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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-12-24
William Hoover a Bankrupt

William 81. Hoover, of Pickens, has
filed petition in bankruptcy, his as-
sets being given as $19.389 of which
81. $50 is stock of general merohan--
disc, the remainder being real estate
and open accounts. The liabilities ara
placed at $25. 900.
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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-12-24
K. 6. Collins New Job.

z. s. Collins, who for the past twelve
years has held the position as local
masager of tho Postal Telegraph Com
pany Baton Rouge. La. has been
transferred to take charge of the Office
at Vicksburg, which was vacated re-
,ently by the resignation of Manager
Louis Rothschild.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-12-24
Needed Ready Money and Got Lots of II

Needed Ready Money and Got Lots of 1t.
Chicago. While working on salary
OF So week, A. G.. Grisby has rob
bed his employees at rate of 5000 per
day, according to Manager David L..
Rose of M. L. Barrett & %. When
arrested $3.50 worth of costly vanilla
beans were found concealed in Grigs-
by's clothes. In the few months thst
Grigsby's meager salary has kept him
attached 10 the firm il is believed he
has stolen between $l2, and $l5, :
900 worth of stock. 'I needed lit
tie ready money" the only explana-
ton he designed to vouchsafe.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-12-24
Dan James Left Much Money

It is stated that the estate Of the
late Dan A. James. who died at Vicks-
burg as the result of injuries frem his
being thrown from buggy, is valued
At over 100000. He carried life
insurance of $4,000. He is survived
by q wife and one child.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-12-24
, Untr0ubled by Low Water.

In spite of the stage of the river,
the Yazoo canal is enabling ell the
Mississippi river boats to land at tina
city front ut Vieksburg. A good cur
rent from the Yazoo flows in front OF
the city and is not anticipated that tina
mouth of the canal will be choked IN.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-12-24
Widespread Frauds in Insurance Circles.

New York.-Samuel Silverstein, a
clothing merchant, has pleaded guilty
to the charge of presenting false proof
of loss to fire insurance company.
and Judge Lewis sentsnced him to
one year in the penitentiary. Silver
stein confessed that he had presented
the false proofs upon the advice of a
public adjuster, and this was the cause
Of an investigation which disclosed
evidences of widespread irregularities
among professional adjusters, through
which che fire insurance companies
claim to have lost large sums.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-12-24
Boarding Houses Raise Rates

Those who have been elected to the
Legislature will be interested to note
that the boarding houses Of Jackson
have revised their scales of prices for
board and lodging and that prices have
been very materially increased. This
is because of the difficulty of keeping
servants.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-12-24
China Prepares for war Against Russia.

London.-The Shanghai CORES
pendent of the Daily Telegraph says
that, according to local manaarins,
the Pekin Government hes agaio
warned the provincial authorities to
prepare for immediate hostilities ow
ing to the offensive action taken by
Russia and her allies regarding far
Eastern affairs. A cable message
from Toxic says the dispatch of troops
to Korea is imminent, and that the
elder statesmen have been summon sda
TO meet the Emperor on Friday.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-12-24
Residence of Rev. Whitfield Destroye,
Gov. Longino at New Orleans.

Gov. Longino attended the celebra-
ton of the one hundreth anniversary
of the Louisiana purchase. al New
Orleans. All of the Mississippi ofici-
ais were invited to participate in the
exercises, but were unable to attend
because of the fact that they are too
busy getting out their reports for the
Legislature.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-12-24

We are statistically informed that
Massachusetts has but one COW to
every Is 1-2 inhabitants. Well, that
ought to be enough to adulterate an
ocean of water.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-12-24
Yes, newspaperiety IL good word,
md lots Of people have it bad at fro
luent intervals.

An eminent medical authority grave
ly warns us not to jump out of bed
too abruptly, and before our eyes are
we'll open, in the morning. We never
do
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-12-24

The House elections committee has
unanimously decided to send to San
Francisco for the ballots in the Kahn
L;-ernash contested election case. The
committee fxel Jan. Is for consider
ing the Moore Gudger case from
North Carolina.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-12-24
Safe Blower Captured.

