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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-10-26
WANTED TO MURDER JEROME.
Unpaid Witness Goes After New York
District Attorney.

An attempt TO batter down the door
OF the office of the district attorney,
Jerome, was made Isl New York We'd
resday by Jacob Meyer. who said he
wanted to kill Mr.. .Isrome. Meyer at
tackled the door before the district
attorneys arrival and was found by
the police trying tc get through the
panels and shouting that Jerome had
failed to pay, him sufficient fees for
his service as witness in the 'Red
Light investigations few days ago.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-10-26
OH, TO BE A HEROIC HERO.

Carnegie Medals Are Handed Out By
Commission at Pittsburg.
The Carnegie hero fund commission
met in Pittsburg, Pa, Monday and
awarded ten medals as follows: Wild
ow Of Daniel Davis, Cleveland; Wade
n. Plumber, Lamar, S. c.; Michael
A. Doyle, Canada; Maude Titus, New
ark, N. J.; Mrs. Sadie L. Crabb, Vir-
ginia: Miss Anna Cunningham, Savan-
nah, Ca; William G. Bruno. Sandusky,
Ohio; Arthur j. Gottschalk, .Lancas-
ter, N. Y: George F. Russell. New
London, Conn; Arthur a. Ross. Fox.
boro, Mass.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-10-26
ROCKEFELLER EuLocIzED.
His Fellow Citizens of Cleveland Call
Him Greatest Man Extant.

Several hundred representative men
Of Cleveland, Ohio, called upon John
u. Rockefeller at his home In For
est Hill Tuesday afternoon, and
through Andrew Squire, lawyer, and
L. q. Holden, proprietor of the
Cleveland Plain Cealer, expressed to
Mr. Rockefeller their esteem for him
as citizen and as great business
man. The gathering included mer-
chants, lawyers, clergymen, educators
and men in humber walks of life.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-10-26
FOURTEEN QuARRYMEN KILLED.

Cave-in at Slate Mines Buries Many
Unfortunate Hungarians.
Fourteen men were killed Friday
by a cave-in at the Vermont Slate
Company's quarry, about two and one
half miles from Granville, N Y.
Among the dead is J. B. Williams.
president Of the company.
The others were Hungarian labor
ers. Sixteen men were buried In the
cave-in. David Cadwallader and Fra
ser Queen, the foreman of the quar-
~, were rescued The latter is ex-
pected to die. Four bodies have been
recovered.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-10-26
AUTO cRUSHES WOMEN.
Runs Down Party OF Seven Returning
from a Theater PARTY

AT Pittsburg, Wednesday night, when
a party of seven ladies' was returning
home from theatel party, an auto
mobile going at a rapid rate crashed
into the party. seriously and probably
fatally injuring four.
The accident occurred at the corner
of Highland and Wellaley avenues,
East End. The ladies had just alighted
from a street car during heavy rain
and while picking their way slowly
across the car tracks the automobile
at high speed ran them down.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-10-26
JAPAN THOROUGHLY SATISFIED.
Mikado is Glad that Philippines Are
Held by Uncle Sam,

Declaring that Japan welcomes the
presence Of the United States in the
Philippines, Mr.. Takahira. the Japan
csc minister, gave statement to the
Washington Post Thursday, replying
to its inquiry, in which he says that
Japan feels great repose about the
Philippines, because they are occupied
by the United States with firm hold of
It's authority over the archipelago, not
to speak Of the many object lessons
being given there by the new owner
by introducing modern improvements
In various ways"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-10-26
FAMILY OF SIX cREMATED.
Woman and Her Five Children Perish
in Burning Home.

Mrs Alice Hartman and her five
children we're burned to death and
their home was destroyed by fire at
Port Royal, a village in Franklin
county. Missouri. The fire occurred
Monday AMI the news of it was first
received at Clayton Tuesday afternoon
through messenger.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-10-26
Suit Against OIL Company.

Suit for thirty thousand dollars has
been filed at Austin, Texas, against
the Waters Pierce Oil company by the
district attorney for failure to comply
with the provisions Of the Kennedy
tax bill passed By the last leglsias
ture levying a two per cent tax upon
all oil companies gross receipts.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-10-26
GREAT STORM SWEEPS LAKES.

