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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-12
Port Arthur Well Supplied.

Naples, Oct. 1O.-The Corriere del
Mattino today published an interview
with NJ. Verblunsky, inspector general of
the Russian Chinese navigation COM
pany, who escaped from Port Arthur on
Il junk and who has just arrived here.
He reiterates the statement that Port
Arthur will never fall asunder, the ex-
cess of provisions accumulated before the
war being enormous and Chinese Junks
are continuing a daily service, thus re-
plenishing the supplies. The junks, NJ.
Verblunsky adds, escape the vigilance of
the japanese fleet by following the If
rceularities of the coast. Port Arthur,
when he left there, had a garrison Of
$4,000 soldiers and 10000 sailors.
Chinese Provisioning Russians.
Shanghai, Oct. 10.-Chinese govern
ment officials are reported to be purchas-
ing here foreign provisions, which are
to be shipped to Tien Tsin. The purpose
for which the provisions are being pul-
chased is unknown Well Informed Chi
nese express the opinion that they are
intended for the Russian army.
Czarewitch Inspects Fleet.
New York, Oct 10.-The Czarevitch
performed at Reval, on Sunday, the first
patriotic story of his life, says a Herald
dispatch from st. Petersburg. 1t CON
sisted in his having journeyed with the
Emperor and Empress to inspect the heet
before its departure.
The presence OF the heir to the throne
caused exhibitions Of enthusiasm among
the personnel of the fleet, from the ad-
miral down to the cabin boys, while the
presence of the young Empress served to
complete the happiness Of everyone.
San Francisco, Cal, Oct. 10.-Contra-
band of war is to be carried by the Japa-
nese steamer America Maru when she
sails from this port for the Orient. The
vessel will go crammed to her hatcn-
combings with freight. the most of which
will be carried at the risk of the Japa-
nese government.
Material to make powder in large guam
titles will be included in the cargo of
the steamer and it is also stated that she
will carry large shipment of steel. 1t
the steamer Texan, now at Seattle, can
not carry the sections of the torpedo
boats that are said to be now OH their
way from the east the America Maru
may be called on to carry part of the
shipment
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-12
GETS TWENTY YEARS IN PRISON.
Aged Womar's Assailant at Elkhorn Sent
Up fcr Long Term.

Elkhorn, Wis, Oct. 11.-[Special. 7
James Claffey, who pleaded guilty to an
attack on Mrs. Thompson, 70 years old,
was sentenced to twenty years in Wau-
pun by Judge Belden
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-12
MILWAUKEE, LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Receipts, 1 car; market steady;
light, mixed, 5.65M5.90; fair to choice me
diums. 5.70@6.OO; packers, 5.15G5.65 pigs,
so to 110 lbs, 4.75d5.00; coarse stays, 400.
CATTLE-Recefpts, 1 car; steady; calves
steady; butchers steers. medium to good,
1850 to 1900 lbs, 3.75@4 %; fair to medium,
$50 to 1850 lbs, 3.O0@3.50; heifers, com
mon, 225@2.50 good, 2.75@3.50; cows, fair
to good, 2.250l2. 10: Gamers. 1.20QT1 80: cut
tiers, 1.7502.25: bulls. common, 1.7502. .:
choice. 250Gd3.00 feeders, 800 to $50 lbs.
2.50@3.O0; stockers. 500 to $50 lbs, 2.25Gl
go; veal calves, common to choice, 5.000
100; heavy, 100000. Aiilkers-Choice,
30.00040.O0. others unstable.
SHEEP-Receipts, none: steady, 2.7jd
800; bucks, 1.75@2.25; lambs, common, 4.0G
@4.75; choice, 4.750l5.25.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-12
UNIQUE RECORD OF POSTMASTER.
Holds Office Forty Years, from It's Be-
ginning to End

Green Bay. Wis. Oct. 11.-After an
existence of forty years the postofice at
East Wrightstown has been discontinued
by the eSta blishment of a rural route
n. @. Grant was always postmaster.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-10-12
LOVE UNREQUITED; GIRLS DIE.
Youthful Suicides Take Doses of Strych-
nine by Compact.

