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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24
RAILROADS AND
THE IRON TRADE
DEMAND FOR CONSTRUCTION
BELOW THE AVERAGE.
SOMEWHAT PESSInISTIC
Outlook for Railroad Building Not so
Promising as Year ago, as Recov-
cry Has Not Been Complete From
The Check Received Last Summer.

Chicago-The Railway Age says:
The outlook for railroad building in
the United States is not as promising
as it was year ago. There has not
been complete recovery from the
check in New York which followed
the disturbance in the financial world
last summer and while large amount
Of building has been planned much Of
it is being held up until financial con-
ditions are more favorable. There
are 6,90S miles Of new line under con-
struction and 1870 miles more on
which it is expected to begin work
during the year.
The Iron Trade
New York Further improvement
in the iron trade is noted by the Iron
Age. The demand from railroads,
however, has not yet increased in pro-
portion with the increase in other
quarters. The review says:
The better feeling in iron trade
continues. 1t has found expression
thus far in a livelier buying of pig
iron in all quarters at moderate adj
vance in many instances. The major
ity of sellers have marked up their
asking prices and it remains to be
seen whether or not this will check
buying now that the urgent require
ments for delivery during the second
quarter appear to be covered.
Castiron pipe manufacturers are
studying closely the arguments which
would come up if the project to sup
ply high pressure fire service for
New York and Brooklyn should ma
ture. 1t would eau for about 100,-
900 TONS
The Pennsylvania tunnel job has
made progress. Since it calls for
about 100000 tons of castings and
about $4,000 tons Of steel plates the
work means a good deal of employ
ment to shops and mills
When we turn from the lines Of iron
and steel products which enter into
general consumption to those which
are sold chiefly to the railroads the
situation is less bright. In the lines
which are not protected by agree
ments very low prices continue to
prevail while the tonnage of those
products which are controlled by as
sociations is still light. There seems
little prospect Of an improvement in
the purchases of the railroads until
they are able to market securities to
better advantage than now.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24
Valley Trains Collide.

A hcad-end collision occurred in the
Yazoo & Mississippi yards at Cleve-
land when the Greenville accommo-
dation engine No. q crashed into ex-
ira 81 on siding, severely scalding
and internally injuring Engineer
Frank Mclean on engine No. 81.
The. negro fireman, Tab Black, was
thrown from the cab and sustained a
broken wrist. Conductor L. f. Brown
was severely bruised aboue The, head.
Newsboy J. NJ. Miller had his arm
bruised. The accident was caused by
the failure of brakeman to close a
switch. Engine No. 81 is a mass of
kindling wood. Mr.. Mclean has since
died.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24
Medical Men Organized.

The Washington County Medical
Society has been organized in Green
vile with about twenty-five members.
The following officers were elected
President, DR.. E. A. Cheek, of Arcola !;
Vice President, DR.. O. w. Stone, of
Greenville; Secretary and Treasurer,
DR.. M. o. Shivers, of Greenville !;
delegate to the State Medical Associa-
ton DR.. j. d. Smyth, Of Greenville.
DR.. Martin of Clarksdale, addressed
the meeting on the necessity Of organi-
cation as means of beneftting the
profession, increasing knowledge and
drawing its members in closer frater-
aal tonch
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24
Condition of Farms.

The Special Committee appointed
from the House to visit the State
EARNS, made the following report to
The House, through their Chairman, A.
Miller:
''Mr. Speaker: Your Committee
appointed to visit and examine the
Oakley, Rankin County and Sunfower
farms beg leave to report that they
have discharged said duty.
We recommend that the Oakley
farm be sold or exchanged for other
lands that lie contiguous to the Sun
flower farm, as we believ that it is to
the best interest of the State to con-
centrate all of the able bodied con-
vlcts Of the Penitentiary on the Sun
flower farm, as we believe that it is to
which lies near the city of Jackson,
can be advantageously used for hospi-
tai agricultural and other purposes.
"We find that about 5000 acres Of
land will be put in cultivation on the
Sunfower farm in 1904. Several
thousand acres have already been pre-
pared for planting. We find the diff
ferent camps, seven In number, to be
well and humanely managed; the diff
ferent eight cages, or prison houses,
are in clearly condition, and santa
ton has not been neglected. The
prisoners appear to be well cared for
and look stout and healthy. We adj
wise the sale of Oakley or exchange
Oakley for lands adjoining the Sun
flower State Farm, for the following
reasons: Oakley as worked is I'M
profitable to the State. It's sale has
been recommended by Governors Nc
Laurin, Stone and Longino. 1t is not
needed as hospital, the Rankin farm
being ample for that purpose, and the
female convicts engaged in making
convicts' clothing on Oakley should
be located in the Sunfower farm. It
could be done more conveniently and
at less expense to the State"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24
Boycotted By Negroes.

