HUNTER MAKES A STATEMENT.THE WEEKLY NEWS AND NOTES" fill 11 SUM.Mississippi State News

WILL REQUIRE INVESTIGATION

A Ioulnvllle Man Who Carrlnl .TIO,-OO- O

Insurance on Ills Life Ion a tlDead from Gnnihot Wound.

LoiiisTiHe, Ky., Doc. 19. It has de-

veloped that R. C. WhayHe, a Louis-ville business man who was founddead Wednesday nig-h- t in the vicinityof Jacob park, with a gfiinshotwound in the breast, carried insur-ance on his life of $340,000, and hadapplications pending- - for $50,000 more.

Mr. Whayne had applied for a pol-icy of $23,000 with the Manhattancompany, and the policy was to issueDecember 22. Another applicationhad been made to the Mutual of Ver-mont for an equal amount, and thispolicy was to be dated December 24.It was upon the fact that Mr. Whaynecarried such a larsre life insuranceand was said to be suffering fromrheumatism that a theory of suicideis based. Coroner Kelly went to theplace of death Thursday morniiiir. liesaid the circumstances were suchthat the case would require exhaust-ive investigation. An inquest will beheld Saturday next.CARNEGIE NOT A SANTA CLAUS.

A Cnlque Point.In the Supreme Court there will

be argued in January a criminalcase which will present one of themost unique questions ever presentedto any court before. The case isthat of the State against Tom Tul-pu- s,

convicted of murder in Chicka-saw county, and his attorneys haveappealed against the judgment ofthe lower court, setting up, amongother things, that the jury in thecase of Pulpus were influenced inmaking up their verdict by a cam-

paign speech made by Maj. Yarda-ma- n

on the day the court was or-

ganized. The bill of exceptionsin setting up this ground for rever-sal of the judgment re'eites thatthe speech of Maj. Yardamanaroused so much prejudice and raceantagonism in the minds of the ju-rors summoned for the extra termthat the- - did not give the defend-ant a fair and impartial hearing.Pulpus was sentenced to be hanged.

Fruit (irowr' Association.The Iloifman Fruit C rowers

Association was organized atDurant last week. A trans-

portation committee, composedof S. A. Montgomery, JohnBrister and E. A. Pugh was appoint-ed to confer with representatives ofthe express company relative to low-

er shipping rates and to enlist thoon of the growers of fruit

and strawberries at Durant, Westand CiHxlman in an endeavor to se-

cure lower transportation rates anda reduction on box material. S. A.Montgomery delivered an able andwell received address on the neces-

sity of unity.

The flayer of I'l tvtcerald. In Gnatonidla. Claims lie Was Aawaalted

and Acted la Self-D- ef enwe.

Xew York, Dec. 20. A copy ofthe statement mado before the courtof third instance in Guatemala, by W.G. Hunter, Jr., son of the UnitedStates minister to Guatemala, regard-ing the shooting of William) A. Fitz-

gerald, has been received here.Hunter says: T left the Ivgation

of the United States on the afternoonof Thursday, Xorcmber .'40, 1002, incompany with Hon. lame Iiai'tT,secretary of legation, for my accus-tomed daily walk, and upon reichingthe riaza do Armas, ns usual, atabout five o'clock, we took a seat to-

gether. A""e had been seated therebut a few minute, when Fitzgerald,whose presence was unknown, to me,and without a word being said oranything being done to provoke anassault, seized me by the coat collarwith his left hand and with his rightstruck a severe blow under the lefteye, which drew the blood, and whilethus holding me firmly down on theseat, drew a revolver, which hosnapped two or three times in myface. Ilecovering from the shock ofthis assault, I at once sprang withsuperhuman effort to my feet, thrusthiru from me, drew my revolver andshot the wouId-- b assassin dead inself-dcfens- firing five shots, the con-

tents of my weapon. In so doing. Im-

mediately after the tragedy I walkedquietly a short distanco away fromthe scene of the occurrence and sur-rendered to the local authorities."

Mr. P.ailey mado a statement con-

firming that of Mr. Huntor.

HOMICIDE IN ST. LOUIS.

ThotiipMon Morton tnt John AV.

Hurrlurr, Jr., to Dentil and theuAlteiiit Suleltle by I'oUun.

St. Louis, Dee. 20. John W. Ikirri-ger, Jr., office engineer of the St.Ixuis, Memphis it Southeastern Hail-wa- y

(x., at Clara ille. Mo., with head-

quarters in St. Iuis, was stabln'd todeath, Friday morning--, by ThompsonMorton, an unemployed civil engi-neer, in the corridor on the fifth floorof the (iranito building, southwestcorner of Fourth and Market streets.

Morton, shortly after his arrest,was found to be, suffering from bi-

chloride of mercury poisoning, andwas taken to the city dispensary fortreatment. His recovery is a matterof question.