Ten Vessel Reported to Have Been
Completely Wrecked.
The storm which Thursday night
and Friday swept over northern Lake
Michigan, Lake Huron and Lake Erie
was one of the most severe in recent
years.
AS far as returns are obtainable ten
vessels have been completely wrecked
and twelve to fifteen others more or
less severely damagd. Twlve lives
are known to have been lost.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-10-26
FIFTEEN RAILROADS SUED.
Texas District Attorney After large
Amounts i'm Back Taxes.

Acting for himself and IL the name
OF the state of Texas, District Attor-
ney Warren WI Moore has filed suit
against fifteen railroads of Texas for
sums ranging from $4,000 to $4,000.
These suits are brought in the ma
tire Of a penalty for failure to pay
one pa cent tax on the gross earn.
iags.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-10-26
KING OSCAR SHEDS TEARS.
Sadly Depiores the Dsunion of Nor
way and Sweden.


The extraordinary session of the
Swedish parliament was closed a.
i Stockholm Wednesday. King Oscar, in
a fearful speech expressing regret at
the separation OF Norway and Swe-
den, said he hoped for lasting peace
and a good understanding between the
two nations.
"It is at critical moment" said
the king, that | raise my voice in
this hall. The union formed in 1914
between the people of the Scandina-
Wan peninsula, disupited for centuries
before. is ruptured 1t is truly not
without deep grief that l see these
two closely related people again sep
arated."
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-10-26
kurino Goes Back to Russia.

1t is reported in Toxic that NJ. Ku.
rino, the Japanese minister to Russia
at the time war was declared between
the two nations, will again be sent to
st. Petersburg.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-10-26
TORNADO HITS OKLAHOMA.

Two Children Killed and Number Of
People Injured.
In tornado which passed one mile
west of Manford, Oklahoma, Tuesday
night, two children of E.. r. Anderson
were killed and Mrs Anderson and
Miss Maud Root were seriously in
jured. Several others are reported
hurt
The path of the storm was a quar-
ter of a mile wide and several miles
long.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-10-26
RICHARD WEI NOT RESIGN.
Mccurdy Says He Will Hold His job
at All Hazards.

Richard A. McCurdy, president of
the Mutual Life Insurance company,
made the statement Thursday that
he had no intention of resigning, that
he was elected to serve until June Z,
and that nothing can or will drive him
out.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-10-26
WILL BE NO RESTRICTIONS.
The Preside1t May Travel Freely
THROUGH Mississippi.

The Mississippi state board OF
health has not been officially advised
as to any Of the plans for handling
President Roosevelt's special train
through the state next month. but
Secretary Hunter states that no re-
strictions whatever will be applied,
and Mr.. Roosevelt can suit his own
pleasure about the matter.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-10-26
MERE BAGATELLE OF CASES.
Fever Scourge is Dwindiinq Rapidly
at New Orleans.

at New Orleans.
New Orleans fever record for
Thursday was as follows: New cases
8, total cases to date 3,343, deaths
none, total deaths to date ABS, cases
under treatment 1O8, cases discharged
2,S05.
Thursday was the second day in
succession that no deaths from yellow
fever occurred. This is remarkable at
this stage Of the epidemic, because, as
a rule, toward the end, the death rate
grows as the number of new cases d.
minishes.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-10-26
SAD FATE OF POOR DUKE.
Nicholas Furnishes Cyril for Marrying
divorced Woman.

The Official Messenger at st. Peters
burg Monday published an imperial
ukase dated October 18th, Diminishing
Grand Duke Cyril from the service
because of his recent marriage to the
Princess Victoria, the divorced wife of
the grand duke of Hesse.
The decree also deprives the grand
duke of his decorations.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-10-26
INACCURACIES DIsPENsARy WAR.
South Carolina Booze Regulators Are
Ordered to Court.

Ordered to Court.
With the issuing of an order by
Judge Pritchard, in the federal court,
at Asheville, N. c.. Thursday, COM
manding the members of the board of
control of Union county, South Caro-
lima, to show cause why the Brice
bill should not be declared unconsti-
tutional, began what is expected to be
one of the most bitterly fought and
important cases coming from South
Carolina in several years. The suit
bears directly upon the dispensary
system.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-02-25
JoLTs A TERRITORY JUDGE
Attorney Trims Finger-Nails Before
Jurist and a Severe Call
Down" Follows.

