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 tl Dead from Gnnihot Wound. LoiiisTiHe, Ky., Doc. 19. It has de- veloped that R. C. WhayHe, a Louis- ville business man who was found dead Wednesday nig-h- t in the vicinity of Jacob park, with a gfiinshot wound in the breast, carried insur- ance on his life of $340,000, and had applications pending- - for $50,000 more. Mr. Whayne had applied for a pol- icy of $23,000 with the Manhattan company, and the policy was to issue December 22. Another application had been made to the Mutual of Ver- mont for an equal amount, and this policy was to be dated December 24. It was upon the fact that Mr. Whayne carried such a larsre life insurance and was said to be suffering from rheumatism that a theory of suicide is based. Coroner Kelly went to the place of death Thursday morniiiir. lie said the circumstances were such that the case would require exhaust- ive investigation. An inquest will be held Saturday next. CARNEGIE NOT A SANTA CLAUS. A Cnlque Point. In the Supreme Court there will be argued in January a criminal case which will present one of the most unique questions ever presented to any court before. The case is that of the State against Tom Tul-pu- s, convicted of murder in Chicka- saw county, and his attorneys have appealed against the judgment of the lower court, setting up, among other things, that the jury in the case of Pulpus were influenced in making 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 exceptions in setting up this ground for rever- sal of the judgment re'eites that the speech of Maj. Yardaman aroused so much prejudice and race antagonism in the minds of the ju- rors summoned for the extra term that 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 at Durant last week. A trans- portation committee, composed of S. A. Montgomery, John Brister and E. A. Pugh was appoint- ed to confer with representatives of the express company relative to low- er shipping rates and to enlist tho on of the growers of fruit and strawberries at Durant, West and CiHxlman in an endeavor to se- cure lower transportation rates and a reduction on box material. S. A. Montgomery delivered an able and well received address on the neces- sity of unity. The flayer of I'l tvtcerald. In Gnato nidla. Claims lie Was Aawaalted and Acted la Self-D- ef enwe. Xew York, Dec. 20. A copy of the statement mado before the court of third instance in Guatemala, by W. G. Hunter, Jr., son of the United States 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 afternoon of Thursday, Xorcmber .'40, 1002, in company with Hon. lame Iiai'tT, secretary of legation, for my accus- tomed daily walk, and upon reiching the riaza do Armas, ns usual, at about five o'clock, we took a seat to- gether. A""e had been seated there but a few minute, when Fitzgerald, whose presence was unknown, to me, and without a word being said or anything being done to provoke an assault, seized me by the coat collar with his left hand and with his right struck a severe blow under the left eye, which drew the blood, and while thus holding me firmly down on the seat, drew a revolver, which ho snapped two or three times in my face. Ilecovering from the shock of this assault, I at once sprang with superhuman effort to my feet, thrust hiru from me, drew my revolver and shot the wouId-- b assassin dead in self-dcfens- firing five shots, the con- tents of my weapon. In so doing. Im- mediately after the tragedy I walked quietly a short distanco away from the 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 theu Alteiiit 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 to death, Friday morning-- , by Thompson Morton, an unemployed civil engi- neer, in the corridor on the fifth floor of the (iranito building, southwest corner of Fourth and Market streets. Morton, shortly after his arrest, was found to be, suffering from bi- chloride of mercury poisoning, and was taken to the city dispensary for treatment. His recovery is a matter of question. The fact that Morton took poison before he was searched at the Chest- nut street police station, and that he. was captured in the corridor imme- diately after tho killing, indicate, that lie went to tho sceno of the assault with the ioison upon his person, to use in committing suicide. Morton has refused to name any motive 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 Marshal II. W. Coulter and Justice A. 1'. Mus- - grave were fatally wounded, Friday night, at