Kankakee, ILL.,, Oct. 11.-Despondent
because of unrequited love, Lulu Cook
and Minnie Ifland, Is and 10 years old.
committed suicide by taking strychnine
at the home of the formers parents by
cOmDact
The Brandon news., 1904-04-14
Tried Knockout Drops.

New York. Half dozen men and
one woman, alleged to have been re-
hearsing the administering Of drugs
used to stupefy intended victims Of
robbery, have been arrested owing to
the death Of one of the party known
as Boston Frank" According to a
story told by one of the prisoners they
were drinking beer and discussing the
use of Knockout drops" All ex-
pressed a desire to learn the best
method and quantity necessary, so a
small quantity of liquid containing
opium was poured into the beer.
Boston Frank" emptied his glass
and collapsed. The others drank only
small quantity and soon recovered.
They were all imprisoned, pending
action by the coroner.
The Brandon news., 1904-04-14
Roads impossible.

st. Petersburg.-A correspondent
Of the Associated Press with the Rus
sian outposts, writing from Antung,
on the Yalu river, under date of Mar
l9, describes the fearful journey from
Feng Huang Cheng to Antung, which
he says, is impossible for vehicles.
The correspondent depicts Antung as
miserable collection of novels, the
inhabitants of which, on account Of
scarcity, cannot afford timber for
iTes and use straw instead. The
country between Feng Huang Cheng
and Antung is sparsely settled. The
Chinese avoided the high roads, pre-
ferring the mountain Businesses. Milk,
butter and eggs are almost unknown.
The Brandon news., 1904-04-14
WORKS FAIR
COMMISSION GOES
TO ST. LOUIS TO INSPECT THE
MISSISSIPPI BUILDING.
GOVERNOR IN THE PARTY
Louisiana Contention in the Bound
ary Dispute Between that State and
Mississippi. Leaore County Farm
ers to Restrict Cotton Average.

Governor Vardaman, Messrs.
Enochs, Quin, Burkitt and Still mem
bers of the Mississippi Worlds Fair
Commission, and Commissioner r. III.
Henry, have gone to st. Louis, where
they will make an inspection of the
Mississippi building, which has just
been completed by the contractors
and is ready to be turned over to the
state. While the governor and mem
bers Of the commission are in the
World s Fair city final arrangements
will be made for the Mississippi dis
play in the various buildings of the
exposition, and settlements will be eff
fected with the various contractors
who have been engaged in the work.
All of the state exhibits, except one
car load, have been forwarded to ST..
Louis and another shipment will be
made on the 18th of April and install
ed in time for the opening on the Both
of April. Mississippi will have about
fifteen carloads of material at ST.
Louis.
The Brandon news., 1904-04-14
Family Of Beggars.

Chicago. = Living in a richly fur
nished house on the West Side, fam
lily OF beggars has been located after
seven years search. The long hunt
ended when superintendent James
Minnick, IF the West Side Bureau Of
Charities, took into custody three
small children Of Mrs. Missouri
Bochm. Two hours later five other
children were arrested.
In the family home a probation Of
fcer found piano, expensive rugs
and draperies and furniture Of costly
woods. There were closets and chests
filled with bales Of clothing apparent
ly prepared for sale. When the fam
lily was taken to court Mrs. Boehm
was declared by Mr.. Minnick to have
been a beggar in Austin and in
Oak Park and the West Side of Chi
cago.
The Brandon news., 1904-04-14
Kings Daughters Convention.

