The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-02-18
FLASHES FROM THE WIRE

threatening.
William J. Lemp, noted brewer,
committed suicide at st. Louis.
The blowing up Of the torpedo
transport Yenisel is confirmed.
Former Congressman Josiah Pat
terson died at Memphis, Tenn.
An American stock jobber, w. r.
Morrison, has failed in London.
The war situation will probably
save the British Ministry from a tum-
BILE.
Speyer & Co. took the Cuban loan
Of $35,O0O,0OO at 0 1-2 per cent dis
count.
France has given notice of her adj
herence in Secretary Hays note on
China.
Reports say English and American
ships have been detained at Port AR
thur.
A loyal address from the Council
Of the Empire has been presented to
the Gar.
Political troubles in the Department
Of Bolivar have resulted in a state OF
anarchy and riot.
The State Department has been not
fled that China had issued q declara-
ton of neutrality.
English naval experts expressed
surprise that Russia should have been
outclassed in torpedo work.
The American collier Nero was ram
med by the gunboat Concord at Pana-
ma and had to be beached.
The steamship Manila has entered
the river at New Orleans having OH
board $50 Italian immigrants.
1t is stated at Washington that both
Russia and Japan will acquiesce in the
proposals Of the American note.
A Frenchman on Long Island has
discovered a plant which drives mos
l~uitoes away. 1t is called Phu-lo.
The French Chamber will undoubt.
sdly see. some lively discussions on the
attitude Of France in the Far East.
Semi-oficial advices says the Cabi.
nets Of London, Paris and Berlin are
in accord with Secretary Hays note.
Secretary Shaw discussed lack cf
Democratic issues at the Marquette
Clubs Lincoln celebration in Chic
lgo.
An agreement on the demurrer filed
IN behalf of United States Senator
Burton Of Kansas has begun at St
Louis.
Important questions with respect
20 the reciprocity treaty between the
United States and Cuba have been
.aised.
The Congressional Committee net
At Pensacola, Fla, to investigate tho
charges against Federal Judge Charles
Swayne.
Count Won Buelow issued Ger
many's proclamation of neutrality IN
the Far East. 1t is pro-Russian In
sympathy.
Representatives of Russian intor-
ests in New York take a gloomy visw
Of trading between the United States
and Russia.
The appellate division of the Nsw
York Supreme Court has held that .
good-humored criticism Of poetry Is
not libelous.
The Louisiana Railroad Commission
will grant a rehearing to a number OF
roads on the question Of a uniform
bill of lading.
Washington has demanded an ~.
PLANTATION of the detention of an
American steamship at Port Arthur
by the Russians.
Reports say all Russians In Seoul,
including the minister and the lega-
ton staff and guards, have left under
Japanese escorts.
A man from the United States was
discovered to have a quantity Of
dynamite in his trunk by Liverpool
custom authorities.
Washington is advised that An eri-
can property interests in San Dom
lingo are suffering heavily as a result
of the instruction.
A court order at Boston, M S.,
stopped the distribution Of strike BEN
efts to pressmen who have quit work
for other reasons than their own BEN
| eft.
The testimony in the Machen rial
was concluded after the Govern ient
had introduced some rebuttal, and