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The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-10
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Jan. Judge Mccall of federal court of
Memphis declared LaFollette fellow
servants law unconstitutional.
3-Federal Judge Sanborn sentenced to
Jail several leaders of striking molders
in Milwaukee for violating injunction.
1o-Senate passed bill in interest of rail-
way employees. Miners al Goldfeld,
l5N Neyii sp'e1 Mine to e@ Wo a1TeKs' of America
opened annual convention at Indian
apolis.
21-shea labor conspiracy trial at Chi
2 agree on verdict.
22-John J. Mitchell reelected president
United Mine Workers.
o 5000 men and women in New
York involved in trouser-makers strike.
Feb. 13-Western Union Telegraph Co.
announced increase of 10 per cent. in
wages of operators at principal offices.
21-Cornelius p. Shea and ten associates
in Transfers union acquitted of charge
of conspiracy on second trial.
Mar. SNebraska house passed employ
ers' liability bill affecting railway train
1O-Street cars in Louisville tied up by
strike of union employees.
25-In effort to enforce recognition of
union, 1900 skirt, cloak and suit-mak-
ers OF Boston, employed in about 100
shops, went out on strike.
29-Employes of % breweries in ST. Louis
struck for increased wages.
Apr. EThreauened strike of trainmen of
western railroads averted through medi-
dloh VI AhlClSldlC SOiiiiSiCc COIlIlliS-
SionerS.
21-Great lockout and labor struggle in
Goldfeld, New, district, ended by agree
27-Salt AXE City street car lines tied UP
by strike.
May MAY day brought strike of iron
workers in a Francisco, teamSters in
Los Angeles, machinists in Pittsburg
and various labor organizations in
Canada
3-Practically ali of operators Of Pacific
States TQ1aVranh and Tolpphnpo 10
struck for increased wages.
street car employees of San Francisco
struck for eight-hour day and Increase
l~s-supreme court held e~ight-hour law
constitutional.
Jun. 2o-Strike of Western Union tele-
Oakland, Cal, ordered; increase in
wages demanded.
2e-Vest7makers il New York. number
Aug. EWestern Union operators at Los
Angeles struck because company re-
fused to r~einstate discharged man.
.S-Night operators at Chicago went out
Strike Of Western Union telegraph OBJ
orators spread throughout west and
election for president OF teamsters'
union by Daniel ]. Tobin.
12-Strike of telegraph operators spread
ciated Press partially suspended ID Ass0-
13-Employes Of Colorado & Southern
railroad won strike for increase In
wages.
15-President Small of te~lcgrapher.
union issued general strike order calling
out all commercial operators not work.
Ing under union contracts.
Sep. Labor day riots occurred IN San
Francisco, Louisville and Steubenville.
Ohio.
Oct. Cotton shipping business Of New
Orleans tied up BY strike Of 5000 cotton
l0AJohn Mitchell, president United Nina
~ u A 49, ~~w-.~y y
q candidate for reelection on account
of i'll health.
R-Telegraph operators in principal cities
Dent Small that strike against Western
Union n Postal companies b de-
clared on.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-10
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Jan. 3Big furniture store at New York
city; loss $500, 900.
S-Plant of Michigan Stove works at De-
troit Quilted: loss $75O,0O0; one person
Il-Burning OF tobacco warehouse at Lam
caster, Pa, caused loss 81, 900, 900.
2SaPlant of Phelps Pub. Co, at Spring
field, Mass; loss nearly 81. 900. 0O0..'
Garage in New York containing 100 au-
tomobiles.
29-section of Baldwin Locomotive works
at Philadelphia: loss 81, 900, 900.
30-Mine mill at Victor, Colo; loss $500, 900.
N. d.
~S-Lyndhurst. country home of John
~ destroyed; loss about 81, 800 900.
25-Plant of Acker Porcess Co, at Nj
agara Falls. N. VI. loss $500, 600.
mar. row of Leroy, ILL.,. partly de-
1~2-Iroquois hotel in Michigan BOO, finest
hotel In northern Michigan.
zsppSporung goods store of A. q. Spalding
25-Morton Salt block, at Hutchinson.
kans: loss $500. 900.
APR. 3o.Plant of San Francisco Gas 6.
Electric Co.; loss $2,50 900.
o-Engineering building of McGill uni
vsrstitty, at Montreal: loss nearly ST.
19-Town of Ilolo, Island of Panay. sec
ond city of Philippines, totally destroyed:
10000 persons homeless.
Zo1Over 100 cottages at Pleasant Lake,
May S-Business section of Barnesboro.
Pa. almost wiped out.
1o-Steamer City of Cleveland, at Detroit,
entirely destroyed: loss 500, O00.
Jul. 6-Half of business section of Will
low City. n. D.. destroyed.
Infamous Princess Anne hotel at Vir-
ginia Beach, Va.
&.-Large section of Bizbee, Ariz.
Jul. 2!-Over seven blocks Of Coney Is
Iand's amusement section destroyed;
2S-Building of Memphis Cold Storage Co.
at Memphis; loss $500. 600.
Aug. lover 80 families made homeless
by fire at Edgewater, n. ].
PLANT of the U. S. Leather Co, at Tom
asIhnaaWWR6. Wis. destroyed; loss about
miles of territory devastated by disas-
trous blaze in foothills near Visalia,
lSnLarge part of business section Of
Princess Anne. Md.
lo-Several summer hotels, summer cot
tages and buildings at Old Orchard, Me-;
loss estimated $500. 900.
29IGourier Journal building at Louis
Sep, Three business squares and por-
ION or residence section at Houston,
I eXa Destroyed; loss $500. 900.
Francisco. destroyed.
Oct 4LThousands of acres of forest land
in Sonoma, Cal.
25,Iowa Central railway shops at Mar
3l-Store of Holden Shoe Co.. at Chi
cago: loss $500. 900.
Nov. MAR office building Of Nelson
M Morris pa slk6inn g, plant. at East st. Louis,
S-Docks at Superior, Wis, several big
elevators. mills and other buildings;
loss estimated So. 900. 900.
nW Wyo' business section of w0reland'
29-Several business blocks at Cody,
Wyo., destroyed.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-10