Preparation are now under way for
the coming state convention Of the
Kings Daughters of Mississippi to be
held at Yazoo City on May 10. The
local circle Of daughters in Yazoo City
have appointed the working commit
tees to arrange for receiving and en-
tertaining the delegates who are ex-
pected from all parts Of the state.
One of the features of this coming
session will be a memorial service in
honor Of the late Mrs. Howe, who was
a daughter of Bishop Hugh Miller
Thompson, late Bishop of Mississippi.
This service will be held in Trinity
Episcopal church. Mrs. Howe was the
state secretary OF the order, and one
of its most earnest and jealous work.
ers.
The Brandon news., 1904-04-14
MUST MEET IN LOS. ANGELES.
Injunction Prevents Change to Cleve-
land, Ohio.

Cleveland, O.-Third assistant chief
Eli Stevens of the Brotherhood of Lo-
comotive Engineers has secured an in
junction from Judge Dissett Of the
Common Pleas Court temporarily re-
straining Grand Chief Stone or other
officers of the organization from hold
ing the next annual convention in
Cleveland or any other point aside
from Los Angeles, Cal The latter city
was originally chosen as the place for
holding this years convention, but ow-
ing to the high transportation rates a
movement was recently started to hold
the convention, which meets May IL,
in this city. Grand Secretary Ingra-
ham, of the brotherhood, says that
while there had been some talk Of
holding the convention at some point
in the Middle West as result of the
extreme cost of transportation to Los
Angeles, the officers al no time had
definitely decided upon such step.
The Brandon news., 1904-04-14
New Privilege Tax Law.

Copies of the new privilege tax law
are being sent to the various sheriffs
and tax collectors of the State. One
feature of the law to which Auditor
Henry calls the special attention Of
the collectors is known as the "cou-
pom section" which provides that in
cases where it is not convenient to OBJ
tain the license from the sheriff that
the same may be obtained direct from
the Auditor. The law provides that
all the licenses shall be printed with
twelve coupons attached to commence
with the months of April and May,
each coupon to represent in dollars
and cents the amount equal to Ane-
twelfth Of the whole face Of the IL
cense,, which is to apply to all privi-
lese taxes issued, except to liquor
dealers and railroads, they to remain
the same, expiring on April 30 in each
year. The other section empowers the
tax collector to issue a coupon privi-
lege tax license, with twelve coupons
attached, or for a short period, with
all the coupons represented by the
months for which the license is taken
out, paid for. In other words, Mis-
sissippi will sell to any one liable to a
privilege tax, except railroads and Ii
quor dealers, privilege tax for part
of a year.
The Brandon news., 1904-04-14
War Stimulates Trade.

Seattle, Wash. That the war in the
Orient has had stimulating effect on
various kinds of trade in the Pacific
Northwest becomes apparent as sta
;istics of japanese purchases here
come to light. 1t is learned that one
.ocal firm has held draft Of $780,
300 placed with it by representatives
IF the japanese government to be
1sed in the purchase Of supplies, and
Oriental business generally has in
creased.
The Brandon news., 1904-04-14
The Simpson Litigation Soon to be
Settled.

The litigation which has been going
on for some time between the people
of Medenhall and Westville anent the
new and old county sites of Simp-
son county will soon be wound up. At
Medenhall, the matter has been sub
mitted to Chancellor Mayes for de-
cision in vacation. The people of
Westville objected to the moving of
the county site by the Board
of Supervisors, but before they
could restrain the Board legally the
county site, or at least the records
marking the site, were placed on an
OK wagon and carried TO the new To-
cation. Since that time the people of
Westville have been trying to have the
site legally returned, but as yet have
not succeeded.
The Brandon news., 1904-04-14
Hunt Gets the Job.

