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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
Cargo of Oil.

New York Officials of Bayonne.
N. j. oil company are chagrinned over
the discovery that they sold for 81 800
vessel full of oil and naptha worth
$40, 900. The steamer Maria took fire
at the Bayonne plant two months ago
and was towed out in the bay to burn.
It was thought that its cargo had been
consumed in the blaze in which the
lives of two men were lost. The Bay
onne concern offered the ship for sale,
and when the buyers had locked the
supposed wreck few hours later it
was found the valuable cargo had
escaped destruction.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
LATE NEWS OF MISSISSIPPI.
Two Boys Pick l'lOO Pounds of Cotton
in Day.


James and Clifton Cooper, the Is
and 17-year old sons of ]. J.. Cooper. a
prosperous farmer living near Law
renee, q few miles west of Newton,
made remarkable record one day
this week for speed in picking cotton.
They had been making pretty good
showing in gathering the feecy staple,
and the other day their father told
them he would make them a present
Of SIS if the two would pick 700 pounds
in one Gay. Thursday morning the
boys went to the patch aboutsdaylight
to begin their task. BY noon Clifton
had picked 312 pounds and James 3O8.
and they informed their father that
they believed they could make it 1000
by night, whereupon they were told
by the father that If they did he would
double the price. After resting forty
minutes for dinner they returned to
to their work, and at $50 o'clock,
when the cotton was weighed, it was
found they had picked LOO pounds.
one getting 548 and the other 542
pounds.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
A Child Labor Bill.

A child labor pill is to be introduced
early in the session of the next legis-
lature which meets in January. This
bill is now in the course of prepare
ton The prime mover is an organi-
cation of ladies, the Kings Daughters.
The Kings Daughters at their last
State convention passed resolution
calling on the legislature to prohibit
children under q certain age from
working. The child labor bill will
probably have some strong advocates
in the legislature.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
Invitation to the Saengerfest.

Oyster Bay, L. AFTER returning
from his Antietam trip, President
Roosevelt received several callers.
Among them was John w. Suetterlee,
president of the National Saengerfest,
who presented an invitation to the
president to attend the Saengerfest to
be held in Milwaukee next July. The
president could not give Mr.. Suetter-
lee definite answer, but indicated
that he would probably not be able to
accept the invitation. The presiden-
tial campaign will be in progress at
that time and the presidents atten-
ton likely will be absorbed in that
wnrlr
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
BabOnic Plague at Rio De Janeiro.

New York.-The newspaper Corrieo
Mannhu asserts that there are seventy
one plague-stricken patients in the
Jurujaha Hospital in this city, cables
the Rio J.neiro (Brazi) correspond
emit of the Herald. The Tribuna also
publishes an article calling the atten-
ton of the authorities to the develop
ment of bubonic plague.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
COTTON GOODS
MUST GO UP.
That Is the Expectation North and
South.
DETERIORATION OF THE PLANT
Indian Corn Not Much Injured by the
FrOst-.-General Trade is Best in Cen.
trail and Southwestern States-..Snm.
mary of Mercantile Agency Reports.

New York. -Telegraphic reports to
the international Mercantile Agency
regarding the more important changes
and features of the week are sum-
married. as follows
Southern advices of further dsteri-
Grafton of cotton plant are general,
and crop estimates do not run over
1000, 600 bales. Expectations North
and South are that the price of cotton
goods must take sharp upward turn.
Indian corn has been much less
hurt by low temperature than report
ed. At least 80 per cent. is reported
absolutely safe and unchanged.
Kentucky tobacco will grade better
than the last year. It will amount to
two-thirds of an average crop. Inde-
pendent buyers have been active, but
indifference by the combine leaves
prices heavy.
Industrial interest has conferred
around steel, prices of which, it is de-
clared, will not be lowered, yet billets
have sold at Sc. or dollar under pool
price.
New England cotton men say they
will not resume in full until new cot
ton supplies warrent it. The textile
situation in Philadelphia is slowly i'm
proving.
Demand for agricultural implements
notably at Louisville, is excellent.
Demand for pig iron is waiting at
Chicago, not strong at Philadelphia,
and firm at Pittsburg.
General trade is most active in the
Central and Southwestern States. A
heavy movement is conspicuous at ST.
Louis and throughout the States tribu-
tary to that city. which extends to all
staple mes.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
Town Booming

