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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-26
Match Burns Plant.

An employe stepped on a match
in the plant of the Waters-Pierce
Oil Company at Nv Iberia and the
building was destroyed. Manager H
Groom narrowly escaped asphyxia-
ton.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-26

Fourteen miners were killed by the
breaking of cable and the dropping
of a steel cage 700 feet down the
shaft of an iron mine on the south
shore Of Lake Superior, near Mar
auette. Mich.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-26

The battleship Alabama has bad
crack in one of her cylinder heads
and it may be that the necessary re-
pairs can not be completed In time
to permit her to start for the Pacific
with the battreship fleet.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-26

Mrs. Lillian White Grant,. a kinder
garten teacher in the Chicago public
schools, was found murdered IN her
room. Search is being made for a
negro man.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-26

Five members Of a fanatical sect
in Zion City are under arrest for
torturing to death an aged and Grip
pied invalid. They believed that she
was possessed of devils, and they
killed her while trying to cast them
ont
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-26

A departure in school supervision
is found in Lafayette and Ayoyelles
agreeing to Prof. v. L. Roy becom-
ing superintendent for both parishes,
each to provide an assistant.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-26

The United States government
steamer Ramos has begun the work
Of destroying water hyaclnths IN
Bayou Vermillion by spraying them
with an arsenious acid solution.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-26

Secretary Metcalf has awarded the
contracts for five torpedo boat de-
stroyers. The Cramps will build two,
the Bath Iron Works two, and the
New York Shipbuilding Company
one.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-26

The plague investigation in San
Francisco reveals the fact that the
diseased rats were not scattered over
the city, but are only to be found
in the Latin quarter.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-26

The new City directory has been
received from the printer in New
Orleans, showing population Of 15,-
800 for Monroe and West Monroe,
an increase Of 1900 in two years.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-26
On Trial for Murder.

Luther Heidelberg, 10 years old,
went to trial at Thibodaux for kill
ING S. G.. Martin.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-02-14
A FIRE NEAR BUXTON
CONTINENTAL CLOTHING STORE
IN cooPERToWN SUBURB is
rt DESTROYED. ... Cd.

Buxton, Feb. 13. "A serious ire
broke out in the business district al
Coopertown at Buxton between Il
and IL o'clock Tuesday night and for
a time the destruction of the suburb
was threatened. Persistent and brave
effort by willing workers, however
controlled the fire and but one build.
ing was totally destroyed.
The fire started in the George Cal,
loway clothing store, agents for the
Murphy Brothers Continental Gar.
ment Company of Chicago, supposedly
from gasoline lamps, and the fire was
burning fiercely when discovered
Little or none of the stock of goods
could be saved and both building and
stock were destroyed by the flames.
Both have some insurance.
One of the clerks who slept in the
building came near being cTemated
and he was aroused ami escaped from
the burning building just in time TO
save mis- life. ....- -,
The Galloway store was distant
about twenty feet from the grocery
store of Neely Brothers and near to
the Cooper drug store and Thomas
restaurant. The fight made against
the fire was to prevent a general cen.
flagration that threatened. Had the
fire secured start in the other Dutld.
ings, Coopertown would have been il
ashes. The greatest effort imagin'
able was put forth by the owners and
by the people to save their homes
and their property
This is the greatest fire that Bux,
ton has ever had. The loss will foot
about five thousand dollars.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-02-14
THE JONES BILL
PASSES SENATE
DIVORCED PERSONS MUST RE.
MAIN SINGLE ONE YEAR.
SMITH BILL IS ALSO PASSED.
II Calls For a Constitutional convsn.
tion-corporations Will Be Pro-
hibited From Contributing
to Campaign Funds.

