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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-02
Smith VS.. Smith.

Mr.. Talemon Cruger Cuyler Smith,
who wants to change his name to
Smith Taiemon Cruger Cuyler, or some
thing like that, has struck snag in
his proceedings and life's young dream
threatens to resolve itself into night
mare.
A certain Mr.. Jack Smith, who~seems
to be also somewhat of jokesmith,
has announced his intention of oppos-
ing the petition of Mr.. Talemon ct Get
fera Smith.
He swears by the fame of all the
other 100000 Smiths alive and the
shades of the unlimited billions dead
and gone, that Talemon ct cetera
Smith, being born Talemon ct cetera
Smith, shall remain Talemon eft cetera
Smith to the end of time. So swears
Mr.. Jack Smith, himself to fame and
fortune yet unknown, but who bids
fair to become known to posterity as
the noblest Smith of all the Smiths now
eXtant.
We have no personal concern in this
highly eIevating controversy. and il
Mr.. Talemon ct cetera Smith wants
to change his good name to something
else more to his fancy, we have 10 OBJ
jections. But we do admire the
doughty courage of Jack Smith who
glories in the name of Smith and
swears all Smiths shall remain Smiths
to the end of time If 10 longer. When
ever or wherever the name Of Smith
is assailed with unholy hands there
you will find Jack Smith with the little
hammer, ready, willing and anxious to
scrap with the aSsailant. "Once a
Smith, always Il Smith is the motto
under which Jack sails down the
stream of time.
The situation is, TO say the least.
very peculiar. Here is Mr.. Talemon
ct cetera Smith appealing to the courts
to change his name. Here is Mr.. Jack
Smith appealing to them not tc do so.
Under all the circumstances. we see
nothing for the Smiths to do but to
get together and take the Whole thing
to The Hague. 1t is an international
question, anyhow. The millions and
millions of Smiths across the pond
have some rights in this matter anu we
respectfully put in word for them
herewith.
To The Hague, oh, Smiths. = Rome
(Ga) Tribune.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-02

Little Mary, says the New York
Times, is born searcher after infor-
nation. and Tommy, her brother, Is
always ready to supply her with it.
Mary was porting over large book
she had seen her father reading the
hight before "P-h-i-l-o-s-o-p-h-e-r,"
she spelled, laboriously. Then, after
moments inward struggle, she said.
Philosopher. What's that, Tommy 2"
Huh said Tommy. Il should think
you'd know. It's man who rides
bhilosopl ale"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-02
Waypesboro growers are experience

Waypesboro growers are experience
ing great results from Elberta peach
es. The dealers call for more like the
last sent and the demand is excellent.
A great many more trees are being
planted from year to year and Waynes
boro promises to go up head in the
peach business. Trucking is also be-
coming ian important industry and the
growers are obtaining results that are
very satisfactory.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-02
Two sacne.ors Hold Ont Hope.

A reporter in his rounds for news
yesterday asked, Owen Carnes when lie
was to be married. He replied that
he thought he would put the event off
until June, when he would so Up in
the Ferris wheel at the Lewis & Clark
Fair and have the knot tied The same
question was put to Postmaster Mat
thews, it being Known that he is in the
market, and his ready reply was:
"Just as soon as / can get any one to
have me-" Girls-here is chance
Pilot Rock tOre.) Record.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-02
The Cotton Movement.

Columbia. After addresses by e.
d. Smith, president Of the South Car
Dina branch of the Southern Cotton
Association, and others, the Columbia,
Chamber of Commerce agreed to give
$1,000 to aid in the cotton farmers
movement. President Smith tele-
graphed cotton factories, oil mills and
banks in all parts Of the state for
contributions to the fund, and received
many liberal responses by wire.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-02
Sensational Suicide.

Chicago.-S Suicide in the balcony of
a crowded theatre was the method of
death chosen by an unknown man
about % years Of age, who shot and
killed himself at the Chicago Opera
House during the vaudeville perform
ance. Death was instantaneous and
the body fell over into the lap Of a
woman occupying an adjoining seat.
She and several other women tainted.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-02
Hoch Held Without Bail.