Jan. &c. E. Hughes inaugurated govern
or of New York.
ernor of New Hampshire. BY iegislatnre
H-E. w. Hoch inaugurated governor of
15-W. p. Frye elected senator from
Maine; w. Murray Crane, from Massa-
chusetts; simon G~uggenhein, from Col
orado; Norris Brown, from Nebraska;
W. E. Borah, from Idaho; r. L. Tay-
lor, from Tennessee; J.. M. Dixon, from
Montana; II. E. Burnham, from New
Hampshire and H. A. Richardson from
Delaware.
I7-Aibert B.. Cummins ~inaugurated gov
ernor of Iowa for third time.
is House voted to raise salaries of con-
gressrnen to $500 a year.
23-Senate authorized investigation of
Brownsville affair. Bailey reelected
senator from Texas....C ullom reelected
senator by Illinois legislature.
23-Chas. Curtis elected senator from
Kansas to succeed JOS. r. Burton.
24-House passed pension appropriation
bill and abolished all pension agencies:
Michigan, elected to succeed Senator
Alger....F. o. Briggs elected successor
to Senator Dryden of New Jersey.
River and harbOr appropriation bill.
carrying more than $685. 00, 600, passed by
l1Nsenate passed army appropriation bill,
carrying $S1, 600, 40.
I5-Naval appropriation bill, carrying $685.
eco. 900, passed by house.
2o-Reed smoot, Mormon apostle. won
ate by vote of ~ to %.
Mar. House passed ship subsidy bill
after long fight.
2-Senator Spooner of Wisconsin,, sent
resignation to governor to take effect
4-Fifty-ninth congress adjourned with
record for large appropriations....Ge Geo.
B.. Cortelyou and Geo. Won l.. Meyer
sworn in as secretary of treasury and
acknowledgement, respectively.
5-James r. Garfield took oath of Office as
secretary of interior. Regis Henri
Post selected by president as governor
of Porto Rico to succeed Beekman
2s-Secretary Taft that Lieut.
Col. Goethals would succeed MI. Stew
ems as chairman Isthmian Canal COM
mission and engineer of cana work on
27-Wm. C.. Gilbert, a shoe clerk. elected
mayor of Danbury, Conn.
Apr. l-Republicans elected state ticket
In Michigan
2-Postmaster Busse elected mayor Of
Chicago; traction ordinances approved.
estate Senator David Campbell APP
pointed postmaster at Chicago, to sue
coed Mayor Busse.
1e-Gov. HagerIpan of New Mexico,
arasnst whom charges were preferred,
rendered resignation and president APP
pointed Capt. George Curry to post....
Regis H.. Post inaugurated governor OF
Porto Rico to succeed Beekman Win
secretary OF treasury.
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The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-10
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Jan. 1-Joe Cans knocked out Kid Her
man in eighth roAnd at Tonopah, New.
.....Gnstave Bye tied American record
at ski jumping at Munising. Mich; rec
ord 106 feet.
IS-Abe Attell retained featherweieh.
championship by knocking out Harry
Feb. 5-Tommy Ryan knocked out Dave
Barry In fifth round at Hot Springs.
passage of anti-pool selling bill.
Mar. 1ECalvin Demarest won national
amateur championship at 14.2 balk-iine
billiards at New York.
21-Gary Herrmann Of Cincinnati elected
president American Bowling congress.
28-"Chic" Stahl OF Boston National
baseball team, committed suicide ri
West Baden, Ind.
Apr. BURY in Smathers' case decided
Smathers had not conspired to drug
Lou Dillon and should retain gold cup
won by Major DelmRr.
11-Joe UIlman, well known bookmaker.
went insane at San Francisco.
1EDavid Ellington, professional swim
mer, swan emile in II minutes. SO rs
seconds, at Sydney, N. 8. W., creating
new worlds record.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-10
Farmers in the Legislature.