Farmington, la., by Georgei St ill well, a deputy fish commissioner, who afterwards was shot anil killed by a twisse. Coulter attempted to ar- rest Stillwell on a warrant charging him with disturbing tho peace. Still well shot Coulter in the stomach and in the shoulder. Stillwell then ran up the street nnd shot Musgrave in tho head, because, it is said, the jus- tice hail recently sent him to jail for 15 days on a chargo of disorderly conduct. Stillwell then went home. reloaded his revolver, took a rifle and started across the country with a posse of armed citizens in pursuit. When the isse overtook tho fugitive he took a position behind a tree, and held the citizens at bay for nearly an hour. Stillwell was wounded sev- eral times and dropped to his knee, but continued to shoot until a bullet stuck in the barrel of his rifle. The posse closed in on Stillwell, riddling him with bullets. None of tho posso vas hit. SHOT BY HER SWEETHEART. Voltalrlne I-- e Cleyre. n. Female An archist, Fatnllr Wounded In tlo Streets of IMilladelpbla. rhiladelrdiia. Dec. 20. Voltairino Le Clcvre. a noted anarchist and a teacher of languages, was shot and fatally wounded by Herman Ilelscher, former punil. ndav. rhei woman is dying in a hospital, and Helseher is in custody. Unrequited love is said to have prompted the tleeu. W lien arrested llclseher's only explanation a a ' was tne ioliowing: "ive were sweet- hearts, she and I. She broke my heart antl deserved to bo killed." Miss Le Clcvre. is 3fl years old and her assailant is 24. The shooting oc curred on the street, and was wit nessed by a number of persons. THE WATTS KIDNAPING CASE. Jnrr DUrharspiI After Taking Twenty llallota and Helntr t'nable to Ateree On a Verdict. Springfield, 111.. Dec. 20. After a deliberation of 65 hours, tho jury in the case against John Watts, charged with kidnaping his child, was dis- charged by Judge Shirley in the San gamon circuit court, Friday. The jury took 20 ballots, the final one standing eight for acquittal and four for conviction. Five Convictions In Bribery Ci St. Louis. Dec. 20. John A. Sheri dan, Charles T. Denny, T. Ed Al- bright, Charles Gutke and Edmund Bersch. on trial in this city charged with bribery in connection with tho Suburban railroad deal, were found gTiilty, on Friday, and aentenoed each to 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 by lire on the 17th. Col. K. i:. Bobo, of Bobo. MIs., diel rf Mood poisoning at a Chicago hos-J'it- al on the 17th. John Knatj, a business man of Ttruce. III., committed suicide, on the 1'Jth, by cutting Li throat. Gen. Franoiif-- o fanrh" Hochavar-ria- , the protd ncial txr. died at fcantiago. Cuba, en the 17th. Four hundred thou-a- ti 1 ople ax TeprteI t' lie tjfptitute and starving. In Finland, o.a a result l the crop t IIurs. i:ussll Fay, the New York finan- cier, ua in hi oflice, on the lth, fur the tlrst tix.e since Le. was taken ill, two iijot.ti.-- i a-'- Mis UliaUth Ik Foulk was lmmed t' death in a fire width de- stroyed a hotel at Candle, ikiyou county, Cai., on tht 17tb. m Irddent Ifarjfr of the University of Chicago, on tlif l'"th. nnnonntcd the gift by John I). Bockefelhr of an- other ini!Ii.ii dollars for that institu- tion. The ft-arn- SJ. Paul, which nailed from .cw York on the carried ?i'ji,r,ij i mouthy orders, payable in 15 countries of Uurope, as Christmas jr-v.Ti- t H. In hi iiufny before the strike rotunds-ion- , on th" l"-th,- . Samuel Cfir!i- - r-- t ai ru-ed 1 1 4 coal operators of in.portir-i- illiterate foreigners to work irt the mines. Three offerer from bubonic plngue arrive. I in New York on a steamer 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 in opera 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 a 1 ii 1 1; t wound in the head and re- volver gra-pe- d iii hi- - riirSit hand. A ratial beimr dur in Indiana to Train 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, died in New York n the 17th. II- - was .';- - jars old, and two feet one inch in I.ei-h- t. Mnthins I'tler pleaded truilty to the mtiri!er, on the I'th. of Mrs. Carrion. at Johnstown, Mich., and on the l'th was sentenced to hard labor for lib nd taken to tie penitent iary the fc;imo ilav. Fearinif he had fiiiled to Jas ld rattnnation at the buva VeIevati university, at Ottnmvva, la., 1'verett llarman, of Malcolm, la., committed micide, n Hie l'dli, by cuttino; las throat with st razor. A the result of n quarrel otcr a al 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. He Ids