The pc lice now have in the Jackson
jail the leader Of the gang who blew
open and robbed the safe of the
Southern Express Office at MeHenry
station on the night Of the 18th of
December. There were three men in
the gang who used dynamite on the
express company's safe, and secured
the booty. Two of the men were cap
tured by the officers before they made
any great distance from McHenry,
but the leader made his escape, aud it
was supposed came in the direction OF
Jackson. The police were immedi-
ately notified, and description of the
man wanted was sent to Chief Taylor.
The man arrested has been in the
city several days and has deem going
under the name of John Rutherford,
carrying a card certifying that he was
a member of the Western Federation
of Miners. He has been bssg;ng
over the city and working the one arm
graft. When he arrived here his &C.
tions were suspicious, and on this
suspicion an investigation Was made
which lead to his arrest. The express
officials have been notified that their
man is in Jail and they are expected to
arrive and return him to McHenry.
Residence of Rev. Whitfield Destroyed.
The residence of Rev. George
Whitfield at Clinton has been destroy
ed by fire. 1.-THE house was insured for
$1,000, which is much less than the
value of the property destroyed. The
students of Mississippi College did
splendid work in removing the house
hold effects and preventing the spread
of the fire to the outhouses.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-12-24
Jackson Nabs Naval Deserter.

So$AoVM iNoUS INdtdI BCSCIlCEs
For the very first time In her his
tory. perhaps. jackson has captured q
deserter from q United States war
ship. A fcw days ago the police of
the CITY arrested young man, who
gave his name as Nathan Lee, tha
charge against him being petty lar
ceny, Jailer Gain got on pretty good
terms with the fellow, and in course OF
time learned that he had been ON
board one of Uncle Sans ships. He
telegraphed to the Navy Departments
at Washington, and almost immedia-
tely received this telegram in reply
''Twenty dollars reward offered for
the delivery of Nathan Ralph Lee
aboard the worship Wasp, which la
probably at Pensacola. If in custody.
fully identified and not wanted ON
civil charge telegraph bureau for tran
sportation from Jackson to place de-
livered, which will be designated.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-12-24
ACRES OF ROSES
ON DELTA LANDS
Mammoth Flower Garden Ia Missis-
sippi.
OHIO MEN BACKING PROJECT.
Purchase 5000 Acres In TaIIahatchie
Couuty..-Soil PeculiarilIy Adapted to
Rose Culture Is Found After Years Of
Search.

A vast flower garden of 8, 600 across
is what Ohio Horticulturalist intend to
establish In the delta section of Missis-
slppi. They propose to establish rosa
farm and ship cuttings of roses over
the entire United States.
AS an evidence that the project will
be contaminated, the promoters have
within the past week purchased 5000
acres OF delta land in Tallahatchie
county, Miss. The land lies in the
northwest corner Of the county and
near Tutwiler. It is adjacent to the
Lake Cormorant line of the Yazoo j.
Mississippi Valley railroad. The pro-
motors of this project are John mr..
Good. L. Verney. q. T. Ridgely. O.
W. Welsh, Erwin s. Houck and L.
T. Job. All are from Springfield, O.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-12-24

The danger of surgeons performing
even minor operations without compe-
tent assistance at hand was illustrated
at Emporia, Kans., where Dr. Charles
Gardner died of heart failure while in
the act of operating on a patient for
tonsilitis. The patient also nearly bled
to death before another doctor could
arrive.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-12-24

In the northern province of Italy the
illiteracy is not so great as in the
southern, from which nearly all the
immigrants come. In Piedmont the
llliteracy is less than in Pennsylvania
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-12-24

Experts of the Department of Agri-
culture have discovered that, this coun-
exceeds in value the worlds annual
output of silver and gold. President
ROosevelt's dissertations on race sui
eide evidently have not been lost upon
the American hen.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-12-24