Apropos of the Farmers Educational
and Cooperative Union, it is quite in
teresting to note that the organization
will be well represented in the legisla-
ture, as it is understood that some fifty
odd members of the law-making body
are also members of the Farmers
Union. A casual study of the member
ship OF the house of representatives
shows that more than one-third belong
to the order, while there are a good
few in the senate, probably a half
dozen. This NEAR that the eyes of the
members of hundreds of locals in the
organized counties will be kept on their
law-making brethren at the capital. and
that every published vote will be closely
scanned. Every loyal member of the
Union declares himself in favor of his
brother in the legislature voting, not
just ''for the good of the ORDER" but
for the good of the people of the State,
for which they claim the Farmers
Union stands. They claim, too, that if
radicalism and faddism should be de-
veloped during the session it will not
emanate from the Farmers Union
members who pride themselves on their
feeling of State pride and conservatism.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-10

nois Federation Of Labor.
f9-Kansas City Southern Railway g.,
granted voluntary increase in salaries
OF $500 a month to its telegraph oper
ators.
24-Striking cotton handlers at New Or
leans agreed to resume work pending
arbitration.
30-S., ]. Small, deposed president OF teleg.
raphers' union, issued statement "cali-
Ing off" telegraph strike.
NOV 4EBecause they were paid In checks
1000 miners near Danville. ILL.,, struck.
Chicago. New York and other cities
called off strike. Threatened genera
railway strike in Great Britain averted
Dy agreement between railways and
2orStriking street car men in Louisville,
KY. indulged in serious riot.
Dec. 6-Five companies OF regulars or
dered to Goldfeld, New. where trouble
petween miners and mine owners ex-
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-10
Engine Wrecks Itself.

While the engineer was in another
part of the building the large 22-inch
driving belt that runs the entire ma
chinery of the oil mill at Hollandale
broke. thereby causing the engine to
run away, completely tearing the large
l4foot fly wheel to pieces, wrecking
the engine and engine room. A piece
of the fange from the fly wheel weigh
ing over 200 pounds was blown a dis
lance of over $50 yards.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-10
Shot by Brother.

Miss Alta Haney, daughter of a prom
inent lumber dealer of Columbus, was
accidentally shot by her ~12-year-old
brother. The unfortunate young lady
was standing in front of her mirror,
arranging her hair, and her brother
was experimenting with his rifle, when
the gun was discharged, the ball enter
ing the young lady's neck. Z
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-10
Pardoned by the Governor.

Oscar Franklin, a young man who
was sentenced from Lincoln county in
1904, to serve a life sentence for MUIR
der in connection with the famous white
Gaping cases, was pardoned by the
governor. Two others, Sam and David
Posey, who were found guilty at the
same time, the former charged with
whitecapping and the latter with man
slaughter, were also given a pardon.
Sam Posey was serving d ten-year sem
tence while David A. Posey was under
q twaety-five-year sentence.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-10
Capt. Kelly Dead.

Capt. C. D. Kelly, one of the oldest
and a most highly honored citizen of
Winona, is dead, aged IS years. Capt.
Kelly was an old "~forty-niner," having
been one of those to try his fortune in
California at the time of the great gold
craze. there. He was for a long time
mayor of Winona.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-10
State Treasurer's Bond.