Helena, Mont.-Advices have beer
received here that it is the intention
of President Roosevelt to appoint Gov
w. w. Hunt, Of Porto Rico, as sue
.cessor to Judge Hiram Knowles, who
recently rendered his resignation al
Judge Of the United States Distric
Court here. Judge Knowles resigna
ton is to take effect April 18th. HI
resigned because he had reached til,
age. limit.
The Brandon news., 1904-04-14
MISSISSIPPI.
Activity in Railroad Building Stin


The activity on the part of the pro-
moters of the Louisiana, Mississippi
and Texas line continues, ,and agents
Of the scheme are now in the field In
southeast Mississippi. For sometime
they have been inspecting routes and
crossings of the Mississippi river and
visiting towns in the southwestern
quarter of the state. Last week they
were in Jones county, actively at
work inspecting the country, and from
there went to Covington. A meeting
was held at Collins and proposition
submitted to raise 100000 by float
ing bonds. 1t is officially announced
that the Liberty-White Railroad, now
building from McComb City to Lib
erty, Amite county, will be completed
to Liberty about July l. The first
train to run through on the line will
be the signal for big celebration. At
about the same time, July /, trains
will be running through from Newton,
Miss, to Mobile, Ala, on the line OF
the Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City
road.
The Brandon news., 1904-04-14
Old Bale Of Cotton.

Commissioner Henry has received
from the First National Bank at West
Point bale Of cotton which was rails
ed by slave labor during the war He
will place this among the exhibits at
the World s Fair, with inscription
showing it's history and price IN 1866
when cotton frequently sold for more
than 81 per pound. The loan was Sc
cured through the Offices of DIR. A. N.
Eshman, President of Southern Fe-
male College, at West Point.
The Brandon news., 1904-04-14
State Dental Association.

Mr.. T. B. Wright, of Hattiesburg,
secretary of the Mississippi State
Dental Association, is sending out the
programme for the tenth annual con-
vention of the association, which will
assemble in Jackson on the 10Th of
April and remain in session three
days. The sessions will be held in
the Senate chmaber, and at the same
time the Mississippi Medical Assoeia-
tion will be holding its annual gather
ing in Representatives hall.
The Brandon news., 1904-04-14
Retaining Swamp Land.

Warden Henry, of the State Prison,
hopes to reclaim about 1000 acres of
swamp land on the new State farm in
Sunfower county. Mr.. Henry has
put in effect a plan looking TO this
end, and it is said to be working with
marked success. Some of the richest
land on this farm is marshy, and
about half the year it is covered with
water, this being due to number of
sloughs near by. Mr. Henry, in order
to divert this water, is digging canal
about mile long, and will drain the
marsh.
The Brandon news., 1904-04-14
To Test Cotton.

The department Of Agriculture at
Washington is arranging for an extern
sive test of several varieties of cot
ton to be made in Yazoo county dur
ing the coming season. The varieties
to be tested were grown last year on
the place Of Marx Shaefer, and the
government bought 700 bushels of the
seed, which we're shipped to Wash
ington and there carefully examined.
Selections were made from these seed
for tests, and twenty-five acres of
land has been selected in Yazoo coun-
ty. Prof. S. M. Tracey is supervising
the tests.
The Brandon news., 1904-04-14
Miners Are Out.

Latrobe, Pa.-Headed by brass
oand, striking miners Of the Loyal
Hanna Coal & Coke Company march
ID to the various plants about La
robe and succeeded in making general
.he strike begun on Monday. 1t is
estimated that $500 men are out and
operations at most Of the plants have
Deea stopped pending settlement of
differences.
The Brandon news., 1904-04-14
The Boundary Line Case.

Adviccs from New Orleans received
state the hearing on behalf of Louis
lana in the Mississippi-Louisiana
state boundary dispute will be resum-
ed Thursday, and continued until its
conclusion, with occasional recesses In
order to allow the attorneys engaged
60 look after other legal affairs in
which they are interested. Although
the Mississippi-Louisiana boundary
dispute has been in progress for more
than two years, the general public
does not seem to oe acquainted with
the main point on which the decision
Of the United States Supreme court
will hingee. Louisiana is attempt
ing to prove that the topography of a
large section of the valuable territory
in dispute has changed from main
lands to islands within the past one
hundred years. That the marshes
have been cut up into islands by the
frequent storms during this long per-
iod is the claim which Louisiana is
seeking to prove by an exhibit of old
maps secured from the various ar
chives In that state. On the other
hand, Mississippi will introduce wit
nesses who will testify that there has
been little or no change in the char
acter of the marshes during the past
sixty years, and both sides have some
difficult propositions to prove.
The Brandon news., 1904-04-14
Industrial Peace.

