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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26
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Negro Arrested in Holly springs
 Identified bv Eon oF Wsrff4n

Identified by Son of Victim.
 Columbus. Miss, Feb. 25. Special IA private telegram received here tonsRht states that the negro who murdered !. Manneschmidt, a former Columbus citi- zen. at Holly Springs. Miss, two weeks ago, was caught this afternoon and iden- tified by Mir. Manneschmidts 12-year-old son as the guilty party. An attempt to lynch the negro Is anticipated MT. Man- neschmidt, who was for years weIl- known jeweler here was walking along gro struck him on the head with d pistol. fracturing the skull, and infiicting a wound from which he died two days la. ter. The highwayman robbed him of SIS. Several negroes werel arrested last week, but turned out to be the wrong parties.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26
Armad santrv at Yinkow.

Tientsln. Feb. 25.-Russians have placed an armed sentry at the Yinkow railroad station. A detachment of three hundred Russians, with two guns. Is outside Shin Ming Tung.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26
Roosevelt Wins in 1Fissouri.

St. Joseph, Mo, Feb. 25.-The regular Roosevelt ticket was elected by a large tional delegates from the Fourth Consres- sional District to be for Roosevelt. The vote stood about to in favor of the ad- ministration.
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panese gold yen amounting to sl,o25,0oo in American gold. Much of this money was sent here in payment of supplies for the army and navy of Japan that had been purchased in the past few months.
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the expedisilh will go under the auspices of the Philadelphia Society.
 The selection of the nurses will be elected to pr. McGhee. Only those who have seen active service in war will be accepted. The nurses will be under the direction of the Japanese Government, which has already accepted the services of the Red Cross Society.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26
Tha Haltic suuadron.

St. Petersburg. Feb. 25.-It is now said that the Russian Baltic squadron com- prising eight battieships. two armored cruisers. three protected cruisers, two large transports and thirty torpedo boats will leave for the Far East at the end of June.
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that no bureau of the public service shalt be transferred from cne executive depart ment to another. was ruled out as neN legislation. The bill was passed ana at
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26
Army for Korean Operation.

St. Petersburg, Feb. 25.-According to information received by well informed military men, the Russian army. which is intended to operate in Korea, will con- sist of an advance guard of two regi- ments of Siberian sharpshooters, a van guard of sixteen regiments of infantry, with nInety-six quick firing guns, three batteries of mounted guns and a corre- spending force of cavalry. The main body will consist of forty regiments, ln- cluding Cossack cavalry with 300 guns. It is added that no important military operations will be possible before the melting of the ice and that the present operations will be confined to necessary preparations
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26
Echooner ia FloatAd

Newport News va..S Feb. 2s-The schooner Thomas W. Lawson which has been aground of Point Breeze since Tues tide today.
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Jan Gold Comet Here.

San Francisco. Feb. 3.--The steamer Doric, which arrived today from the Orient, brought in her specie tank Ja-
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perckendorff Saw Czar.

St. Petersburg. Feb. S.-Count Benck- endorff, Russian Ambassador to Great Britain. who returned here a few days ago from London, had a lengthy audi ence with the Cxar today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-26
MIR. GRUNsKY ACCEPTS.
Named on Panama Canal Commits

SIOn.
 San Francisco, Feb. 25.-C. E. Grunsky. to-day received a telegram from Presi- dent Roosevelt asking if he could accept place on the Panama Canal Commits sion and immediately notified the Presi- dent of his acceptance Mir. Grunsky says that he intends to pay particular at- tention to the improvement of sanitary conditions on the isthmus before the work of the canal construction is actually be- gun.
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(cOntinusd on kage Ten.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-02
May Sell Whole Town.

Little Rock, Ark. Unless the courts
intervene, the entire town of Car
Isle and about 3400 acres of land sur
rounding the town will be sold at pub
lie sale June 9th, on an order grant
ed by the probate court Of Lonoke
county to the heirs of the original
owner of the land. The order was
secured by the guardian of three mi
nor heirs Of a Frenchman named So
milo, who years ago, owned all the
lands on which the town Of Carlisle
now stands, as we'll as much Of the
surrounding country The original
owner sold most of the land years
ago, but in 1879, presumably to make
title clear, he secured a patent from
the state for the whole tract. He
failed, it is said, to make new deeds,
however, for the land which he had
sold, and as a result the heirs now
claim the property.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-02
An Early Umbrella.