The fact that Morton took poisonbefore he was searched at the Chest-nut street police station, and that he.

was captured in the corridor imme-diately after tho killing, indicate, thatlie went to tho sceno of the assaultwith the ioison upon his person, touse in committing suicide.

Morton has refused to name anymotive for tho killing of P.arriger.RIDDLElTuiM WITH BULLETS.

An lima lnn Mrlilly Wnnnil Two.lleu and In lllnmelf Shot and

Killed by a 1om.

Keokuk, la.. Dee. 20. City MarshalII. W. Coulter and Justice A. 1'. Mus- -

grave were fatally wounded, Fridaynight, at Farmington, la., by GeorgeiSt ill well, a deputy fish commissioner,who afterwards was shot anil killedby a twisse. Coulter attempted to ar-rest Stillwell on a warrant charginghim with disturbing tho peace. Stillwell shot Coulter in the stomach andin the shoulder. Stillwell then ranup the street nnd shot Musgrave intho head, because, it is said, the jus-tice hail recently sent him to jail for15 days on a chargo of disorderlyconduct. Stillwell then went home.reloaded his revolver, took a rifle andstarted across the country with aposse of armed citizens in pursuit.When the isse overtook tho fugitivehe took a position behind a tree, andheld the citizens at bay for nearlyan hour. Stillwell was wounded sev-

eral times and dropped to his knee,but continued to shoot until a bulletstuck in the barrel of his rifle. Theposse closed in on Stillwell, riddlinghim with bullets. None of tho possovas hit.

SHOT BY HER SWEETHEART.

Voltalrlne I-- e Cleyre. n. Female Anarchist, Fatnllr Wounded In tlo

Streets of IMilladelpbla.

rhiladelrdiia. Dec. 20. VoltairinoLe Clcvre. a noted anarchist and ateacher of languages, was shot andfatally wounded by Herman Ilelscher,

former punil. ndav. rhei womanis dying in a hospital, and Helseheris in custody. Unrequited love is saidto have prompted the tleeu. W lienarrested llclseher's only explanation

a a 'was tne ioliowing: "ive were sweet-hearts, she and I. She broke myheart antl deserved to bo killed."

Miss Le Clcvre. is 3fl years old andher assailant is 24. The shooting occurred on the street, and was witnessed by a number of persons.

THE WATTS KIDNAPING CASE.

Jnrr DUrharspiI After TakingTwenty llallota and Helntr t'nable

to Ateree On a Verdict.

Springfield, 111.. Dec. 20. After adeliberation of 65 hours, tho jury inthe case against John Watts, chargedwith kidnaping his child, was dis-

charged by Judge Shirley in the Sangamon circuit court, Friday. Thejury took 20 ballots, the final onestanding eight for acquittal and fourfor conviction.Five Convictions In Bribery Ci

St. Louis. Dec. 20. John A. Sheridan, Charles T. Denny, T. Ed Al-

bright, Charles Gutke and EdmundBersch. on trial in this city chargedwith bribery in connection with thoSuburban railroad deal, were foundgTiilty, on Friday, and aentenoed eachto five years in the penitentiary.

alelda by Cutting Throat.Stewards on. 111., Dec. 20. John

Knapp, a business man of Bruce, 11L,committed auiclde, Friday, by cut

1 1 ::i w ki.klv.

m:i:i:ih:i:n. : Mississippi.

Th opera honso at Huron, S. D.,valued at $2.",ooo, was destroyed bylire on the 17th.

Col. K. i:. Bobo, of Bobo. MIs., dielrf Mood poisoning at a Chicago hos-J'it- al

on the 17th.

John Knatj, a business man ofTtruce. III., committed suicide, on the1'Jth, by cutting Li throat.

Gen. Franoiif-- o fanrh" Hochavar-ria- ,

the protd ncial txr. died atfcantiago. Cuba, en the 17th.

Four hundred thou-a- ti 1 ople axTeprteI t' lie tjfptitute and starving.In Finland, o.a a result l the cropt IIurs.

i:ussll Fay, the New York finan-

cier, ua in hi oflice, on the lth, furthe tlrst tix.e since Le. was taken ill,two iijot.ti.-- i a-'-

Mis UliaUth Ik Foulk waslmmed t' death in a fire width de-

stroyed a hotel at Candle, ikiyoucounty, Cai., on tht 17tb.

m

Irddent Ifarjfr of the Universityof Chicago, on tlif l'"th. nnnonntcdthe gift by John I). Bockefelhr of an-

other ini!Ii.ii dollars for that institu-tion.

The ft-arn- SJ. Paul, which nailedfrom .cw York on the carried?i'ji,r,ij i mouthy orders, payable in15 countries of Uurope, as Christmasjr-v.Ti-

t H.

