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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15
Mexican Pete a Policeman.

Salt Lake City, -"Mexicar
Pete" has retired from the ring and il
now doing police duty in this city.
Pete is big enough to put all the mer
in the city under his arm and carry
them to Jail. Pete has gained the
reputation OF being the biggest fake
that ever stepped into the ring. He
wonld fight like bulldog when he
was getting the best of it, but as soor
as his opponent would wollup him
few times it was all up with Pete and
he would lie down and take the count
It is said that at one time the Mexi
can bluffed Jim Jeffries, now cham.
pion of the world.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15
Negro Boys Jeafeusy

Asheville, N. C.-Because he be-
slowed his attention on Minnie Will
SOB, 15-year-old negress, Charles
Dolby, aged IL, was shot by Bob Bos-
tic, aged IA, the Wilson girls sweet
heart. Young Dolby died and at the
inquest evidence was produced to the
effect that the shooting was not acci-
dental, but prompted by jealousy On
the part of BosSic.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15
Guests of Hearst.

Cbicag "a special train on the
Santa Fe road has left Chicago having
on board q number of United States
senators. and congressman. the guests
OF William R. Hearst. The party will
visit the principal cities in New Mex
leo, Arizona and Oklahoma, for the
purpose OF getting information as to
their qualifications for statehood.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15
Death for Ladrones

Manila. -Eight ladrones have Just
been sentence here to be hanged and
two to twenty years Imprisonment by
Judge Sweeney These men were
captured in Bulucan aud other provin-
ces adjacent to Manila. A second
body of ladrones are in the island of
Panay, where they have attacked the
town Of Ibajay and killed thirteen of
Of the inhabitants.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15
MESSAGE IN BOTTLE
Tells of Shipwrecked Sailors YeaI
AGO.

New York.-If q note which has
teen found on the beach at New Roch
elle' N. Y. is genuine, the bottle
which held it had floated thousands oil
mile from the Pacific ocean, where il
vas thrown into the sea more than s
year ago by some shipwrecked sailors
The note said: Shipwre ,ked on Islani
81, July, 1902. South Pacific ocean,
Deighbcrhood 24-18 Is, not far fren
Fiji Island. Whoever finds this doeu.
ment please send relief to party O.
eight. We are on the brig Helvetia FL
Please send help in the name of God,
Martin, ''Mate Brig Helvetia Ell. ,
No record Of the Helvetia II, can be
found.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15
Missourian Stays Woman.

Sedalla, Mo.-Ellen Borden. the
divorced wife Of John Brockaw. who
is serving term in the penitentiary
for the murder Of his second wife, was
shot and killed by John Meyers. .
farmer. unmarried and 80 years old,
near Gravis Mills, Mo. Meyers was
arrested. The dead woman was visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Cal Bradshaw.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15
Girl Assaulted.

Wilmington, Del. - Mary Kossi,
aged Is years, daughter of Polish par
ents, was found dead in a ditch within
few squares of her home on Brad
ford street in South Wilmington and
investigation showed that she had
BEEN assaulted and thrown into the
water. The police are without clew.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15
Receivers Report is Confirmed.

Norfolk, Va.-An order has beer
received here from Judge Waddell OF
the United States circuit court, CON.
firming the report of the receivers Of
the Oliver Refining Company. Tn.
order provides that after the payment
by the refining company of certain OF
its creditors. the receivers shall sur.
render the property of the Oliver Re.
fining Company to the company.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15
ON THE VERGE
OF HOSTILTIES.
Declaration of War Between japan and
Russia MomentariIy Expected.
JAPANESE LAND In cOREA.
Mikado's Forces Reported as Having
Taken Possession Of Mazanpho and
Russian Troops Are Moving--.Uneasi-
nesss in England.

Berlin.-A dispatch from Shanghai
to the Frankfurter Zeitung states that
news has reached there from Che Foo
to the effect that the Japanese have &C.
cupied Mazanpho and that official dec
laration of war is expected.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15
Quiet On st. Andrews.