Chicago.-Industrial peace is assur-
ID in the brick manufacturing bust
aess of Chicago for the coming year.
An agreement as been concluded be-
:ween the various brick yards and the
orickmakers' union, embracing
about 1000 men, which embodies the
closed shop, last years wage scale to
continue another Year, the eight-hour
lay and other provisions satisfactory
20 the men.
The Brandon news., 1904-04-14
In Memory Of Jews.

New York.-In all the East Side
synagogues services have been held in
memory Of the Jews who lost their
lives in Kishineff on the last day Of
the Passover year ago. The syna-
gogues draped in mourning and praye,
for the dead was said by the rabbis
and the people. There was no direct
reference. to the Russian government
nor the Emperor at any Of the ser.
vices. A
The Brandon news., 1904-04-14
War News in q, Nutshell.

ashington.-Th expected attack
on Port Arthur did not occur, ac-
cording to ST. Petersburg reports.
The japanese ships were sighted on
the horizon.
AS a result of General Kuropat-
kin's visit to New-Chwang 100000
men will be sent forward from Liano-
Yang.
Rear Admiral Rojestvensy has been
placed in command of the Russian
Baltic Squadron.
Easter Sunday was celebrated
throughout Russia. No snti-Jewish
demonstrations occurred to mar the
day.
The petition of Nine. Pousep has
been granted, and she will serve in a
Cossack regiment.
The Brandon news., 1904-04-14
Mutilated Body Found.

Colchester, Conn. body Of a
nan with both arms cut off at the
shoulder and otherwise horribly mutt
.ated, was found a few days ago in a
oag in an unfinished cellar on the farm
If John Marks, of this place. The body
was identified as that Of a former
helper on Marks farm. Marks, who
S 65 years of age, has disappeared.
The Brandon news., 1904-04-14
Surveying Route for Railroad.

Congress has authorized Denny &
Co., of Mosspoint, to build a railroad
drawing across the Escatawpa River.
near their mills, and that firm has be-
gun the work of surveying the route
from Mosspoint to some point on the
Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Rail
road. AS soon as the survey is fin
ished work Of grading and laying
track will commence, which will be
! within a Few weeks.
The Brandon news., 1904-04-14
Acreage Restricted.

Interview with more than half q
hundred OF the most prominent plant
ers in l4efore county indicates that
the acreage planted in cotton will be
smaller this season than last, despite
the fact that lavish predictions of a
bumper crop have been made at fire.
quent intervals since the price of the
staple went soaring skyward early
last fall.
The Brandon news., 1904-04-14
Relief of Copiah County.

The House Committee on Claims has
made favorable report on Represen-
tative McLain's bill for the relief of
Copiah county. Copiah county is
greatly interested in the progress of
this measure, for it will reimburse the
county several hundred dollars paid
as costs in a suit which was decided
against the government.
The Brandon news., 1904-04-14
Dispute Settled.

The Board of Trustees Of the Sea-
shore Camp Grounds reached an
amicable agreement on the manage
ment of the grounds. New Orleans
is to have six representatives, Mobile
SIX and the Seashore District five. D.
Beach Carre was elected Financial
Secretary of the Board. The grounds
are to be closed in future to all traf-
ticking on Sunday.
The Brandon news., 1904-04-14
Hunting Criminals.

The census department. is diligent-
ly trying to complete its statistics of
crime and criminals Of the country,
but is having much trouble in getting
replies from officials Of the various
jails and prisons in this section. Cir
culars are being received throughout
the counties Of the state urging a re-
ply to the departments inquiries in
order that the statistics may be as
complete and accurate as possible.
The Brandon news., 1904-04-14
Mississippi Clairvoyant Ill.