The Senate Committee on Indian
Affairs has favorably reported the bill
to establish an Indian agricultural
school near Wappeton, N. D. The
bill carried an appropriation of 500,
600.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-12-24

The Senate Committee OF the Phil
ippines directed favorable report on
Senator Frye's bill. exempting inter
island passenger and freight business
in the Philippine archipelago from the
provisions of the coastwise laws. The
exemption Of this class OF trade
was necessary by reason of the limited
number of vessels owned in the Unit
ed States, plying between ports in the
Philippines.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-12-24

The shrinkage of German claims
against Venezuela from s1,317,817 to
S389095 under scrutiny of the mixed
tribunal suggests that Kaiser Wilhelm
awhile ago wanted war on "watered"
grievances.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-12-24

The Senate has received q number
of petitions submitted through Senator
Penrose, relative to protests from
Americans in the Isle OF Pines. against
the ratification of the treaty between
the United States and Cubai giving
the island to Cuba.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-04
SUM Is TOO SMALL.
Gov. Brady Wants Alaska Appropri-
alton Doubled.

Seattle, Wash, Aug. 4-Governor
Brady of Alaska in an address deliver
ed before the Washington board of
commissioners at a special meeting of
the chamber of commerce. stated that
$4,000 is altogether too small an appro-
priation for suitable Alaskan exhibit
at the st. Louis exposition. In the gov
ernor's opirion at least 500, 900 is need
ed. H thinks, considering the amounts
paid into the treasury by Alaska in the
past such a request is not excessive.
He further stated that the appointment
of an outsider to take care of the pre-
paration of the exhibit had caused
great deal of discomfort in Alaska.
The governor is on his way to st.
Louis where he will confer with Assist
ant Secretary Ryan and the fair COM
nniSSiOnerS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-04
ASKED TO SHOW CAUSE
Secretary Roots Letter to the
Merchants Bridge Company.

Washington, Aug. 4.-Secretary Root
has addressed a communication to tbs
Merchants Bridge company, the own,
river at st. Louis, asking the company
to show cause why the United States
should not take possession of the
bridge under statute which provided for
its construction. Under the law the sec
rotary oe war can take possession OF
the bridge without legal proceedings OF
any kind, If any of three things hap>
pen, namely, if the bridge company con-
solidates with any other bridge COM
pany, If the company pools it's earn
ings with any other company, if the
same officers of any other company be,
come officers of the Merchants Bridge
company. In the allegations presented
to the secretary of war it is declared
that leases made by the Merchants
Bridge company constitute consoli-
dalton with another company.
St. Louis, Mo, Aug. At is charged
that the St. Louis Terminal association,
bridge, also controls the Merchants
bridge and it's facilities as well as most
of the railroad terminals of ST. Louis.
At present there is a bill before the st.
Louis municipal assembly granting the
Terminal a1socia ton certain privileges
in the streets of the city in order to IA
cilitate the handling of Worlds fair
crowds and for permanent improve
ments The measure is now in commit
tee pending the asked for repeal by the
Terminal association of the so-called
bridge arbitrary" and the invesuga-
ton of the charge that the control of
the Merchants bridge had passed to
the Terminal association contrary to
o.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-04
GOVERNOR is BLAMED
For Distress and Suffering in Island
of St Vincent