One of the matters that will COM
mand the immediate attention of the
legislature will be the bond of the
State treasurer-elect, Hon. G.. r. Ed
wards, Jr., who has been unable to ar
range with the surety corporations to
provide bond in the sum of $3.50, 900.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-10
Federal Court at Biloxi.

The next Federal court session in the
Southern district will be held at Biloxi
in February. The new government
building at that place is nearing COM
pletion and will be in readiness for oc-
cupancy when the court conyenes.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-10
Accidental Shooting.

An unfortunate affair occurred in the
eastern portion of Grenada county, at
the home of Sam Sutton, in which n
of Mr.. Sulton's little girls had an arm
shot off by a shotgun in the hands Of
her father.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-10

The quarterly report Of the Cumber-
land Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany received by the railroad commits
sion shows receipts of s244, 500. 70.
operating expenses of 1884, 565. Sc and
net earnings Of $5l 1896. 65.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-10

Revenue Agent Adams reports the
gross sum OF $142, 779.0 8 collected and
turned over to the State during the
past two years, as the result of his
official investigation and researches,
personally and by deputy.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-10
New Woodwork Plant.

Charter of incorporation has been
filed for the Cedars Manufacturing
company, to be established at Vicks-
burg with a capital of $4,000 1t is
to make fancy woodwork OF all kinds
The Tupelo journal., 1908-01-10
Fire at Lexington.

Fire in the business district of Ley
ington destroyed property valued at
$4,000.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-06-12
SOME PROGRESS

The state department has made
good progress in the negotiation Of ar.
bitration treaties, and 1t viii be but a
short time now until all the nations
of the world shall be solemnly bound
to submit to arbitration a large class
OF grievances out OF which formerly
armed conflicts were apt to grow.
or course the scope Of these agree
ments is quite limited Nothing that
affects the honor of the territory OF
any government will ever be made
a subject OF arbitration. No country
can give these things over to the
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-06-12

The Portland Commercial club has
just opened its new club house an
eight story steel building which cost
Si3i.OOO and is owned exclusively by
the club built by It's members and
paid for by their taking bonds which
draw six per cent interest The object
Of this club is the advancement OF
Portland. Oregon and the Pacific
northwest It is the most progressive
and aggressive specimen of community
advertising on record It's chief object
is to entertain the visitor and make
him feel at home and to furnish money
with which to tell the world the at.
fractions Of that section Of the United
States.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-06-12

the beginnings VI trouble only coca.
siOnally lie In these greater issues
More frequently wars arise from
standing irritation. which has prepar.
ed through many years, perhaps
through generations, the minds OF both
people Tor hostiIities In the end there
Is some grave infractIoh ON one side
or tn" other that really just,tics and
requires war, but that infraction
would never have occurred, ana this
condition OF latent irritability would
never have developed, II there had
been some means of dsposIng Of
.,h,,o triair,, corsos ~ di,oror,o u,ot
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-06-12
TO ADVERTISE NORFOLK.

The Norfolk Commercial club,
through Vice President Rothe, is just
now making plans for an Industrial
building up of Norfolk which ought
to be immensely effective-more eff
fectiye, it would seem, than any other
method of going after new industries.
Advertising for industries is the plan
that Is to be tried out.
As the foundation for Norfolk's
claim to new industries, is nothing
more or less than this city's advan-
tageous geographical location and ALI
ed advantages, Placed before people
who have new industries to establish,
these advantages must either win or
lose for Norfolk, And Norfolk peo-
pie have enough confidence in the
merit of Norfolk's advantages, to be-
lieye that, properly presented to the
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-06-12

twenty years, if Norfolk takes advan
tage of the opportunity, by aggressive
ly seeking the possible development
that it is heir TO, will be filled with a
story still more remarkable.
The step of the Commercial club
toward advertising Norfolk's possible
tiles, is Il step in the right direction.
TO Vice President Rothe has been
an important factor in the
citys advancement.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-06-12

A Calcutta dispatch says that the
bubonic plague is constantly increas-
ing in India and in the presidency of
Bombay alone 5000 a week are dying
with it. One thing which makes It
doubly difficult to check its ravages
is the fact that all life is held sacred
by the Hindus and whether 1t be a
mosquito, Il flea or rat, they will
not raise hand against It, They are
all fatalists and believe that whatever
fate comes TO them was ordained from
the beginning OF time. These beliefs
lead them to accept without an effort
to escape from death in any form and
make the work Of rescuing them al
most impossible.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-06-12