Snow Hill, Md.-Delegates William
&. Kerbin, of Worcester County, who
has been strenuously pushing the
Jim Grow" Bill in the state legisla-
ture, has been boycotted by negroes.
Kerbin boards at hotel here, and
Monday morning when he sat down to
breakfast he was informed that the
colored cook had refused to prepare
another meal for him. Hungry and
angry, he travelled to Baltimore before
obtaining food. His washerwoman,
too, has refused longer to do his week
ly washing.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24
Limitation in Doodle Gases.

st. Louis. The statue of limitation
has expired in all bribery offenses
during the 1901 session of the Mis-
souri, Legislature, and there can be no
prosecution Of legislators who have
not been indicted during the three
years just ended. The cases of Sen
ators Frank H. Farris, Charles II.
Smith and Buel Matthews, who were
indicted on charges of bribery, are
yet to be tried.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24
EIGHT MILLION
EVERY MONTH
COMMERCE OF THE UNITED
STATES INCREASING.
NON-CONTICUOUS LANDS
Receive Heavy Shipments From This
Country. Volume of Business for
the Full Fiscal Year Will Aggre-
gate $1O0,0OO,O00.

Washington Commerce of the Unit
ed States, with its non-contiguous ter
ritory, now averages about $8,00O,O00
per month, and it is apparent that for
the full fiscal year it will aggregate a
round $100,000,000. In the term "non-
contiguous territory are included
Alaska, the Hawaiian Islands, the
Philippine Islands, Guam, Tutuila,
and Porto Rico. Records of their
shipments to the ports of the United
States and of shipments from the va
rious ports to them are now regularly
presented by the Department of Com
merce and Labor through its Bureau
of Statistics.
These records show that the ship
ments from the United States to Alas
ka, Hawaii, Porto Rico, the Philip
pines, Guam and Tutuila aggregated.
IN the seven months ending with Jan
uary, 1904, nearly $21, 100000 and the
merchandise received from them in the
same period nearly $31, 100000. If to
this is added the gold bullion received
from Alaska, the grand total of our
commerce with the territory in CUES
ton for the seven months ending with
January would amount to nearly $780,
100000, which makes it quite apparent
that for the fiscal year ending with
June 30 next the total will be fully
s1O0,OO0,OOO.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24
Correspondent Excluded.

Toxic The British minister refus-
es to endorse the application of Hales,
the correspondent of the Daily News
to accompany the Japanese army, Civ
ing as his reason that Hales reports
from the Transvaal during the Boer
war were slanderous Of the British
army. The japanese government re-
quires that all correspondents should
have the endorsement Of the resident
minister of the country they repre-
emit
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24
Bcauvoir Trustees.

The following trustees for Beau
roir, which is to be maintained as a
home for Confederate soldiers, have
oeen named by Governor Vardaman,
and confirmed by the Senate: T. NJ.
Henry and J. W. Odom, of DeSoto
County; T. R. Henderson, Of Green
Ville; d. L. Mckay, Of Meridian; J. Fl.
McGhee, of Franklin, and John Y.
Murray, Jr., Of Tippah County.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24
Negro Hanged.

Montgomery, Tex.-John Maynard,
negro, has been hanged to a tele-
graph pole about 400 yards from the
depot here. Maynard was charged
with being one of party of negroes
who robbed a number of Bohemian
railway workers, beating them severe
ly and kill killed one man.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24
Seek German Protection.

Yin Kow-It is reported the Rus
sian officials have approached Germa-
ny with the object of engaging pro-
lection of Russian property at New
Chwang, particularly the Russo Chi
nese bank, and this is the object of the
consul's visit. 1t is thought unlikely
that Germany will undertake the task,
which, it is reported, France recently
declined.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24
Shot Woman BY Mistake.

John Williams, a negro, an old
United States soldier shot and Sc
riously wounded a woman named Ell
bert Jones in the back, at Batesville,
with doubled barreled shotgun. lit is
believed he shot the wrong woman,
and that the shot was intended for
an informer on persons who bad been
selling whiskey illicitly
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24
Highland Home College Burned.