Correspondence of the Associated Press.)
Kingston, st. Vincent, July 10.-The Sen.
Try publishes an article today calling pub
lie attention to the miserable condition of
many of the sufferers from the late erup-
the stricken families says the Sentry.
who are sick, starving and penniless ex-
cites the pity of the hardest heart and fires
with indignation the minds of those who
are aware that this unfortunate nay dis
graceful, circumstance Is the direct result
OF the acts OF a despotic governor. in-chief
In accordance with his own.
In spite of the advices of men whose
otherwise, placed them in a position to be
MS excellencys advisors in such a matter
as the settlement of these people on suit
able lands, Sir Robert Lewelyn located 90
OF the starving families on an unhealthy
spot of -ArnoSvale land, without placing at
their disposal foot of cultivatable land,
no rations and at a time of the year when
The prospect of their obtaining sufficient
employment for a livelihood was the faint
est The result is that many of these peo-
pie, weakened by constant hunger. have
fallen easy victims of the malaria that
they have been lodged. Nor are these the
only batch of refugees thus deprived of the
human comforts which belong to them
out of the relief of the funds that were
subscribed by a sympathizing world on
their behalf Others. though better located.
are also suffering from want of food the
employment afforded on the estates near
by being inadequate to keep them and
there are until now large numbers of these
nalI naked laDOrerS SUI living under the
temporary shelters at Colonnarie and I'M
der dirty, tattered tents which were erect
ed in the center of Barroualic for over a
twelve month. These temporary shelters
are harbingers of disease and immortality.
In the face of all this misery a sum OF
s1250 900 to the credit of the Soufriere relief
fund was recently RENTED from this gov
eminent to England at a cost of $1,000 tc
be invested, it is said. for the permanent
interest of the colony, if the work OF
relieving immediate distress had been CON-
pleted.'
The Sentry expresses the hope that its
exposure of the situation in st. Vincent
may lead to the matter being taken up in
the British parliament.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-04
ONE AGAINST is.
Conflicting Testimony in the
Trial of Jett and White.

Cynthiana. Ky, Aug. Am the Jett
and White trial today Dr. J. NJ Kash.
of Jackson, testified to attending Mar,
cum as he lay dying in front of the
court house. He said that a few min
utes before the killing he saw Jett in
front of Hargis Bros store, immedi>
ately across the street from the court
house, talking to Asbury Spier and
Lfsh Noble. This contradicted the tes-
timony of at least fifteen witnesses who
testified for the prosecution to seeing
Jett go into the side door of the court
house Immediately before the shooting
On cross-examination he did not re-
member seeing any one else at the
time of the killing about the court
house. 1t was claimed by cross-exani-
nation that he contradicted his testi>
mony on the former trial at jackson
six weeks ago.
John Smith and John Abner testified
at length, contradicting Mrs. Mary
johnson and Edward Marcum, who said
they had seen Smith and Abner a year
before the killing of Marcum in a stone
quarry near Marcum's home armed
with other armed men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-04
HE SEES POOR OUTLOOK.
Member of Colombian Congress has
Studied Canal Situation.

New York Aug 4.-Pedro Velez, a
member of the Colombian congress and
one Of the house committee which has
charge of the Panama canal treaty, will
sail for Colon today. after stay of
several weeks in this city and Wash
ington. After visiting his home in
Cartagena he will go to Bogota to take
part in the canal debate.
studied sentiment relative to the canal
and Will use as a guide in the dsIiber-
atoms of congress the information he
has gathered.
Regardless of the great advantage of
the Panama route. he says. those who
favor it over the Nicaragua waterway
are greatly in the minority.
Velez does not expect an early vote
because of Drotracted debate and nu-
merous amendments which will be
offered. L can not tell how 1 will
vote" said he. but if ] were to Judge
according to impressions received here
from a generality of the press, my de-
cision would be decidedly against the
treatv-
IF this present treaty negotia ton
with the United States government
should come to a standstill 1 feel our
government and people will not in any
case try to bargain on or sacrifice the
French people. with whom our rela-
tons always have been cordial
THE canal will be a benefit to CO.
lombia and TO the world. but the sem
advantageous circumstances that would
induce to strengthen the desire of COM
ing to more intimate and fraternal re-
latiOuS'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-04
TEARING UP TRACKS.
City Railway Begins the Actual
Work of Construction.

