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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-24
Hyde Breaks Silence.

London. John Hyde, former stat.
istician of the United States depart
ment of agriculture, who at present is
in London, has been under the care of
a physician for several weeks and is
still prohibited by his physician from
attending to business. To the Asso.
ciated Press said:
81 have just seen for the first time
the revised cotton acreage report is
sued by the United States department
on agriculture on July 6. The crop es.
timating board reduces the official es.
innate on June 2 by more that II, 900
900 acres and even goes so far as to
say that l made the estimate lower
than the reports received from official
reporters employed by the bureau war
ranteI. To this statement I give I'm.
qualified denial and assert that the
most worthy of the various sets
of figures of which the report of July
was based afforded the most ample
warrant for my estimate.
"It is only by an entire disregard of
the reports of county and township
correspondents that the department s
acreage reports can be prevented from
becoming the laughing stock of the
world.
When concerned only with the con
dltlon OF the growing crop, except un-
der special circumstances, the reports
OF county and township correspondent
are not without value. When, howev-
er, these correspondents report either
upon acreage or upon the size Of the
crop in bales, their reports are abso-
lute'y worthless. For instance, the
crop last year was estimated by town
ship correspondents at less than 49,
100000 bales and by county CORES
pondents at less than 100000 bales.
Failure on the part the board to
recognize the widely varying degrees
OF reliability which characterize the re
ports of its different classes of CORES
pondents will inevitably destroy the
value of its reports for general stats
teal purposes"
Mr.. Hyde said that he gave this in
terview to the Associated Press
against the earnest protest of his phys
ician and that he had forwarded an
affidavit to Washington covering his
connection with the cotton report. He
said that he expected to return to
America about October l.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-24
Shreveport Cases Discharged.

Shreveport, a.-The two yellow fe-
yer patients, who have been at the de-
tention camp for three weeks past,
were discharged and left immediate
ly for their homes in the North. The
detention camp is now entirely vacant,
and the Board Of Health declares that
all danger of Infection is passed. Eff
forts are being made to have Arkansas
and Texas lift their guarantees, so
as to permit the resumption Of pas
senger traffic through these States
from this point.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-24
To Kill Dowager Queen

Rome, Italy.-A widespread anarch-
ist plot against the reigning house Of
Italy was revealed by a dastardly at
tempt to assinate Dowager Queen Mar
guerita, mother Of King Victor Eman-
ual. The Secol reports that the auto
mobile in which the Dowager Queen
and several of her suit were riding
making the ascent of Little st. Ber-
nard, ran into a stone barricade, erect
ed in the road, and the machine turned
over badly bruising the Queen. The
others received severe shaking mp
The erection Of the barrier is regard
ed as a direct attempt on the life OF
the Dowager Queen.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-24
Russian Driven Back.

London. The Daily Telegraph Is
Toxic correspondent says that, despite
the heavy rains, the japanese have
advanced in northern Corea. The
Russians abandoned their advance
works and were driven back. After
crossing the river the Russians de-
stloyed the bridges, and there is no
sign Of the Russians south of the Tu-
men. The Japanese Army in Corea
already has effected certain commu-
nication with Field Marshal Oyama.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-24
Russian Imports Decrease.

Washington, D. C.-Imports into
Russian over the European frontier
during the first four months Of the
present calendar year have fallen off
27.5 per cent, as compared with i'm
ports during the corresponding period
In 1904. Owing to the considerable
shrinkage in the quantity and value of
raw cotton imported, the total imports
credited to the United States and
Egypt during the four months show
even heavier decreases.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-24
A MARKED INCREASE IN
NUMBER OF FEVER DEATHS
Fatalities in New Orleans Monday Jumped up
to Nine with 81 New Cases.