In hi iiufny before the strikerotunds-ion- , on th" l"-th,- . SamuelCfir!i- - r-- t ai ru-ed 1 1

4 coal operatorsof in.portir-i- illiterate foreigners towork irt the mines.

Three offerer from bubonicplngue arrive. I in New York on asteamer from Durban, South Afriea,m the l'th. nud were placed under

treatment in ipiurantine.Mis? KiiuNeth I'arkfnon. of Kn il-

ea Ity. Mn., made her debut inopera in Pari. I" ranee, on the 1.1th,lwfore a lirt'e arid fashionable uudi-rne- e,

and a- - murli applauded.m

Fred I!. Keller, of P.ufTalo. N. Y.,;i s found dead ::i his room in a hotel

wt Mi h.. on th' 17th, with a1 ii 1 1; t wound in the head and re-

volver gra-pe- d iii hi- - riirSit hand.

A ratial beimr dur in Indiana toTrain the Kankakee mar hen and re-claim hundreds of t hoimaitds of acres

f land now regarded a worthless.Tht- - cost will be about a million dol-

lars.

The Japanese in i K" t known(en. Peanuts," who travel. d with

circu-.e- s for a number of vc:ir, diedin New York n the 17th. II- - was .';- -

jars old, and two feet one inch inI.ei-h- t.

Mnthins I'tler pleaded truilty to themtiri!er, on the I'th. of Mrs. Carrion.at Johnstown, Mich., and on the l'thwas sentenced to hard labor for lib

nd taken to tie penitent iary thefc;imo ilav.

Fearinif he had fiiiled to Jas ldrattnnation at the buva VeIevatiuniversity, at Ottnmvva, la., 1'verettllarman, of Malcolm, la., committedmicide, n Hie l'dli, by cuttino; lasthroat with st razor.

A the result of n quarrel otcr aal of wood, at iVrat Mr, Afy.. on th

17th, Casey Holland, a younjj farmer,truck lie-- , ri. A. Archer, a Jlaptit

jreacher, over the head with a htick,causing death in a few hours.

Xeln C. Mat son, postmaster nt Mid-dletow- n,

la., was arrested at l'ekin.Ilk, on the lth. n n charge of em-l.e7li- ii"

e;ovTiiment funds. HeIds iuilt, and in d fault

of $2.0(h bond ho was remanded tothe county jail.

FJffhtcen cypsies were froen toVnth in their camp nt l.lasrney, ITun-far- y,

during the. present intenselycold weather prevailing in that coun-try. Many deaths from the samecause have occurred in other sectionsof the country.

Miss I'irdie Woodnrd. an employe ofit basket factory at Metropolis, Ilk.vas made seriously ill, on the 17th.by putting tacks in h-- r mouth, foruse In her work, taken from a dishin which some unknown person hadplaced strychnine.

II. C. YVhnvne, a business man ofLouisville. Ky., who wai found dead j

near a park in that city, on the niijhtof the 17th, with a (.tttishot wound in j

Lis breast, carried insurance on hi ;

life for :.H ft .000. 'ihe manner of hisdeath i unknown.

In answer to a I tter from DaisyLnwrence, ten years old. of Norfolk.Neb.. Gov. Saiasrc of that 5tate paveher, as a Christmas pr a pardonfor her father, who was serving athree yenr sentence in the H'!iiteii-tiar- y

for embezzlement.

Charles J. Denny, John A. Sheri-dan. T. I'd Albright. 1'draund llersehnnd Charles A. Outko, tried jointly inFt. I.oids on charges of bribery in the j

Suburban railway deal, were found j

on the l'Jth. and sentenced t; I

live years ea h in the peniteutiary.Three men made an attempt o rob

a bank nt Alvord, Tex., on tin 13th,but the officers had leen warned andwere prepared. The attempt resultedin the death of one of the would-b- e

roblcn. the desperate wounding' ofanother and the capture of the third.

Mrs. Florence Maybrick was visitedby her mother. Baroness Ie Kouques,In Aylesbury prison, Kngland. on the13th. The prisoner, who is in delicatehealth, was cheerful, and through theInterposition, of friends her prisonduties have been materially lightened.

Thompson Morton, a civil engineer,tabbed and killed John W. Ikirriger,Jr., office engineer of the St. Louis,Memphis & Southeastern, in St. Louis,on the 19th, and afterwards made anattempt on his own life by the useof poison. No cause I known for theact.

A Sonraarj of Important Eventa.

FIFTY-SEVENT- H CONGRESS.(Second Session.)