Five blocks of the Kansas avenue
car line have been torn up and one
hundred workmen are making ready to
lay new ties and rails. One track from
Crane street to Fourth is now being
dismantled North of Second street the
entire track has been removed. while
from Second to Fourth street the work.
men are still engaged in pulling up the
rails. BY tonight the entire distance
will be ready for laying new material.
The Topeka Railway company will
remove but one track at time, SO that
car service will not need to be discon,
tinued A considerable number of new
rails have been hauled to the place
where they will be required for use.
They are S5-pound. T. rails, and look like
bridge Orders. They. are about twelve
times the size of the little johnson
rails in the old track, and really look
too large.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-04
CURE FOR HAY FEVER.
Geo. w. StansfieId Says Hyomei VIII
Give Relief Sold Under Guarantee.

The season for hay fever is almost at
hand and many people feel that they
will be obliged to leave town in order
to avoid the sneezing, watery eyes and
other annoying symptoms of this disa-
greeable summer disease
Geo. w. Stansfeld, druggist, 632 KAN
sas avenue, wishes US to announce that
when Hyomei is used, either as pre-
ventive or cure. there will be no hay
fever. He advises the use of Hyomei
daily for two or three weeks before the
usual time for the annual appearance
of hay fever In this way the attack
will be prevented. If, however. the pre-
ventive treatment was not started soon
CROUCH and the disease comes on. use
Hyomei six or seven times daily and
also rub Hyomei Balm thoroughly into
the nostrils both morning and night.
This treatment will relieve at once and
give speedy and permanent cure.
Hyomei actually brings into your
own home a. climate filled with ozone
and healing balsams. the same air
that one breathes a the White Noun
tains other health resorts.
There is no stomach dosing when Hy-
onei is used. 1t is Natures own meth,
cd of curing all diseases of the respira-
tory organs. and is breathed through a
neat pocket inhaler that accompanies
every outfit, so that the medicated air
reaches the minutest air cells, killing
all germs and soothing and healing the
irritated mucous membrane.
1t is the one treatment for hay fever
refund the money if it does not give
satisfaction. All who are subject to
hay fever should begin it's use at once
so as to prevent the disease.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-04
ENRIGHT GETS A NEW JOB.
Made Attorney for the Royal Neigh
bors of America.

e. A. Enright. the Wyandotte county
statesman, has been elected as attorney
and member of the beneficiary commit
tee of the Royal Neighbors of America
which is said to be pretty good job,
and it is supposed that this is why he
is giving up his place as United States
commissioner in the Indian Territory, to
which he was appointed soon after the
Adjournment of the legislature Enright
succeeds ]. G. Johnson. the Democratic
leader. in his new lodge position The
change will become effective August s.
1t is said that two other Wyandotte
county men, ]. A. Smith and w. H.
Littick, are after the United States com
missionership, but it is possible that the
place will go to some other county.
johnson seems to be losing all around.
Ben Smith of Mankato, Mimi, succeeds
him as attorney for the Modern Wood
men of America.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-04
WAITED THIRTY YEARS
For the Proper Food.

A man who was a semi-invalid for 80
wears got well in aout a month when
he found the right food. He says:
when 1 was 10 years of age 1 had a
severe attack of typhoid fever and after
almost starving to death I was left In
a pitiable condition.
my nervous system was so shat
tered that 1 had to walk with cane for
six months after got on my feet and
nv stomach was terribly distended-
This was thirty years ago, and since
that time 1 have never known health
although 1 had tried doctor after doc
tor, until six months ago I saw an
article about Grape-Nuts that inn
pressed me so 1 thought l would try il.
so gave Grape-Nuts a trial, more
as something to eat than with any ideA
it would help me. My improvement
commenced Immediately and has kept
right up until now 1 have used seven
packages and / feel like another person.
I am in better health than / have been
since boyhood and am strong and con-
tented. Grape-Nuts food helped me
after everything else failed, and look
on this as an evidence of the great
power of proper food" Name given by
Postum Co.. Battle Creek, Mich
Send to the company for particulars
by mail of extension of time on the
$500 cooks contest for 735 money
prizes.