John II. Hammond, mining en-
giueer who works for the Guggen-
helm Bros, receives a salary of $780,.
600 a year and they say they can well
AFFORD to pay him this prinCely sum.
They have invested millions on his
advice and never lost out on single
proposition. Mr.. Hammond started
in life a poor boy but has made him
self the most valuable man in the
world from standpoint Of dollars and
cents.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-06-12

A few Of the recommendations that
have been made for the Improvement
OF the battleships have been summar
tied by Naval Constructor Robinson,
who has been on duty with the fleet
from the start, Some OF them are
said to be conflicting but others are
possible OF application. Heavy boat
cranes are to be abandoned, the plac.
ing below decks OF anchor engines,
changes in storage capacity, increase
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-06-12

1t Is not a mere coincidence that
two men in this country to do the
most to bring about some concerted
effort to preserve our national re-
sources should be from Now York
state-Prcsident Roosevelt and Gov
ernOr Hughes. In no other state in
the union have the people been so
wantonly robbed of the natural wealth
which should be their heritage The
Harvesting of Niagara Falls, the sei2-
ing of water power through the Cat
skills and Adirondacks and the wan.
ton destruction of forests have been
so great In proportion to the size of
the state and have worked to the
dctriment of SO vast a population that
1t is no wonder the statesman of New
York are fully aroused to the nations
criminal negligence.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-06-12

Gen. Portirio Dia2 who has now been
president OF Mexico for twenty.seven
years, announces his intention OF retir
ing at the end of his present term. He
will then be eighty years old. Presi
dent Daz has done a great work in
Mexico and while his government has
been practically an absolutism 1t Is
doubtful If the country was In con
dition for a more representative gov
eminent to be successful.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-06-12

There is no reason why the people
engaged in labor, in any capacity, on
the Panama canal, should be pitied
The canal zone is in so sanitary a
condition that the death rate is lower
than among a similar number of peo-
pie in the United States. The laborers
both skilled and unskilled receive
from twenty-five to fifty per cent more
than they would get for the same
work in the United States, while in
addition to their salaries or wages
they get a good dwelling furnished
except dishes, fuel and light, free; ice
at one cent pound, free medicine and
medical attendance in their homes,
free club houses, churches and preach
ers furnished by the government. Be.
sides all this they are sold food and
clothing at cost which is as cheap
and often cheaper than it could be
purchased in the states.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-06-12

It's lucky peoples dispositions and
likes are different Else how would
the frontier ever have been settled ?
Up at IamrO, S d., one of the new
Trip county towns, there's an old
stage driver who used to drive a stage
in Iowa before the steel horses came.
Recently he lived at Gregory. S. D.,
then Dallas, "My horses always
We're afraid of train" he said, land
80 when the railroad came to Dallas.
moved 10 Lamro.' Like the prairie
chicken, the frontiers pioneers, who
insist upon being pioneers, are being
crowded further and further west
ward by encroaching civilization, And
there's something Of tragedy In It
ALT won't be but a very, very short
time before this quaint, unique type
of man has been altogether elimin.
ated and absorbed by the settlement
that takes railroads with It.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-06-12

Not one man in a thousand falls to
appreciate a good, comfortable and
pretty home and still so few men
among the many in ordinary circum
stances do what they might to beauti-
fly their homes. II many Of them would
spend the time, money and energy
which they use in chasing some will
o. the wtsp theory or political scheme
on their homes, they would become
things of beauty and joys forever
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-06-12

DR. Henry McCraCkcn, chancellor
OF New York university, closes King
Haakon, Norway's new ruler, as a
brilliant man and the most demo
cratic ruler in Europe.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-06-12

The Metropolitan Street Railway
company of New York during the past
few years has spent nearly ten per
cent of its yearly income for its legal
expenses, including damage suits.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-06-12

Stock speculation in Germany Is
under strict government control.
Dealing an margins is absolutely pro
hibited and so are dealings In
futures" There is a penalty of fine
and Imprisonment for any broker,
Spectator or other middlemen who
buys or sells products of the soil,
factory or mine except in the process
OF distribution. Yet Germany seems
to keep up fairly we'll under 1t.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1908-06-12

Surprising we had city park on
the banks Of the Northfork just north
of the NJ & O. tracks, and supposing
we wanted to play nice quiet game
Of Croquet today, high and dry-but
what's the use of dreaming?"