Washington, D. C.-The navy de-
partment has received . cablegram
from Commander Judge Hubbard,
commanding the Nashville. dated CO.
lon, stating that he had visited the
island Of 81. Andrews and found the
situation there quiet. The Nashville
was sent there to investigate the al
legged ill-treatment of Ger tain Ameri-
cans employed on one of the planta-
tions.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15

The monthly report Of the chief of
the bureau of statistics of the depart
ment Of agriculture will show the con-
dition of corn October to be 8O.8
as compared with 1901 one month
ago; TOT on October !, 1902; SOL at
the corresponding date in 1901 and q
ten year average OF TIT. The pre-
liminary estimate Of the average yield
per acre OF spring wheat is IA. A bush.
els subject to revision when the final
wheat estimate Is made. The average
quantity of spring wheat is 84.5 as
as compared with S7.7 one year ago.
The preliminary returns indicate an
oat crop of about 1877, 1000, 900 bushels
or an average Of o8.4 bushels per acre,
as compared with 34.5 bushels year
ago; "a. / in 10 OIL and ten year aver
average OF 27.8. The average for
quality is 1913 against 86.7 in 1902
and 1877 in 1901. The preliminary
estimate of the yield per acre of bar
ley is 264 bushels against 800 one
year ago; PAT in 1901 and ten year
average of 1913. The average for
quality is 1914 against 1913 last year
and SO. in 1901.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15
Cleveland Takes Cottage.

New York.-Former President and
Mrs. Cleveland have taken d cottage
at Lake Wood. N. J.. where is expect
ed they will spend much of the winter
season. 1t is for the benefit of Mrs.
Cleyeland's health that the temper
ary change has been made. She has
not regained her strength since the
birth of the baby. FRAMES Grover.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15
Knapp's Case Appealed

Hamilton, Ohio.-The case Of Alfred
Knapp, sentenced to be electrocuted
December IL. for the murder OF his
wife, Hannah Goddard Knapp, APP
pealed TO the circuit court on error.
The transcript was filed three, hours
before expiration of the forty days
allowed by law for fling a petition in
error
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15
In Secret Session

Londcn.-The last stage OF the
Alaskan boundary arbitration began
when the com missiouers met in secret
session to consider their verdict. The
commissioners will sit daily from II
a. m. until p. m. until decision is
reached.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15

At the request of the War Depart
ment, Senior Calvo, the Costa Rican
Minister. has Withdrawn his son,
Arthur Calvo, from West Point, where
he was being given a military educa-
ton as an act of courtesy to the COST
Rican Government. Young Colvo is
said to have been responsible for the
incident that got Cadets James G.
Steese and William A. Canoe into
trouble which ended with a court
martial and sentence to dismissal.
IT was shown that they were hilarious
at dinner at hotel in Newburg last
August, end that Calvo particularly
solicited the invitation from the hotel
keeper and arranged for Steese, Canoe
and himself to go.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15
Russia Brought Her Knitting.


Mem Chwang, Manchuria. The
Russians are taking no steps to re-
store the governm ent of New Chwang
to the Chinese. On the contrary they
are fastening the erection Of extern
sive government buildings, and have
added another gunboat to the naval
force here. Reports from Northern
Manchuria indicte that no movement
has been made towards the evacua-
ton OF that territory, and Russian
officials are discussing the perma.
nent occupation of the points now held
as being the settled policy.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15
Archbishop Kahn Dying

Baltinaor e.-Archbishop Jno Joseph
Kain. of st. Louis, who is a patient
at st. Agnes sanitarium, is reported
TO be In q state Of coma. His death
is expected at any hour by those in
atten dance upon him.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15
Sir Thomas Sails.

New York.-Sir Thomas Upton
has sailed for England on the steamer
Cedric. Sir Thomas said that he was
not feeling as we'll as he looked, but
that he expected to gain strength on
his way to England.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15
New Orleans Strike Ends.

New Orleans Work of loading cot
ton along the levee front, which has
been suspended for weeks, has been
resumed on the basis of the settlement
of the controversy between the screw
mon and the agents. Large forces of
screwmen were on hand.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15
Death Under Cayiny Bank

Nashville, Tenn, Three mem were
Caught under falling clay bank at
the state prison brick yards, Ed. Jen-
nings, negro convict, dying Of his
injuries, Clay Demoss. guard, had
both legs broken and Sandy Benton
colored, prisoner, was slightly in
iured.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15
Taft Coming In January.