iuilt, and in d fault of $2.0(h bond ho was remanded to the county jail. FJffhtcen cypsies were froen to Vnth in their camp nt l.lasrney, ITun-far- y, during the. present intensely cold weather prevailing in that coun- try. Many deaths from the same cause have occurred in other sections of the country. Miss I'irdie Woodnrd. an employe of it basket factory at Metropolis, Ilk. vas made seriously ill, on the 17th. by putting tacks in h-- r mouth, for use In her work, taken from a dish in which some unknown person had placed strychnine. II. C. YVhnvne, a business man of Louisville. Ky., who wai found dead j near a park in that city, on the niijht of the 17th, with a (.tttishot wound in j Lis breast, carried insurance on hi ; life for :.H ft .000. 'ihe manner of his death i unknown. In answer to a I tter from Daisy Lnwrence, ten years old. of Norfolk. Neb.. Gov. Saiasrc of that 5tate pave her, as a Christmas pr a pardon for her father, who was serving a three yenr sentence in the H'!iiteii-tiar- y for embezzlement. Charles J. Denny, John A. Sheri- dan. T. I'd Albright. 1'draund llerseh nnd Charles A. Outko, tried jointly in Ft. 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 and were prepared. The attempt resulted in the death of one of the would-b- e roblcn. the desperate wounding' of another and the capture of the third. Mrs. Florence Maybrick was visited by her mother. Baroness Ie Kouques, In Aylesbury prison, Kngland. on the 13th. The prisoner, who is in delicate health, was cheerful, and through the Interposition, of friends her prison duties 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 an attempt on his own life by the use of poison. No cause I known for the act. A Sonraarj of Important Eventa. FIFTY-SEVENT- H CONGRESS. (Second Session.) The senate, on tho discussed the Mil 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 ornnnms ntunod bill for won of tht day, l)n an xeuttve resiun was hd tnJ tti senat adjourned In the houses the senate bill for a union railway station tn aai.injion. o cost ji.nyj.ffw. was pS!" An urt-.-n- t dfciency bill was aio nased wr.lch carried witn It an anoroorlatlon ol t;w) tar eradicating thm foot aril mouth ilcas in New Knsjland. A bill was l'as"l to rrovtde for the aiiotmer.t la severalty ol tr.e lands of th New Torit lrivll.t:!. Ia the aeri-lte- . on th ltth. Mr. Dtlllnr ham eonciu'l.! his remarlcj Irt opposition to trie orr.nliius statehood bill, ana oy uranlir.nun It was arreed that th mas'ir houii no uvr urtn the eniite -- inv' n January 6. Mr. M'irenn A1 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 house th bi:i was .;i'..d transferring from th treaurv dpartm-ei- t to the de;artmnt of aifruni! re th power to st.tb.!sr reeru latl'ir-- s for tha .Uipr'-S'"l- r.f contaplous di"s titmmi; llvu stock. Itapll proKref wa ir.l-- ; on the I:Klalativ appropria tion run. In th- - snat. on the 17th. the pension apprcprl.it ion bill, tarryir.s; $:33.lT.0''tt i;isi without iJicu!ion. An urert u t. ifir y bt:i win pa.. wed. carrvtrut $1.14". 4 . .f which fnm W..r ! to enable the scre'.iry of aKrloulture to strimp out th rw M.g.smi eptdTnlc or foot aiul rnoutn liwis. The militia bill waa up for a short 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 and char. iff -- r r th 1said. J le wae rol lowed thr fTiat rs. after which, as a further mark of ripet. the senate nu Journal luitii Saturday In the houwe the l'irllatSve itppropt bill was un- - t'T eori.p-- r itl'ui. Mr. Harllett (ia.) or ixri amend tu'nt to appropriate $2W f enforre the Hherman atitl-tru- st law This wa amended Mr. Hepburn (la.) to charge the laniru.it;e of the rolutlori and make th amount y.'fn, to he available, and as amen!! the resolution 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 Car roll at John Hansen, to he placed by the niitif of Maryland In statuary hall. The T.rtt wn.e not in session on the IMli In the house a bill was passed to r-- fho durms on the products rt th" I'hiltoptne Isi.milw comln Into the t hi'eT J'ates from p-- r cent, or me Dlni;:ey bid ithf present dutk- - to ':5 per cent, of tho.-- - rates. The dt.cusion of the puto forxl bill occupied onit tim- -. The M-";!- I resolution, oalllnjr on the srat !.- - irt mmit fr the -- orresporid'mce In tf." vTizuf.a timtirofllo, w a auuptii. Thu Hr.ii) wri; not In sjion on the VU Th liuii passe.d the pure food bill by a vote of 72 t 21. Thero was not a 'pi 'ri.m pros'-nt- . but the alnt w-a- s not ratse-- i ty tt.o oppottents or the measure. