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The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23
BRYAN WOULD AID TAFT.
Asks Joint Vote on Income Tax and
Popular Senate Elections.

Asks Joint Vote on Income Tax and
Popular Senate Elections.
Washington, D. C.-Senator Money of
Mississippi, one of the Democratic mem
bers of the conference committee APP
pointed to consider the tariff bill, is pro.
testing against the exclusion of the
minority representatives from the meet
ing of the Republican conferees.
81 am sitting here like a pelican on a
post" exclaimed Senator Money, as he
reflected on the non-participation of tie
Democratic conferees in the deliberations
of the conference committee. He said
furthermore that there had been no
meeting of the conference committee
since the Aldrich bill left the senate for
the technical reason that no regular ses-
sion of the committee could be held with
the minority members not present.
Whenever one of the Democratic con-
ferees attempts to stick his head inside
the conference chambers he is promptly
informed that the Democrats will be in
vited in after the Republicans finish con-
sideration of the schedules.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23
LIQUOR Made Him Talk.

Nashville, Tenn.-The city detectives
here have a peculiar ase on their hands,
in which Turner Young, of Watertown,
Tenn, arrested by the police on a charge
Of being drunk, admits that he took
several hundred dollars worth of jew
elry from his stepmother. Mrs. Alexan-
der Allen, and buried the valuables in
the earth. He has been carried back to
Watertown by Detective Will Irwin, and
says he will take the officer to the spot
where the jewels are buried.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23
PRINCE PREC0C|0US
Heir to Throne Of Russia Abuses
His Sisters.
Lad Who Some Day viii Be Gear
Sturdy Little FeIIoW-EducatIor
Of Royal Children Once
Far Strlcter.

st. PETERSBURG. The handsome,
sturdy little fellow who will one day
be car Of all the Russias, has not
yet apparently entered upon the more
serious side of his educational career,
and at present he and the other i'm
perial children lead as much as pos
sible an outdoor life, with plenty O.
wholesome exercise.
It has long been the custom with
the Russian court that the early years
of education should be conducted
largely on English lines, and English
Is a language which the imperial chi
dren begin to learn when quite young.
The precocious sayings and doings
Of the little prince, now nearly five
years old, have been a constant source
Of merriment to his elder sisters.
who are spoken of as being bright,
high-spirited children.
Miss M. Eager, who for some time
was in charge of the imperial nursery,
once told a delightful anecdote of the
two older daughters of the car, the
grand duchesses Olga and Tatiana, at
the time when their education began
in earnest.
They usually lunched with their
parents, but were told that when they
were unruly and not polite to their
tutor they would have to lunch in
the nursery.
For a while things went smoothly,
but day Olga was naughty, and
| got a bad mark. She turned to her
master and said humbly: I am
truly sorry l gave you SO much
trouble Then she shook hands with
him and turned to the door, trying
unsuccessfully to prevent herself from
| crying.
THE tutor was surprised to see the
light-hearted child SO troubled over a
bad mark till l explained the situa-
ton to him. He then weakly offered
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23
18th Amendment for Women.

Seattle, Wash.-Speaking before a
great mass-meeting which brought to a
close the sessions of the National Coun,
ell of Women, Mrs. Rachel Foster Avery,
Of Pennsylvania, said: 'The main line
Of our work during the last year has
been the circulating Of a petition for the
admission of the sixteenth amendment
to the constitution, which shall give wo-
men the right to vote. Already between
800 900 and 10000 names have beer
obtained. The petition will be present
ed to congress in the spring Of 1910.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23
Negrophile Gets Hers.

Macon, Ga.-Jennie Smith, q young
and rather handsome white woman, re-
Gently arrived here from New York, who
precipitated a near riot when she g
claimed on a crowded street corner here,
in reply to the criticisms Of 9 woman
companion, that Q certain negro man
was "as much Of q gentleman as any
Southern white man." was sentenced to
Z term in the city stockade on q charge
Of disorderly conduct. On the same
charge her negro friend Miles Reid,
was given ninety days at hard labor.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23

If the new sultan fails to meet the
requirements of the reformers, or
should die, he will be succeeded by
Abdul Hands eldest son, Youssouf
Izzitdine, who is described as in every
respect a better man than Mehmed.
He is a scientist, and astronomer, a
mathematician and a linguist. This
being the case, it seems rather a pity
that the law of Turkish succession
does not allow the son to succeed the
father.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23
Thrown Into Furnace Alive.

