The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-02-22
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NEWS AND NOTES
ITEMS OF INTEREST BRIEFLY
CHRoNICLED.
ARE In PERIL
Six Thousand Men, Women and Child
rem are in Danger if 'the Boxer
Trouble Develops in China. News
and Notes Of the Affair.

Nearly 5000 Americans, men, wo-
men and children, are in peril Of
death at the hands of Chinese mobs
In the threatened Boxer uprising. To
rescue as many of these as possible
from danger and to take drastic ac-
ton IL every case where an Ameri-
can is molested is the purpose of the
President through the State, War and
Navy departments.
Activities in this direction have
been going on for weeks, but great Sc
crecy has necessarily been maintain
ed.
Aside from the known fact that the
Philippine forces have already been
greatly augmented and the Asiatic
feet increased the State Department
Is keeping its programme secret.
Of the total number of Americans
now In China, it is estimated that not
less than 400 are engaged in Christ
ian mission work.
1t is roughly estimated that there
are 5000 Americans engaged in COM
mercial pursuits in China, all Of
whom are victims of the boycott. In
addition to these it is estimated that
there are 1900 other Americans in
China in the employ of Chinese mer-
chants and manufacturers who here
tofore have been paid good wages but
who have been driven from their en-
ployment by the anti-American spir-
il.
In one thing the United States is
acting alone. Nearly all the antifor-
sign sentiment in China is directed at
Americans. There is some hostility
to French and Germans, but none to-
ward Japanese or English.
All the counties named have been
benefited by the boycott on American
goods.
Therefore if Picking is taken again
as it was in the Boxer uprising Of
1900, the feat is likely to be accom-
plished by American soldiers.
Persons who rush into Wall street
and buy Pacific Mail and other steam
ship stocks IN belief that the pas
sage of the subsidy bill by the SEN
ate will send those securities a-soar-
ing, are apt to be sadly disar pointed.
If the cloak room whisperings are to
be relied upon, the Senate's action
was merely another sop thrown to the
shipbuilders, who for the past ten
years have been deluded by the prom
Use that something was to be done by
Congress to encourage the American
merchant marine. An understanding
Is said to exist between the managers
of the Senate and House by which
the shipping bill is to die a natural
death in the lower branch of Con-
gress. But for this definite agree
ment the bill would not have gone
through the Senate. The House has
passed several subsidy bills during
the past five or six years and will
rest on this record for the balance of
the present Congress.
The House Committee on Merchant
Marine and Fisheries decided to re-
port favorably on bill appropriate
ing $4,000 for a biological station in
the Gulf of Mexico. Bills for fish
hatcheries We're considered and the
committee agreed to report favorably
on the following: South Carolina,
$4,000, New Mexico $4,000, Ken
lucky $4,000. A favorable report
was agreed on the Grosvcnor bill pro-
hibiting the use Of foreign built
dredges in the United States. bred
ges now in use are excepted. This
will permit the continuance Of work
at Galveston, where contractors are
using foreign built drcdges.
An appropriation Of $4,000 was also
agreed upon for the buying of addi-
tional land at the fish hatchery at
Bullockville, Ga.
The committee decided to report
favorablv bill providing that for
eign ships, which have certificates OF
inspection from foreign ports where
American inspection is recognized,
may, in case their certificates expire
while in American ports, be permit
ted by American inspectors to clear
for a foreign port if the inspectors
find the ship in satisfactory con-
dition.
The president Aas accepted the res
ignation Of Paymaster Henry E. jew
EFT, q. s. n, "for the good Of the
service This officer was tried by
Seek Ia Divert ImnOrtati0n.