Montgomery, Ala.-The buildings
of the Highland Home College at
Lapine, in the southern part of Mont
gomery county, have been destroyed
by fire. The loss is $4,000, partially
insured. This is one Of the oldest
schools in Middle Alabama. 1t will
be rebuilt. Students lost all Of their
books.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24
Third Oil Reduction.

For the third time in three weeks
the Standard Oil Company has cut
the price of high-grade petroleum
three cents a barrel. Prices are quot
ed as follows: Pennsylvania 81 II,
Tiona 81 Sc, Corning ST. 81, Newcastle
ST So, Cabell ST. 80, North Lima ST. %,
South Lima and Indiana ST. IL, Som
erset ST. Is, Ragland 81 cents.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24
Objection to Chinese.

London. In the House Of Com
mons the Liberal leader, Sir Henry
Campbell Bannerman, moved his vote
of censure, presented March 16, to the
effect that this House disapproves
the conduct Of his majesty's govern
ment ii advising the crown not to dis
allow the ordinance for the introduce
ton Of Chinese labor in the Trans
wall
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24
Gen. Allen Stopped.

Seoul, The Japanese have stopp-
ed Brigadier General Henry T. Allen,
chief of the Philippine constabulary
and United military observer of
the Russian army at Ping Yang, re-
questing him not to proceed nearer
their outposts.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24
Blew Out the Gas.

st. Louis. Edward Rauer and his
son, Peter, from Jackson, Tenn, were
asphyxiated in room at hotel while
asleep. When discovered the son was
dead, and the father, it is believed,
will die. 1t is believedd they blew out
the gas by mistake.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24
Faithful Doc.

A beggar who recently died in q
Paris hospital possessed q dog which
was greatly attached to him Durins
the mans stay in the hospital the
animal never moved away from the
door. When the beggar died the dog
followed his body to the cemetery,
where it remained lying on the grave
FOR several dayS
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24
Panama Case Was Funny.

Washington. In the Panama Canal
cases in Paris, the lawyers had the
fun all to themselves, making an at
tack on one of the attorneys, whom
they claimed had no right to partici-
pate.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24
Citizens Bank Organized.

Citizens met at the court house at
Alderman recently and organized the
Citizens Bank. The new bank is to
be capitalized at $4,000, all of which
has been subscribed Ten per cent of
the capital has been paid in for build
ing purposes. 1t is the purposes to be
ready for business September LIST.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24
Answer Filed.

Attorneys for the Gulf and Ship
Island Railroad have filed answer to
the petition of the revenue agent ask
ing classification Of that road for the
purpose of assessment.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24
The Duke is Dead.

London The Duke Of Cambridge,
cousin of Queen Victoria, and for
many years Commander-in- Chief Of
the British Army, is dead.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24
Alcorn Appropriation.

The governor has signed the bill ap-
propriating money for the support of
Alcorn College.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24
Charter Approved.

The charter of the Delta Bank at
Leland has been approved. The bank
is capitalized at $4,000.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24
A Settlement Affected.

Paris. The Anglo-F'rench negotia-
lions have effected settlement of the
Newfoundland question.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24
Mr.. Billiard Appointed.

Hon. w. d. Billiard has been ap-
pointed trustee of the I. I. & Col
lege.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24
A Second California.

st. Petersburg. The Novosti de-
clares that the real secret of the Brit
ISL Thibetan expedition is the discov-
cry of immensely rich gold deposits,
Thibet being in fact second Califor-
MIA.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24

st. Louis, Mo. Daniel Haley, who
eight years ago made the sensational
escaped from the Tennessee peniten-
tiary at Nashville, was recaptured
here. He must serve six more years.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24
Fire at Clarksdale.

Clarksdale suffered from a $4,000
fire few days ago.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24
Green Captured.

Ed Green, who escaped from the
Iuka Jail last July, has been captur-
ed.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-24
Terrible Texas Tornado.

Dallas A tornado near Greenville,
Tex, resulted in one death and in
jury to several persons.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-29
JEFF TO GO ON THE ROAD.
The Big Champion Has Battled Him.
self Out of the Ring.