Washington. Word has been re-
ceived at the white house from Gov.
Taft that he will be here ready to as
sumo his new duties as secretary Of
war some time in January.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15
Reducing Expense of Municipalities

Manila. commission is now en-.
gagged In reducing the number of mu.
inequalities in the different provinces
of the island. This will greatly reduc,
the expense of the government.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15
Grain Rates May be Much Disturbed.

New York. may be with
drawn soon from the list of articles
upon which the London and Liverpool
steamship lines operated from the va
rious Atlantic ports maintain minimum
rates. At a meeting of representa-
tives of the various lines it has been
decided to recommend such with
drawal.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15

Yokohama The announcement bv
M. Lessar, the Russian minister to
China, that the Manchurian conyen.
ton between Russia and China has
lapsed is received here with ridicule.
Dispatches from Che Foo report that
Russian warship and transport with
500 troops left Port Arthur October 4
for Coreo. The Russian forces ut New
Chwang are reported to have been in
creased. Gen. Kolima, the Japanese
home minister, has been appointed
chief assistant to the military staff.
The premier will assume Gen. Kohl
mas portfolio.
st. Petersburg. Significance is at
tached here to the fact that the Official
Messenger and the Journal de st.
Petersburg print the Berlin Lokal
Anzeiger dispatch relating to the
movement of the Russian fleet and the
coincident landing of Russian and
Japanese troops in different parts of
Corea. Several newspapers publish
reviews of Japan's military and naval
strength.
The cancellation of the projected
visit OF the car to Rome is said to be
due to the attitude Of the Italian
socialiet press and social deputies.
London.-The foreign Office says it
has no confirmation of the report of
Japanese military movements at Ma.
zanpho. Tn spite of the reassuring
otatements of the foreign office and
Baron Hayashi, the frequent reitera-
ton that hostilities between Russia
aud japan are imminent, the mystic
rious movements Of the Russian and
Japanese fleets and the excited state
OF public opinion in Japan are begin
ming to cause diequiet in Great
Britain, which by reason of her al
lance with Japan is intimately con-
cerned with any action which the
latter may take in she far east. Only
the most sanguine persons believe that
in the event of hostilities they could
be kept within the limits which would
free Great Britain from her obligation
to support her japanese ally. Even
Baron Hayashi himself who rfdiculed
all suggest ions heretofore is not now
SO optimistic.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15

Efforts will be made to amend ex-
tradition treaties with England and
France SO as to get at the Missouri alb
sconders.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15

Sir Chen TUG Liang Cheng; the
Chinese minister has had q long con.
ference with Secretary Hay today re-
garding the situation in Manchuria.
The minister received information
some time ago that there vas no APP
parent movement. on the part OF Rus
STA indicating that that country wonld
begin the evacuation of Manchuria on
Oct. 8, as agreed, and as stipulated in
q treaty made with Cains- The Chi
nese minister naturally feels keenly
the conditions which exist and, as is
everywhere known, China Is In no po-
sition to enforce the treaty and COM
pei Russia to evacuate.> Atpresent the
concern OF the United States is to see
that the agreement made with China
for open ports in Manchuria are
carried out regardless of what Russia
may do for either evacuation or in
permanent control of the province.
Apropos of the retirement OF Major
General Corbin from Washington to
assume command of the Department
OF the East, there has been considera-
BILE gossip, occasioned chiefly because
the moving of Corbin served to sever
another link in the chain that former
~ connected President Roosevelt with
the friends of the late President Nc
Kinley. One by one the men who
wers most prominent in the Mckinley
administration have been retired from
official life, until today Postmaster
General Payne is practically the only
link that connects the Roosevelt admin.
istrasion with thatSof his p, edecessor,
considering the strictly political eie-
ment.
The Monetary Commission will re.
port on silver and gold basis of ex.
change.
DIR. 81. B. Peterson is suggested for
seventh auditor of the treasury.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15

Auditor Castle, Of the postofice de-
partment, has resigned to attend to
private business. The report OF At
tcrney Bonaparte may account for it.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-10-15

Assistant AttOrney General Chris
tiancy's resignation has been accepted.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-02
A Rural Free Delivery Patron.