The senate, on tho discussed theMil to promote th- - erTlcifcr.cy of the inhl- -iKt ana also the omt.ibu statehood tui.No lrfjfr.i4 jkaa .n ih militia. Iii 11.Mr. Di.ilnnham (Va.) occupl 1 the tim" " !aaio in opposltKm to Ue ornnnmsntunod bill for won of tht day, l)nan xeuttve resiun was hd tnJ ttisenat adjourned In the houses thesenate bill for a union railway station tn

aai.injion. o cost ji.nyj.ffw. was pS!"An urt-.-n-t dfciency bill was aio nasedwr.lch carried witn It an anoroorlatlon olt;w) tar eradicating thm foot aril mouthilcas in New Knsjland. A bill wasl'as"l to rrovtde for the aiiotmer.t laseveralty ol tr.e lands of th New Toritlrivll.t:!.

Ia the aeri-lte- . on th ltth. Mr. Dtlllnrham eonciu'l.! his remarlcj Irt oppositionto trie orr.nliius statehood bill, ana oyuranlir.nun It was arreed that thmas'ir houii no uvr urtn the eniite

-- inv' n January 6. Mr. M'irennA1 t.i e.-Hl-cl 1 s.tiarl! paM the Isthmian

c.inal vrrm!im. ifVtral bi;is and r'so--lutlorn were r;!.el In the houseth bi:i was .;i'..d transferring from thtreaurv dpartm-ei- t to the de;artmnt ofaifruni! re th power to st.tb.!sr reerulatl'ir-- s for tha .Uipr'-S'"l- r.f contaplousdi"s titmmi; llvu stock. Itapll proKrefwa ir.l-- ; on the I:Klalativ appropriation run.

In th- - snat. on the 17th. the pensionapprcprl.it ion bill, tarryir.s; $:33.lT.0''tti;isi without iJicu!ion. An urert ut. ifir y bt:i win pa.. wed. carrvtrut $1.14".4 . .f which fnm W..r ! to enable thescre'.iry of aKrloulture to strimp out thrw M.g.smi eptdTnlc or foot aiul rnoutnliwis. The militia bill waa up for ashort time, after which Mr Kn (N. J.)cill-- d r:p fhe rlutlon! of rcret at the!ab t fhe late nator 3ewil. of New

and pike feeilnxlv of the life andchar. iff -- r r th 1said. J le wae rollowed thr fTiat rs. after which, asa further mark of ripet. the senate nuJournal luitii Saturday In the houwethe l'irllatSve itppropt bill was un- -t'T eori.p-- r itl'ui. Mr. Harllett (ia.) or

ixri amend tu'nt to appropriate $2Wf enforre the Hherman atitl-tru- st lawThis wa amended Mr. Hepburn (la.)to charge the laniru.it;e of the rolutloriand make th amount y.'fn, to he

available, and as amen!! theresolution w.i mrreed to without division.J.iminry 31 was tlx-- d as ttiw tlrne for hold-i- r

i: t h" exerciser in connection with the;o eptarti" of tie- - statues of Charles Carroll at John Hansen, to he placed bythe niitif of Maryland In statuary hall.

The T.rtt wn.e not in session on theIMli In the house a bill was passedto r-- fho durms on the products rtth" I'hiltoptne Isi.milw comln Into thet hi'eT J'ates from p-- r cent, or meDlni;:ey bid ithf present dutk- - to ':5 percent, of tho.-- - rates. The dt.cusion ofthe puto forxl bill occupied onit tim- -.

The M-";!- I resolution, oalllnjr on thesrat !.- - irt mmit fr the --orresporid'mceIn tf." vTizuf.a timtirofllo, w a auuptii.

Thu Hr.ii) wri; not In sjion on theVU Th liuii passe.d the pure foodbill by a vote of 72 t 21. Thero was nota 'pi 'ri.m pros'-nt- . but the alnt w-a-s notratse-- i ty tt.o oppottents or the measure.

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

llosea M. Knovvlton, former attorney forieral of Massachusetts, died athid home at Marion, Ma.ss., on thelith.

In a shooting1 affray at Heaumont,Tex., rn the l?th, John ISroaeh whjinstantly ki!!ei, II. II. Mathews wanfatally wounded, and a policemanidiot in the h'g.

While on hU way" to the WhiteIIouse, on the to kcc the presldent. Postmaster General Payne fuffcred an iwut attack of indigestionHe wan driven to his hotel and two

j physician.- were summonded who relieved his fen tiering.

According to tho approved plan.,proposed by Admiral Dewey, the prin-cipal shij of I)ewey. fleetwill rt'inlevotis at the Island of Trinidad, right of? tho coast of Venezuela,ami at M. Thomas, near Porto Illeo.

l.'rti-iu- g men from the dead is thegoal toward which a Chicago phytd- -

sian is strivinsr. lie lias jureativ practically reanimated a malte.se cat.What the next step may be he himselfhesitates to predict.