Another death was in the French
asylum on st. Ann street were a
half dozen cases have been reported to
date. These are the only two public
institutions outside Of the hospitals in
which cases Of fever have had to be
handled.
Prisoners, court attaches and hang
ers-on at the second criminal court
were thrown into somewhat Of a pam
ic today when a genuine case of yell
low fever was discovered in the dock.
The man was found i'll among a num-
Der Of prisoners and the doctor who
was called promptly diagnosed the
case as yellow fever, The screened
ambulance Immediately carried the
man to the emergency hospital. A
flying squadron was sent for and the
dock and court room thoroughly fu-
migated. The patient was an Italian
who was arrested on Saturday night
and remained in prison until today
The jail therefore will also be fumi-
gated.
So much dissatisfaction resulted
from the operation Of the camp at
Slidell that DR.. White today ordered
it to be closed. The camp at Harahan
has been built by the government. 1t
is the first of its kind ever completely
erected and maintained by the marine
hospital service, the buildings being
especially constructed for the purpose.
There are armed guards, hospital
building, kitchen and physician in
charge. The government bears all the
expense.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-24
Only Four Gases.

Mexico City-The Superior Board
of Health officials report only four
cases Of yellow fever in the republic,
all being at Vera Cruz and complete
ly isolated. There is not believed 10
be the slightest danger of the disease
spreading. The remarkable exemption
Of the port critics from yellow fever is
a matter of congratulation among the
Mexican health authorities, who now
believe that yellow fever can be stamp
ed out in this country
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-24
BOOKER ENTERS DENIAL.
Did Not Escort Any Female Wana.
maker to or From Dinner.

Birmingham, Ala.-President Book.
er L. Washington, of the Tuskegee
Normal and Industrial school (col-
ored) has addressed letter under
New York date to the Herald
of this city concerning his recent Wis
it to Mr.. John Wanamaker at Sara
toga. He says:
81 have just seen for the first time
the misleading and false reports in
southern newspapers referring to my
escorting female members of Mr.
Wanamaker's family into the dining
room Of a Saratoga hotel. I have not
referred to these reports before be-
cause they have just come to my no
tice.
81 did not escort any female mem
Der of Mr.. Wanamaker's family to or
out Of the dining room. I did dine
with Mr.. Wanamaker and members
of his family at hotel at his request
for the purpose Of talking on business
but at the time was guset myself
at colored hotel in Saratoga.
"During the last fifteen years I
have been with the hotel where Mr..
Wanamaker was on three different
occasions, when was to speak at pub
lie meetings, as [ was this time and no
comment made of it.
"When in the south I conform like
all colored people to the customs of
the south, but when in the north I
have found it necessary during the
last twenty years, as stated fully in
my book "From Slavery" to come
into contact with white people in the
furtherance of my work in way I
do not assume in the south"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-24
A National Bank Failed.

Washington, D. C.-The Western
National Bank of Louisville, KY, was
closed by direction Of Acting Comp
troller Of Currency. The bank was
comparatively new association, hav-
ing been chartered in October, 1904.
The resources and liabilities were
shown on May 20, 1905, as $1,724, $780,
80. The capital stock was three hun
dred thousand dollars and the loans
and discounts 81, 229, 324.2O. The de-
posits amounted to $1,07O,S1OO6.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-24
OYER 800 JEWS
FELL INTO CELLAR
PANIC AT PITTSBURG AT COR.
NER STONE LAYING.
SEVERAL RABBITS INJURED
Nearly All Were Cut and Bruised But
None Were Fatally Wounded. Ger
emony Concluded After Panic.

Pittsburg. More than 500 men
women and children were precipitated
fifteen feet into a cellar by the col
lapse of platform during the exer-
cises incident to the laying Of the cor
ner stone of the Beth David Russian
Hebrew Orthodox Synagogue, in Mil
Ter Street. Nearly all were cut and
bruised, but it is believed none was
fatally injured.
Three rabbits were among those
who went down, and, although injured
they concluded the ceremony after the
panic had subsidized.
Among the more seriously injured
are Rabbis Ashinsky, S. Graffman and
A. Blom; Nathan Nathason, Pastor of
the congregation, and Policeman
Adam Lefewski
The platform which broke had di-
mension3 of about so by so feet, and
had been constructed over the founda-
ton walls for the accommodation of
the rabbis, officers of the church and
invited guests.
Just prior to the corner stone GER
emonies brass band, leading 800
Zionist, marched up playing a live
ly tune, and when the Zionists were
invited to pass over the platform in
order to sign their names to the roll
being placed in the stone, a mad rush
was made by the thousands of peo-
pie who had gathered about to Sc
cure the same privilege. The police
were overwhelmed, and in a moment
the platform was packed with men,
women and children. The frail struc-
ture could not withstand the strain,
and fully 500 persons were carried
down. The panic that followed at
tracted thousands of people to the
spot, and the police had great Difficult
ty in extricating the screaming and
groaning victims from the wreckage.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-24
No Fever at Friars Point.

