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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-09-27

LUCK mere, OyM0S, Sdlu MISS
Dickson decisively, tell every one
who wants the professor-in or out
of the building-that he's too busy
to be interrupted to-day-on any ac-
count. I'm sick of repeating the
same thing"
The janitor shuffled away; Miss
Dickson re-entered the study and
paused for moments reflection.
Before returning to the Professor she
slipped on her hat and coat.
He sighed with relief at her entry;
his misery became shade less acute
in her presence: she seemed. temper
arily, to stand between him and ex-
posure. Then he noted with deeper
despair that she had donned walking
attire.
She came to the table and scrutin-
lied the specimens lying before him.
Next she turned to cabinet filled
with rock sections labelled "Borth-
wick River Series" and picked out
several fragments from q miscella-
neous heap, resembling in shape and
size those that lay on the table.
y The Professor watched her with
apathetic curiosity; she came beside
him and picked up the tell-tale lime-
stone near the magnifier, and dropped
the pieces one BY one into the capa-
cious pockets Of her coat.
1.-THE river. she said quietly, and
arranged the specimens from the cabj-
net ia the space beside the glass.
No, mol" he exclaimed.
She drew on her gloves with de-
t~-Uinptica
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THE BANDITS STORY.
Man Who Robbed the Alton Train
Tells All About 1t.

Marshall, Mo. Nov. 27.=The bandit
who held up the Chicago & Alton train
between Glasgow and Slater, Mo, was
brought to the county Jail and imme-
diately opened negotiations with the
prosecuting attorney. offering to
make a full confession if the charge
against him was made burglary. In
Missouri the extreme penalty for train
robbery is death, the minimum ten
years Imprisonment. The prosecutor
refused any concessions, and the
bandit then volunteered a statement as
follows:
My name is Claud Randall; my age
20 years and nine months. / came
from St. Louis to Mexico. Mo, on the
Wabash and from Mexico to Slater on
the Chicago GI Alton railroad yester-
day Ny brother was the one who
robbed the Golden State limited. and
he told me that the Golden State linn
tied did not stop between Slater and
Mexico and for that reason came to
Slater to get on the train 1 got in the
smoking car and went through it and
robbed two or three other cars. I did
not take any money from working
men or ladies, as I only wanted to take
money from those that had made it
easy and could afford it. One man on
the train. when he heard me tell an
other passenger that I did not want
any of his money because he was a
laborer. said he was labOrer also /
did not believe him and asked him to
show me his hands. Upon looking {
them / found them as soft a. a wo-
mans. / then made him dig up, tax
ing from him his S45 gold watch.
which [ told him 1 would send TO the
St. Louis Republic. where ne could get
it. as I only wanted it to keep time by
until I got to my destination. When
the train reached Glasgow, I got off
on the platform and as the train
started TO move I mounted il again
and commenced to go through the
passengers in a sleeping car where I
allowed the conductor TO get too close
to me and he grabbed my pistol and
my throat He then wrenched the
pistol from me and broke and ran to
the back Of the train. Many Of the
passengers and all Of the train crew
rushed upon me while the train was
in motion struck me upon the head
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WARNING

Topeka subscribers to the State Jour
nal are again being called upon by all
kinds of solicitors and canvassers who
want to hire" them to take some other
newspaper. There must be something
wrong with the paper which is con-
tinually giving you pictures. maga-
zines, dishes, musical instruments, ETC.,
etc, or selling you some article at
cost" in order to get you to sub
scribe.
The State Journal has never tried to
sell the public pianos, books, maps,
dishes, shrubbery, magazines, dictin-
aries, and other merchandise, and in
cidentaIly throw in the paper for six
months or a year. The mercantile busi-
ness belongs to the merchants. Don't
be worked. Take your favorite news
paper and buy your merchandise at the
Topeka stores.
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SHE SAVED THE SHIP.
4 Woman Was Lashed to the Wheel
FOrty-eight Hours in Storm.