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. llosea M. Knovvlton, former attor ney forieral of Massachusetts, died at hid home at Marion, Ma.ss., on the lith. In a shooting1 affray at Heaumont, Tex., rn the l?th, John ISroaeh whj instantly ki!!ei, II. II. Mathews wan fatally wounded, and a policeman idiot in the h'g. While on hU way" to the White IIouse, on the to kcc the presl dent. Postmaster General Payne fuf fcred an iwut attack of indigestion He wan driven to his hotel and two j physician.- were summonded who re lieved his fen tiering. According to tho approved plan., proposed by Admiral Dewey, the prin- cipal shij of I)ewey. fleet will rt'inlevotis at the Island of Trin idad, right of? tho coast of Venezuela, ami at M. Thomas, near Porto Illeo. l.'rti-iu- g men from the dead is the goal toward which a Chicago phytd- - sian is strivinsr. lie lias jureativ prac tically reanimated a malte.se cat. What the next step may be he himself hesitates to predict. A material increase in the cases of pneumonia ami sever col.'s among tho pcop'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 the houses they visited only a few of the rooms are heated. A disease which is killing off cattle in the eastern art of Johnson coun- ty. Mo., Is puzzling the farmers and the veterinary fuirgeons, who are un- able to diagnose it. Unlike blackleg, it attacks old cattle, which sicken and die in an hour's time. The IJritish parlisunent was pro- rogued, on tho lMh, until February 7, the king's stecch being an exten- sive r of the events of the year, inclining the Venezuelan contro- versy. City Marshal Coulter and Justice of the Peace Muscrovo were fatally wounded, at Farmington, la., on the 10th, by George Stillwell, who fled, but was pursued by a posse and shot to death after a desperate tight. In a lire that destroyed theSolIinger ajfarttaent house, in Chicago, on the Hth, a numler of people had narrow escnM-- s from death, being rescued by firemen only a few minutes lefore the outer walls collapsed. William Malee and John Wallace, ttremcn, were killed and Kngineer James Stenard seriously injured in a collision of trains at' little Ferry Junciion. X. J.. on the 10th. The jury in the case of John Watts, on trial at Springfield, Ilk. on a charge .f kidnaping his child, failed to nijiee on a verdict, and was dis- charged, on the 10th. Two negro dishwashers ofttght a pistol duel in the basement of a tot'd in St. Louis, on the 10th, in which one was killed and the other serious- ly wounded. The Venezuelan situation, on the 20th. stoo.l thus: Great Dritaln will welcome arbitration, and will not in-- it on the United State guarantee- ing payment by Venezuela. Germany will accept arbitration, but wants some 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 kerosene one cent a gallon, making the preval-in- g price 10', cents to jobbers, the highest the commodity has reached in more than twenty A special dispatch received in Lon- don from I'russels, on the 19th, said the Dutch minister to Venezuela, Dr. Van.Leyden, had been recalled and that Dutch interests in Venezuela had been committed to United State Minister Itowen. The pure food bill passe! by the house of representatives, on the 19th, prohibits the introduction into .any state or territory or the District of Columbia from any other state or territory or the District of Columbia, or from any foreign country, or the shipment to any foreign coup try, of any article of food or drug which is adulterated or xnisbranded. Secretary Hay Receives Partial Re- sponses From Great Britian, Germany and Italy. ARBITRATION LOOKED ON FAYQRABLY. There Are. However, So Many le lolnts to he Adjusted aa Pre- liminary, that 1'roKress In tbe Matter 1'romliti to be laJier-ousl- y Slow. Washington. Dec. CO. The official day closed without further develop- ments here respecting the Venezuelan complications. The status of the ar- bitration proposition, on which every one waits, was, that with a willing-r.es- s to accept such a solution in prin- ciple, no one of the allies was ready to 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 feeling is growing that The Hague tribunal should undertake the case. Mr. Bowen, it is reported, wishes to come to Washington m order per- sonally to effect an adjustment with the resident ambassadors of the al lies, but while the state department makes no statement upm the pint. it is believe.! that it does not regard this plan with favor. It is