Friars Point, Miss. In view of the
quarantine established against this
place by Helena. DR.. J. A. Cooper,
City Health Officer, authorizes a de-
NAL that yellow fever exists here. The
report Of a suspicious case spread on
account Of case Of malarial fever a
week ago, young man who had been
In Gulfport tWenty-three days before
he was taken sick, but is now rapidly
recovering.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-24
Stndv of Forestry.

The Mississippi Agricultural and
Mechanical College has created the
position Of instructor of forestry and
plant breeding in the institution and
George L. Clothier Of the United
States forest service, has been chosen
by the college authorities to fill this
important position. In addition to
giving forestry instruction in the col
lege Mr.. Clothier will carry on pro-
pagation work in forestry
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-24
italian Cruiser Arrives.

Charles, S. C.-The Italian cruiser
Dogali, bound for South America on
a special mission came into Charles
ton. Italian Consul Sottile paid for
NAL call this morning on Captain Ca
pomazza, and after return Of the call
took the officers for carriage drives
through the city and then to the Isle
of Palms. The Dogali has twenty guns
AID her complement is $50 men. She
left Italy in May 1904.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-24
Want Separate Statehood.

Muskogoo, I. THE chieftains of
the five civilized tribes met here in
convention to declare for separate
statehood for Indian Territory, aided
and allotted by white residents of In
dian Territory who for both business
and sentiment reasons are opposed to
a union with Oklahoma. The conven-
ton will declare for prohibition,
which may be submitted as an issue
separate from the constitution,
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-24
Hanging at st. Louis.

st. Louis. Henry Heusack, con-
victed Of the murder Of his father-in-
law, August Rappel, wa hanged in
the rear Of the city jail. Heusack
maintained his innocence until the last
and his wife, daughter Of the murder
ed man, remains firm in the belief that
her husband was the victim Of cir
cumstances.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-24
New Steamship Line.

Mexico City.-The italian Royal
Maritime Commission has approved
a project to establish steamship COM
mnication between Italy and this coun
try. It is probable the service will be
undertaken by the Italian General
Navigation Company, which has a
large fleet of steamers.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-24
Boycott Waning.

Picking. The announcement that
Edwin H. Conger, formerly American
minister to China, would return here
in connection with the boycott of
American products has occasioned the
greatest surprise. Reports received
from all the American consuls indicate
that the boycott is waning except in
Shanghai, where the situation is un-
changed.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-24
Order Torpedo Boats.

New York. Venezuela has placed
orders in Europe for torpedo boats
gums and ammunition at the cost OF
about $2,5OO,OOO, a larger amount than
that little South American republic
has ever expended at one time for wal
material.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-24
Report is Confirmed.

Sydney, N. S. W.-Confrmation of
The report that the Marshall Islands
we're visited by hurricane and tidal
wave on June 80 has been received
here. One hundred lives were lost.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-24
Russians Still Hold Out.

Godzyadani, Manchuria. - Three
Russian officers who have reached the
mainland from Sakhalin report that
the Russian force in the interior Of
the island occupies am almost impreg-
nable position, and is receiving the
full support of the convicts.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-24
Texas Tightens Up.

Dallas, Tex, Aug. 21.-It has been
ordered by the state health depart
ment that all persons entering Texas
by northern gateways must furnish
health certificates signed by legal
health officers and properly attested.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-24
Riddled With Bullets.

Tuscaloosa, Ala telephone mes
sage received here from Brookwood,
sixteen miles north of this city, states
that John Harmon, white, was found
lying on the roadside, literally riddled
with bullets.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-24
Mails Diverted From New Orleans

Washington, Aug. 1.-The postofice
department today issued an order d.
recting that pending interruption
caused by quarantine restrictions the
dispatch of mails for Costa Riva via
New Orleans is suspended and mean
time the mails will be dispatched
from Mobile.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-24
DR.. Boice in America.