A curious relic of the century be.
fore last is still to be seen in Shelf.
field. This is nothing less than the
first umbrella that ever created a sen.
sation in the streets of the city OF
cutters. It belonged originally to John
Greaves Of Fargate, who faced the
ridicule of the townsmen under its
shelter, and it was handed down to
his descendant, Miss Law of Western
Bank. A marvel of ingenuity is this
old Sheffield umbrella. Nothing
could be less like its slim and gen.
teel modern representative. Instead
of being folded in present-day fashion
the handle unscrewed and the ribs
were hinged in the middle, so that
the cover could be doubled back. The
whole rolled UP like a constable's
cape, foot long. It could, and prob
ably did, go easily into the capacious
pockets of ITO. An old-time master
cutler, William Trickett, soon fol
lowed the example of Greaves, but
the first time he appeared in the
streets with his umbrella he was
mobbed by the crowd. His own broth
er led the mob, shouting: Hey, laads
anr Bills getten walkin' stick wi
petticuts on. London Taller.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-02
Made Bridegroom Toe Mark.

Pottsville, PA bride left at the
altar by bashful sweetheart had her
sorrow turned into JOY, thanks to the
promptness Of some of the girl guests
who formed themselves into a vigil
lance committee. Finding the dere-
lict bridegroom, they compelled him
to perform his scheduled role at the
wedding. The bridegroom was the
successful one ofseveral suitors for the
girls hand. At the appointed time
the bridal party went to church, but
had to wait half an hour because a
funeral service was in progress. This
was too much for the bashful swain,
who fed to a neighboring house,
where he hid. The ceremony was de-
layed one hour.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-02
WORDS OF WISDOM
BY B. ]. FReDERIcKA.

CiviIity is a charm that attracts the
love OF all men, and too much is better
than to show too little.
Fortunately for stupid people, the
weather changes often enough to sup
ply them with something to talk about
A cheerful boy and a modest girl
need give no concern to father OF
mother. These are traits that form a
substantial superstructure to build on,
If a boy thinks that he is having hard
lines, let him be told that twenty five
years ago about the only games tbs
boys had were baseball, marbles and
tops.
One reason why some people get
cheating swapping horses is because
they lock too carefully at the horse
and not close enough at the fellow
they're trading with.
The man who has been good to his
mother and family can be excused foi
leaving this world without an eventful
career. In a praiseworthy way, he
too, has done great deal.
There are so few very clever young
men, that whenever one is discovered
he is made the subject of newspaper
talk and illustration. And the col
umns of the press are not overcrowd
ed at that. q
I appreciate the fact that the young
men of to-day have an exalted idea OF
their Importance. They are tod thai
the world has progressed wonderful
ly in the last hundred years, and as
the youth stretches himself out while
telling you all about it, he can be seer
to feel that he contributed largely to
the advancement.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-02
Tapped the Cash Register.

Chicago. There were fourteen
customers in a shoe store and six
clerks were attending to their wants,
when four men entered the place in
succession, each about five feet behind
the man in front Of him. One of the
clerks started forward to meet the
supposed customers, when three of
the men drew revolvers, each robber
having two weapons, and ordering
the clerks and customers to the rear
Of the store. While the people were
fastening to obey the fourth man took
all the cash from the register, 1891,
and then the four robbers ran out in
Madison street and disappeared.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-02

gurpass Human Fingers in Defines and
C1everer Than Many Brains.