Des Moines, Feb 13.-The senaue
today passed the Smith bill calling
for a constitutional convention, and
the Jones bill, prohibiting divorced
persons from re-marrying within one
year after the decree is granted.
The McAllister bill prohibiting
sports on Memorial day passed the
house by vote of SO to 8.
No Corporation Contributions.
The senate has passed the bill by
Peterson, prohibiting corporations
from making political contributions;
also bill by Moon fixing salary of at
torneys appointed by the court to de-
fend people indicted for certain fell
onies and misdemeanors at $40 per
day, and bill by smith of Mitcnell,
making it crime for a person to
desert his wife or family.
Taxation of Mortgages.
In the house a number of import
ant bills were introduced, among
them one by Calkins providing that
all mortgages should be taxed ia the
name of the mortgager in the county
wher the mortgage was recorded, and
the tax levied in the township where
the mortgage is secured. The tax
paid by the mortgager is to be as ii
1t were so much money paid by MIN
and shall be deducted from the mort
gager's assessment.
No Motor Cars
The house committee on railroads
this afternoon voted to report for in
definite postponement the bills re-
quiring railroads to run motor trains
on branches, requiring passenger
trains to stop at all stations on sig
nal; requiring roads to make close
connection at junction points and re-
quiri1g proper shelter for patrons OF
the roads at stations where two or
more tracks are operated.
Bryan Talks to Solons.
William Jennings Bryan addressed
the Iowa legislature yesterday after
noon, but instead of making a brief
speech dealing in generalities, he
spoke, for nearly two nours on trusts
and corporations, the relations of the
legislators to the people they repre-
sent, and "the ethics of money max
ing" The question of popular elec-
tion of United States senators nat
urally came up in connection with lne.
direct primary, which Mr.. Bryan ad-
vocated and was dealt with minus
gloves. The speaker did not hesitate
to use the word bought" in referring
to bodies supposed to represent the
people, but who looked chiefly after
the interests of the great corpora
tons. His address was considered
significant and an outline of the
probable campaign in 1908.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-02-14
NEW TREATY WITH
SANT0 DOMINGO
AGREEMENT AS TO ISLANDS
REVENUES SUBMITTED.
BONDS FOR ITS CREDITORS.
Americans to Collect Customs Re.
ceipts For Their Redemption
Senate Discusses Criminal
Appeal Bill.

Washington, Feb. 13-The president
Tuesday sent to the senate the new
treaty with the Republic of Santo
Domingo relative to the revenues of
that country. The new agreement is
confined entirely to the matter of the
collection of revenues.
1t sets forth in the preamble the
fact that Santo Domingo has entered
upon an agreement with her creditors
which is made contingent upon the
fact that this country shall collect the
money, and it is then agreed that the
president of the United States shall
appoint representative of the gov.
ernment as receiver general to take
charge of all the funds collected and
provide means for their collection.
The treaty will go direct to the com.
mittee on foreign relations and there
will be a determined effort to have 1t
reported and acted upon before the ad.
journment of the present session OF
congress.
Many of the Democratic senators
lAdNc luuiCdtSu lu0lI WliliuBuboo lud'
this should be done, but Senator Ba
con, who is the leading Democratic
member Of the senate committee or
foreign relations, has not yet given his
full assent to this program.
Provisions of the Treaty.
In brief, the treaty provides that the
total outstanding indebtedness of the
country shall be capitalized at fig
ure slightly below $20,000,000; that
bonds for this amount issued by the
Dominican republic and fioated
through New York banking house
shall be paid over to the creditors
that 55 per cent of the customs collec
tions of the republic, gathered through
American collectors, shall be set apart
for the redemption of these bonds
which shall be redeemable after ter
years at the rate of 1929 and are tc
run so years.
Days Work In Congress.
The senate occupied the day in ar
gument on the bill granting the gov
ernment the right 10 take an appea
on points Of law in criminal cases. The
opposition came mainly from Senators
Rayner and Whyte of Maryland anC
Hepburn of Idaho. While elaborate de
fenses of the proposition were made
by Senators Patterson, Knox, Nelson
and Spooner, no action was taken OF
the measure. Senator Nelson gave no
tice that he moved it's consideration
Wednesday. Senator Lodge indicated
that he should press the Philippin,
agricultural bank bill Wednesday.
The District of Columbia appropria
ton bill, carrying $1o,724,532, an in
crease of $6S7,29S over the amour
passed by the house, was reported Il
the senate and notice has been gives
that the bill will be put on its passag'
Wednesday.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-02-14
SENATOR BAILEY ANGRY.
Urges Probing Committee to Put a
Stop to Insults"