A well-known attorney from
Vlnlta was in the courtroom at
Wagner awaiting a case TO be-
called and a%bsentmindedly was
trimming his nails with a penknife.
bis case was called and he got I'm
before the judge and kept on using
the knife, not realizing what he
was doing, says the Muscogee
Times.
1t was more than the Judge
could stand. "Where were q
reared% he said. 'Have you no
respect for the court, no decencv
and no idea of the prOpriety of this
cOurt?"
IF the court please, | was reared
in Kentucky, and nm a southern
gentleman. | came from a place
where gentlemen are treated as
such, both in court and out"
Then there followed an attempt
10 apologize to the court, but the
Judge would not listen to it. He
considered the act an insult TO tbe
dignity of his court and corIa 49,
be appeased.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-02-25
SOME CLEVER MARKsMEN.
Frenchman "Shoots" a Tune Upon
Piano with a Rihe-Quartetts
Accompanies Him.

Every one is familiar with the
"William Tell" act, which is so
popular among men who do fancy
shooting; but no feat corHee " to
one with which a Frenchman, NJ.
Castor Bordeverry, has been
amusing Paris. Taking several
repeating carbines and standing
ten yards from a piano, he plays, or
to be more correct, he Shoots" a
complicated selection from "Cay-
alleria Rusticana." A quartette
sings the accompanying words and
the music is concluded in excellent
time, with scarcely a wrong note.
The piano has, of course, been es-
pecially armored to stand this IN
usual humping.
Capt. Hardy, a six-foot cowboy,
recently gave a remarkable exhibi-
ton of his skill in shooting before
the Lincoln Neb.) Gun club. Civ.
ing one of the state celebrities a
handful OF hickory nuts, Hardy
asked him to throw them into the
air as fast as he could. Not a sin
gle nut escaped the bullets. Five
cent pieces thrown Is feet into the
air never came back. Through q
card held at arms length the cow
boy sent five bullets as fast as they
could be fred. Every shot had
passed through a ring the size ola
quarter drawn on the card. But
the most thrilling feature foil
lowed. Half a dozen hazel nuts
were stuck on skewers and placed
IN the form of a half circle around
a mans head. Then, at a distance
OF ~ PAGES, in the space of only ten
seconds, six shots were fired. Ev-
cry nut has been removed in sue
cession, and when the skewers
were examined it was found that
they were of the same length,
showing that Hardy had hit each
nut squarely in the middle.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-02-25
TOH-RINGWORM

e. t. Lucas, Wingo, KY, writes,
April rs, 1902: ''For 10 to IL years
/ had been afflicted with a lnalady
known as the 'nch The itching was
most unbearable; l had tried for years
70 ind relief, having tried all remidles
] could hear OF, besides q number OF
doctors. 1 wish to state that one
single application of Billiards. Snow
Imminent cured nae completely and
permanently. Since then 1 have used
the linlment on two separate occasions
for ring worm and it cured completely,
26c, 80, and S1.OO. For sale by Cren.
shaw & Young. 2.4ml
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-02-25
COIOrrnS Flowers 10 Order.

SoAe plaAts leud themselves mo.s
readily than others to those extra.
ordinary transformations. The Cara.
ton, h~yacinth, orange flower, gilly
flower, iris, chrysantbemum and
camelia are the most easily colored,
and 1t is interesting to experiment
with the many hues that can be
obtained. 1t is only necessary to
prepare a coloring solution, cut the
stem Of the flower and place 1t III the
liquid. The plant sbsorbs the water,
and little by little the solution is dis.
tributed through the tissues Of the
flower. A common gilly flower
placed in a solution Of light green
snalIne dye IS rapidly changed; at the
end OF twenty minutes, the white parts
have become blue, the yellows green
and the reds violet. Many other
vegetable vagarias may be produced in
the same manner.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-02-25
King Charles, Latt.rs

among the recent publications
OF the British royal commission
are9O letters found in the archives
Of the duke of Portland, which bear
the signature of King Charles II.
ana are addressed to 30 Different
members of the aristocracv
Everyone of them contains . re'
guest for loans, ranging from
$4,000 to $50, 900, and each CONVEYS
the following assurance: "You
are the only one of my friends to
whom | have cared to address INV.
self about the matter.n
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-02-25
Two Interesting Articles.