A material increase in the cases ofpneumonia ami sever col.'s among thopcop'e f Washington, D. C, is at-tributed to tin coal famine, accord-ing to a numler of physicians inter-viewed. They ay that in most of thehouses they visited only a few of therooms are heated.

A disease which is killing off cattlein the eastern art of Johnson coun-

ty. Mo., Is puzzling the farmers andthe veterinary fuirgeons, who are un-

able to diagnose it. Unlike blackleg,it attacks old cattle, which sicken anddie in an hour's time.

The IJritish parlisunent was pro-rogued, on tho lMh, until February7, the king's stecch being an exten-sive r of the events of the year,inclining the Venezuelan contro-versy.

City Marshal Coulter and Justiceof the Peace Muscrovo were fatallywounded, at Farmington, la., on the10th, by George Stillwell, who fled,but was pursued by a posse and shotto death after a desperate tight.

In a lire that destroyed theSolIingerajfarttaent house, in Chicago, on theHth, a numler of people had narrowescnM-- s from death, being rescued byfiremen only a few minutes leforethe outer walls collapsed.

William Malee and John Wallace,ttremcn, were killed and KngineerJames Stenard seriously injured in acollision of trains at' little FerryJunciion. X. J.. on the 10th.

The jury in the case of John Watts,on trial at Springfield, Ilk. on acharge .f kidnaping his child, failedto nijiee on a verdict, and was dis-

charged, on the 10th.Two negro dishwashers ofttght a

pistol duel in the basement of a tot'din St. Louis, on the 10th, in whichone was killed and the other serious-ly wounded.

The Venezuelan situation, on the20th. stoo.l thus: Great Dritaln willwelcome arbitration, and will not in-- it

on the United State guarantee-ing payment by Venezuela. Germanywill accept arbitration, but wantssome sort of guarantee ns to pay-ment. Italy will do as the other fel-lows say.

The Standard Co., on the 19th.raised the figure for refined keroseneone cent a gallon, making the preval-in- g

price 10', cents to jobbers, thehighest the commodity has reachedin more than twenty

A special dispatch received in Lon-don from I'russels, on the 19th, saidthe Dutch minister to Venezuela, Dr.Van.Leyden, had been recalled andthat Dutch interests in Venezuelahad been committed to United StateMinister Itowen.

The pure food bill passe! by thehouse of representatives, on the 19th,prohibits the introduction into .anystate or territory or the District ofColumbia from any other state orterritory or the District of Columbia,or from any foreign country, or theshipment to any foreign coup try, ofany article of food or drug which isadulterated or xnisbranded.

Secretary Hay Receives Partial Re-

sponses From Great Britian,Germany and Italy.

ARBITRATION LOOKED ON FAYQRABLY.

There Are. However, So Many lelolnts to he Adjusted aa Pre-liminary, that 1'roKress In tbeMatter 1'romliti to be laJier-ousl- y

Slow.

Washington. Dec. CO. The officialday closed without further develop-ments here respecting the Venezuelancomplications. The status of the ar-bitration proposition, on which everyone waits, was, that with a willing-r.es- s

to accept such a solution in prin-ciple, no one of the allies was readyto submit unreservedly to arbitra-tion; in each case there were reser-vations or conditions insisted uon.Respecting the method of arbitration,if it should come to that form of ad-

justment, it is noted that the feelingis growing that The Hague tribunalshould undertake the case.

Mr. Bowen, it is reported, wishesto come to Washington m order per-sonally to effect an adjustment withthe resident ambassadors of the allies, but while the state departmentmakes no statement upm the pint.it is believe.! that it does not regardthis plan with favor. It is pointedout here, in connection with the proj-ect to refer the matter to The Haguetribunal, that in some phases the dis-

putes will not admit, of arbitration.Such is the ease, for instance, whereattack- on British anil German sub-

ject ami the Corman legation atCaracas, and nrrests of consular off-

icers, have made the Venezuelan of-

fense equivalent to attacks on tho na-

tional honor of the allies, and as suchto be atoned for only by an ampleapology. The Hague tribunal eoul--not arbitrate such issues, but It ispointed out at the state departmentthat the claims are divisible, and thatif President Castro cluvoses to tenderthe necessary apologies the remain-ing questions can properly go to TheHague. It is believed that the UnitedStates) government incline- - to theview that there is a disposition to in-fd- st

needlessly on guarantees for thepayment by Venezuela of any judg-ment that might be rendered againsther by the arbitration. It s

that the force of enlightened publicopinion would absolutely insure a set-

tlement of any judgment rendered bytho august tribunal, an. I that Presi-dent Castro would not be sustainedby a single American country in de-

faulting.;i:ioi. s position.

A Aevspaier ( ninphil n of Ameri-ca n Adverse C'riliei. m .