La Porte, Ind.-Two white men and
q negro attacked August Wiseman,
Waterman of a. steam shovel, beat him
into insensibility, and showed his body
into the boiler of the machine. The
Goals had been banked, but Wiseman's
clothing caught fire. Revived by the
pain of burning, he was able to open the
door and reach out and pull the whistle
cord. Workmen ran to his aid and
dragged him out of the firebox. He was
terribly burned, but has a chance OF re-
coyery.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23

About one of the meanest species
of fraud is that reported from New
York, where oats shipped from the
west are said to be largely mixed with
barley to give a larger profit to the
shippers. On account of this diet an
unusual number of work horses have
died, the fraud not only thus killing
the poor animals, but also inf1icting a
loss on a class in the community least
able to bear it. But the modern bust
ness pirate has no m0r compassion
than his prototype of old who made
his victims walk the plank.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23
Weston in Good Spirits.

San Francisco.-When Edward Payson
Weston Thursday handed Postmaster
Fiske the letter given him by Postmas.
ter Morgan, of New York City, on March
IS, last, he ended one of the most re-
markable feats of p~edestrianism on rec.
ord. Weston was four days behind the
schedule, but not discouraged. ut was
a great walk" he said, land but for
unforeseen difficulties and hardships in
the last three weeks of my journey |
would have been here on the hundredth
day. Still, 1 am feeling fine, and could
do it over again"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23
Woman Escaped Pen.

Frankfort, Ky.-Dicey Gilpin, IS years
old, Of Pulaski county, has the distinc'
ton Of being the first woman to escape
from the Frankfort ~penitentiary. She
hid out last night in q workroom when
the locking up hour arrived. Later,
with q small ladder she reached the TOP
Of a thirty-foot wall from the roof Of
one Of the buildings. She jumped from
the wall and sprained both ankles. She
walked three miles, when her injuries
panied her so much that she SURRENDERED
ct the first house she could find
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23

A western university professor pre-
diets that the population of the
United States will soon overtake the
food supply. This fits in nicely with
the theory of the other professor who
says cannibalism is the proper thing.
Food can be supplied and the popula-
ton kept down by the simple mode adj
vocated, which will thus kiln two
birds with one stone. 1t is not often
that the learned experts so neatly
dovetail their theories.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23
RIVER CROPS.

Cairo, M.-Farmers of Alexander,
Union and jackson counties are facing
a repetition Of the flood of last year,
when the corn crop in the Mississippi
river bottoms was destroyed. A stage
Of "a feet is predicted for Cape Girar-
deau, and this will come within a foot
Of last years stage. Much wheat in
shock is caught by the rising waters,
which are coming up SO rapidly that the
wheat cannot be hauled out Of the fields.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23
400 Quake Victims.

London.-special dispatches received
here from Athens say that 800 persons
were killed or injured by the earthquake
that occurred Thursday in the province
Of Els. in Southern Greece. The dam
age to property also was very great.
Hot water is flowing from many Of the
snrings in the stricken district.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23
bonn SAYS HE'LL MARRY.
Tells Creditors Bride Will Be George
Gould's Daughter.

Paris.-Incredible as the story may
seem, it is believed among certain well
informed people that Count Boni de Cas-
tellane has been ~re-establishing his credit
around Paris by repeating confidential
ly" that he is shortly to marry Miss
Marjorie Gould, daughter of George
Gould, when his finances would be fixed
up to- the satisfaction of all concerned.
Preposterous as such a story would APP
pear, it is believed at Pre- Catelan, the
fashionable adjunct of the Cafe de
Paris, in the Bots de Boulogne, where
Count Boni has been lately giving en-
tertainments r~ivaling those of Frederick
Townsend and Martin in luxury.
When asked if Count Boni paid his
bills, the maitre de hotel of the Cate
lane replied: mo, but he had no fear
of giving him all the credit he wanted,
since Castellane was to marry Miss
Gould"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23
Leyees Are Breaking.

Cairo, m.-With the crest of the
present flood at from a foot to eighteen
inches higher than the stage, corn grow.
ers in this vicinity despair OF saving
their crops. Already it is estimated
that the damage to the corn crop be-
tween Cairo and New Madrid, Mo, will
reach $4,000.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23
Saved by Brass Helmet.