Every body's Magazine Tor March
comes out with a blow at The Beet
Trust-timed TO . nicely with the
recent decision Of the Supreme Court
Mr.. Charles Edward Russell, one Of
the best known and most forceiul Of
our writers, shows, ir bis second in.
stalment OF 1.-THE Greatest Trust in
the World" the source Of the Trust in
the refrigerator car: "Che Bandit Of
Commerce." as he call #. He exposes
In logical. virlle style the system OF
mileage aud icing charges by which
the Beef Trust has driven every com.
petitor from the commercial field.
Mr.. Russell's story is clear as crystal.
The reader sees as through plate
glass the marvellous workings Of the
greedy monopoly.
Mr.. Lawson jumps directly into the
beginning of Amalgsmated. He tells
Of the development of bic interest In
copper. he describes the situation
when Boston ruled those now famous
stocks, and Darrates the bitter fight
over Butte & Boston. The iustalment
ends with u Vivid description Of a
significant interview in which Rogers
agrees to take up the scheme Of Anal
gamated and finance 1t for Lawson.
In "LawsOn and His Critics." Mr.
Lawson cuts loose and disproves cate.
gjrically many of the statements which
Denis Donohoe has publlcally made
against him.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-02-25
ELEVEN LANGUAGES IN ALL.
Seven Modern and -Four Ancient La
guAgss Taught in a Girls
College.

Probably no wOman'a college IN
the world teaches so many Ian,
guages as the American college
for girls in COnstantinople, sayss
former teacher in that institution,
in the New York Tribune. Sever
modern and four ancient tongues.
including Greek, Armenian, Bul.
garian, Turkish, French and Ger
man, appear on the curriculum,
and, though the classes in each
may be small, a supply of litera.
ture in each one must be kept In
the library, which makes the ex.
pense of maintaining the college
considerably greater than il
would be otherwise.
Other marked differences exist
between an American college in
the orient and one in the United
States. The study of history and
literature, for instance, is conduct!
ed under much more favorable
auspices than can be obtained in
a newer land, and is, consequently,
much more interesting. There is
an inspiration in living in a city
with a continuous history Of 1900
years, of being descended from
people of ancient splendOr and Of
being near to the greatest coun.
tries of antiquity and in more or
less close touch with modern ex.
plOrations of their sites.
A student of history who has
lived in Marash, near which city
some of the remarkable Hittite re!
mains have been exhumed, has
her interest in the Hittite empire
sharpened; a student of philOso-
ply, taking up the work of P,ytha.
gOras of Samos, finds it more vivid
because she has visited the island
of SOmOs en- route for college; JUS
tinian and Constantine, as en-
pire builders, mean much to a stu
dent who can go over the remains
of old Byzantium, and the tran
scendent art of the Greeks is real
to her who has seen the Alexander
sarcOphagus.
The crusaders are illuminated
to one who lives in ancient Chry-
sopolis, who has visited Nicea,
and who has seen the stone in
Santa Sophia to the infamous
memory of the old Venetian Dan
dolo, and what must the glories of
Pericles and Plato of Vartan and
Simeon, C%hrysostom and David,
Suleyman and Selim mean to those
who speak their languages and OF
their races?
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-02-25
m THE LAND OF RIDDLES.
German Writer Declares That Al
Russians Want Country to
Lose WGr.

Hugo GAM, a German writer, in
his book, "The Land Of Riddles"
says that nearly all Russians, high
and low, are anxious to see Russia
defeated in its war with Japan, in
order that better things may be
brought about by the defeat. The
author quotes a representative
lawyer in st. Petersburg as fol-
lows: Everything depends on
how this war ends. If God helps
us and we lose the war, improve
ment is possible; for then ruin
and, above all, the chronic bank.
ruptcy of the nation, can no longer
be concealed. If a man should en-.
ter my room now and if | should
say to him: What do you hope
and wish in regard to the WARP
his answer would be: Defeat; the
only means to save u.s. If we cal
culate how many men are shot and
exiled and how many families are
ruined every year by absOlutism,
the total equals the losses in war
"a more terrible one, however,
for only a catastrophe can make
an end of this war, which has long
been destroying us. Therefore, |
say it again, if God helps US we
shall lose the war; in the east. Dc
not allow yourself to be deceived
by any official preparation. Every
good Russian prays: God help us
and permit US to be beaten"
When the author, later on,
paid a visit to Count -,
conservative and a high gov.
eminent official, that gentle.
man said to him: "What have you
heard?" "That Russia is starving,
while the papers report a surplus
in the treasury" "That, unfortun-
ately, is true" "That your think
ing people are in despair" "Also
true" THAT a revival of the reign
of terror is to be feared" Equal
ly true" "That all Russia hopes
the war will be lost, because only
in that way can the present state
of things be brought to an end"
"True again" "That your present
regime passes all bounds of de-
pravity and can be compared only
with the pretorian rule in the peri
cd of the decline of Rome" "That
understates the truth"
Almost without exception the
writer met with similar responses
wherever he inquired. The one ex.
ceptiOn, an Old-fashiOned Russian
shopkeeper in Moscow, answered
the question as to what he thought
of the war in the old-fashionel
Russian way: "We have no bust.
ness to be thinking about this
war; but only to obey God and the
car"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-02-25
HEALTH.