Chicago. johann Hoch was held to
the grand jury without bail when the
coroner's jury which investigated the
death of Mrs. Marie Welcker-Hoch
found that the deceased came to her
death from the effects Of arsenic poi
soning and it was the expressed be-
lief of the jury that Hoch administer
ed the poison.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-02

Oldest House in America.
ly after the landing of the Spanish,
which was on the 9Th of September,
1865.
The building is in a fairly good
state of preservation. The interior is
beautifully finished in highly polished
wood
1t was occupied by the Spanish Off
Gals during the time Florida was a
Spanish colony, and was later the
home of the attorney general during
the English possession. 1t is not now
inhabited.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-02
Collecting Bird Statistics.

The bird club at Bellows Falls, VT,
the object before them of seeing
which side should see and name the
largest number of birds during the
season of 1904. One side saw SO diff
ferent varieties and the other SO. Six
varieties not seen by the winning side
but seen by the others makes the total
number of birds named by the club 95.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-02
Cotton Business in 1841.

The first shipment of cotton from
the port of Galveston to Boston was
made by the firm of Ennis & Kimbal.,
in 1841, on the schooner Brazos, Capt.
Hardy commander. This was new
departure in business and was noted
with much interest as promising
many benefits.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-02

Agreat many people from the north
are now in the state seeking homes
and investments. They come on low
rates offered by the roads and are al
lowed a stay Of something like 20 to
80 days. If they are good citizens we
need them and every man should ex-
tend them a hearty welcome.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-02
KINGS Valuable Art Treasures.

The value of the art treasures at
Windsor castle, which have been dis
covered and rearranged by King Ed
ward. is estimated at about $60,000,-
900. So great is their value that the
king has been unable to get them in
sured so far
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-02
Letter Carriers Faithful Service.

Nat Cummings, rural delivery car
rier at Lancaster, n. H., has made
record Of which he well feels proud.
Last Wednesday he missed his first
trip since entering the service, Jan. /,
1902, or period of about thirty-four
months.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-02
NEARLY FOUR CENTURIES CID.
st. Augustine, Fla, Has Oldest House
-.

st. Augustine, Fla, Has Oldest House
in America.
The oldest house in America is in
st. Augustine, Fla. This building, by
comparison with the winter resort no
tells in that town, is not pretentious
structure, but when it was, built ii
was. undoubtedly one Of the principal
structures of the town.
1t is built of coquina rock, a mixture
Of sand and shell, which is the same
material used in the building of the
Ponce de Leon hotel and the Alcazar
1t is not known in what year this
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-02

Warsaw. The police Of Warsaw
threaten to strike for higher pay. They
receive So per month.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-02

A man hopelessly lost in, the bush in
South Australia, after wandering about
for four days, came across the tele-
graph line between Adelaide and Port
Darwin. He had not the strength to
go further, but managed TO break the
wire. He then made himself as COM
Portable as possible and waited. The
telegraph repairers were sent along
the line, and they cam to the wan
derer in time to save his life.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-02

They have queer way Of holding
auctions in Japan, and these affairs
are entirely without noise. The anc-
tioneer puts up the object to be sold
and asks for bids Oh it. Each bidder
then writes his highest price on a bit
of paper and deposits it in box. The
box is opened and the object given to
the one who has offered the most for
r.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-02
The Rent Question Solved.

Atlanta, Ga.-One of the greatest
problems concerning the reduction of
cotton acreage has been that Of large
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-02

The most remarkable photographs OF
lightning on record have been made by
reproduced in the Annalen der Physik.
They show that fash lasting eight
ten thousandths of second is preceded
by at least five smaller flashes separat-
ed by four ten tlousan9ths Of Sec
Ond
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-02

A feature Of low street life i'm Toxic
IS the "kusha," or moxa doctor, who
applies small pads made Of dried herbs
to the skin, then setting them alight.
the ensuing blisters being supposed to
be most effective as cure for various
ailments.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-02

WheL the present Gar was Care
witch lie was attacked by a fanatic in
Otsu, Japan, and two jinrikisha men
assisted in rescuing him from his as
sailant They have received pension
from Russia ever since. This year it
was forwarded to them as usual, much
to their surprise.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-03-02

Earon Hancko says that The WELT to-
do Japanese live about the same as
Americans. For breakfast they have
coffee from the Philippines, with con-
densed milk from Chicago, bread made
from Minneapolis -four, paper printed
on pulp from Wisconsin and cigarette
from Cairo.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-12-22
BRYAN DECLINES INVITATION
VIII Not BE Acting Governors Gucst
While at Manila.