A dispatch from Hazlehurst in
Copiah county says that, the town has
probably never enjoyed more sub
stantial boom than at the present time.
New brick stores and many new resi-
dences are being built. and all labor
commands good wages. Cotton re-
ceipts are on the increase from season
ito season, and it is thought that the
receipts for this year will be more
than Is. 900 bales, even if the crop is
short.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
Trooper Davis First In.

Newburg. N. Y.-Trooper Davis, OF
the eighth United States cavalry, has
reached West Point, being the first OF
a detachment Of twelve troopers who
started from Oklahoma thirty nine
days ago, on test ride of 1000 miles.
The men were allowed to eat and
sleep when they pleased, relays Of
horses being provided every thirty
miles. The object of the ride was to
cover the distance in the shortest
practicable times.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
Preferred Death to Poor House.

Little Rock, Ark.-A special from
Eureka Springs says William Britton,
aged 60 years, committed suicide by
hanging himself in . wood shed. He
came here six years ago from Oregon.
He had been sick and unable to work
for some time, and the fear that he
would have to go to the poor house is
believed to have been the euse Of his
suicide.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
Increase of s23,5o3 in Personally.

The assessment rolls filed with the
chancery clerk for. Newton county
show that the personal property valuai
lion for the year 1908 is $701, O63
The assessment for 1902 was $767, 47O
which indicates an increase of $685.
563 in personally this year over last.
There are 3,114 assessed polls in the
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
He Had to Do 1t.

Berlin. the second court mar
tial of Sergeant Briedenbach, of the
Eleventh infantry, who was sentenced
recently to three and a half years i'm
prisonment for i'll treatment of SOL
oilers, the sergeant said that he had to
fog recruits ''like cattle" to make
them learn, and added that his cap
tain, Won Groelman, told him to act
as ~
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
A Chicago Notable Dies Suddenly

Chicago. Joseph L. Day, IS years
of age. known among travelling men as
the ''best dressed man in Chicago, :"
died suddenly at the Auditorium here,
supposedly of heart disease Mr.. Day
for thirty years had been in the tailor
ing business in the down town dis
trict.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
Fight With Fanatic Moros.

Manila. detachment of the TWEEN
ty-eighth infantry embarked in boats
and had sharp engagement on Toroa
Lake, Lanao, on the 10th instant with
q band of fantical Moros, during which
Private o. E. Barnett was killed. One
Of the leaders of the enemy, priest,
single handed attacked boat load
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
Threw Tomato at Premier Combes.

New .York.-Two Italians, Picolo
and Dacchino. charged with having
thrown q tomato at Premier Combes
at Marseilies, have been sentenced,
says q Word dispatch from Paris, to
six months imprisonment. Although
Mr.. Combes was travelling simply as
private individual. the court held that
the insult was directed against hia
official position
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
BULGARIA GIVES
OUT ULTIMATUM.
Turkey Warned to Cease Atrocities in
Macedonia
THREAT TO SEND ARMY.
Little Principally Notifies Turkish Au-
thOrities that Reforms Must be Inn
mediately Inaugurated and the Present
Carnival of Blood Must End