When the idea Of system for free
delivery OF mails in the rural districts
was first suggested in this country it
people who would benefit most by such
system were slow to see how feasible
and possible It could become. I well re-
dent Of Hibernian origin, in the district
where had the honor to be special agent
Of the government. This man, when it
was was fret fret Pre- to the
his protest against it. He not only dis
believed in the innovation, he scorned it.
and would have none Of it. After it was
installed he refused to have a box or
but trudged resolute1y through rain or
his paper Nesting the Carrier we OK fGs
qts REGULAR ens ds you ne said 1 to him. rs
planned that he had to be- on still an
other occasion Mr.. B.. approached him on
the subject OF q box. He thought he
for long he was enthusiastic about it.. He
thrice, weekly news, service. he had EN-
CHAMPION Of the rural delve Seeom asa, int
all corners. One day. going over the
route, I stopped at his gate. 1 knew bet
,'Mr b.. I believe you do not like the
Indeed and LIDO. man" he replied,
quick as as !. o dash: Ills myself that
government I'd be a darned hog!"
This last seems to be the general feel
ing among patrons Of the rural free de-
livery system. It Is a significant fact
that Mr. B. Is not alone in having now
q daily paper instead Of the usual weekly
or thrice weekly one. The free delivery
system has done more than any one other
thing to draw the world together through
the daily news service The average
farmer Is too tired at night to travel to
the postoffice for his daily paper. but the
news Of the world has no more ;fntelligent
readers than the farners.-W. c. r. Haz-
ard in the Household for May. =, = Z :
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-02
: OF An Old Slaves
- Devotion. -
The Story Listened to In Deserted
Graveyard in Alabama.

(k attracted by an old country grave
ul yard that gave evidence of hay
II posts Of the former. fence, which
had long since disapPeafed, e GaTe 1nGy
and briars that overran the place in wild
but picturesque. confusion. Several cost
a stood at yaus
ms sFfat tna hstSht d End be s
t tSroE a1 Wilderness ness of Wild flowers that
| Wed with one another in their southland
Skies seie As IN I reared the marble shaft. I
Woman Within the iron fence, caring for
6ymn not Wishing TO the o o1d
woman, who thought herself alone, ! cut
the branches of tree rec, with va.. my riding
PRESENCE wS: I greeted her with Good
She looked from side to side, then arose
ed BY: strong walking stick, erasped
tightly in her right hand, which was be-
decked with brass rings: one on each
ebeay hand esma but Rnotty and 70 mise
shapen from rheumatism. which ex-
planned the presence . Of the nums1ous
believe these are beneficial in such cases.
"Howdy. Mist'ess; didn't 'spect to see
anybody in dis yere lonely place." she
said, dragging her feet along slowly until
she reached the ruinous fence and
grasped it for support.
I expressed my interest and curiosity in
the place, which seemed to please her
very much: and opening the. old rickety
gate, she Invited me to rest awhile on
quickly united her clean check apron, and
spread 1t over the weather-beaten seat
adding: IBIS yere chair not f1tten for a
nice coat like yours got on Miste ss. It's
ben we're 50 long dat de paint done wored
I felt to decline the old ''auntie's'' apron
might make her less communicative, and
I wanted to hear her talk Of anti-bellum
days which still have a charm for the
younger generation. 49,.
After making myself comfortable and
thanking the woman for her invitation, I
asked her to tell me something Of her
self and the old graveyard. II suppose
this is the grave of a relative" 7 re-
marked. pointing to the one she had so
carefully attended. Z
well, honey, OATS leadin' Questin, as
young Marse Bill used to say, an I'll
come to it AFTER awhile. AS you can see,
is mighty white-headed an old, an II
you knows anything bout niggah, you
knows fdey is 'bleeged to be old when DER
head is as white as mine Is. I was horned
'nn s q dc dear rust fami}s .n
knows anything bout DEM YOU knows
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-02
REAL ESTATE AND MORTGA(

