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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-25
GuIfport Still Moving.

Gulfport IS now in the midst Of
a boom that is attracting attention
everywhere. Gulfport now has q
feet OF water. and one day aUou,
three weeks age the ports tonnage
was greater than that of all the
other ports between New Orleans
and Mobile combined, and this ton
mage lacked but 1000 tons of being
as great as Mobiles. There is q
pier a Gulfport that extends out in
the gull mile and half. and ships
can load with the best facilities.
This pier is constructed on solid
earthen embankment between re-
vetment work OF creosoted lumber.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-25
LATE NEWS OF MISSISSIPPI.
Another Tragedy Near the Notorious
"Sulliyan's Hollow.


Bob Sullivan, of the not ed SulIi.
van family of Sullivan Hollow, was
snos and killed by Gus Adams. a
sectlon foreman, at BunkerhilI
crossing, a station on the Gulf and
Ship Island railroad, four miles
west of Taylorsville. The two men
had words in the forenoon. Sulli-
van boarded the east bound train.
returning to Bunkerhill in the
afternoon. Adams met him at the
station and killed him before he
reached the platform. The mer
were not dozen yards apart. Five
Shots were fired. 1t is said week
ago Sullivan pulled his pistol on
Adams and forced him and toe sec
ton crew to leave their work. Bob
Sullivan was son of "WiId Bill'
Sullivan, who is now urder indict-
ment Tor killing his brother, Wes-
son Sullivan, last Decem Der.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-25
Vicksburg May Get II.

The chances are that Vicksburg
will secure tie annual meeting Of
the Mississippi Chess Association.
The matter is not yet decided, how
ever, and will not be until Secre-
tary Griffith, in whose charge the
matter of selection rests, hears from
a number of other members of the
association, who have been invited
to submit suggestions as 20 the best
meeting place. The meeting will
be held either on July Fl or %.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-25
"SWEET LIBERTY"
Weman POisOner Pardoned After n
Years of Imprisonment.


Years of Imprisonment.
New York. After twenty-seven
years behind prison bars, Mrs. En-
ma Wimple is free, through the par
don granted her few days ago by
Governor Odell. When the woman
was escor ted from the Matteawan
hospital for the insane to tie rail-
way station at New burg, she ap-
peared completely dazed at the
strange sights. Mrs. Wimple was
sentenced to life Imprisonment for
poisoning her husband. She en-
tered Sing Sing a pretty girl of 18
and emerged to liberty a gray
haired woman CT 45. Fifteen months
ago she was found to be losing her
reason and was taken to the asylum
from which she has just been lib
Grated. Apparently she will soon
entirely recover. Mrs. WimpIe
poisoned her husband as the GU t.
come OF a love affair. The young
man who was tried as her accom-
plce also was sentenced for life, but
died in prison many years ago.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-25
More WhiteCapping.

: Another whitecapping escapade
has taken place in Amite county.
TIE house of a negro named John
Hiram was visited bv whitecaps.
They fired into it ana the negro
was hit in the arm, but escaped Sc
rious injury. Seventy-tive bullet
holes were counted in the sides of
the house and seventy two empty
Winchester shells and numerous
tracks were found on the outside.
The place Of another negro living
in the same neighborhood was visit
ed. but the whitecaps contented
themselves with tearing down sixty
panels of fence.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-25
Female Bluebeard to Be Tried.

Berlln.-The trial of the so-called
Female Bluebeard,' Frau Przy-
godda, has begun at AllenstiE, East
Prussia. Her fifth husband, Przy-
godda. hotel keeper, caught her
putting arsenic in his coffee and re-
Eembered that her other husbands,
all prosperous peasants, died sud-
denly. The authorities exhumed
the remains and found arsenic in
each of them.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-25
Robbery and ArSon.

The store Of Jeff Grayhan mer-
chant at Alliance, Miss. has been
robbed and burned. Before the
robbery the telephone line which
pass through the town were cut,
and messages, witch would cause a
search of the country at once, and
possibly a capture of the guilty
parties, could not be sent. The
store and goods were a total loss,
with no insurance. This is the
second fire of this kind In that vi
cinlty in a week.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-25
Big Wholesale House.