pointed out here, in connection with the proj- ect to refer the matter to The Hague tribunal, that in some phases the dis- putes will not admit, of arbitration. Such is the ease, for instance, where attack- on British anil German sub- ject ami the Corman legation at Caracas, 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 such to be atoned for only by an ample apology. The Hague tribunal eoul-- not arbitrate such issues, but It is pointed out at the state department that the claims are divisible, and that if President Castro cluvoses to tender the necessary apologies the remain- ing questions can properly go to The Hague. It is believed that the United States) government incline- - to the view that there is a disposition to in-fd- st needlessly on guarantees for the payment by Venezuela of any judg- ment that might be rendered against her by the arbitration. It s that the force of enlightened public opinion would absolutely insure a set- tlement of any judgment rendered by tho august tribunal, an. I that Presi- dent Castro would not be sustained by 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 prevails here. The entire press hoM- tlerniany to be responsible for th i present situ- ation. Germany is attacked in hos- tile articles, while Great Britain is praised. The newspapers insist that Germany intend- - tn acquire colonies in Venezuela and I'.rizil." Wo have jiotice.l similar telegram in CnIish papers," 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 een correctness, w.- - would have sincerely to dephre that the American press shows itself accessi- ble to wholly unfounded suspicions of the German Policy-- . The gov- ernment of the United States long ac was categorically informed that Germany is seeking nothing in Vene- zuela beyond satisfaction for just e!. iros and compensation. The an is based up- on the similarity of the interests af-f- e ted, and only wilful prejudice could detect difference in the pro- ceedings of the two countries. The course of events will demonstrate that the intentions of the German government 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 here Thursday night for Carupano and the British torpedo boat Rocket sailed from here Friday afternoon for Ciu-da- d ' Bolivar. The British cruiser I'nntonse, which started for the Orin- oco river December '.'.had not. reached Barrancas on tie 12th. The reason fur this delay is not known. Admiral Don -- las. of the British feet, has ordered the blockade of La Gv.ayra, Carenero, uanta, Cumana, Carupano and the mouths of tlie Orinoco 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 an ultimatum, although it9 text is still unknown 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 most favored nation treatment in the pay-favor- od nation treatment. OTIFTCATIO.- - TO ITALY. Foreign Minister Irl nette Notified With Regard to Minister Rovren. Home, Dec. 20. Ambassador Meyer visited Foreign Minister Prinetti at the foreign office, Friday, and com municated to him a cable message from Secretary Hay saying tha latter was disposed to consent " to the In- vestment of Minister Eowen will full powers 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 Supreme Court in the Iiairnrs case, from Lee county, and there was an intimation that a case might arise in which such a manifestation would warrant a re- versal as having had too great an influence of thj jury. Private Joh Allen, closing counsel in the case, had made the closing speech for the prosecution, and as he took his seat he was greeted with an enthusiastic burst of applause from the audience in the court room, which was promptly checked by the presiding judge. The remarks made by the Supreme Court on-th- e subject of the applause of Mr. Allen's speech wero construed by certain individuals in North Mississippi as a legal inhibi- tion against laughing at John Al- len's jokes, and the result was that considerable excitement arose in Northeast Mississippi over this mis- taken interpretation of the court's decision, which was in fact based on other grounds. Jourdan Boone, of Corinth, who was in Jackson last week, looked up the decision and found that it did not aiTect the right of the people in Lee and neighboring counties to smile at Mr. Allen's jests and he was consequently much re- lieved. Ve have been laughing at Mr. Allen's jokes for nearly twenty years,' 'said Mr. Boone, "and I doubt if even a decision of the Supreme Court could wean tho people from their ancient rights in