Machias. Me. Nov. 27=To the
heroic fortitude of the captains wife.
Mrs. Frank Mcclure, who stood lashed
to the wheel during the severe gale
that swept the New England coast from
Sunday, November II, to the following
day, is due largely the safety of the
schooner Gold Hunter of Blue Hills,
Me, which worked her way into this
harbor yesterday, eleven days overdue
from Portland The little vessel show
ed plainly the marks of the storm. Her
deck was swept clean and her sails
were in tatterS but the hull WithStOOd
the terrific pounding it received.
The Gold Hunter, with Captain Nc
Guire, his wife and one man for an
assistant, left Portland, November 10,
with a general cargo for this port.
November II the Gold Hunter made
good progress with clear weather, un-
til after noon, when the wind breezed
up from the northeast, while the vessel
was four miles off Peter Mann light
A sudden gust of wind split the main
sail of the vessel and carried away the
jibs. Without her head sails, the little
schooner became unmanageab bic The
sea made up rapidly and the vessel was
continually smothered in the wash of
the conbers. Mrs Mcclure was below
at the time the storm broke. preparing
supper. but rushed upon deck and took
the wheel while her husband and his
foresail so as to bring the vessel up to
the wind
With the craft wallowing wildly in
the trough of the sea. this task was
most difficult. With great patience and
consummate seamanhip the two men
labored for hour to get their little rag
of sail set. while Mrs. Mcclure, lashed
to the wheel, aided as well as she could
by what little steering was possible on
the almost helpless craft.
Finally the foresail was rugged
double reeted, and while the two men
clung exhausted to the mast, Mrs. Nc
Guire brought the vessel around head
up to the wind and held her there for
4S hours. Before the fury of the gale
the vessel drifted out to sea for 9S miles
off Mount Desert rock. In all this
time it was impossible to cook food or
even to heat up any coffee. Kept up
only by excitement and pluck Mrs. Nc
CURE clung to her post through the
height of the gale. while Captain Nc
little storm sail which continually
broke from it's insecure fastenings. 1t
was a mans work at the wheel with
the helm kicking strongly to the wild
plunges of the ship, but the endurance
of the rugged north woman was equal
to the test.
November 13 the gale abated and the
two men rugged temporary sails before
Mrs Mcclure could be relieved from
her post. All hands were exhausted
with their struggles and exposure and
under such scanty canvas as could be
set. it was hard and slow work bring
ing the Gold Hunter into port where
she had about been given up for lost.
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He IS DELGHTED.
The President Returns From His Trip
to Panama.


Washington, Nov. A-Completing a
remarkable trip to Panama, during
which he Travelled several thousand
miles by sea and visited not only the
isthmus but Porto Rico as well, and
voicing his thorough enjoyment of the
entsre voyage, President Roosevelt re-
turned to Washington at 10:42 o'clock
last night.
The trip up the Potomac on the con-
verted yacht Mayhower to which he
and his party were transferred from
the Louisiana at Piney point was made
without special incident. AS the May
flower pulled into the dock at the rear
Of the office of the conmandant at the
navy yard, Miss Ethel Roosevelt, the
presidents daughter, and Miss Hagner,
Mrs. Roosevelt's secretary, were wall
ing to greet the party.
Miss Roosevelt Immediately rushed
on board as soon as the gangplank was
laid and affectionately greeted her
father and mother. There were also at
the dock to welcome the president Cap
tain Mccoy, L. S. A, and Lieutenant
Commander Key of the marine corps,
ant and other officials of the navy yard
and the Uruguayan charge d'affairs-
The president landed within ten mir
utes after the arrival of the Mayfiower
To those who met him he stated that
he had had delightful trip and that he
was feeling fine. The president and
Mrs. Roosevelt reached the White
House shortly after II o'clock. As the
president alighted from his carriage he
shook hands with all attaches and 9TH
ers waiting on the portico.
Speaking of his trip. the president
said:
I'VE had a very pleasant. very en-
joyable time, and / am deeply Impress
ed with the United States navy, with
Panama and with Porto Rico
The Panama canal, it was stated by
the president, will be the subject of d
special message.
Pedro Roquena Bermudez: charge
d'affaires of Uruguay, was the only
member of the diplomatic corps VI o
greeted the president upon his arrival
At the front entrance 10 the navy yard
Senior Bermudez was delayed by the
marine guard, who refused to admit
him without the consent of the com
mandant After being delayed for
twenty minutes he was admitted, and
when the president appeared on the
deck Of the Mayfiower the diplomat
was the first to rush UP the gang
plank. He protested to the presldehl
against the manner in which ne hau
been treated by the marine guard.
An unfortunate incident occurred in
the lower Potomac in connection with
the trip uo the river The yacht
Oneida. in the service of the District OF
Column bia naval militia and on which
were the commanding officers and 9TH
ers had dropped down the Potomac to
Pinev. Point to welcome the president
and was returning when gasoIire 9
boat In tow caosized and Melvin l.
cleveland. 19-years-old, of this city,
boatswains mate. was drowned
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OPIE READ COMING.
Well Known Poet, Novelist and Lectur-
er at Auditorium Thanksgiving Night.