Mamade Ryan, who claims to be
from Mississippi says dispatch from
Waco, Texas, lies critically i'll at the
county Jail, and is not expected to live.
She is under indictment here for
swindling, and other charges are pend
ing at Beaumont. She had various
visionary schemes with which to at
tract victims.
The Brandon news., 1904-04-14
Railroads Classed.

The Railroad Commission passed an
order today classifying the Yazop and
Mississippi Valley Railroad and the
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad under
the provisions of the act fixing a
special privilege tax on these lines be-
cause of their charter exemption from
supervision by the Railroad Commits
sion.
The Brandon news., 1904-04-14
Soldiers Are Going.

A telegram from Meridian states
that arrangements are being perfected
for the trip of the military battalion
from this section of the State to the
Worlds Fair. Major J. w. Dement,
has received letter from the chair
man of the ceremor:es committee at
st. Louis, stating that quarters were
reserved for $50 men and officers for
the week beginning July 3.
The Brandon news., 1904-04-14
Sent to the Asylum.

John B. Buchanan, the Mississippi
negro who has been writing letters to
President Roosevelt and appealing
personally to Senator McLaurin, and
who was arrested in Washington as
crank, has been sent to st. Elizabeth
Asylum.
The Brandon news., 1904-04-14

Paris.-The Associated Press learns
through private advices from London
that the Anglo-French colonial treaty,
including the agreements relative to
Morocco, Egypt and New Foundland,
has been signed.
The Brandon news., 1904-04-14
Winona Suffers From Flames.

One-half of the business district Of
Winona has been destroyed by fire.
The flames started in the Times print
ing office and destroyed the finest
buildings in the town. The loss is es-
timated at 100000.
The Brandon news., 1904-04-14
At German Capital.

Rome. The Messaggerro confirms
The report that a papal nunciature
will shortly be established in Berlin
and adds that the Rev. Father Bonl-
face Krug, formerly Of St. Vincent s
arch abbey, Beatty, Pa, and now abb
oott Of the Benedictine abbey of Mon
se Cassina, Italy, will be appointed
oapal nuncio at the German capital.
The Brandon news., 1904-04-14
In Marine Service.

DR.. j. H. Purnell, For years resi-
dent of Vicksburg has left for San
Francisco, where he has been appoint
ed to serve in the United States Ma
rine Hospital Service.
The Brandon news., 1904-04-14

Secretary Power has sent nearly all
the copy of the new laws to the pub
lie printer, and has received proof
sheets Of about one-third Of them.
There are 275 chapters Of the new
laws. Secretary Power is reading the
proofs carefully by the enrolled bills
and expects to have the printed laws
ready for distribution by June /.
The Brandon news., 1904-04-14
Another Wreck.

Louisville, Ky.-One man trainman
was killed and three employees inJur-
I'd in wreck on the Louisville and
Nashville railroad. near Middlesboro.
The Brandon news., 1904-04-14
Increase in Imports.

London. The Board of Trade re-
burns for the month Of March shows
an increase in the imports Of $8,S79,-
300, and decrease in the exports OF
81 $40, 500.
The Brandon news., 1904-04-14

At special meeting of the Board of
Mayor and Aldermen of Hattiesburg
the following order was passed :
"That the city of Hattiesburg sell
100000 of bonds, or so much thereof
as is necessary, to build or purchase a
frst-class electric light plant"
The Brandon news., 1904-04-14
DR.. Payne Won.

DIR. W. w. Payne, of Meridian, was
awarded $4,000 damages against the
Mobile & Ohio Railroad.
The Brandon news., 1904-04-14
Receiver for Cafe.

Cincinnati, O. Receivers have been
appointed for the Majestic Cafe, OF
which JOSEPH Kueny is proprietor.
Assets 100000; liabilities $4,000.
The Brandon news., 1904-04-14
Gammons Surreuders.

Edward Gammons, who committed
a double murder at Water Valley, has
surrendered and was taken to Jack
son.