Sofia, Bulgaria. unfavorable
replies of Austria and Russia to Bug
garia's last note, coupled with the al
legations that one OF the powers is
encouraging the military party at the
yildiz kiosk, tend to create a less
hopeful feeling here. Various reports
are in circulation however regarding
negotiations between Tuakey and
Bulgaria looking to solution OF the
Macedonian difficulty.
The Denevnik says Turkey has pre-
sented note to Bulgaria asking for
the latter's assistance in reaching a
peaceful solution. Bulgaria replied
that Turkey must end the massacres,
withdraw her frontier forces, guaran-
tee peace and protection to the
villagers desiring to return to their
homes, amnesty to political offenders
and introduce such governmental re-
forms as will pacify Macedonia and
Adrianople.
The Bulgarian reply concluded.
IF the present situation continues
the Bulgarian government will be
compelled to yield to public opinion
and send an army to the frontier"
According to information received
at revolutionary headquarters from
Monastir 100 persons persisted in the
flames of their burning villages near
Nastoria and more than 1900 bodies of
women and children are said TO be
lying unburied in the fields and on the
roadsides around that place.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
Investment in Hardwood Timber.

N. F. Miller, of Scranton, ton, and
]. J. Macheca, of Now Orleans,
have acquired options for the pur-
chase of tract of hardwood timber in
Jackson county, comprising $4,000
acres. Messrs. Miller and Macheca
have lately operated floating sawmill
on Pascagoula river and have been
quite successful with the hardwood
cut by them. They propose to erect
band saw mill to cut hardwood timber
of daily capacity of 800
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
WILDS OF ABYSSINIA.
Will Be Penetrated By American Conse]
General.

Washington. - Under instructions
from the state department Robert p.
Skinner, the American consel general
at Marseilles, will penetrate the wilda
of Ably ssinia. guarded by detachment
of American marines from the Euro.
pean squadron. He goes to negotiate
with the king of Abyssinia a CONNER
cial treaty which it is hoped will give
important advantages to American
trade.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
Fire Chiefs Election.

Atlanta, Ga.-The following board
of directors of the international Fire
Chiefs Association was appointed by
President r. Joiner, of this city; G.
Larkin, Dayton. O.; j. T. Mullin,
Birmingham, Ala; Fillmore Tyson,
Louisville. XIV.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
Grand Chaplain OF Eiks.

Pine Bluff, Ark.-Rev. Walter
Davenport Buckner has juct been Of
fcially notified that he is reappointed
to serve as grand chaplain for the Be-
nevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
The compliment is we'll deserved.
Mr.. Buckner is rector Of Trinity Epis-
copal church Of this city and has in.
Vulnerable friends. regardless Of
church of creed.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
Long Automobile TriD.

New York. L. L. Whitman, of San
Francisco, who has completed an auto
mobile trip from that city to New York,
called on Mayor Low and presented q
letter from the Mayor of San Francis
CO. Mayor Low congratulated Mr..
Whitman on the completion of his trip.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
Pedagogue Acquitted of Murder Charge.

Charleston, S. C.-Reuben Pitts,
the young school teacher who has been
on trial for his life for killing one of
his pupils, was acquitted at Spartan
burg. No trial for many years has ex-
cited SO intense excitement In the
Piedmont section of the state.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
county.
Sending in Tax Levy.

The chancery clerks are beginning to
send to the Auditors Office the tax
levies made by the Board of Super
visors. So far eighteen counties have
reported TO the Auditor tie levy for
this year. There is little change in
the levy from last year. except that a
number of counties. have made an ex
ira levy for school purposes and to
work the county roads.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
French Given Their Congo.

Cologne. The correspondent of the
Gazette at Fee telegraphs that the
Sultan of Morocco has requested the
French military mission which since
1887 has been training the Sher eefan
troops to leave the capital.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
Turks Lose Heavily.

So6a-According to fugitives who
have arrived at Arilla from Djoumania
serious engagement has occurred
near Mink, IS miles from Salonica,
in which the Turks are said to have
lost 200 men killed, including two COL
onels. Most of the villages in the
district of Mink are in flames.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
Short of Officers.

Salonica Orders have been receiv-
ed here from Constantinople to pro-
mote all sergeant majors to the rank
of b-lieutenants owing to the scare
ity of officers in view of the complete
mobilization of the Turkish army.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
Anti-Sal0Onists Pruturbed.