Opie Read, poet. humorist, dialecti-
clan. journalist, novelist and LECTURER,
comes to Topeka again for his appear
ance here on the pipe organ entertain
ment course Thanksgiving night
Thursday, November %.
Mr. Read is described as being a
giant physically as well mentally,
with not an ounce of habbiness or cor
pulence; possessing a large, character
full face, at once shrewd, penetrating,
benevolent and lighted up by a pair of
dark brown eyes, capable of great
iuminousness, while over this face, and
making an appropriate crown for the
mammoth head. is heavy thatch of
long, jet black hair always worn care
lessly negligee.
He is a wholesome man-that is the
Impression you get from his face and
you are right; he is wholesome in
every way-in his life, his thought and
his writings.
In his personal tastes and habits, Mr..
Read is extremely abstemious, being a
total abstainer, and except upon rare
occasions, a vegetarian. The dishes of
which he is fondest are those cooked
and compounded by the colored ser
wants of his boyhood days-hominy,
'possurn, ash cake, corn pOne, corn
meal mush, string beans and smoked
bacon, and other good old southern
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ROUNDING UP MEMBERS.
The Commercial Club Begins Its Cam
paign Today.

Eight members Of the Commercial
club, divided up into committees OF
two, started in early this afternoon to
canvass the business concerns in their
immediate neighborhood for the pur-
pose Of interesting the many business
men in the city, who are not members
of the club, in its workings and objects,
and soliciting them to join the club and
thereby add to its strength and value
in promoting the growth and prosperity
of the city.
Those who started on the quest for
new members this afternoon included
c. G. BIakely, Al d. Bauer, w. G. Cars
we'll S. L. Courtney, G. S. Elliott, E. 3.
Guild. J. K. Jones and c. K Holiday.
About forty members of the club have
signihed their Willingness to devote a
half day of their time during the next
week or ten days for this work and a
half dozen or so small committees viii
work each afternoon until every busf-
ness man in the city or concern in the
CITY not represented in the club has
been visited and asked to join.
Since the agitation for an increased
membership was started an even dozen
men have already made application to
be admitted to membership Five OF
their names were published the other
day and the additional seven consist of
NJ Schreiber, manager of B. F. Abb
meyer & Co.; H. L. Peppmyer & Co,
coal dealers; Frank c. Lutes, photog-
rapher; w. G. Goss, grocer; Matt Nj
Harman, barber, and Clad Hamilton,
assistant manager of the Missouri &
Kansas Telephone company
who will be the next to 5oin2' ia
the query of the officers Of the club
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Went over NIAGARA.
A Man in a Small Boat browns al
Horseshoe Falls.

Niagara Falls. n. Y, Nov. 27-An
unknown man was swept over the
Horseshoe falls in a small boat yester-
day afternoon after a daring attempt
had been made to save him, in which
the rescuers nearly lost their lives.
An employe of the Ontario Power
company first saw the little craft The
occupant was standing up frantically
waving his hands. Two rowboats start
ed down the Chippewa river toward the
Niagara to attempt a rescue at the
mouth of the small stream.
The rescuers went far beyond what
is considered the danger line, but a
cross current carried the unfortunate
man away from them tcs-ard Goat is
land, and he was carried over the falls.
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PACKERS ARE GOOD.
Government Inspector Reports General
Compliance With the Law.