SuTDASS EAbGchS IN DohthSoS 0hsNs
C1everer Than Many Brains.
In factories and offices. increasing
yearly in numbers, are thousand ma
chimes that surpass in deftness and
even out-think the human brain. New
ones are constantly invented.
Thus the new machine for decorat-
II ing crockery puts on the china, by a
single action, the border patterns and
monogram centres, which formerly re-
quired a whole process of handwork.
The machine is operated by compressed
air, and has a maximum capacity Of
decorating, in this manner, 12O dozen
pieces of crockery in a single hour with
the assistance of two boys.
A new speed indicator has been
added to locomotive practice that not
only indicates the varying speed of the
engine, but automatically applies the
brakes when the speed exceeds the
established safety limit, thus success
fully replacing the speed feel" of en-
gines.
To do away with guesswork in office
and shop management, and to find out
the real amount and value of each and
every different kind Of labor expended
on a given piece OF work, there is a
machine which makes a permanent
record by card printing, not only of
single period Of time, but also Of an in
definite number Of periods. This rec
ord shows the number of hours and
minutes put on the job, and also the
time Of day when the job was started.
When the job is done the totals of la
Dor costs are entered on the outside of
the envelope containing them, together
with record Of the material used.
Each record is entered on the factory
books for permanent reference.
The sewing of buttons on shoes and
on garments is no longer done by hand
in modern factories. There is a ma.
chine that sews $500 buttons Oh gar
ments in nine hours-or more than
eight expert sewers could possibly do
in the same time. This machine re-
Quires no expert operator A boy or a
girl runs it.
And in one insurance office, where it
was formerly necessary for a force of
clerks to copy names on reference
cards to be filed in various places, one
clerk now writes the name on a single
card with metallic ink, clamps it in q
holder with a number of blank cards,
and flashes an X-ray through the pack.
ct. Thus by single motion one man
writes, or rather prints, all the cards.
The Worlds Work.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-02
Free Trade in Zone.

Washington. The Panama Canal
Commission has made an important
ruling regarding the Importation of
supplies into the canal strip. It is
to the effect that there shall be free
trade, at least as far as the ten mile
zone goes, in all canal supplies ship
ped from the United States. It is
not understood that there shall be
free trade between the canal zone and
the rest Of the world, for under such
system many supplies would doubt
less be imported from Europe and
paid for with money from the Unit
ed States.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-02
Their Photos on Their Carts.

New York. Hereafter all the push
cart peddlers doing business in New
York will be required to display their
photographs on the sides Of their
carts. Notice to this effect has been
served on the president of the ped
dlers' association by Mayor McClel-
Ian. This is the Mayors own plan
for solving the license problem and
preventing one cart from being used
as a family affair.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-02
SENATOR QUAY DEAD.
Peaceful Departure From Worldly
Troubles.

Beaver, Pa. Matthew Stanley
Quay, senior senator from Pennsyl-
vania, died peacefully Saturday af-
ternoon of chronic gastritis. Sena-
tor Quay's indispositiou began about
a year ago. It was a recurrence Of
the trouble that beset him during the
later part Of 1900 and the early days
OF January, 1901, when he was under
going the strain Of campaign for
reelection to the senate. Never a
strong man, physically, Senator Quay
prided himself upon his endurance
and believed firmly that outdoor life
would restore him to health. On last
Thursday he asked to be taken to his
famous library, remarking to his at
PENDANTS: 81 want 20 see my books
once more before [ de- Through it
all he maintained a bright, active
mind and his mental energies never
Tagged. A relapse required Thurs
day night and the alarm was so Sc
rious that the Pittsburg specialists
were called in at night. On Friday
he rallied again. That same night
the members of the family were sum-
moned and preparations for the end
were made. His condition continued
worse and the end gradually came,
stupor, fever, high pulse and weaken
ed respiration marking the approach
of death.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-02
When the Worm Turned.S