Berlin. Dee. 20. A send ia!statement in tin Xord ine

Zeitung says:"A local paper has published a ca-

blegram from New York saying:The greatest excitement prevailshere. The entire press hoM- tlernianyto be responsible for th i present situ-ation. Germany is attacked in hos-

tile articles, while Great Britain ispraised. The newspapers insist thatGermany intend- - tn acquire coloniesin Venezuela and I'.rizil." Wo havejiotice.l similar telegram in CnIishpapers," says the Nord D'MMsej, A!l- -

gemeine Zeitunif. "and if the-- e state-ments are representative f the feel-

ing in the United States wit It eencorrectness, w.- - would

have sincerely to dephre that theAmerican press shows itself accessi-ble to wholly unfounded suspicionsof the German Policy--

. The gov-ernment of the United States longac was categorically informed thatGermany is seeking nothing in Vene-zuela beyond satisfaction for juste!. iros and compensation. The an

is based up-on the similarity of the interests af-f- e

ted, and only wilful prejudicecould detect difference in the pro-ceedings of the two countries. Thecourse of events will demonstratethat the intentions of the Germangovernment are free from adventur-ous motives."

Tin: rmiTisii it.i:i:t.It Will llloekade n nmtirr of l'orts.

Conimenrlns; To-Msl- il.

Port of Spain. Trinidad, Dee. 20.The British cruiser Alert left hereThursday night for Carupano and theBritish torpedo boat Rocket sailedfrom here Friday afternoon for Ciu-da- d

' Bolivar. The British cruiserI'nntonse, which started for the Orin-oco river December '.'.had not. reachedBarrancas on tie 12th. The reasonfur this delay is not known.

Admiral Don -- las. of the Britishfeet, has ordered the blockade of LaGv.ayra, Carenero, uanta, Cumana,Carupano and the mouths of tlieOrinoco river. This blockade is to g- -

into effect at midnight, December 20.

Tin: l ar.Ntii xotk.It Is a Mild One, Only Asking for

Most Favored alion Treatment.Caracas, Venezuela, Dee. 20. The

French noto to Venezuela has abso-latel- y

nothing of the character of anultimatum, although it9 text is stillunknown here, in consequence of de-

lay In its transmission by cable.Therefore! Charge d'Aflaires 'Quiev-reu- x

haa not been able to present it.It 3 terms are similar to those of Iiel-giti- m

and Spain, asking for the mostfavored nation treatment in the pay-favor- od

nation treatment.OTIFTCATIO.- - TO ITALY.

Foreign Minister Irl nette NotifiedWith Regard to Minister Rovren.Home, Dec. 20. Ambassador Meyer

visited Foreign Minister Prinetti atthe foreign office, Friday, and communicated to him a cable messagefrom Secretary Hay saying tha latterwas disposed to consent " to the In-

vestment of Minister Eowen will fullpowers to settle the Venezuelan con-trorers.- T-

if agreeable to Germany,Great Britain and Italy.

Applaane In Harder t'e.The cllect of applause on an au-

dience on a murder verdict was con-

sidered recently by the SupremeCourt in the Iiairnrs case, from Lee

county, and there was an intimationthat a case might arise in which sucha manifestation would warrant a re-

versal as having had too great aninfluence of thj jury. Private JohAllen, closing counsel in the case,had made the closing speech for theprosecution, and as he took his seathe was greeted with an enthusiasticburst of applause from the audiencein the court room, which was

promptly checked by the presidingjudge. The remarks made by theSupreme Court on-th- e subject of theapplause of Mr. Allen's speech weroconstrued by certain individuals inNorth Mississippi as a legal inhibi-tion against laughing at John Al-

len's jokes, and the result was thatconsiderable excitement arose inNortheast Mississippi over this mis-taken interpretation of the court'sdecision, which was in fact basedon other grounds. Jourdan Boone,of Corinth, who was in Jackson lastweek, looked up the decision andfound that it did not aiTect the rightof the people in Lee and neighboringcounties to smile at Mr. Allen's jestsand he was consequently much re-

lieved. Ve have been laughing atMr. Allen's jokes for nearly twentyyears,' 'said Mr. Boone, "and I doubtif even a decision of the SupremeCourt could wean tho people fromtheir ancient rights in that respect."

Copiah School Trouble.Count- -

.Superintendent of LMuea-tio- n

Wilson of Copiah county wasin Jackson last week in consulta-tion with the State board of educa-tion in regard to the school troublein his county. Superintendent Wil-

son is made the defendant in a mandamus suit brought by the countyattorney in behalf of the board ofsupervisors of the county to compelthe superintendent to run the publicschools for six months. Accordingto Mr. Wilson, there is not enoughmoney in the school fund to run theschools for this length of time, andhe cannotn run them on credit. Hecannot legally issue a warrant to ateacher unless there is money in thetreasury to the credit of the schoolfund. To do so would make' himliable on his bond for the amountof the warrant. State Superintend-ent Whitfield went over the matterwith Superintendent Wilson and de-

cided to go down to Copiah to lookinto the case with a view to adjust-ing the trouble. SuperintendentWilson states that he is more thanwilling to run the schools for sixmonths if the funds can be providedin any manner to pay for the same.