that respect." Copiah School Trouble. Count- - .Superintendent of LMuea-tio- n Wilson of Copiah county was in Jackson last week in consulta- tion with the State board of educa- tion in regard to the school trouble in his county. Superintendent Wil- son is made the defendant in a man damus suit brought by the county attorney in behalf of the board of supervisors of the county to compel the superintendent to run the public schools for six months. According to Mr. Wilson, there is not enough money in the school fund to run the schools for this length of time, and he cannotn run them on credit. He cannot legally issue a warrant to a teacher unless there is money in the treasury to the credit of the school fund. To do so would make' him liable on his bond for the amount of the warrant. State Superintend- ent Whitfield went over the matter with Superintendent Wilson and de- cided to go down to Copiah to look into the case with a view to adjust- ing the trouble. Superintendent Wilson states that he is more than willing to run the schools for six months if the funds can be provided in any manner to pay for the same. Cotton DrriHlon. A decision handed down by the Supreme Court at Jackson is of considerable interest, as it set- tles the responsibility for the dis- astrous cotton fire which occurred two winters ago at Yieksburg. The cotton which caught fire was stored on an open lot contiguous to the line of the Alabama & Yieksburg Railway, and it was alleged that the fire had its origin in the sparks from a passing locomotive. A test case was brought in the Supreme Court by one of the firms in- volved, who sued f'-- r $2,500 and won, appealed by the railroad com- pany, affirmed by the Supreme Court. The same fire involved tho loss of over $2.,000 worth of cot- ton ajid it is probable other suits will be filed. Lovv-Splrlte- rt In Delta. News is received from the delta that the continued wet and cold weather in that section is making the planters and merchants exceed- ingly low spirited because of the injury done to the crop remaining in the field. LTnlike the hill coun- ties, a fair percentage of the delta crop is still ur.gatherd, and the conditions for tlie past three weeks have 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, and Miss Lillian Lanham, of Lebanon, Ky., gave their many friends quite a surprise by taking the train to Winona last week, where they were quietly married. Hotting or Cotton. Ex-Sta- te Treasurer G. W. Car- lisle, vrho has just returned to Jackson from tha delta, reports that the planters are much discouraged over the rotting of cotton caused by tho rains. All of the late crop cotton is said to bo ruined prac- tically by wet weather. The plant- ers had counted upon making this crop or a large part of it, and the failure, Mr. Carlisle thinks, will af- fect the average expected. Denial of the Story that lie Made Ills UanRhter n Christmas til ft of His New Munklon. New York, Dec. 19. The Kvening Fost prints the following-- : "In our real estate columns, in our reference to the sale by Mr. Carnegie to Mr. Durden of certain lots in the 'high- lands of Fifth avenue, we spoke of Mr. Carnegie's house, which is to te a Christmas gift to his daughter. This item has been printed before and we took it to be an undisputed fact. We now learn that it has no foundation whatever, and that nothing could be less in harmony with the ideas of Mr. and Mrs. Carnegie than that their daugnter should now, or ever, be bur- dened with great wealth. Least of all is she to be taught while in youth that sho has great 'expectations. nor expectations at all beyond a moderate competence. Neither of her parents deems great wealth a desirable pos- session for tbe morning of life, or for any part of life, except as it may be employed for the advancement of the human race." OPERATION BY DR. LORENZ. The F.raliifnt Surueon ltrilncn Club for u I'our-Venr-O- ld Ntiv York ;irl. New York, Dee. 19. Dr. Lorenz, ha, for the lirat. time since his arrival in New York, operated on a club foot. The pathmt was a four-year-ol- d girl. Dr. l.orenz kneaded and twisted the crippled foot until it was as soft and pliable as a piece of putty. Then he deftly moulded it into its proper form, and announced that the opera- tion was completed, and a plaster cast was lit ted on the foot. Tho doctor said that the child should be allowed to use her foot as much she could, after four or live days, and that it would be necessary to keep the cast on for six; or seven months, after which she could walk. TAKEN TO HIGHEST COURT. The I" fitted Slnlcs Supreme Court to l'usi-- I pott the .Missouri 11-lo- w Servant I. aw. Jefferson City, Mo., Dec. 19.