The deal has been closed for the
site ard the necessary contracts and
agreements signed whereby Gulf
port gets another wholesale grocery
house. It will DE knows as the
GuIfport Grocery Company. The
site is directly west of the Gulf and
Ship Island Railway general Office,
where it will be convenient to the
docks.s The Gulf and Ship Island
Railway Company has begun a
switch track that will pass by the
side of the Grocery Company. The
building will be 80 by 125 feet,
three stories high and will be built
of brick.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-25
Fair in Claiborne.

An effort will be made to hold a
county fair in Claiborne county this
year, and the promoters announce
that they anticipate no difficulty
whatever in raising the necessary
funds. They are expecting to at
tract big crowds from all the neigh
boring counties. The exhibits viii
be of such character, for the most
part, that they can be transferred
to the st. Louis exposition as Clai-
borne countys contribution to the
Mississippi display.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-25
Allen Hanged.

jim Allen, negro, was hung
Tuesday for murder at Sumner, Tal-
lahatchie county. He was convicted
and sentenced in 1902, but an ap-
pear was taken to the supreme
court, which operated to stay the
execution. The case was recently
affirmed and June 22 set fer the
hanging. Aliens attorneys made
strong efforts to induce Governor
LoEgino to commute the sentence.
which he declined tic do.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-25
HydrOphObia in Marshall.

A death from hydrophobia has
occurred near Waterford, Marshall
county, Jones Brooks, planter,
and twelve others, some of them
members of his family. were bitten
by dog forty days from last Sur
day. They secured treatment from
a maidstone owned by Ben Milan,
out in Brooks case not soon
enough, Milan claims. Mr.. Brooks
was taken sick Monday and the
case developed a violent form, con-
vulsions and other symptoms of the
disease following until his death.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-25
Laurel Real Estate.

There is much activity in the
Laurel rea: estate market. Several
big transfers have been recorded
within the past week and a build
ing boom, which will include a
brick hotel, and a number of other
brick structures, is on the program
for the next few weeks.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-25
AIcorn Will be Represented.

The negroes at Alcorn College at
Rodney have already begun work
on the Industrial exhibit which that
Institution will send to the Worlds
Fair at st. Louis. The exhibit will
consist Of wagons, buggies, shoes,
steel drills and implements and
other things made exclusively in
the college shops.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-25
At the Pass.

The Mexican Gulf Hotel, Pass
Christian, has opened for the sum
mer, under the management of E.
+. Carroll, whose long connection
with the St. Charles Hotel, New Or
leans, and whose eminently success
full management OF the Mexican
Gulf for over year, are sufficient
indications that anyone visiting his
hotel will be more than pleased.
The house, which has $50 rooms,
has been thoroughly renovated
and repaired and is now in better
condition than ever before. Pass
Christian is the prettiest, cleanest
and most attractive resort to be
found. Fishing issssuperb and bath
iEg urequalled. One Of the strong
est points is the water which comes
from ar arteslan well seven hun
dred feet deep, has slight medici-
nal qualities ard is pronounced by
prominent chemists to be one Of the
besU waters in the W orId.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-25
Hattiesburg Was Not Represented.

Hattiesburg Was Not Represented.
While Hattiesburg has ore of the
argest and nest lodges of Elks in
ssissippi, prossive mishap failed
ave a representative at the State
ing in Vicksburg. which closed
IL. Exalted Ruler Batson.
her, will attend the National
q, which convenes at Balti-
id. July Is.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-25
Prisoners Get Bold.

. Two prisoners escaped one day
recently in broad daylight from
the Monroe county Jail. They sue
ceeded in making a hole in the W all
through which they made their
way to freedom.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-25
Farmers Institute Desired.

r. FL. Lewis Clerk Of Court. at
Scranton has taken up the matter of
getting a farmers institute there.
Arrangements have not yet bee
made, but there is nothing visible
TO prevent the holding of such an
institution.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-25
Prof. BrOugh HOnOred.

Prof G. II. Brougn. of Clin ton,
who has occupied the Chair of Mod
err Languages in the Mississippi
College, located at that place, has
been elected to the Chair of Econo-
mic and sociology in the University
of Arkansas. Fayetteville, Ark.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-25
Elks' Home in Aberdeen.