Brass helmets worn by English fire
fighters occasionally prove useful. At
a recent fire IA tons of glass fell on
one mans head and completely buried
him and when he had been dug out
dewn to his shoulders another shower
of glass came down and buried him
again. He was in q hospital for four
months and glass was coming out of
different parts Of his body for six
months afterward, but he is still one
OF the best men Of his company.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23
One Injured; Two Drowned.

Lawton, Okla.-While ". J. Lawson,
q farmer, residing near Walter, was alb.
sent at Temple, for the purpose of Sc.
curing medical aid for his son, John,
aged ten years, who was run over by a
moving machine and seriously injured,
his other two children, aged six and
thirteen, wandered to a stock pond and
were drowned. The injured lad, upon
hearing the cries of his brothers, has
tened as rapidly as possible to their as
s~istance, but was unable to get them
out,
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23
PREACHER FIGHTS BURGLAR.
Prevents the Intruder from Using
Hatchet on His Head.

Roanoke, Va.-When Rex. w. H. H
Joyce, pastor of Trinity Methodist
church, entered hat ediice to go into
his study he met a burglar, who at
tackled him with a Ratchet. The bur
glar aimed a blow at the ministers
head in an effort to brain him, but the
latter, who is an athlete of powerful
build, warded off the blow and in a des'
perate struggle got possession of the
hatchet. The burglar then drew a large
knife, but the minister forced him to
door. The burglar was pushed into the
street, and Rev. Joyce chased him sew
eral blocks.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23

Yankee equines are winning recog-
milton and prizes at the London horse
show. The day Of the horse has by
no means passed, Notwithstanding the
progress in favor of the automobile.
The noble animal has qualities which
no mere machine, however admirable
in itself, can hope to rival.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23

From the way in which panicky Eng
lishmen are insisting that England
will suddenly succumb to an unexpect
ed. invasion by Germany it will not be
the fault of powerful suggestion if
Germany is not hypnotized into trying
the feat so thrust upon her notice.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23
MOONSHINE STILLS INCREASE
Prohibition Law Creates Business
For Illicit Manufacture.

Atlanta, Ga.-More illicit stills were
destroyed in the state of Georgia dur
ing the fiscal year just terminated than
were destroyed in Georgia, Alabama,
Florida and Mississippi a year ago.
These statements are taken from the
annual report of Revenue Agent Jas.
H. Surber.
During the year just closed Surber
and his assistants raided and destroyed
GIG stills in Georgia, 231 in Alabama,
"a in Florida and one in Mississippi, a
total of 81.
A year ago the entire number de-
stroyed was only 470.
The revenue office attributed the in
crease to the high price and increased
demand for whisky since the prohibition
laws began to be passed in the South.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23
$4,000 FOE TONGUE
Mississippi Woman Sues Dentists in
Chicago.

Chicago, nl-Mrs. Anna L. Henne-
berry, of Corinth, Miss, brought suit in
the superior court for $4,000 damages
against the Boston Dental Company for
injury done to her tongue. The plain
tiff was in the dental chair and a dentist
was using a buffer on her teeth, when it
slipped and cut the under part OF her
tongue. She has been unable to use her
tongue since, and has been subsisting
on tabloid and liquid food.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23

Campaigning in Morocco is attended
by perils other than those which come
from the hostility of tribesmen. A
column of French troops and native
soldiers is reported to have encoun-
tered such conditions that "a men per-
ished of heat and thirst. That is a
harsher fate than to fall on the firing
line.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23

Highwaymen in Brooklyn who
robbed a drunken man of IS cents
got a sentence of seven years. No
wonder, with all the modern improve
ments in opportunities, that justice is
disguised when the majesty of the law
is defiled for less than a dollar.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23
GOV. N R
Suffered a Setback, Due to Leaving His
Room Too Soon.

Minneapolis, Minn.-Gov. John A.
johnson suffered a setback Thursday
night, due to his leaving his bed too
soon. He spent a restless night, and
some slight inflammation was reported.
The governor had pains in the abdomen
during the day, but his temperature was
only a few degrees above normal. His
doctors feared complications, but the
executive is responding well to treat
ment. He will not be able to resume
his official duties for ome time.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23

Tho Pittsburg Dispatch advises us
to keep one umbrella at home and
another at the Office" Please send
your recipe for keeping the one at
the office.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23

Tt is rumored that the prince of
Wales will try for the Americas cup.
Will it be good form for those New
York yachtsmen to defeat him?
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23
Many villages Destroyed.