Cotton DrriHlon.A decision handed down by

the Supreme Court at Jackson isof considerable interest, as it set-

tles the responsibility for the dis-

astrous cotton fire which occurredtwo winters ago at Yieksburg. Thecotton which caught fire was storedon an open lot contiguous to theline of the Alabama & YieksburgRailway, and it was alleged thatthe fire had its origin in the sparksfrom a passing locomotive. A testcase was brought in the SupremeCourt by one of the firms in-

volved, who sued f'-- r $2,500 andwon, appealed by the railroad com-

pany, affirmed by the SupremeCourt. The same fire involved tholoss of over $2.,000 worth of cot-

ton ajid it is probable other suitswill be filed.

Lovv-Splrlte- rt In Delta.News is received from the delta

that the continued wet and coldweather in that section is makingthe planters and merchants exceed-

ingly low spirited because of theinjury done to the crop remainingin the field. LTnlike the hill coun-ties, a fair percentage of the deltacrop is still ur.gatherd, and theconditions for tlie past three weekshave reduced the prospects of sav-

ing thi3 part of the crop to a min-imum.

Married at Carrolltoo.Mr. Eugene Ncal, cashier of the

Peoples' Bank at Carrollton, andMiss Lillian Lanham, of Lebanon,Ky., gave their many friends quitea surprise by taking the train toWinona last week, where they werequietly married.

Hotting or Cotton.Ex-Sta- te Treasurer G. W. Car-

lisle, vrho has just returned toJackson from tha delta, reports thatthe planters are much discouragedover the rotting of cotton causedby tho rains. All of the late cropcotton is said to bo ruined prac-tically by wet weather. The plant-ers had counted upon making thiscrop or a large part of it, and thefailure, Mr. Carlisle thinks, will af-

fect the average expected.

Denial of the Story that lie MadeIlls UanRhter n Christmas til ft

of His New Munklon.

New York, Dec. 19. The KveningFost prints the following-- : "In ourreal estate columns, in our referenceto the sale by Mr. Carnegie to Mr.Durden of certain lots in the 'high-lands of Fifth avenue, we spoke ofMr. Carnegie's house, which is to te aChristmas gift to his daughter. Thisitem has been printed before and wetook it to be an undisputed fact. Wenow learn that it has no foundationwhatever, and that nothing could beless in harmony with the ideas of Mr.and Mrs. Carnegie than that theirdaugnter should now, or ever, be bur-dened with great wealth. Least ofall is she to be taught while in youththat sho has great 'expectations. norexpectations at all beyond a moderatecompetence. Neither of her parentsdeems great wealth a desirable pos-session for tbe morning of life, or forany part of life, except as it may beemployed for the advancement of thehuman race."OPERATION BY DR. LORENZ.

The F.raliifnt Surueon ltrilncnClub for u I'our-Venr-O- ld

Ntiv York ;irl.

New York, Dee. 19. Dr. Lorenz, ha,for the lirat. time since his arrival inNew York, operated on a club foot.The pathmt was a four-year-ol- d girl.Dr. l.orenz kneaded and twisted thecrippled foot until it was as soft andpliable as a piece of putty. Then hedeftly moulded it into its properform, and announced that the opera-tion was completed, and a plaster castwas lit ted on the foot. Tho doctorsaid that the child should be allowedto use her foot as much she could,after four or live days, and that itwould be necessary to keep the caston for six; or seven months, afterwhich she could walk.TAKEN TO HIGHEST COURT.

The I" fitted Slnlcs Supreme Court tol'usi-- I pott the .Missouri 11-lo- w

Servant I.aw.

Jefferson City, Mo., Dec. 19.-con- stit --Theutionality of the Missouri r;i il-st-

road fellow servant law will be tbefore the supreme court of theUnited Slates. Last week the Mi iSOU- -

ri supreme court, in deciding thecase of Callahan versus the Mer- -

chants" Bridge Terminal Kail roadCo., of St. Louis, heM that the lawapplied to all classes of railroadploves. John If. Overall, for theroad company, sued out a writ o er-ale- d

ror in the federal court and appthe case to the supreme court of theUnited States.

HAD BEEN DEAD FOR MONTHS.