San Francisco. Aug. 29.-Jim JEFF
fries was the central figure of a merry
gathering at Harry Corbett's- He was
surrounded by Los Angeles friends,
who were bidding him goodby before
leaving for home. The champions
face was wreathed in smiles, and his
right arm was working like the ira
ditional pump handle, as he bestowed
hearty handgrips with the men from
the Southland.
Il knew that he was mine the first
time / caught him on the side with
my left. 1 hit him in the body a time
or two before that, but iu~was the high
left that did the trick
In this connection it is claimed by
Jenfries' friends that ne has at last
got back to his old style of using his
left. They say that Tommy Ryan
coached the champion into hitting in
n hating way and spoiled his natural
delivery. He now works the left in
the way he did at the outset of his ca
reer and greater execution is the re-
suit
Jeffries does not see any ring en-
gagements ahead. lie will not listen
to any proposition involving a contest
with a negro. and. If his plans mature
he will go out on the road with his
own theatrical company.
II have never travelled through the
western and southern country with a
show, and I think I can do well if
/ get started fairly" said the cham
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-29

The crowd WIS good natured all the
way through. Topeka was never be-
hind in the running. That fact trans
formed the 1000 into a sea of smiles.
The cheering could be heard in Tecum-
sch. At the close of the second game
a. number of playful fans began throw
ing cushions in the grand stand. In
about three minutes the air was chok-
| ed with. these straw-sacks. Womens
hats seemed to be especially desirable
targets. Groundkeeper Whitteker sue
cessfully quelled the disturbance.
| Both the games were good Topeka
made but one, error. in each. Sedalia
made two in the first and four in the
second. But the Bugs were in a sorry
Secretary Codding. was in bad shape.
| due to overinddlgence IN alcoholic
Stimulants- Hekwa late in showing up
ON ctf1e field a1fd delayeds the game all
| most half an ihoHy. HecwaS put JIM to
catch hut demonstrated in the first in
ming that he WaSrnote in condition Man
ager Rohn benehed him, and Secretary
Codding says that a nice plaster in the
shape of a fine awaits him when the
team gets back to Sedalia. Lee was
taken off second base and put into the
cage, Bauers being sent to second, Red
Davis to center and Hutter to the right
field. That put three pitchers into the
visitors lineup.
In the second game Red Davis did
the catching, and the rest of the team
lined up as usual, with Jack Edwards
ment was in a. big measure responsible
for the slow playing of the visitors
There is as much difference betwixt day
and night as between the Gold Bugs
of August and May.
First Game.
The Saints started scoring in the
second inning. F'reH singled and a mo-
ment later rode home on a double by
Olson and a. single by Brown. The
sixth inning proved Sedalia's Waterloo.
Abbott opened the bottle with a cork
ing triple to the fence. Schrant walked.
Freil, who is finishing the season in a
flash as a batter, whacked out a dou-
BILE and brought them both home. Lee
Gramley let Olson'S grounder pass be-
tween his ankles a second later, and
Freil came home. Olson hurried across
the rubber with the fourth run of the
inning, when Catcher Lee failed to
stop Rohn's throw from first after the
latter handled Browns grounder. In
the seventh Hughes whaled out a dou
BILE and abbott hurried him to his just
reward with a single.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-29

always follows, and best expressed in
the language of the peanut boy: "They
didn't do nothin'.'' And then this ex-
Ottawa football star showed remark
able form at the bat, mailing out tri-
pie and a single.
On the contrary, however, the Celes-
tials seemed to be determined to knock
the boards off the partition, which sep
arates the baseball field from the rest
of Highland Park. Singles seemed as
damaging as Jeffries was to Munroe.
Jack F'riel, the recipient of a new bat
from his baseball godfather, Frank
Grimes, got a pretty double and later
hit another one into the center field
which Mike Welday kindly dropped to
the sod. Jack was stationed at second
base, vice Dunn, boils.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-29
Saturdays Game.

Joplin departed this mans town on
Saturday last until 1905, by losing its
second 11ippodrome race of the year to
the wind-clipped. 1t was something like
a show which hit the Crawford boards
last winter, labeled Tiger Lilies You
didn't know what was coming next. The
final chalk MARKS registered these re-
suits: Topeka 9, Joplin T..
The game was like lot of pretty
ribbons and dirty clothing all tied to-
gether in a bunch. At times visions
''de league rationale filtered through
the summer haze, and %.1en the whole
thing looked like an off-day with the
Washburn band. But then the final
impression was good one, for Topeka
won. and that always helps.
Carter was in the box for the Saints.
He didn't have enough steam to break
a windowglass. His control was some
thing like that which George Wash
ington Jackson has over his trombon-
lists in the Twenty-third Regiment
hand. But he got off lucky. He looked
easy to the Jops and they tried to kill
what he dished UP, with the result that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-29
Gus Alberts Prods Dolly Gray.