Athens, Greece.-An earthquake has
occurred in the province of Ellis, the
capital of which is Pyrogos. Several
villages were destroyed and many peo-
ple persisted. The material loss is heavy.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23

1t is proposed to raise revenue by
charging foreigners admission to this
country. The idea seems to be that
we are running too big a show for a
free show.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23

A British boo seems to be feared
mor in British theaters than even
%coco-cola bottles are feared by UNI
pires in America.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23

A Georgia preacher says it takes
from $4,000 to $4,000 a year to raise
a boy. If he is raised right, a good
portion of the money must be invested
In sole leather straps.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23

A Paris milliner has gone insane,
says a cable dispatch. A lot of wom-
en- over here are raving about their
hats, raving in much the same man.
ner, we presume.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23

New York is to introduce summer
street cars that will have no end seats.
But the end seat hog will make him
self felt in some other way.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23

With a famine staring them in the
face and death in awful form on every
hand, truly these be perilous days for
The Christian inhabitants of Turkey.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23

) No one need be surprised to learn
that there are grafters in Japan. There
were doubtless grafters in the days
of the cavemen.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23

Man was the first gossip, says a
Chicago woman. And see how quick
ly the poor male creature was outdis-
tanced, despite that handicap!
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23

The a C horse takes no pride in a
race. He would much prefer to re-
main at home discussing the merits OF
his oats.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23

Nothing hinders the march OF pros
peraty like arbitrary and unreasonable
action on the part of either capital or
labor.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23

What fate has on the carpet is al
ways of anxious interest to me, but
it is particularly so now to learn what
she has on the Turkey carpet.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23

The arrival of twins caused a Penn
sylvania farmer to commit suicide. 1t
was altogether two" much of a good
thing.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23
Best Hogs $s.15.

Louisville, Ky-Hogs sold on the 10
cal market Friday at ss.15, the highest
price reached here since the Civil War.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23

Ice In New York goes up two dollars
a ton. And we are too polite to men
ton the only place that will need ice
more than New York win this sum.
mer
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23
The Wrights are all right.

Some of the ex-consuls are looking
for consolation.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23

The umbrella nan is always pre-
pared for a rainy day.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23

Cuba and Porto Rico must get out
of Uncle Sans bad boy class.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23

In Africa are fired the shots heard
around the world.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23

DIR. Wiley says that 80 per cent. OF
the liquor sold as whisky is a fraud.
But the jags 1t produces aren't.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23
DIES TO SAVE OTHERS.
Section Foreman Fatally Injured in Ef-
fort to Avoid Wreck.

Tort TO AVOID WICK.
Lake Charles, La.-Bernard Meyer,
section foreman of the Lake Charles &
Northern Railroad, gave up his life to
save a train on that line from being
wrecked. Discovering a broken rail, he
rushed forward to warn a passenger
train which he knew was about due to
pass that spot. He stopped the train
Just in time, but ruptured a blood yes
sci in his effort. He died as a result.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-23
THAT FROZE HIM.

II suppose" he said. ingratiatingly,
"you often get spoken to by menu"
"Yes," she replied, ''and by monk
eys. But tonight there don't seem to
be any men about"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-09
DOCTORS QUARREL
AT PORT BYRON
}. ". Weiss Starts Suit for Iniunc-
ton to Restrain IL. w. johnson
From Practice of Medicine.

DIR. J. NJ. Weiss of Port Byron has
started an injunction suit to stop VI.
w. Johnson from practicing medicine
in the village, alleging that DR.. john
son made an agreement in 1906, WHEEL
he sold out to Dir Oscar s. Daley
that he would not practice within 10
miles of Port Byron for 10 years. DR.
Weiss purchased the practice of Dr.
Daley. and claims DR.. Johnson is viz
lating his contract.
Mrs. Hulda Hendricks in a bill for
divorce charges Ray Hendricks with
adultery They were married at Mo
line Dec. "A. 1908.
Mrs. Alma Kost charges her hus-
band. Harley kost, with cruelty and
adultery in bill for divorce filed to-
day. They were married June Is, 1909
Mr. Kost resides at WATERFOWL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-09
CITY DADS STILL
TRYING FOR GAME
Aldermen Will Make Another Effort
To Arrange tn Meet the Team
of the Moline Council.