There is q young wife in this towr
who naturally enough prides herself
upon the trim daintoess of her shoes
and in order to live up to her reputa'
ton for small hands and feet she very
properly refuses to purchase footwear
that would warrant the phrase, GAS
easy as an old Shoe on first wearing
There is a period of what is termed
breaking in" her shoes, and her huS
bands unfeeling habit has been tc
cheerfully inquire, "Why don't you gel
shoes to fit your"
1t happened that last week the hus.
band bought new pair of shoes, and
as he expressed it, "got fooled on the
number" Of course, his wife never
"got fooled on the NUMBER" she made
mistakes with malice aforethought
But, anyway, there were days of wal
in that fat and nights of profanity
and calls for old slippers and hot foot
baths, all of which that woman bore
with heavenly meekness and silence.
The other day, however, her hege
lord announced that he was going tc
break those shoes in or die; he was go
ing to wear them to his Office and trust
to the excitement of business duties
to divert his mind from any possible
discomfort he might experience. The
wife humbly suggested that he take
an old pair Of shoes along in case OF
emergency, but he scorned her remarks
and departed.
Three hours later an Office boy ap.
peared at her home with Iaconic
message to send down the Oldest, big.
gest and easiest masculine footgear the
house afforded. The request was com.
piled with promptly, but accompany.
ing the parcel was delicately per.
fumed note containing the tender, so.
licitous query: ssWhy don't you get
shoes to fit u?"-Baltimore Sun.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-02
MONEY POWER
URGING PEACE
FINANCIAL INTERESTS ARE Az
FECTED BY EASTERN WAR.
WAR IS EMBARRASSING
The Injurious Influences are Spread
ing Beyond the Countries Tmmedi-
ately Concerned. American and Eu-
ropean Capitalists Want Peace.

Washington Washington diplo-
mats are specializing on the probabil-
tiles of early peace between Russia
and Japan. A good deal Of prelitni-
nary peace talk has been heard, but
it has not yet taken the shape of q
formal proposal. The talk is suffi-
GENTLY positive and definite, however,
20 create the impression that it is the
forerunner of protocol ending hos
tilities.
Large financial interests arc respon-
sible for the present movement to re-
store peace in the Far East, for they
are badly embarrassed by the pro-
longed struggle.
Interest rates are being affected aud
the injurious influences of the war
are spreading beyond the combatants
They are hurting the men who make
and break kings. It is getting more
and more difficult to manage large
enterprises. It is said that the war
Is not only embarrassing the projects
Of European capitalists, but that it
Is having bad effect on railroad con-
Struction and other industrial enter
prises in the United States. Power
full corporations and individuals are
bringing their influence to bear to
end hostilities. Those who understand
the tremendous power of the corpo-
rate and money interests believe that
they will eventually succeed in stop.
ping the war.
The course Of Japan in the last ten
days has given color to the reports
that the money interests are working
for peace. Japan has lately concen-
srated all her energies on the capture
Of Port Arthur, evidently wishing to
be in possession there before a peace
protocol is drawn up.
Japan is in far better shape to lis
ten to peace talk than is Russia. The
Mikado has already secured nearly ev-
erything for which his country went
to war. Japan has control Of Corea
and is fast getting a grip On Man
shuria. Those places were the objec-
tive points of Japan at the outbreak
Of war. Russia, on the other hand, is
probably little disposed to talk peace.
Some of the Washington diplomats
profess to believe that France is pre-
pairing to extend her good Offices in
the direction of establishing peace
between the warning nations IL this
should be done the move would hardly
De prompted by reasons of broad hu-
manity. France holds millions and
millions of Russian securities, which
have been steadily depreciating in the
last six months.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-02
JEWELS SEIZED.
Customs Officers Take Handful of
Diamonds From Passenger.

New York When the Hamburg
American Line steamship Pretoria,
arrived at Hoboken from Bremen
Sunday; Mrs. barrow, a custom house
Inspector, consulted a description
which had been previously given her,
and singled out from among the sa-
loon passengers a handsomely gowned
woman, who was bossing a lot of
lackies as they landed her great array
Of baggage. ~ wish to see you alone
a moment" said Mrs. Darrow to the
woman, who flushed as she saw Mrs.
Darrow's badge Of office and said !:
"Certainly; where shall we go?'
Mrs. Darrow took her into a private
room, and there told her that she
would have to submit to a search.
She submitted and Mrs. Darrow soon
discovered several handfuls of dia-
monds. The chief Inspector was call
ed In. He took charge of the dia-
Ronds saying: There are many
thousands of dollars worth of stones
here. 1t is the greatest amount that
[ ever saw one person try to bring in
at one time" After that the officials
threw much mystery about the case.
If the woman was arrested she was
not taken to the Hoboken Jail, nor
was she arraigned before the United
States commissioner there. The seized
gems were brought to New York by
the customs officer. On the pier it
was said that the woman was released
and told that she could regain pos
session Of the jewels by paying the
duty and added penalty.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-02
Stumbled on Own Mines.