The ltodjr of n Supposed formerltesident of Cedar Itapids, la.,

I nd In Idaho.Boise, Idaho. Dec. 19. The body of

a man believed to be either lv;irl Hit-ti- e

or Andrew Little, of Cedar Kapids.Ia., was found near Mountain Home,Idaho. The man is supposed to havebeen dead several months. In hispocket was a railway ticket from Ce-

dar Lapids to Portland, Ore., and apurse containing fir-0. The pursebears the name of Andrew I tittle.

I.KFT HOMi: LAST M IV.

I'dward Hittle Left For the West, laMay Last, to Huy Land.

Cedar Rapids. Ia., Dec. 19- .- CowardItittle, whose dead body was foundnear Mountain H' tne. Idaho, lefthere, May 27. to buy land. II' wasknown to havr left the train atGranger, Wyo., wl-- h was the lastheard of him. He was a wealthyyoung farmer, lining at Lisbon, 15

miles east of Cedar Rapids.Approved 11 y the Ha adesra I h.

Berlin. Dec. 19. The bundesrathhas approved the tariff bill in theform in which it passed its thirlreading in the reichstag.THE ANDIJAN EARTHQUAKE.

One Ilnndred and Fifty Lives loland Hundreds of Natives uud

Soldiers Injured.

Tashkent!, Asiatic Russia, Dec. 19.

Three oilicials, two soldiers an 1 13C

natives, mostly children, were killed

by the earthquake which destroyedthe town of Andijan, Russian CentralAsia, Tuesday. In addition, HoO na-

tives and 17 soldiers were injured,and 130 Russian residences were de-

stroyed.Krelsht ltates to lie Advaneed.

London, Dec. 19 At a conferenceof shippers trading with Canada, heldthis week at Liverpool, it was decid-

ed that the freight ratea were not re-

munerative and it was agreed to in-

crease them by five per cent, to tenper cent, in 1903.

A Revenue Cotter for Hawaii.Washington, Dec. 19. The senata

committee on commerce took favora-ble action on Senator Perkins bill fora revenue cutter for the Hawaiian

Home I'rodurts Uoostfd.Home manufactured products

were given a boost at Jackson, whenthe railroad commission establisheda special schedule of rates on honucotton piece goods, machinery andclothing, to apply to all roads andbecome effective February 1st. Thecommission has had the matter un-

der eons i deration for some time,and several conferences have beenhad with the railroad people. Theschedule of rates is as follows: Cot-

ton piece goods, over one line, 10cents per Km); two lines, 0 cents;three lines, 00 cents. Machinery,over one line. 5.1 cents; two lines,

j 3b cents; three lines, --12 cents. Thisis m carload lots, the minimumcarload being U,0U0 pounds. Cloth-

ing, one line, (Jo cents: two lines,To cents; three lines, V'3 cents.

I.out and I. iff.J. IT. Naples, expert tester of tlu

Baldwin Locomotive Works, hadboth legs cut oil by a switch en-

gine in the Central yards nt Jacksonlast week and died. Naples broughttwo engines from Serauton, Pa. tothat city for the Culf & Ship Islandrailroad. lie ilrcd the engines l.idwas examining them preparatory tomaking run tests down the Gulf &

Ship Island renid when he wasstruck by the switch engine. Hewas carried to the Jackson Sanitori-u- m

and everything possible wasdone for him. Naples was a thirtj-secon- d

decree Mason.

Vlrkpbur itta Bark Taxes.'

City Assessor K. M. Kelly ofYieksburg has been notified by therevenue agent, Wirt Adams, to col-

lect assessments upon the sum ofabout three millions of propertymade by tho recent back tax inves-

tigations. This will give the citytreasury about $00,000 fur its share.

Killed III Stepfather.Allison E. Blade, a 16-year--

boy, at Natchez last week shot andkilled his stepfather, Albert Clem-ent, while the latter was in the actof assaulting the boy's mother withan ax. Blade is a tinner's appren-tice and his stepfather a harddrinker, who has spent several termson ihe county farm. Blade surren-dered and is now in jail.

Ilolivar Hoy Suicides.Will Green, 23 years old, com-

mitted suicide last week at Bolivar,a small country town on the riverabout twenty miles below Kosedale.Green has always lived in Bolivarcounty, near Cattish Toint, his fath-er having died several ago.No details have been learned con-

cerning the cause, but it is sup-posed the of his motherto Charles Grady, an old Germancitizen of Bolivar county, troubledhis mind until the end came asabove stated.

Toting Ilanter KtUed..Powell Franklin, son of J. E.

Franklin, a prominent farmer of theeastern part of Lafayette county,was instantly killed by the accident-al discharge of his own gun whilehunting last week.

Henry Wright, the negro chargedwith wrecking the train on the Ya-zoo and Mississippi Valley road,near Blakely, on March 20, wasconvicted last week, the jury beingout only five minute.ting bis throat.