The Moline council and city offic-
ials have but two alternatives, play
ball or admit that they are not a
match for the baseball team of the
Rock Island council. The councils
have been planning a game all sum
mer. but for some reason Moline
would not play when the game was
last set. At the suggestion of Alder
man -Holzhammer last evening. Al
derman Carse, captain and manager
of the team. was instructed to Sc
cure a game and complete the ar
ranSements by Monday evening next.
The council informed Alderman
Carse that if he fails to get the game.
and have it set for date in Septem
Der, he will be suspended indefinitely
from the team and discharged as cap
tain and manager.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-09
PERSONAL POINTS.

Louis Loeb is in the city from Chi.
cago for short visit with friends.
DR.. j. r. Hollowbush left last night
FOR Council Bluffs 10 attend the con
vention of the Missouri Valley Medical
society.
Mrs J. w. Carse and Miss Alice
b. Carse left today for Springfield
to spend month with Mrs. Carse's
relatives and attend the state fair.
Milton E. Mcclure, after spending
the day yesterday at the county fair,
returned to Moline. and is here today
This evening he is to have a reception
At the Harper house While here the
candidate is being piloted about by
County Chairman DR.. Joseph De Silva
Alderman John Carse, Assistant Fire
Chief Frey, John Ohlweiler, .Jr, Louis
Ohlweiler and Charles Ohlweiler com
pose a camping party that took W
quarters today at mosquito point
hove the Watch Tower to spend two
weeks.
Almon A. Greenman, who is iden-
tilted with the Panama railroad con
structiOn with headquarters at Colon
Panama, and who will wed Miss
'harlotte Chamberlain, daughter OF
| Mr.. and Mrs. c. X. Chamberlain, il
he near future, is in the city Mr.
| Greenman's home is at Evanston, Ill.
out his residence is now at Colon, tt
which far off city he will take hi:
| bride
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-09

the mayor named Aldermen LaVan-
way, Carse and Borst as a committee
to confer with the Tri-City Railway
company and urge more adequate
service on the Long View line, be
tween the hours of 5 o'clock in the
afternoon and O'Clock in the evening
The service is not sufficient. and every
car from the downtown district is over
crowded during these hours.
The officials will take up with thu
company the matter of the plankilG
of the Rock river bridges, and SCI
tlement of the company's' share will
be sought
While the bridge line is out of com
mission is a good time for some track
work, in the opinion of Alderman
Carse, and he secured the adoption IF
a resolution that the mayor notify tn
company to rebuild the line along
Third avenue between Fifteenth and
Seventeenth streets at once. The
track is in very bad condition and is
little more than streak of rust. The
company had delayed the reconstruc.
ton of the track for several seasons
In Fire Limits.
Fred Applequist applied for perm 5
sion to build frame addition to the
building at 3101a Seventeenth street.
and Chief Newberry reported that Mr..
Applequist. contrary to the ordinances
and to orders from him, had built a
frame addition i'm the fire limits. at
the place stated. The councilmen were
evenly divided between referring the
matter to the fire and light committee
and taking steps to punish Mr.. Apple.
qust, and the mayor cast deciding
vote in favor of referring the matte~.
As fo sixth street.
At the request of Alderman Holz-
hammer, the city attorney reported on
the status of Sixth street and the right
of the Rock Island Pillow company 10
fence the street. The city attorney
stated that the street had been va
Gated, and that if the company sees
fit to fence it, it has that right. The
fire hydrant is just within the gates,
and it will be removed
Alderman Ellinwood secured the
adoption of a resolution for the prep
aTation of an ordinance to require
asphalt companies to secure the con
sent of two-thirds of the adjoining
property owners before locatin. an
asphalt plant i'll the city.
Chief Newberry reported on the con-
vention of fire chiefs and the mayor
submitted report on the meeting OF
the League of American Municipal
ties. In the mayors report he sug-
sested that the matter of parking the
rights of way of the different railways
i'm the city be taken up at once with
the companies.