The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1902-12-11

The war department has received
the following cablegram from Gen.
Davis, commanding the department
OF the philippines. dated Manila, De-
cember 81 Capt. John j. Pershing has
crossed lake with boats borrowed from
the Moros, visiting Iligan, returning
by same route. Met with friendly re-
ception everywhere. Present passive
policy of armed strength, executed by
wise commanders, should make fur
Their fighting unnecessary. No danger
OF Moro war. Reports as to their
strength greatly overstated. Capt.
.Pershing located Spanish gunbsatsj
will investigate raising.
Gen. Wright, vice-governor of tho
Philippines. has appeared before the
house committee on insular affairs and
supplemented his former argument in
favor of the bill Wiling for the de-
tail of army officers as chiefs and as
sistant chiefs of the Philippine con-
stabulary with the statement that Adjt.
Gen. Corbin and Gen. Young favored
the bill. Col. Edwards, chief of the
bureau of insular affairs, also favored
it. The committee reported the bill
favorably without amendment.
The initiative in the campaign for
the changing of the date of the presi-
dents Inauguration from the 4th Of
March to the last Thursday in April
has been taken by the district commits.
sioners. Assurances have been given
by Judge Jenkins, chairman of the iu-
dietary committee, that an early oppor-
tunity would be given for discussion
of the matter.
The secretary of war has issued an
order discharging practically all sur
geons of volunteers remaining in the
service to take effect February /, 1908.
This is to give them on opportunity to
return to this country, if they are now
as in the case of many of them, serv-
ing the Philippines. The discharge
marks the end of the immense volun-
teer army organized to fight Spain.
A bill has been introduced by Rep
resentative Jenkins, by request, max
ing newspapers and other periodicals
unavailable which contain any pictures
Of suicides or details relating to sui
cides beyond simple statement of
death by suicide, and imposing pen
atty.
Senator Quay, of Pennsylvania, has
just received from Bolivia large fur
rug made of the shaded yellow scat of
the vicuna. The gift was made by
William S. Sorsby, of Mississippi,
minister to Bolivia for the United
States.
The hitch in the Cuban reciprocity
negotiation at Havana has caused the
Administration at Washington much
disappointment and chagrin. Tho
President was so confident that an
agreement would be reached that he
had begun working for votes in teh
Senate to ratify the treaty.
Minister Hart cables from Bogota
that the Colombian Congress cannot
ratify the Panama Canal Treaty before
June 1. Secretary Hay will endeavor
to induce the Senate to ratify the
agreement first.
Postmasters appointed, Louisiana
Kinder, Calcasieu parish, Richard E.
Oden; Vesser, East Baton Rouge, W.
S. Martin. Mississippi-Pontell, Ne
shoba county, John Wharmon.
Pensions, Louisiada-Edward Cor
delius, Illawarra, Sc; Caleb Hender-
son, Cen.erville; $17; Odele Desvig-
mes, New Orleans, So. Mississippi
Marian Baker, Vicksburg, So.
Ex-Speaker Thomas B. Reed died
in his apartments in the Arlington
Hotel at Washington, at 1910 o'clock
morning last. Uramenia was
the immediate cause OF his death.