Means the ability to do a good days
work, without undue fatigue and to
find life worth living. You cannot
have Indigestion or constipation with.
out ITS upsetting the liver and pollut.
ing the blood. Such a condition may
be best and quickest relieved by Her.
blne, the best liver regulator that the
world has ever known. Mrs. DIR. D
W. Smith, writes, April s, 1902: 81
use Herbine, and find il the best med.
lcine for constipation and regulating
the liver / eve used" soc, Sold by
Crenshaw & Young. 2.4m1
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-02-25
The Subway "DeaI."


New York accepted the Subway with
3 deep sigh Of relief, relief alter thirty
years of waiting.
Poor old Father Knickerbocker, too
busy to look, too blind to see; com
plscent, cumbersome, a confident Gull.
Yer IN Lilliput caught fast in the web
Of financial intrigue, bound cunningly
In threads Of Wal Streets weaving
This is the spectacle Of the Metropolis
presented through Ray Staunard
B'ker's clarifying vision in the March
McC'ure's. The man-who pays, the
FIRST glamour Of accomplishment worn
away, takes time to grumble at the
little things; the small crushing door.
wsys, the hanging to q strap, the lin
framed advertisements. He misses
To- Hue significance Of the whole Sc
surely as be failed OF graspIug the
essf initial cause during the years he
impoLently tuned and duly waited for
Rapid TrapsIt; while the street rail-
way magpale, tongue in cheek, raked
In bis crowding nickels And-blocked
his wsy.
With a clearness that makes q mar.
vel Of the blindness OF the voter Of
those waiting years, Mr.. Baker shows
how the public will was thwarted BY
the monopohsts working their ends
through the Political Boss; aud how
the Rapid Transit Commission, timid
and overcautious, played, i%nnocently,
into the pockets of the monopolisls
until, today, the Metropolis, having its
Subway, 6ods itself fifteen years be-.
hind the demands OF traffic. he sets
forth with dispassionate pen move
after move in the one-sIded game
the game which the alert, efficient
young men Of finance, interruptions,
shrewd and daring, played against The
sminently respectable old gentlemen OF
lhe commission entrusted with the
public interests. These good men,
hating, timid, imbued with the old
ideals OF the sacredness OF ''business
Interests, !" failed of course IN the
contest. What match were they for
those 'impOssibly alert young fellows
OF Wall Street with their Unlimited
money, with their control OF political
machines, with the best legal brains at
their disposal" OF course they failed
that is what always happens. MIR.
Baker tells us how and 10 what.
A third element entered into the
contest. The street railways, over
confident, waiting for the plum to fall
OF its own rlpeness, failed to use due
vigilance. Then came John B. Nc.
Donald. He got the contract. Tn,
people shouted, the railway systems
had been beaten. Sage and whitns,
sold their ''Metropolitan" stock, Man.
haitian elevated was ready TO lease
The people did not see the monopoly
Aachoate which the Subway was 70
nurse into a o pirstical trust than
nay Of It's predecessors.
Out Of the arid reports and court
eOciSIonS and subtly wordsd contracts
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-02-25
The Russian Disturbance.

Professor Isldor Loeb OF the Political
Science Department Of the University
OF Missouri believes that the present
inlernal disturbance in Russia lie due
to political conditions rather to than
t. economic and social conditions.
C-riain reforms, be says, were begun
BY Alexander II in 1861. Among
these we're the emancipation of the
ssrfs, the liberation Of the press, and
the establishment Of limited local self.
government. An attempt upon
Aiexander's life ia 1867 made him
dlstrustiul OF reform movements apd
enabled the bureaucracy to get con.
troll of the government again. The
abuse Of this control is the cause VI
the present disturbance.