New York.-The Cunard Line
steamship Campania, which arrived
from Liverpool and Queenstown
brought $50 cabin and 535 storage
passengers. Among its passengers
was DIR. 6Boice, professor in the
School Of Tropical Medicine and Liv-
erpool University, who is on his way
to New Orleans.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-24
De Rosen at His Cottage.

Manchester, Mass. Baron de Rosen
accompanied by his secretary, Prince
Koudacheff, and Baron Schippenbach,
Russian Consul at Chicago, arrived at
the Ambassador 5 summer residence
at Coolidge's Point, Magnolia, in 9
motor car from Portsmouth. The
Baron was evidently much fatigued by
his trip to Oyster Bay, and denied him
self to neWspapermen and retired ear
~. Il. ss.ssts i! ;:ifA.la 81 81 lllE a,
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-24
Refused to Hold Fetes.

New York. The Suns cable fro,
Berlin says: The Town Council
Swinemundie, on the Baltic, has re-
jected the proposal to hold fetes ID
aonor of the British ships.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-24
Suspicious Case Is Malarial.

jackson, Miss.-Dr. Krauss, yellow
fever expert attached to the State
Board Of Health, went to Starkville,
Miss, to investigate the suspicious
case Of fever. He reported that pa
tient was suffering from malarial
hematuria fever.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-24
Sugar Famine at Huntsville.

Huntsville, Ala.-Huntsville jobbers
have entirely exhausted their stock
of sugar and the supply in the hands
of retail merchants will last only two
or three DAYS.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-24
New Case at Mississippi City.

jackson, Miss, Aug. 21.-Secretary
Hunter of the state board OF health
received report at noon today from
Mississippi City health authorities say
ing that one new case of yellow fever
appeared there today. The patient IS
Miss Georgia Money, granddaughter
of United States Senator FL. D. Money.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-24
Worlds Oldest Legislator.

Fredericton, N. B.-David Wark,
the oldest legislator in the world, died
at his home in this city. Mr. Wark
was member Of the Canadian Senate
at Ottawa, life Office. His age was
101 years and 6 months.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-24
No Labor Celebration.

The labor unions of Baton Rouge
will not celebrate Labor Day, Monday,
Sept. 4, as in the past, by giving
parade, but will observe the day in
other forms of entertainment.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-24
Would Wed Miss Roosevelt.

Jolo.-Secretary Taft and Miss
Roosevelt were presented with many
Moro presents by the sultan who offer
ed his hand in marriage to Miss Roose
welt and would make her sultana Of
the Sulu archipelago, saying that his
people desired her to remain among
them.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1905-08-24
Lineyitch $ Defenses Completed.

London. The Daily Telegraph's cor
respondent at Moi says that General
Linevitch's defense works are now
complete. His troops number between
100000 and 100000.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-26
Japanese Idea of Beauty.

Professor Okakura Of Tokyo in q
lecture delivered in this country said
that the Japanese ideal Of feminine
beauty varied a little between Tokyo
and Kioto, but on the whole the Japa-
nese considered that a woman should
not exceed five feet in height, should
have a comparatively fair skin and
be well developed, should have long,
thin and jet back hair, an oval face.
with narrow straight nose, rather
large eyes, nearly black thick eye
lashes, small mouth hiding behind
red full lips, even rows Of small white
teeth, ears not altogether small. thick
eyebrows and a medium forehead,
from which the hair should grow in
circular or Fujiyama shape-that is.
shape recalling the truncated cone Of
the famous volcano.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-26
Humor ane Philosophy
BY DUNCAN N. SMITH
GOSPEL OF PLAY.

The gospel of work is doctrine intense
OF strenuous life day by day.
Where loafing and leisure are quite an
offense,
But give me the gospel of play.
In labor some people find pleasure per-
haps,
In mill and in workshop and mine,
With never a let-up, blink or lapse,
But give me rod and a line.
The mine. dark, forbidding. foul odored
and damp;
The sweatshop, close quartered and
grim,
That leave on the mind and the body q
stamp
Can't vie with a plunge and a swim
To bend DER a desk making figures all
day.
The mind and the brain In a whirl,
Is not in the lists, feel quite free to say,
Compared with a stroll with q girl
And farming, romantic, according to
some,
Where toll is from daylight to dark,
Is not in the class with ride with my
chum
Or brisk game Of golf in the park.
IT'S not those who labor with shovel and
pick
Who call work a gospel-nay nay!-
But fellows whose garments are costly
and slick,
Who practice the gospel of play.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-26
II lleminded Him.