Austin, Tex, Feb. 13.-Declarihg
that "all this prattle is lie," and urg-
ing that the committee interpose and
stop these insults offered" United
States Senator Joseph w. Bailey
brought to climax. Tuesday after
noon one of the most exciting days
session of the legislative committee
appointed to investigate certain
charges filed against him by Repre-
sentative Cooke.
This was in reply to request of
Representative Cooke that additional
witnesses be summoned by which he
hoped to prove that Senator Bailey
had borrowed the sum of $1,000 of ].
D. Suggs, of Iron county.
When it was suggested that the
committee leave at once for st. Louis,
where additional testimony is to be
taken, Senator Bailey protested that
he should not be compelled to go
over the country as the principal in
an investigation ofthis nature. 1t also
developed that the committee is ad
verse to allowing testimony adduced
TO appear in the record before being
censored by majority of the commit
tee, assisted by Senator Bailey.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-02-14
FARMER ENDS LIFE.
Resident Of LibertyviIIe Kills Himself
At keokuk.

Keokuk, Feb. 13.-J. w. Daven-
port, a prosperous FARMER OF Liberty.
vile, Iowa, committed suicide here
last night, his dead body being found
in room at the Hotel Andrus this
morning. He used 80 caliber re,
volver, the bullet going clear through
his head and penetrating the wall. He
came here yesterday, bought the re.
volver and made every preparation
to end his life. He left a letter to
his wife, but did not explain why it
was that he committed the deed. He
had $40 in money and drafts for 5000
ol his person.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-02-14
TREASURER GONE;
$150,0OO SHORT
NEW BRITAIN, CONN.,, INsTITU.
TON LOOTED.
AMOUNT MAY EVEN BE LARGER
Treasurer w. r. Walker, Who Disap-
peared Sunday, Presumed to Be
Defaulter-Depositors
Are All Paid.

New Britain, Conn, Feb. 13.-Nego.
table securities to large amount are
missing from the vaults of the Sav.
ings Bank of New Britain, of which
institution the treasurer, William F.
Walker, mysteriously dropped out OF
sight in New York on Sunday last.
Tuesday Philip Corbin, president of
the bank, stated that the bank audi
tors had been unable to locate securi.
ties of value of $150,000, but did not
find any other irregularities in the
accounts or cash of the bank The
situation, according to Mr.. Corbin.
suggested abstraction Of the securities
from the vaults. .a
1t is understood that Mr.. Corbin re-
ceived letter from the missing man,
in which the statement was made that
a defalcation would be found, and
upon this information an examination
of the banks collateral was begun,
which is still in progress. Not an
inkling of Walkers whereabouts has
been obtained, and the return of his
son, who has been searching in New
York. is believed to indicate the feel
ing of the family that the missing
treasurer is not in that city.
Mr.. Walker has been treasurer OF
the funds of the Connecticut state
Baptist convention for many years
having about $4,000 in securities in
his charge, and the president, Rev. H
NJ. Thompson, has outlined an inyest'
CATION. Mr.. Walker was not under
bonds to that society.
The preliminary examination of the
officers of the savings bank indicates
that the entire collateral assets of the
bank were intact on October last
when the annual return was made to
the commissioner of savings banks.
Tuesday large amounts Of cash were
received at the bank, to be used in
paying off alarmed depositors., the
total withdrawals Monday and Tues
day amounting to about s150,000. The
run on the bank was lively one
mostly by small depositors, the great
number of them being foreigners.
The alleged wrongdoing of Mr.
Walker has. created tremendous sen
sation. He was held in the highest
esteem, was a church officer and a
citizen who apparently lived quietly
He was not known to be interested in
stock investments Of any kind or in
any outside enterprises. For about q
years he had been bank officer and
was under bonds of $4,000. The
bank had deposits of upwards of ST.
600 900.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-02-14
HALT IN THAW CASE
SERIOUS ILLNESS OF ONE OF THE
JURORS WIVES MAY CAUSE
A MISTRIAL. . .....

New York, Feb, 13.-The possibil.
ity of mistrial in the Thaw case
cropped out at the opening of tou:t
this morning. The wiIe of one Of
the Jurors was stricken with pnSumo,
mia during the night. This juror All
two other members of the panel left
the court building in a carriage, ac-
companied by two court officers, to
go to the wife's bedside 1t is un-
known how serious the woman's case
is, or whether it will be possible Tor
him to return to court. 1t is posi-
Bile the panel may be dismissed. The
Juror whose wife is i'll is Joseph b.
Bolton, number eleven.
The trial was adjourned by Judge
Fitzgerald uatil 2 O'Clock this after,
noon.
Upon adjournment EVELYN Tnaw
and May Mckenzie hastened to the
TSlphs to visit Thaw 1t ti mier
stood Mrs Bolton is ia preGarious
condition.
Juror Bolton returned to the jury
room before court opened this after.
noon.se his wife is very ill. The
state sent two physicians and two
nurses to their home with instruc
tions to provide every care and com,
fort for the patient.
DR.. Evans, the alienist resumed
the stand this afternoon and contin
ued his testimony concerning the ex
aiminations made to determine Tnaw's
mental condition.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-02-14
PRESIDENT SUPPORTS
MAJOR LACEY'S BILL
Sends A Special Message To Congress
Urging Passage Of Ppb1ic and
Legaation.

