The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1908-07-10

and 14-year-old daughter of G. G.
Carr, a prominent citizen, who had
disappeared, following quarrel with
their mother, in which they sale
thew were going to the river and
drown themselves. The mother
grew more frantic as the searchers
swelled from the hundreds to 9
thousand, failed to drag up the child.
ren's bodies from the Verdigris river
Returning through a cornfeld, they
found the little boy and girl asleeE
in each others arms between the
corn rows. '"The water was too dark
and cold" explained the girl, "and
when we got to its edge and felt it.
we decided not to die"
A resolution granting Mrs. Cleve-
land $4,000 annual pension will be
offered in Congress at its next ses-
sion, it was reported at Washington
Saturday. Mrs. Cleveland will be
one of two presidents widows en-
joying the special bounty of the
American people. Mrs. Garfield has
received pension of $4,000 each
year since 1882. Mrs. Harrison, the
only other presidents widow now liv-
ing, has never been pensioned. Mrs.
Harrison is not in need. She was
made Harrison's second wife and
was married to him a number of
years after he left the White House.
Albert Gallagher, for many years
in the secret service of the United
States and one of those detailed as
the personal body guard of the late
President Mckinley at the time Of
his assassination, died at Chicago,
Tuesday. 1t was Gallagher who
seized the wrist of Czologsz after the
fatal shot was fired and wrenched
the weapon from his hand. Gala
CHER was mistaken by the crowd for
the assassin and set upon and beaten,
and to this fact, according to the
attending physician, Gallagher's
death was indirectly due.
That England wants to force
Germany into war in which she evil
IDENTIFY hopes to destroy the German
navy is the general opinion at Ber-
lin, and the many rumors that fill
the air were strengthened the other
day when it was Unexpectedly an
nounced that the kaiser had given up
his intention of. leaving for his an
nual cruise to Norway on July 5, and
that he might not 60 at all. The eff
feet of this statement was felt very
much on the Berlin Stock Exchange,
where nearly all securities took a
sudden tumble.
One man dead. one dying, another
with his eyes gouged out, and still
another with his face cut from his
eyes to his chin, is the result of one
mans work at an early hour Monday
at Bridgeport, Ohio. Mike Kartik
armed with a gun and knife, went
to the mining camp at Barton, Bel
mont County, about 4 o'clock and de-
manded an entrance to the house oc-
cupied by number of Hungarians.
They refused to admit him, but came
out and led him a chase. A fight
followed.
DR.. L. O. Howard, chief of the
bureau Of entomology, agricultural
department, is rejoicing over the
discovery that a good quality of
cheap paper may be make from the
dried stalks of the cotton plant,
because in those stalks the female
boil weevil lays her eggs, and the
paper mill can be made to assist
the Guatemalan ant, the turkeys
discovered by Secretary Wilson, and
the numerous varieties of birds that
are giving large part of their time
to the destruction of the pest.
The revolution in Mexico seems to
continue, but communication is still
cut off, and it is almost impossible
to gain accurate information as to
present conditions. 1t is known,
however. that reinforcements have
reached Las Vacas and the town is
now in complete possession of the
soldiers.
In terrific wind storm at Shame
kin, Pa, James Gould was suddenly
whirled into the air, big storm UNI
brella fastened to the seat of his
wagon acting as balloon. When the
umbrella, after travelling half block
collapsed, Gould fell to the ground
and was seriously injured.
| Capt. Parker, who arrived at
Tutuila, on the steamer Annapolis
| OIL Nav 18th. formerly took over his