The best remedy against lapse Of
memory is the piece Of thread tied
about the finger. But there is a well
authenticated case Of man whose
wife tied piece Of thread around his
finger in the morning to remind him
to get his hair cut.
On his way home to dinner he MOTTO
ed the piece of thread. Eyes, / remem-
ber," he said and, smiling proudly,
entered the usual shop and sat down
before the accustomed artist.
"Why, 1 cut your hair this morning,
STRIP said the astOnished barber.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-26
MYSTERY OF DREAMS,


inc wonders the brain Sees In the
Fraction of n Second.
1t is not unusual to hear one say that
ne has been dreaming about something
all night. when possibly his dream oc-
cupied only very short time. Many
attempts have been made to measure
the time occupied in a dream, and rec
ords appear from time to time in the
papers showing that often elaborate
ones occupy but a few seconds. The
following incident is told by a gentle
man who vouches for its accuracy:
He was engaged one afternoon with
a clerk in verifying some long columns
Sf figures that had been copied from
one book to another. The numbers,
representing amounts In dollars and
| cents, were composed Of six or seven
figures. The clerk would read, for In
stance, Fourteen, one forty-two,
twelve" making the amount Of $14,-
1922, and the gentleman would an
swer, Check" to indicate that the
copy was correct. Page after page had
been read as rapidly as the words
could be uttered, each number receiv-
Ing the CHECK" The work was drowsy,
and 1t was with difficulty he could
keep his eyes open.
Finally sleep overcame him, and he
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of an old horse he
had been accustomed to drive twenty
i've or thirty years ago. He could not
recall any special incident connected
with the dream except the locality and
the distinct sight of the horse and Of
the buggy to which he had driven him.
He awoke suddenly and, as number
was ended, called "Check." He was
conscious Of having slept and Of hav-
| ing dreamed and said to the clerk:
Charlie, have been asleep. How
many Of those numbers have I miss
ed" None" he replied. you have
checked every one" Close question
ing developed the fact that Of the fig
ures $14, 1922 he had heard the four
teen and the twelve but had slept and
dreamed during the time occupied in
rapidly uttering the words lone forty
two" He tried by reading other num-
bers to measure the time and thinks It
could not have been more than half d
second.
Another story is told of a man who
sat before his FIRE in a drOwsy condi-
ton. A draft blowing across the
room set large photograph on the
, mantel to swaying. A slender vase
was in front of it, and the man re-
members wondering, in mood Of
whimsical Indifference, whether the
picture would blow forward and send
the vase to the floor
Finally gust of wind did topple the
picture and it struck the vase. The
man remembers having been curiOusly
relieved in his state Of drowsiness that
at last the ''old thing was going to fall
and be done with it."
Presently he was In the midst of a;
complicated business transaction in a
western city miles away. All the de-
tails of new and unheard of scheme
were coming forth from his lips, and a
board Of directors was listening. The
scheme prospered. He moved his fam
lily west Fragments Of the journey
thither and glimpses Of the fine house
he bought came before his vision.
! A crash woke him. The vase had
struck the floor. He had dreamed an
unlived life covering years, and all in
the time it took for the vase which he
had seen topping before he fell asleep
to fall FIVE feet and break.-Youth's
! COmpaniOn
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-04-26
Not Circulating Medium.

lNOt AHCuIdt1oS WSoaUIIl'
docs the man live here who adver-
tised for a pocketbook he had lost?'
asked a small man timidly who had
rung the bell Of an imposing residence.
Eyes, sir. I'm the man," replied the
gentleman who had answered the call.
lis this it?" holding out fat wallet.
YES" said the owner, eagerly seiz-
ing the pocketbook and examining the
contents. "Ah, see everything is here.
You must be an honest man."
But how about the substantial re-
ward you offered?"
1.-THE reward Of your conscience, my
man. That will be more to you than
money. But hold on. Here Is nickel.
am willing to pay your car fare one
way" And the meanest man on earth
handed over cents and gently closed
the door.