also asks an appropriation of half a
million to clear arrears Of business
and that the general land offiee may
push the detection and prevention of
land frauds.
The message is considered quite a
feather for Mr.. Lacey's cap. He has
for several terms been chairman of
the congressional committee on pub
lie lands and has succeeded in get.
ting through many protective meas
ures, that VIII be of untold benefit
to the country IN years to come.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-02-14
Pioneer Editor Dies.

Green Bay, Wis, Feb. 13.-Frank
'filton, for 33 years editor of the Green
Bay Advocate, which suspended pub
lication last month, and one of the
foremost newspaper men of his time in
Wisconsin and resident of this city
for over half century, died Tuesday
from the effects of bronchial pneu-
monia He was II years of age.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-02-14

Washington, D. c., Feb. 1S.-Pres-
ident Roosevelt today sent a special
message to congress calling attention
to the urgent need Of the bill intro
duced by Congressman Lacey OF
Iowa to secure continued control by
the government over public lands,
particularly the fuel land.
President Roosevelt says if they
sell the lands they pass forever from
the control of congress. If they
lease them no future congress will
be able to exercise jurisdiction. He
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-02-14
DIED IN CARRIAGE.
Expired While Returning from Wed
ding of Nephew.

Sioux City, Ia, Feb. 13.-While re-
turning home in a carriage from the
depot wnere he mad gone to wish his
grandnephew and bride a safe jour
ney on their honeymoon trip, Jere-
miah Kelly, aged 81 years, for 80
years resident of Sioux City, sud
denly expired from heart failure.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-02-14
Count crelahton's WIN MISSING,

Omaha, Neb., Feb. 13.-The last will
of the late Count John A. Creighton
his disappeared. A will made three
years ago has been found, but It is
believed there is a later one. Judge
Woolworth, Creighton's lawyer died
one year ago. 1t is believed Wool
worth drew the will, but no record Of
it is among his papers.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-02-14
DEAD NuMsgR 1871.
Only Twenty Survivors Of Block o
o island Disaster. o


Scripps-M McRae Telegram.
Block Island, r. l., Feb. l3.--The
steamer Kentucky left mis- morning.
for Providence with fifty-one dead
and nineteen survivors of the Larch.
mont. The survivors will be taken
to hospitals. Today's estimates show
twenty known survivors, and one
hundred and eighty-one dead. Sur.
vivors make ugly charges of cruelty
and cowardice against the crews.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-02-14
FIRE AT IOWA WESLEYAN.
Chapel Building at Mount Pleasant
School Damaged.

Mount Pleasant, Ia, Feb. 13.-Fire
in the chapel building of the Iowa
Wesleyan university this morning
caused damage OF $500. The whole
building, worth $4,000, had narrow
escape from destruction. An over
heated stove was the cause.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-02-14
Railroad President Dies.

4 New York, Feb. 1S.-President AL
fred Walter of the Seaboard Air Line
died at his home. LA West Seventy
fifth street. in this city Tuesday. He
had been i'll about two weeks. Mr..
Walter vas elected president about
IN 90" ei2hl months ago TO succeed J.
u PAR
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-02-14
Minnesota Paper Changes Hands.

Winona, Mimi, Feb. ia deal was
closed Tuesday whereby H. G. White,
Of Winona, and F. ]. Rucker, of Coun-
ell Biuffs. Ia, became owners of the
independent, the latter purchasing the
interests held by w. c.. Lyman, of
Jackson. Mich.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-02-14
INCREASE GRANTED.
Western Union Telegraph Operators
Will Get More Pay.