Manila, Dec. CIV. j. Bryan has
cabled from Hongkong declining Act
ing Governor Ide's invitation to be his
guest during his stay in Manila for
the reason that he comes as news
paper representative and not as pri-
vate citizen, stating that by his accept
ance of the acting governors hospital
ity he would feel placed under certain
obligations to the government which
he might wish to write about in the
near future. Upon his arrival here Mr..
Bryan will be met by a committee rep
resenting the insular and city govern
ments, the supreme court and by the
aides Of Acting Governor General Ide
and Major General Corbin.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-12-22
HuoH WATT CONVICTED.


OtueSOS0sys
London. Dec. 22.-The trial of Hugh
Watt, the former member Of parlia
ment charged with melting sired
agents to murder his divorced wife
Julia Watt, and Sir Reginald Beau
champ, ended with verdict Of guilty
Watt was sentenced to five years
penal servitude.
The Judge In summing up said u
Was the most extraordinary case oi
modern times. improbable as was the
whole story he thought 1t was equally
improbable that any one could concoct
and swear to such charges. The ques
tion of the sanity Of Watt had moi
been raised so the jury had nothing
to do but find verdict OF guilty o.
not guilty.
The Judge pointed out that thu
death OF the former Mrs. Watt would
place Watt In exactly the position be
desired, az 1t would enable him tt
legalize his marriage to Lady Violet
Beauchamp. which at present was Il
legal because Mrs. Watt had declined
70 have her divorce made absolute
Her death would also annul the deed
Of settlement between Watt and Mrs
Watt. which Watt desired.
French Cruiser for Shanghai.
Paris, Dec. 22.-A cruiser detached
from the French squadron 1t Saigon,
French Indo-C China, is now proceeding
to Shanghai. The ofiiciais here say
this II q measure Of precaution as no
French interests have yet been mo-
Tested. The recent disturbances oc-
Cured IN the international concession,
which IL separate from the French
eOncession.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-12-22
LARGE CROWD SAW FIGHT.
Fitzsin1mons-O'Brier Gate Receipts To
tai Over $4,000.

San Francisco, Dec. 22.-The gate
receipts of the Fitzsimmons-O' 'Brien
fight, in which Fitzsimmons was de
feated at the end of the thirteenth
round, were s16.407, OF this sum GO
per cent went to the gladiators, the
winner receiving rs per cent of the go
per cent and the loser getting 20 per
cent. 1t was the largest crowd that
has attended any tight In San Fran
cisco this year and was the largest
gallery that has ever gathered at a
fistic encounter in this city.
AS result of his unsuccessful con-
return to the stage and. according to
his latest statement. will not again
enter the ring.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-12-22

LEADERS Boast Strike Will End !
Armed Revolution.

Armed Revolution.
st. Petersburg. Dec. 22.-According
TO information from Moscow that city
Is in . state Of great excitement. The
inhabitants are securing about buying
supplies, candles, ETC.. the stores are
boarded up. the great majority Of the
factories and mills are closed and the
postal telegraph ofnces. which had
partially resumed their services. are
again closed. The city II In darkness.
The strike leaders ct Moscow are
boasting that the strike Will be trans
formed into an armed revolution. the
orators at the meetings declaring that
Russia will be drenched with blood
before the long struggle ends.
General Dubassoff. governor general
q MOSCOW, who has taken possession
OF the late Grand Duke Sergius' palace
In that city. delivered IN address to
the municipal authorities In which he
declared IN unrelenting war On agi-
tat0rs. He spoke Of the shame to Rus
sia that Moscow, the former bulwark
q the autocracy and the holy city
whore the emperors came TO pray.
should become the center Of disorder
Cor the overthrow q the emperor. The
general insisted that thare were
enough of tho faithful to preserve the
autocracy unshaken, but that they
aust orGaniss ana SunnE101 the Grim
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-12-22

Warsaw, Russian Poland, Dec. 21.--
The Polish Nationalists have come to
the decision that the Jews In Poland
must be transformed into Poles and
the Natiolalists therefore have issued
a proclamation calling on all Israelites
to discontinue speaking Yiddish and to
learn the Polish language.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-12-22
ENGINEER GOES MAD IN CAB
Runs Train Through Stations at
Sixty-Miie Rate.