Washington, Nov. 27.-Alonzo d. Mel
vim. chief of the bureau of animal IN
dustry, under whose Office the admins
tration of the meat inspection law en-
acted at the last session of congress, is
carried out has returned from a west
ern tour of inspections which included
a visit to packing houses In Chicago,
Milwaukee, Denver and Kansas City.
He says everywhere there is apparent
beneficial effects of execution Of the
law and a manifest desire on the part
Of the packers to comply with It's pro-
visions. In some places new structures
have replaced old ones and in others
extensive improvements TO plants al
ready esta blished have been made so
as to bring them up to the standard
required by the meat inspection act for
the health and comfort Of the packing
house employees. DR.. Melvin says there
were some cases in which packers have
proceeded rather grudgingly in making
the necessary improvement. owing to
the outlay Of money required.
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with the pistol and tried to throw me
overheard While the train was run
ming thirty miles an hour. The train
soon stopped, and I was captured and
from there tC this place today. I was
born near Grant City, Mo. and was
out in California and came back to
Missouri about six months ago. 1 got
about $500 and about eight or ten
watches from the passengers on the
train. 1 did not want this jewelry, but
they forced to me to take it,
The Robbers Record.
Kansas City. No. Nov. 27.-The
man who at Marshall, Mo. yesterday,
confessed to having robbed the Alton
Burlington train near Glasgow, Mo-,
on Sunday night ana Who gave his
name as Claude Randall, and Claude
Rumsey, who was released from the
United States military prison at FIT.
LeavenWorth Kan, on November g.
seem to be one and the same man.
The descriptions Of both men tally in
every particular according to the pris-
on record of the man given the Asso-
ciated Press this morning by Major
Young at FIT. Leavenworth over the
long distance telephone. This record
shows that Randall or Rumsey, enlist
ed in the United states army at San
Francisco on November "a, 1904,
when his age was given as %, and his
serted from the army and was arrest
ed at Sedalia Mo, Tor robbing a, box
car His home was given as Grant
City. Mo.
This confirms the robbers confess
sion made yesterday. Major Young
said that during Rumsey's incarcera-
ton in the military prison it was nee
essary frequently to administer pun
ishment for misconduct. He was con-
sidered desperate man. Rumsey
was released from TT. Leavenworth
four days previous to the first train
robbery at Glasgow. that of the Rock
Island train.
telephone message from Mar
shall, Mo, this afternoon says:
The man who on Sunday night rob-
bed the passengers on the eastbOund
Alton Burlington passenger train near
Glasgow, Mo- here today admitted
that his real name is Claude Rumsey
and that he is the man who robbed the
passengers on the eastbOund Rock Is
land over-limited near the same point
on the night of November 8. Yester-
day Rumsey said it was his brother
who committed the Rock Island rob-
berry.
Rumsey said also that his home is
in Chicago where two brothers and a
sister live. He refused to give his
home address in that city
Rumsey admitted that he recently
served a term at the military prison at
FIT. Leavenworth.
Secret Officer Cain OF Chicago, and
Rolla Green of Marshall. in the en-
ploy Of the Chicago e Alton, question
ed Rumsey for four hours today be-
fore his preliminary hearing, which
was set for this afternoon. was begun.
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THE NEGRO'S SIDE
Friends of the Discharged Mem
bers of the 25th Infantry
Are Getting Affidavits From
Officers and Men.
WILL LSHOWROOSEVELT
1t Is Claimed That There Was
an Organized Conspiracy
TO Drive the CoIOred Troops
Out of Brownsville.

Ell Reno, Ok, Nov. 27-Gilchrist Stew
art, (colored) who has been at Ft.
Reno the past few days securing data
to be placed as evidence bafnre Presi-
dent Roosevelt in the matte- If the dis
charge of the negro soldiers of the
Twenty-ffth infantry, said last night;
THE substance of my investiga ton
supported by over 100 ahidavits from
the members and noncommissioned Of
ncers or the companies and from the
statement OF officers of the companies
amounts to this.
'First-That the citizens did not want
negro soldiers in Brownsville, Tex.
Second-That this feeling became so
intense that on the very night in ques-
t1Cn Major PenrOSe issued an order and
sent out patrols through the town that
all men should be in by o'clock
whether on pass or not. and Captain
Mackin, officer of the day, reported that
all the men were in except three, on
pass.
-"rhird-That the firing that night
was OF mixed arms.
All the inspectors sent out from the
war department have started out with
the assumption that there was a con-
splracy among the men to keep back
the truth and shoot up the town. They
nave never made any investigation into
the real facts From the investigation
there was undoubtedly a conspiracy to
make case against the soldiers and
get them out of the town. Six SER
geants of long service and in whom the
commissioned officers have implicit con-
hdence are going to Washington with
me to act as witnesses before President
Roosevelt"
Appeal to Roosevelt
Oklahoma City, Nov 27.-Sergeants
Israel Harris, Jacob Frazier, Mingo
Sanders, Thornton and Holly of the
negro t-oops discharged at Fort Reno,
were in this city today on their way to
make an appeal to the president. When
asked as to their mission Sergeant
Harris said:
I'VE do not go so much to ask for
reinstatement as to ask that our dis
charge papers carry with them rec
ord of service. Some of the men have
served 25 years and we believe that
the president would have discharged
the troops he'd he been in Brownsville
at the time Of the trouble"
They leave for Washington on an
evening train.
Call on the President.
Washington, Nov. 27.=The case of
the soldiers of the three companies of
the Twentyfifth infantry who were dis
charged without honor because of the
trouble at Brownsville, Tex, came be-
fore President Roosevelt today. when
Charles w. Anderson, collector of in
ternaI revenue at New York, and En-
met J. Scott, secretary to Booker T.
Washington. called upon him in be-
half of the discharged men, They
made an earnest argument in behalf of
the claims of the innocent men of the
companies who want to be re-instated.
They had no particular programme
to present to the president and the
latter gave no indication of what his
future course might be except to re-
iterate his statement that he would
consider any new facts which might
be presented.
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BIG STICK ON THE WAY.
Democrat Admirers of the President
Send Him a Present.