New York, Feb. 13.-A ten per cent
increase in the salaries of all oper-
ators "at principal cities" was an
nounced today by President Clowry,
of the Western Union Telegraph Co.,
in a letter to district superiatendents
at New York, Chicago, San Francisco
and Atlanta. 1t will take effect on
March first.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-02-14
What is Trauedy,

A murder without good motive
is merely folly; properly actuated,
it is tragedy, and therefore Of worth.
So with death; one seldom dier
well, in the technical sense, with
out having lived well, in the artistic
sense.-Perceval Gibbon in McClure's.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-02-14
ANOTHER DIsTuRRANc !.
Woman suffrasists Visit the House
Of Commons.

London, Feb. 13. = Hundreds or
woman suffragists raided the house
of commons this morning. The po-
lice dispersed them, woundi2g many
and arresting twenty.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-02-14
> > /. !,
TO READ THAw CASE.
0 Missouri Legislature AboIishes
Routine For Purpose.

o n
Scripps-McRae Telegram.
81, Louis, Mo-. Feb. IA special
from Jefferson City says:
When the senate met today, Sena-
tor Hayman moved that the reading
OF the official journal be dispensed
with because of the desire OF many
senators to read the latest develop
ments in the Thaw case.
The motion was adopted without
dissent"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-02-14
spaln Has an Earthquake.

Madrid, Feb. IA severe earth.
quake shock lasting seven seconds was
felt at Albania. province Of Murcia.
Tuesday.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-02-14
strlnaent Massachusetts Law.

/, In Massachusetts, the Illegal sale
Of street railway transfers is made
punishable by fine not exceeding
$50 or Imprisonment for not more
;htn 80 days.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-02-14
LINCOLN TABLET UNVEILED.
Memorial in lndi~ oils Where H'
Delivered Speech In 1861.

indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 1S.-Amid
the cheers anS >lause of 1000 peo
pie Tuesday Don, Gov. j. Frank
Hanly, of unveiled the Lin
coin m< It at its future
place. 18th side Of ho-
tel 3 the Bates house.
The mark the spot where
Abraham 4, on February IL,
1861, after beng elected president OF
the United States and while on his
way to Washington to be inaugurated,
stopped in this city and from the bal.
cony OF the old Bates house addressed
great magnitude Of people. This
was his first public utterance, It is
said, after being elected president, az
to what his future policy would be.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-02-14

| H.
Arizona republican., 1907-07-29

Dttoiht lltlit llistD an
city so far as transatlantic commerce
is concerned
Jacques Lebaudy, self-styled His
Royal Highness Jacques /, Emperor of
Sahara, Europe's most troublesome and
peripatetic ruler. after having vanish
ed from the face Of the earth for a
year. thus causing much uneasiness in
royal circles abroad, was accidentally
discovered here this week. An emperor
in New York, even If the title be of his
own making. and his crown and throne
with which royal regalia he had pro-
vided himself. in cold storage. is some
thing of a novelty here, and with the
silly season" at its height. the city
has been delving once again into the
strange history or the man whose
career resembles that of a hero of mod
ern fiction. Jacques Lebaudy's father
was head of the French sugar trust,
and he left a great many million francs
to his son, who soon developed fine
faculty OF getting rid of them. firing
of the ordinary means. however, he
decided to found an empire. and after
casting his eye over the map, con-
tiuueu tHdt tne sour regions OF the
Sahara desert ought to be sweetened
by his sugar cured fortune. He bought
throne and a crown. organized a
coloniZing expedition. and sailed for
Africa early in 1903 to establish him
self as Emperor of Sahara. He never
had chance to sit on the throne how
ever, for European nations made so
much trouble for him that he was con-
stantly on the jump. He was harass-
ed by means of every known expedi-
ent of international procedure. The
local sheiks took pot shots at him.
The French ministry of the marine
tried to bar the seas to him. Switzer-
land threatened him for recruiting
Swiss colonists. France chucked him
off the frontier and hordes of diplo-
matically instigated doctors tried To
have him committed for insanity.
Things got so hot, even for Africa. that
His Royal Highness, Jacques /. En-
peror of Sahara, quit his kingdom. still
cherishing his project however, and
still retaining his title. on the latter
point he was firm and 1t Is said that
he even refused to accept a check for
million francs because il was made
out TO Jacques Lebaudy instead Otto
Jacques l. Now, after more than a
year of mysterious silence this man OF
destiny has bobbed up again to make
European potentates uneasy