The Elks of Aberdeen are build
ing home, which promises to be
ore OF tie Landsomest structures in
the State. The contractor is push
ing the WORK, and expects it to be
completed at an early date.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-25
Ramsey Arrested.

Dan Ramsey. notorious criminal
has been arrested at Laurel. Ram
sey made big iewelry steal in tits
city year ago. He was recognized
by a clerk of the store and was
taken into custody.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-25
Banking Company Organized.

The Meridian Trust and Banking
Company has been organized at Me.
ridian and a charter applied for.
The authorized stock is $3.50, 900,
with 800. 900 paid up capital. The
Company is made np OF local cap
ita!ists.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-25

Still more stringent regulations
ought to be adopted in almost every
state of the Union for the protection
Of game beasts, birds and fishes.
Such restrictions are in the long run
for the advantage of the masses and
not for the enjoyment of any privileg-
ed classes Americans everywhere
have ample reason for advocating the
enactment of wise and judicious game
laws. Much good has been done, and
more is in store.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-25

The crusade against crime which
is being waged by the municipal
authorities of Jackson, and the
grand jury of Kinds county and the
court officials, is purifying the city
very rapidly.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-25

$40 and Costs for Selling 40 Cents Worth
A negro was convicted In the Po-
lice Court at Hattiesburg, of steal
ing 40 cents wort of whisky. for
which Infringement of the law a fine
of $40 and costs was assessed.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-25
Another Hotel at Jackson,

1t is stated that no time is to Ee
lost now IN the construction of the
new 800. 900 hotel at the corner Of
Capitol and Congress streets, at
Jackson. With this hotel and the
new Edwards, Jackson will have
two Of the best hotels in the South.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-25
NEWS OF THE DAY
TERSELY RELATED.
DoingS Of Great Busy World Told
in Terse Paragraphs.
WAVES FROM THE MAGIC WIRES
Condensed and Served While Hot to
Our Readers in Labor Saving Slices.
Cream of Late Dispatches From the
Four Quarters OF the Globe.

|
Four Quarters OF the Globe.
| Rain has delayed the fitting out o.
Shamrock III.
Five men were killed il mine
explosion at Bosspurg, w. Va.
Two men have left San Francisco
IL an automobile fer New York.
Cardinal Vaughn, head OF the
Catholic church in England, is
dead.
The burning OF a sawmill at &c.
neva, Ala, inflicted loss of
1926, 900.
There is general division as to
the plan to prevent cotton corners
in New York.
The Democrats are in the MAORI
ty on the reorganized civil service
commission.
The Vanderbilts intend to build
up the New York Central system
vest OF Buffalo.
Six men were killed near CAM
bridge, Ohio, by bolt of lightning
striking dynamite house.
Mckinney, the last of the Glas-
gov, Mont, fugilives, has been
killed.
The Pacific coast friends of q. S.
Grant have urged him for the vice
presidency.
The Atlanta. Ca, transit and
lighting companies have oonsoli.
dated.
The Picket won the American
Derby by good margin, forcing
the pace from the start.
1t is said the French government
aims at the total suppr esslon of the
liberty of teaching.
Complications with the vatican
may be averted by President Lou
bet not visiting Rome.
Colonel Maschln, head assassin of
Queen Draga, was actuated by per-
sonal vengeance.
The city council at Ell Paso has
passed an ordinance prohibiting
preachers from interrupting con-
certs.
Frank E. Joseph is charged with
robbing the Frank Leslie Publish
ing Company, of $4,000.
The federal grand jury at Mont
gonery, Ala, has adjourned until
July Is, after returning SO indict-
ments charging peonage.
Prof. j. FL. DeiIer. of New Or
leans, was elected president of the
North American Suengerbund at
St. Louis.
J. P. Morgan and Company de-
MED the report that tie shipping
trust is to be reorganizad.
Tie National Association OF
HandIemakers Eeld its annual meet
ing at Chattanooga, Tenn.
Servian leaders declare punish
ment of the assassins of the king
and queen is impossible.
II Witte declares the limit of tax.
alton has been reached in Russia,
and that retire nchment is necessary.
President Roosevelt considers New
York doubtful and will take per.
sonal charge of the campaign there.
C. P. Johnson has secured sus-
pension of timber and stone entries
by the general land office.
Drastic preventive measures are
stamping out the plague in japan.
Only a.'few cases of plague are
left at Iquique, Chill.
A new form ct naturalization oath
is being prepared, the applicant be-
ing required to swear Ee is not an
anarchist.
The United States, Great Britain
and Holland will not recognize the
new government of Servia.
The freiget handlers enplc yed by
the three large dry goods houses
OF Marshall Field and Company,
Pierre, Scott and Company, and j.
v. Farwell ana Company, at Chi.
cago, have voted to call strike.
Governor Cummins of Iowa, upon
receipt OF advices that crisis was
approaching in the street railway
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-25
Cnt a Fine Belt