-con- stit -- The utionality of the Missouri r;i il-st- road fellow servant law will be t before the supreme court of the United Slates. Last week the Mi iSOU- - ri supreme court, in deciding the case of Callahan versus the Mer- - chants" Bridge Terminal Kail road Co., of St. Louis, heM that the law applied to all classes of railroad ploves. John If. Overall, for the road company, sued out a writ o er-ale- d ror in the federal court and app the case to the supreme court of the United States. HAD BEEN DEAD FOR MONTHS. The ltodjr of n Supposed former ltesident 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 have been dead several months. In his pocket was a railway ticket from Ce- dar Lapids to Portland, Ore., and a purse containing fir-0. The purse bears the name of Andrew I tittle. I.KFT HOMi: LAST M IV. I'dward Hittle Left For the West, la May Last, to Huy Land. Cedar Rapids. Ia., Dec. 19- .- Coward Itittle, whose dead body was found near Mountain H' tne. Idaho, left here, May 27. to buy land. II' was known to havr left the train at Granger, Wyo., wl-- h was the last heard of him. He was a wealthy young farmer, lining at Lisbon, 15 miles east of Cedar Rapids. Approved 11 y the Ha adesra I h. Berlin. Dec. 19. The bundesrath has approved the tariff bill in the form in which it passed its thirl reading in the reichstag. THE ANDIJAN EARTHQUAKE. One Ilnndred and Fifty Lives lol and 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 destroyed the town of Andijan, Russian Central Asia, 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 conference of shippers trading with Canada, held this 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 ten per cent, in 1903. A Revenue Cotter for Hawaii. Washington, Dec. 19. The senata committee on commerce took favora- ble action on Senator Perkins bill for a revenue cutter for the Hawaiian Home I'rodurts Uoostfd. Home manufactured products were given a boost at Jackson, when the railroad commission established a special schedule of rates on honu cotton piece goods, machinery and clothing, to apply to all roads and become effective February 1st. The commission has had the matter un- der eons i deration for some time, and several conferences have been had with the railroad people. The schedule of rates is as follows: Cot- ton piece goods, over one line, 10 cents 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. This is m carload lots, the minimum carload 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, had both legs cut oil by a switch en- gine in the Central yards nt Jackson last week and died. Naples brought two engines from Serauton, Pa. to that city for the Culf & Ship Island railroad. lie ilrcd the engines l.id was examining them preparatory to making run tests down the Gulf & Ship Island renid when he was struck by the switch engine. He was carried to the Jackson Sanitori-u- m and everything possible was done for him. Naples was a thirtj-secon- d decree Mason. Vlrkpbur itta Bark Taxes.' City Assessor K. M. Kelly of Yieksburg has been notified by the revenue agent, Wirt Adams, to col- lect assessments upon the sum of about three millions of property made by tho recent back tax inves- tigations. This will give the city treasury about $00,000 fur its share. Killed III Stepfather. Allison E. Blade, a 16-year-- boy, at Natchez last week shot and killed his stepfather, Albert Clem- ent, while the latter was in the act of assaulting the boy's mother with an ax. Blade is a tinner's appren- tice and his stepfather a hard drinker, who has spent several terms on 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 river about twenty miles below Kosedale. Green has always lived in Bolivar county, 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 mother to Charles Grady, an old German citizen of Bolivar county, troubled his mind until the end came as above stated. Toting Ilanter KtUed.. Powell Franklin, son of J. E. Franklin, a prominent farmer of the eastern part of Lafayette county, was instantly killed by the accident- al discharge of his own gun while hunting last week. Henry Wright, the negro charged with wrecking the train on the Ya- zoo and Mississippi Valley road, near Blakely, on March 20, was convicted last week, the jury being out only five minute. ting bis throat.