Toxic. Certain Russian correspon-
dence which has been intercepted by
the japanese at the blockade of Port
Arthur gives the information that
some Russian torpedo-boat destroyers
have been sunk by mines outside Of
Port Arthur, as well as details of the
placing by the Russians of the mines
which effected the destruction Of the
japanese batleship Hatsuse on May
18th.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-02
Spoiled by Success.

Julius Chambers related in the Read
er how ia 1887, while he was editing q
paper in Paris, he conceived the idea
of putting ON his editorial staff an ole
beggar woman who had two wooden
legs and who was a we'll known sight
on the boulevard. So he paid her q
regular salary and had brilliant inter-
views written with leading men and
women of Paris, which he published
over the signature '"The Little Old
Woman ON Two Sticks" He says: ct
soon became a matter of pride among
English and Americans to know the
wretched creature who had become so
famous. Money was showered upon
her by American and English visitors
who had not fathomed the humor Of
the situation and veritably accepted
the inference that the beggar was on
speaking acquaintance with all the no.
tables Of Paris. The episode finally
developed into farce because the old
womans vanity was reused by the at
tention notoEiety brought her. She
could not read English, knew nothing
about the contents of the articles and
actually iattered herself into the be-
lief that she possessed physical at
traction for the generous hearted men
who gave her aims or patted her ten
derby ON the shoulder. Like many an
other useful member OF society, she
was spoiled by success and one day
struck for higher wages"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-06-02
RESULTS or WESTERN FLOOD.
Cleared Inundated District of Rats,
Mice. Prairie Dogs and Rabbits.

Mice. Prairie Dogs and Rabbits.
The greatest disaster which ever
visited Topeka was the flood of last
summer. Occasionally some one dis
covers that the flood resulted in some
good. One thing which is a fact,
however, and which is a blessing to
the people of the valley. is that the
mice, rats, moles, gophers and rabbits
have not bothered the district which
was flooded.
Prior to the flood the stores, factor
les, dwellings, granaries and all build
ings in the valley were overrun with
rats and mice. Now it is SO seldom
that the people who live in the district
which was flooded see a house or a
rat that the fact is commented upon.
When the water got into the build
lngs along the valley, the rats and
mice tried to get away. Some of them
succeeded, but most of them were
drowned. Many of the rodents got in
to the upper stories of the houses,
but they could get nothing to eat and
in their efforts to fnd food they were
drowned. After the flood the ground
was covered with soft mud for months.
The rodents attempted to get out of
the places Of safety they had found
during the flood and went to seek
something to eat. They died in the
soft mud.
The driving out of the rats and
mice was q blessing. but that was
nothing compared to the benefit the
farmers all along the Kaw Valley re-
ceived by the death of the moles and
gophers 1t is said that there is not a
mole Or a gopher in the valley where
the land Yves under water for three
days. The strange part of it is that
the gophers did not come back after
the flood.
Tracts OF land that were honey
combed with gopher and mole holes
are now as solid as a piece of land
shat had been cultivated every year
In fact. there is not a gopher or mole
in the district which was flooded. This
is the opinion OF the men who live in
the flooded district. 1t may seem like
hunting mighty hard for benefits from
disaster, but the relief the farmers
have experienced from the absence of
the miles and gophers has been of
enough importance to cause general
comment In the past fields have
been almost ruined by the pests. and
many horses have been crippled by
stepping in the holes in the fields.
The people in the western part of
the state have been asking for years
for some way to get rid of the prairie
dogs. The farmers in the eastern
part of the state have also asked for
some method of cleaning out the goph-
ers. 1t appears that the only effective
method is to have a flood which will
keep the pests under water for three
or four days. The remedy is severe,
but it is effective
Another thing that the people in the
flooded district have to be thankful for
is the driving out Of the rabbits from
the valley. It would be supposed that
. the rabbits would have run away from
the flood, but they did not. Many of
them were drowned Strange as it
may seem. the rabbits did not come
back after the flood Why this should
be no one can tell. but it is the truth.
Topeka Capital