REAL ESTATE AND MORTGAGE
TO make the time for foreclosing
mortgages fifteen years ....:.;.::.
TO determine the descent OF real es-
tate in certain cases. .......::...
To provide for filing and recording
wills affecting real estate. .........
TO iegalize the transfer Of certain
TT oe iees sssa'e ociai certificates Of sale.
I'd iegaiize the transfer OF cemetery
70 o' iegsalize: mortgage foreclosures in
nc certain aend ca the laws relating to fore:
closure Of mortgages: .;....:...::;::
e purchase Of land by the United
r states prevlde for the renewal Of Ger
ro oa .ieeaiize the. conveyance by coun:
ty Commissioners OF certain real
re es ta5idate sales Of real estate under
a license Of probate court. ........ :
TO ratify certain conveyances.
TO legaiize the defective execution
of certain deeds. ..:.:....::;:.::.:.':::
To authorize the state auoltor 10
TO Regulate the fling and recording
of deeds In newly organized coun-
TO iegalize conveyances from hus-
band to wife
TO Iegalize defective acknowledge
.tments Of deeds !..... ........
To determine the title Of real estate
in certain cases ................:.
TO amend the law relating to tho =.
sale Of mineral lands -.............
To leEalize acknowledgements Of
=: :: conveyances, etc.. .....j..........
To amend the law relating to regis
tration of title Of land. ............
To amend the law relating to sale
of mineral lands. :...........
To legalize the foreclosure of mort
cages by action, ..................
TO amend the law. relating to dis
F charge Of mortgages -.-...-..--.-~ :
To. leEalize certain zconveyance9. .....
To- legalize certain: acknowledgements
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-02
LONG-LIvED MERCHANTS.
O1d-T1mers Reached an Age Which
Few Now Attain.
p. e. HANSON,
Secretary OF State.

O1d-T1mers Reached an Age Which
Few Now Attain.
Last year saw the death Of many old
tin time New 9oEk ,merchants-John Dan
Salem n. Wales, Charles Broadway
Rouss: The mortality continues with
AS mercantile life goes now, a bust
ness man Of sixty is not so good an in
su rance FISK as a sea captain and hardly
is competition and so vast and varied
are the responsibilities Of the executive
control Of large merchandising interests.
the softening Of the brain tissues or the
nervous collapse prevents the attainment
Of the three-score at which one Of the
best periods Of life should but be begin
ming: But IS hard work alone responsible
for the earlier breakdown? =.
Most Of these old. timers were notable
for the fact that they lived on to green
fellows Of whom It could not be said
that they were veterans tagging super
fuous on the stage. McCreery, for ex-
ample lived to be seventy-eight; Dan
eetghty-9ne; Wales, seventy-seven: Tif:
One is led to wonder whether an in
ne a stprd tba;s OF physique had most
whether: the main Contributing cause
should be looked for in their simplicity
OF life. following the early habit Of
frugality: They began their business
careers in q humble way, as office boys
or minor clerks; they worked as hard
and as long and with probably as many
anaassing fortunes. But when prosperity
arrived they maintained the even tenor
Of temperance that safeguards the ply
steal and mental health and conduces to
longevity,
No ostentatious expenditure for them,
no automobiles in record-breakine races
across Jersey, no equine dinners, no
but a. quiet and dignif1ed existence in
the 1eisured elegance Of great wealth.
To enjoy riches nationally and to re-
score Of years after the p1easure-seektng
millionaire is dead-is not that to have
got something out of life which the
sensatlonIhungry rich man does not
real1ze.-New York Evening World.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-02

Forest Preservation In Russia.
In the northern departments Of Russia
the forests used to seem so huge that
they were looked upon as absolutely in
exhaustible, but of late years they have
been cut down so recklessly that the min
lister Of imperial, domains has issued sew +,
eral reports on the subject to the effect
that the indiscriminate wood cutting in
Northern Europe requires checking i'm
mediately If the forests are not to be al ;
together destroyed. Large tracts of land
are now partially disafforested, and UNI
less the process is summarily stopped,
many Russian provinces will be entirely
denuded. OF course there has been no
planting OF young trees to take the place ,
Of those that have been cut down, for
the Russian peasant would never think
Of doing such a thing unless he were or
dered to do so by the central government.
With the disappearance of the trees,
the climate will. of course, alter and the
result of the loss of timber Is disastrous
to country. The mountains Of Dalma-
tia were once covered with thick forests,
but indiscriminate cutting gradually
thinned the slopes SO much that the soil
was no longer held together by the roots
Of the trees; the mountains were in
course Of time washed hare and what ,
was once, a thickly. wooded country is
now nothing but barren rock, and it. is |
to stop some such disaster that the min |
lister Of imperial domains Is issuing res
pOrts.-Mfnneapolis tLumberman. =
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