A case which is attracting cen sid
cradle attention in Laurel is on trial
before Mayor McCalfum. A young
man Is charged with cutting one oil
the mammoth belts in Eastman, Oar
diner and Company mill. The belt
which was practically ruined, was
val ued at 5000.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-25
State Candidates Pay Two Dollars.

The Democratic executive COM
mittee of Coahoma county have met
and assessed State, district and
county candidates SO each for the
privilege Of having their names
placed on the official ballot for the
coming primary. Beat candidates
we're assessed 81 each. The money
must be RENTED on or before July
%, or the names will be left off the
ticket. !.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-25

By the end of June work will be-
gin on the Ievees in the Upper va
zoo levee district. Major T. 6.
Dabney Chief Engineer OF the va
zoo Leyee Beard. is authorized by
the Upper Yazoc Levee Board to
spend an aggregate of $500, 100 IN
levee work this year. The majority
will be devo&od to the enlargement
and the raising of existing standard
levees in this district. When asked
about the work contemplated this
year Major Dabney SAID: $50 far, |
have only let two contracts. The
board meets on June Both at Clarks-
dale, and the advertising of bids
and tbs allotment of various pieces
of work for the Upper Yazoc ois-
trict will be gore into In detail.
The June rise has not exactly done
harm. but it has delayed and held
back the work a great deal. 1t
will result in making tie season for
ievee work exceedingly short this
year. So far only the contracts for
the work at Star Landing and
Moons has been let. This work
amounts to $4,000"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-25

Sir Edgar Vincent, one of the ablest
financial authorities in England, has
written a striking letter to the London
Times pointing out the loss in British
credit as evidenced by the fall in con-
soils. In five ears consols have fallen
81 percent, whereas the largest fall in
any foreign government security is
government could raise money at 2 81
percent, but if war were to break out
now it would have to pay considerably
over percent for any large amount.
There has been no similar change in
the financial ability of France, Ger
many or Russia; therefore, compared
with those countries, England is finan-
cially weaker than she was.
The movement to make England less
dependent of the United States for her
cotton supply is assuming very ex-
tensive dimensions. An article which
appears in the first issue of The. West
African Mail, the official organ of the
British Cotton Growing association.
sets out to prove that the success OF
of the movement for promoting cotton
productions within the British empire
means for England safety for the most
important industries, and self-protec-
ton against a peril which might be-
come a national disaster; for Lanca-
shire cessation from dependence ON
America and increase Of prosperity
from increased supplies of raw materi-
al; for West Africa the creation of a
new industry, increase in purchasing
power and the consequent advance aud
development of it's colonies.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-25

Now that young Mrs. Vanderbilt and
Miss Nelson are safely one, the coun-
try can draw long breath and resume
It's ordinary affairs.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-25

A petition has been placed in cir
culatioE asking the board Of super
visors of Kinds county to call an
election on open saloons.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-25

Utah has adopted amazingly drastic
legislation with regard to tobacco and
opium. A law has been passed provid-
ing for fine of S. Of five days i'm
prisonment for any one under Is years
OF age who even has in his or her
possession a cigarette, cigar or any
other kind of tobacco, or any opium.
1t will be interesting to observe how
vigorously so sweeping a measure will
be enforced.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-25

Mankind, which loves a lover, will
be glad that the pauper baronet of
England, Sir William Gordon Mac
gregor, is at last safely welded says
the New York World. His coy bride
OF forty-nine is not rich. but prom
inent society woman" is understood
to have pensioned the noble couple.
Ring the merry bells-especially in
the workhouse recently honored by Sir
Williams patronage.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-25