Janesville, Wis, Dec. 22.-After hav-
ing run his engine past eight stations
at the rate OF sixty miles an hour
without single stop the Chicago, Mil
waukee and st. Paul railroad officials
had Engineer Charles M. Warren re-
moved from his cab at this point. II
was found that the man had gone in
sane and after being examined he was
sent to Mendoza asylum. Warren sent
his train down grade and around
curves, throwing passengers from
their seats, stopping only at places
where there were no stations.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-12-22
ct. PETERSBURG WoRKMEN GEN.
ERALLY OBEY ORDERS TO
!, QUIT EMPLOYMENT.
SITUATION MOST SERIOUS At MOSCOW
LEADERS OPENLY ASSERT PRES.
ENT TROUBLE WILL END
IN BLOODY REVOLT.

81. Petersburg, Dec. 22.-At noon
the Continental train left the Warsaw
station with military engine drivers
and a strong guard Of soldiers. The
tender and locomotive were old, the
strikers having rendered all the others
useless. Two files Of soldiers were
drawn up on the platform.
The railroad strike began at the
Nicholas station at noon, but the Bal
tic roads were still working at that
hour.
The employees Of the Putilon iron
works to the number Of about $4,000
have struck.
The report that Kharkon IL In the
hands of the revolutionists Is CON
hrmed. Two hundred and atty men Of
the Starobylsk and Lebeninsk regi
ments have Joined the revolutionists
and their comrades have fatty refused
to fire upon them.
At Nicholavieff the revolving regi-
nents have been captured, Two hun
dred and fifty prisoners were sent to
Otchakon fortress. The capture Of the
mutineers was effected by General
Stupin, who. on the arrival Of REIN
torcements from Odessa, unexpectedly
attacked the barracks where the mu-
tineers had assembled. The latter soon
surrendered.
The crowds OF strikers at Moscow
are marching through the streets en-
deavoring to close up the postoffice and
other places.
Advices from Ryezhitsa, In the gov
ernment OF vitebsk. announces that .
rising has occurred In that vicinity
nimilar to the insurrection In Livonia.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-12-22
RUSH TO UNLOAD CONTINUES.

Government Securities Still Declining
In Price.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 22.-The rush
to unload continued on the bourse dur
Ing the day, imperial fours losing a
full point and closing at IS.
The bankers great dread is that q
financial crisis may be precipitated
should Berlin, where large amounts Of
Russian commercial paper is held, de-
cline to extend the paper due Jan. /.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-12-22
RESULT OF WALSH FAILURE.
Crews OF Wisconsin and Michiga
Railway Laid Off.

Marinette, Wis, Dec. Pas re-
suit of the Walsh failure In Chicago
many OF the different crews Of the
Wisconsin and Michigan railway at
their Peshtigo headquarters are being
laid OF and all extraordinary work
has been stopped pending the result
Of affairs In Chicago Peshtigo and
local banks are still refusing checks.
but they are being paid at the Wiscon-
sin and Michigan depot as long as the
funds hold out.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-12-22
SERIOUS IN MANcHuRlA.

Mutiny and kiotIng in Russian Army
Said to Be Extending.
New York, Dec. ga cable dis.
patch to the American from Vladivos.
tOk says:
The mutiny and rioting In the Man
churian army are extending and the
most terrible scenes are witnessed
daily.
A detachment Of Cossacks has at
tackled the barracks at Tomsk, where
In 900 mutineers were confined, and
set fire to the buildings. It Is report
ed that all imprisoned men were
roasted to death.
Riotins ON the streets here is con-
tinuing. In one street drunken Co.'S
sacks set fire to q block of houses and
massacred 120 Of the residents as they
attempted to escape.
Numbers of people are killed daily
On the streets.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-12-22
Girl Killed in Runaway.