Lowell in the box for the Miners was
in poor form. In the third inning his
star set. He hit one man, passed an
other, two errors were made behind
him, and Freil made a double and Car
ter a single. All this gave five runs,
and hung the crepe on his front door.
Gus Alberts did his first filming of the
season. He plastered five on Pepper
Grant for disputing a decision at home
plate, and then sewed ten on Dolly
Gray for getting fresh. The latter made
testing against Alberts' decision. on
calling Lowell out when the latter was
caught off first, he refused to go to the
bench, when Old Sparatacus ordered him
to. He stood on the chalk mark and
played the bully. Gus gave him about
1--WE minutes more time than he should
have and then finally laid an tx
against the sorrel topped disturber.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-29
KANSAS FAIRS IN 1904.

Following is a list of fairs to be held
in Kansas in 1904. their dates. locations
board of agriculture and compiled by
Secretary F. D: Coburn;
Allen County Agricultural Society,".
T.. Tredway, secretary, La Harpe; Sept
Barton County Fair Association-w. P.
FEEDER, secretary. Great Bend: Sept. 1915.
Hiawatha Fair Association Drown
county)-Elliott Irwin secretary. hIawa-
Butler County Fair Association-H. M.
Flew Hewin ns0 PARK and Fair Association
SChautag9% sr c%9g aIty ~ Jones' Sec
Clay County Fair Association-E. z.
Hopes. secretary. Clay Center: Sept 90.
Coffey County Agricultural Fair Associ-
ation-S. D: Weaver, secretary. Rurling-
sS Swifz SSHRfg Wilson. ona
tary, Winfield; Aug: 80 to Sept. 2.
ley county)-J. N. Henderson. secretary.
Burden; Sept. 10.
sociation--Frank Mckay, secretary. Pitts
burg; Sept; IS, Agricultural Fair A.soc,a.
tom. F. Deal. secretary, Grenola; Sept.
Finney County AGRICULTURAL society-A.
H. Warner, secretary, Garden City; Aug.
Franklin County AgrieultqEal Society,"
s SileS M f0fter' secretary ottawa; Sept
Harvey County Agricultural Society
John e. Nicholson secretary Newton:
Howard Street Fair and Gas Carnival
and Old Soldiers Reunion-Oct. 12-15
Ieffel son County Agricultural and Me
son. secretary, Oskaloosa; Sept. 6-s.
Jewell County Agricultural Association
Henry r. Honey, secretary. Mankato;
Sg JPefePson County Poultry and Pet Stock
ssociation-NortOnvtlle. KaL-; Dec 26-29.
C. II. Rhodes, judge; Z. w. Kaufman.
MsrshSil County Fair Associations
Miller secretary, Marysville; Sept. 1916.
b Ma@i f Fair Assoaona and 1o Ne
secretary, Paola; Sept: 27-30.
Mitchell County. Agricultural Assicia-
Morris County Exposition Company-M.
f. Armi1Ie, secretary, Council Grove
Nemaha County Fair Association-w.
% N eesf = County Fair Associations.
L0dgs enfy Xz;gr ETie spt1 @
I. B. Pemper, secretary, Ness City; Sept
Usage County Fair Association-E. t.
Price secretary, Burlingame: Sept. 6-12.
Central Kansas Fair Association (Reno
CO -nty)--A. L Sponsler. secretary, Hutch
MIC Rice County Agricultural Fair and Live
Stock Assoclation-W. T. Brown. secre-
Ia Riiey County Agricultural Association
r. T. Worboys, secretary, Riley; Oct. 4-6.
Rocks County Fair ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Adams, secretary. stockton; Sept. A-23
Association (sedgwick county)-H l. Re-
sing. secretary. wichita; Sept. rs to Oct
Kansas state Exposition Company
(Shawnee county)-C. H. Sampson, secre-
tary, Topeka; Sept. I2-17. --
R sit aeer eaT ss4n Smith eenfer Aug
STAFFORD County Fair Association-G
E. Moore. secretary. St John; Sept. 10.