Pittsburg, Pa, Nov 27.-A big stick
provided by nature is on the way to the
president, according to the Post today.
In a special dispatch from Marion, o.,
it is announced that Congressman
Grant r. Mouser of that city last night
received a large gourd from one of his
constituents with a note requesting
that it be delivered to President Roose-
velt. The gourd is about four feet long
and is said to resemble the published
pictures of the big stick" Attached
to the gourd was the following mes
sage:
Mr.. Roosevelt: Please accept this
big stick and send to congress attach
ed to your next message. and tell them
TO be good. 1t was apparently design
ed by Providence for your official use.
From your trust-busting Democratic
admirers of Marion. Ohio.''
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-WlNAKUR WILL FIGHT.
Won't Return to Nebraska If He Can
Help 1t.

Baltimore, Nd, Nov. 27.-The re-
turn OF Lezer Winakur, a travelling
salesman, of this city, to Nebraska on
the charge of kidnapping Floyd Bruner,
aged u years, of Grand Island. Will be
resisted. Extradition papers were is
sued by the governor of Nebraska yes
terday. Preliminary court action may
begin today with the view to prevent
ing Winakur's surrender to the Ne
braska authorities.
Winakur insists that he had no
criminal intent in helping the lad to
leave home. Prominent Jewish citizens
Of Baltimore interested themselves in
Yinakur's behalf and have engaged
counsel to fight extradition proceed
i0ps
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MORE IDEAL WEATHER.
The Temperature Is Cool and Condi-
tions Invigorating Today.

The same kind of fair weather which
again today The clouds in the sky
have been few and the sun has shone
brightly all day SO that the temperature
has been about right all the time The
conditions have to take a back seat
today.
The same conditions will prevail to-
morrow There viii be no rain. The
sky VIII be clear and the sun will
shine. Thanksgiving will proba bly,
come in for a share Of the same kind
of Wea ther-
The wind today has been blowing at
the rate OF fifteen miles an hour from
the northwest The following tenn
peratures which were recorded by the
local weather bureau tell the story OF
tOday's weather.
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MRS. FUNSTON sERENADED
The General and HIS Wife Have Sc
Iected Their st. Louis Home.

st Louis, Nov. 27.-Mrs, Funston.
wife of Brig. Gen Frederick Funston,
commanding the southwestern division
Of the United States army, was sere-
naded at the quarters of Col. Evans
last evening by the depot band, which
rendered an appropriate programme.
Mrs. Funston reached St. Louis from
the west Sunday night. and The sere-
made was the first social attention she
has had time to receive. Gen. and Mrs.
Funston will reside at the old powder
depot near Jefferson Barracks, now
abandoned for the purpose for which IL
was built. They viii occupy the quar-
ters formerly occupied by the COM
mandant Of the depot and lately oc-
cupied by Col. and Mrs. Won Schrader
Of the army.
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THE SANTAFE LEADS.
1t win Distribute Bigger December
Dividends Than Any Other Road.

New York. Nov. 27-Preliminary COM
pilatioos of dividends and interest pay
ments to be made in December. indi-
cate that about s90.oo0,Ooo will be ex-
pended for these purposes. The largest
single disbursement of the month Will
be a dividend payment of SO, $50, 900 by
the STANDARD Oil company The Ameri-
can Tobacco company. is next with S4,-
024 245. and the United States Steel cor
poratfon third. with 81. $40, ATS. The Atch-
ison. with a payment Of $2,566,275 will
distribute more money than any other
railway.