Ottumwa, Ia, Dec. 22.-Miss Olive
Ross, aged fifteen years, was instantly
killed and Bert Brooks, Misses Tracy
Ross and Agnes Millard were more or
less seriously injured In a runaway.
Miss Ross jumped from the buggy and
fell. breaking Her neck. Death came
almost instantly. Her older sister,
Miss Tracy Ross. broke her ankle In
jumping from the rig.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-12-22

Shanghai. Dec. 22.-Order has been
restored. The viceroy has settled the
mixed court dispute and the harbor
will reopen at once. American, Brit
ish, German, Italian and Japanese sail
Ors are guarding the foreign conces-
sion and mounted volunteers are pa
trolling roads outside the city. IN
attack on the waterworks was easily
repulSed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-12-22
TROOP TRAINS STOPPED.

ooldlers Not Permitted to Enter Bal
tic Provinces.
st. Petersburg, Dec. 22.-The gov
ernment's advices show that all the
trains with troops which enter the
Baltic provinces are being stopped by
the insurgents. A number OF Cossacks
In q car were captured ani disarmed
beyond Dorpat.
hUoH WATT CONVICTED.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-12-22

mai elements and he mad accepted has
present post because he wished to be
In the forefront OF the battle. where
he could show his devotion to the en-
peror.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-12-22

Paris, Dec. 22.-Prices on the bourse
we're very heavy owing to the strike
reports from Russia. Russian indus
trials went on considerably. At the
close prices were weak
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-12-22
SITUATION is QUIET.

Large Force Of Sailors and Marines or
Duty at Shanghai.
Washington, Dec. 22.-The state de
partment has cablegram from Shang-
hal reporting that the situation there
is normal: that 1860 sailors, marines
and volunteers are guarding the
streets, the viceroy has returned and
the mixed court probably will reopen
on Saturday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-28
MAY BE BLACK HAND
BOY MISSING IN NEW YORK SEW
ERAL DAYS.

NEW YORK, September % = Antonio
Mareaneina. the six-year-old son of Frank
Mareaneina, Brooklyn contractor, has
been missing since last Sunday, and his
father believes he has been kidnapped to
secure a ransom by "Black Hand meth
DDS. Two weeks ago the father began to
receive letters demanding $500, on pain Of
abduction OF member of his family. Since
the boy has disappeared he has received
four others offering to return the boy If $500
is paid. In one letter threat Is made to
return the boy In box If the money is
not paid.
The child was playing in the street when
two men coaxed him away. The father at
once notified the police. The latter now
believe that the father has paid the ran
som. and they watched his home today, in
tending to arrest any one bringing the boy
home
An odd coincidence to which the police
gave some attention was the fact that the
Mareaneina boy is a cousin of Tony Man
nino of Brooklyn. who was kidnapped sew
eral months ago, and that Salvatore Man.
nino. the uncle of Tony. and who returned
him to his parents, cannot be found by the
police.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-28
RooSEvELT's RETURN.
Plans Matured for the Reception of
the President.

With President Roosevelt's return to
Washington only two days away, prepara-
tions this morning were almost completed
TO the reception to be rendered to him by
residents of the District. On the recon-
mendation of Major Richard Sylvester, who
will command the policemen guarding the
line of the avenue, Commissioner West to-
day signed the requisition for rope it being
deemed advisable to keep the crowds off
the street
Other than this 1t is believed that no for
NAL arrangement for the event of Saturday
VIII be necessary, though there is every in
dication that all Washington will be on the
avenue between 9th street and the White
House TO welcome the President. Commits
sioner West said this morning that the
Washington some time after 9 o'clock in
the evening. The exact time probably will
be announced tomorrow.
According to present plans members OF
the cabinet who are in the city officials of
the national and of the District govern
ments, will meet President Roosevelt on the
inner platform of the 9Th street station
upon the arrival of his train, after which
he Will be escorted to his carriage for the
drive to the executive mansion. AS has
been many times stated. this drive will
partake in no sense of the nature of q
parade or procession. 1t is likely that the
President and one or two members OF his
family or of his party. will occupy the
one carriage. AS far as possible, without
entirely impeding traffic, the avenue will
be kept clear OF cars and other vehicles
during the few minutes of the simple
ceremony of welcome