Brownsville, Tenn. The Anti-Saloon
League here is again purturbed. Iver-
son Currie. negro of doubtful intel
ligence, has just been arrested by the
city authorities on the charge of sell
ing whisky illegally here.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
Not Satisfactory

Washington. The state department
still has under consideration the
matter of the retiring vail of Beruit to
be vail of Brusa. At the present time
the officials are disposed to regard the
appointment in the light of a transfer
rather than promotion, but turtle r
inquiry into the facts by Minister
Leischman may change this view of
the case.
In his cablegram Mr.. Leischman
states that the American claims
against Turkey are not receiving salts.
factory attention by the porte.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
Colleges Are Well Attended.

During the last week majority of
the colleges Of the State threw open
their doors, and in almost every in
stance an increase is reported. This
is another indication of the prosperity
of the people of Mississippi. It also
shows that the educational campaign,
which has been going on in Missis-
sippi for some years, is bearing good
fruit.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
Live Stock Dealers Fail.

Cleveland, O.-W. F. Eyrick 8
Company live stock dealers filed q
petition in bankruptcy in the United
States district court here. It is stated
that the action was taken as a result
of shortage in the accounts of Eyrick
Brothers at Buffalo. Assets are placed
at 500, 654; liabilities $26, ,665.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
SupIican Provincial.

New ork.-Suplican seminaries
and colleges in the United States
which are to be organinized into a
province will, it is announced, have as
first provincial the Very Rev. e. r.
Dyer, rector of st. Mary's Seminary,
Baltimore. Father Dyer returned
from Rome few days ago.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
Ell Pas0 Gets the Congress.

Ogden, Utah.-The National Irri-
cation Congress decided to hold next
years convention in Ell Paso, Texas.
The forces from the southwest, who
have been fighting hard from the day
of their arrival, won out on the first
ballot with Boise City, Idaho second.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
Governors Appointments.

Governor Heard has appointed
Henry M. Youngblood as Mayor of
Hornbeck, Vernon Parish, La, vice
W. M. Connerly, resigned Samuel
Green and j. Nugier, Commissioners
of the Sixth and Seventh Wards
Drainage District, Parish of YER
million.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
Harvey Logan in Montana.

St. Paula Helena special says:
It is believed that Harvey Logan
known as tKid Curry" who recently
escaped from the Knoxville Tenn.
Jail, is in Montana. Logan is wanted
in connection with the robbery of the
Great Northern train, at Wagner, July
8, 1901.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
To Erect New Temple.

Louisville. -The Supreme Lodge
knights and Ladies' of Honor has
passed resolution providing for the
erection of new $50, 900 temple for
national headquarters at Indianapolis.
The delegates also decided to hold the
next biern;"' en~~'~~ - Indianapolis.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
Venezuela Ouarantines.

Caracas, Venezuela. The Venezue-
Ian government has declared q quaran-
tine of thirty days against vessels from
French Mediterranean ports, where
cases of plague have occurred.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
TRAGEDIES in Alaska.

Seattle Wash. Carlson, OF
San Francisco, has been drowned in
the Chignik river on the Alaskan pen
inanla. About the same time John
Nelson was killed by q half-breed
named Wilson. Wilson fled to the
mountains.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
Upton Out of Danger.

Chicago. Sir Thomas Upton is
reported to have improved SO steadily
and satisfactorily that his physicians
now consider further bulletins I'M
necessary.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
Explosion in a Fort.

Mozambique, East Africa.-An ex-
plosion of gun powder and grenades
has occurred at Fort San Sabastiano.
Many persons were killed or injured.
The fort was badly wrecked. Further
explosions are feared.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
Boris SarafOff.