Thanks to American discoveries and
American methods of suppression, yell
low fever has been stamped out in
Cuba, and is no longer menace to
the health of any port OF the Union.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-25

The new animal houses in New
YorK's geological gardens give wild
beasts wider range of comfort than
the tenement jewellers in the crowded
districts ON the east side of Manhat-
tan have known for generations.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-25
TOPICS OF MOMENT
FROM MISSISSIPPI
News and Notes of the Day in the
Prosperous Bayou State.
TO SPEND BIG SUM ON LEYEES.

Major Dabney of the Yazoo Levee Board
Announces That an Aggregate of $780,
600, Has been Allowed for Levee Work
This Year.---Alcorn Preparing Exhibit.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-25

The manufacturers of the United
States are nearly double those of Great
Britain and ireland, and about equal
to those of France, Germany and Rus
STA combined. The government statis-
tici2n estimates our last years inter-
nal commedce as about 20 billion dol
ars. 1t was ouly two billion dollars so
years ago.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-25

In sentencing woman who claimed
to be spiritualistic medium, a Ber-
lin judge remarked that the people
who went to her seances did not get
what they thought they were paying
for. You might think he was a dra-
matte critic from the way he talks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-20
MUCH IN EVIDENCE.
Scotland to Be Well Represented at st.
Louis Worlds Fair.

The Scotchmen Of America are going to
be in evidence at the great gathering Of the
nations in 1904. Professor James Main
Dixon, curator Of the Burns Cottage Asso-
citation, is in the city, a guest at the Metro
politan Hotel, urging the claims Of the as
ISOLATION upon the members Of the Caledon-
ian Society and other residents of Scottish
extraction. Thursday evening, speaking be-
fore social gathering Of the Scots, he told
Of the progress that had been made. Plans
and specifications had been received from
the architect who recently renovated the
Aud Clay Btggin on the banks of Dorm,
and an exact reproduction would shortly
be put up within the exposition grounds at
st. Louis. Several months ago a fine site
had been dedicated to the purposes OF q
Scottish corner. In addition to the cottage
there would be hall, with reception rooms
and a museum. The style in which these
would be constructed depended largely on
the liberality of Scottish Americans.
Mr.. James M. Wilson, Secretary of Agr1-
culture, an Ayrshire man by birth, from
the banks Of the Lugar. is an active mem
Der of the association, and Mr.. Dixon has
been consulting with him. Mr.. r. w.
Smith of the Botanic garden, is naturally
much interested. He possesses the finest
been showing Its treasures to the curator
1t now contains over 500 editions Of the
poets works. Professor Dixon will deliver
an address Saturday evening in Mt. Vernon
M. E. Church, 9th and r streets on the
evangelistic work of Henry Drummond
who was a fellow student of his at Edin-
burgh.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-20
FRANCIS SCALA DEAD.
Was for Many Years Leader Of Marine
Band.

Francis Scala. who is known throughout
the country as the man under whom Sousa
served in the Marine Band, died at his
residence. 91S South Carolina avenue south
east, Saturday night shortly after o'clock
after an illness Of about two weeks. Mr..
Scala was eighty-four years of age. and
up to two weeks ago had enjoyed vigorous
health. Funeral services will be held to-
morrow morning at 0 clock at st. Peters
Church, corner of I'd and C streets south
east Rev. Father O'Brien will celebrate
solemn requiem mass and Rev. Father
Krug Of ST Paul's Church will preach the
sermon. The interment will take place at
Congressional cemetery.
Francis Scala was born in Naples, Italy
in 1919. He was about twenty years Of age
when he went aboard the old Brandywine
of the Mediterranean fleet, in 1S41, and en-
listed as a third-class musician. The vessel
was in the Bay of Naples at the time. Mr.
Scala's family had not been musical but
the son had much talent, and had been
trained at the Musical College at Naples
When he went aboard the American man
of-war he could speak no English. The ex-
ecutive officer Of the boat could speak ItaI-
ian however, and Scala was soon playing
clarinet in the band. After serving but