a case where the concrete
is more impressive than the abstract.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13

1t appears that some of the food
p~reservatives cease to do much active
preserving when they come in contact
with the internal economy of the sons
of men.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13
Dies on a Bed of Roses.

Lexington. Ky.-Joseph Llewelen,
a young florist, killed himself on
a literal bed of roses here Thurs
day night. He carefully placed
a quantity of the flowers in his bed,
retired and then committed suicide in
the midst of them.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13
Diamonds Found in RAGS.

Kokomo, Ind.-Arthur Beard OF the
Kokomo paper mill found two dia-
monds in some old clothes that had
been sold for junk. Beard exhibited
the gems at a local jewelers. and was
paid 5000 for them.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13
Halt on BUILDING Out or Plumb.

Royerford, Pa.-Because Robert o.
Ehlert erected a building that was
not plumb on the building line, he was
ordered to stop work on the building
by President of Town Council Harry
Raysor.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13

A Boston waitress has inherited
$200, 900. Doubtless many of the men
who used to request her to bring on
their beans and be quick about it now
wish they had known she was going to
be rich.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13
Pass a2o-Acre Homestead Bill.

Washington-Tne senate Monday
passed a bill authorizing the entry UNI
der the homestead laws of 800 acre.
of land instead of 160, as at present,
when the land is arid and incapable of
irrigation.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13
Gould Line Stations Closed.

Topeka, Kas.-The Missouri Pacific
issued an order closing twenty tele-
graph stations on the Omaha division,
four in Kansas and the remainder in
Nebraska. Eighteen are day and two
night stations.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13
To Arrest All Truants.

Atlantic City-Police have decided
to arrest every truant from local
schools, following the discovery that
lads who bag" school have been en-
gagged in the petty thefts which have
worried the department.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13
Garry Succeeds latimer.

Columbia, S. C.-Hon. Frank B.
Garry of Abbeville was elected
Friday on the fifteenth ballot by
the general assembly in joint session,
to fill the uneXpired term of United
States Senator A. C. Latimer, de-
ceased.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13
PRESIDENTS Yacht AGROUND.

Washington. D. C.-The presidents
yacht, Mayiower, which left Wash
ington Thursday for the South,
went aground Friday morning lear
Norfolk, according to a dispatch re-
ceived by the navy department.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13

A western physician claims to have
discovered a new germ in milk. Good!
We were beginning to get tired of
hearing about the old ones. and since
the price vent up we felt entitled to
something additional.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13
EMPLOYING 1000. Resume.

Reading, Pa.-The local plant Of the
American Iron and Steel Co. resumed
after a two months idleness. 1t en-
ploys nearly 1000 hands.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13
Killed on WAY to Church.

st. George, Ga.-While on his way
to chuTch at Baxter, Fla, Dan Crows,
accompanied by his nephew and two
women, was shot and killed by James
Petty. 1t is said the killing resulted
from trouble started several weeks
ago.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13

A man who is 100 years of age re-
Gently climbed a 7,00O-foot mountain In
Switzerland. 1t is the men who are
nearing the century mark who are do
ing the real stunts these days.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13
Geo. w. Williams Dead.

Little Rock, Ark.-George w. Will
liams, 81 years old, a lawyer, known
throughout the state, member of the
state legislature in 1899, died Of ery-
sipelas, from which he had been a
sufferer for several weeks.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13
Robbed on WAY TO Bank.

Muskogee, Okla.-F. E. Pitts and
Will Harris were held up neal Kiowa
and robbed of 1879 In money and near
ly 5000 in checks while they were on
their way to Kiowa to place the money
in the bank.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13
Wants the Birds Fed.

Belle Center, O.-James Williams
mayor, issued a proclamation to the
people of this city, urging them to feed
the birds. A heavy sleet had buried
all their food sources under the ica
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13

In Germany changes costing $685.
600 have been ordered in a coal mine
TO make it safe for the miners, an &C
ton well calculated to make vested
rights throw a fit.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13
Ohiecfs IA the Mara

Violin, s. D.-The parents of a new
born daughter having named her. Ev.
elyn Nesbit Thaw, the neighbors are
indignant and threaten violence unless
the child's name is changed.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13

A man in New York got married in
order to escape a sentence in Sing
Sing. He was certainly in a tight fix
and time alone can tell whether he
chose the wiser course or not.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13

A st. Louis poet committed suicide
because he discovered that the world
had places only for men of action and
not for dreamers. He ought to have
given action a trial.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13

Bill to Remove Duty on Pulp.
Observation-Disclosures Stew
ems of Minnesota introduced a bill to
remove the duty on pulp wood and
white paper.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-03-13
Two Men swept overbo,rd

Philadelphia-During heavy wealth.
er at sea two of the crew of the Dam
ish steamship Secalia, which arrived
here from Carthagena, Spain, were
swept overheard on Feb. 81 and lost.