Paris.-A report is circulated that
Boris Sarofoff, the Macedonian leader,
was beheaded recently near Monastir
by Turkish troops.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24

The Central Labor Union of Wash
ington will attempt it is said to defeat
the reelection of President Roosevelt
on account of his action in the Miller
case.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24

st. Louis banks have accepted the
loan of $3,0OO,0 900 recently offered
them by Secretary Shaw. Each Of
the banks will receive $500, 900. One
of them has already furnished Govern
ment bonds as security, and for the
rest the Secretary will accept $4,000
900 in such collateral as it is custom
airy for New York savings banks to
accept. At first Secretary Shaw an
nounced he would require $1,000, 900
OF security for each $500. 600 deposit
cd. but since then he has reduced the
amount. The deposits are made to
assist in the corp movement and
finance numerous Worlds Fair enter
prises without interfering with the
regular course of business.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24

The Department of Justice has re-
ceived preliminary reports from its
examiners who went 10 Alaska to in
vestigate charges against Melvin
Grigsby, the United States Attorney,
and Frank III. Richards, the United
States Marshal of the Cape Nome
District. Marshal Richards was
charged with attempting to inf uence
the Grand Jury and with irregulari-
ties in receiving benefits from the
renting of the Jail at Nome. District
Attorney Grigsby is charged with a
number of Irregularities in the con-
duct of his Office.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24

William J. Jefferson, of New Or
leans, has been appointed Assistant
Engineer at ST., $50, vice William In
gersoll, resigned.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24
THE PANAMA
CANAL TREATY.
The Time Limit for Ratification Has
Expired.
RACE QUESTION in MARYLAND.
Democratic Convention of That State
Has Set a Pace Which Other States
May FOlIow.-C0nfederate Records and
Data Being Collected Up.

Washington, d. C.-The time linn
ltation for the ratification of the Hay
Herran Panama canal treaty has ex-
PRED and is Incumbent upon the
administration to say whether or not
the reasonable time" agreed to by
the United States senate has elapsed.
Five months were given for the Col
ombian Congress to consider the treaty
and for an exchange of notifications.
Neither government has yet requested
any extension of time, and presuma-
bly, no extension will be given. Had
che time OF the Colombian Congress
been consumed by debates or tilibus-
tering tactics, there might be some
logical grounds for extension, but in
asmuch as the matter was settled
weeks ago, so far as the original treaty
was concerned, new period would be
useful to the Colombians only to con-
tinue trying to squeeze ten millions
out of the Panama Canal Company.
The Colombian Charge d'Affaires, DR..
Herran, realizes the gravity of the
situation, but says he has not had any
instructions to request an extension of
the time for ratification, nor has the
American government intimated, so
far as known, that it is anxious to
grant it. In some quarters the sug-
gestion is made that real stumbling
block to the ratification of the treaty
might be removed if the new Panama
Canal Company would consent to the
payment to Colombia of stipulated
portion of the $40 ,000,0 900 which it is
to receive from the American Govern
ment for its rights, franchises and
property along the route of the pro-
posed canal. According to the bill re-
ported to tho Colon bian Senate, that
government wants $4,000 900 of this
money, but it is believed by some per-
sons familiar with South American af-
fairs that compromise might be
reached whereby half that amount
would be accepted by Colombia. The
latter government thinks she is emit
tied to some portion of the money. It
lie also suggested that Colombia might
be willing to forego insistence on some
of the other important amendments
which have been proposed, if she were
compensated by the Panama Canal
Company.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24

General Macarthur, commanding the
department. of the California, in his
annual report says the Importance of
an artillery reserve for the Pacific
coast cannot be over estimated and he
recommends that the entire organized
MALTA Of all are situated within easy
distance of San Francisco be invited
to participate in course Of coast ar
tilery training at the Presidio.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-24

The monthly statement of the col
lections of internal revenue show that
for the month of August the total re-
ceipts were $1S, 7S4.5l4, an increase
as compared with August, 1902, of
81, 064, $50. For the last two months
the total receipts were 1858, sos in ex-
cess of those for the corresponding
months last year.