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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-05
Fatal Collision.

Danville, Ill-A long distance tel
ephone message from NATION says a
head-on collision between passen-
ger car and an express car occurred
on the Charleston & NATION inter
urban line about one and one-half
miles from Charleston.
Sixteen people were killed, acorl-
ing to the last estimate.
The number Of injured is not known,
but is said to be large.
The passenger car was crowded 10
the guards with people from NATION
and contiguous territory, enroute TO
the Coles county fair at Charleston.
A list of the dead is now being OBJ
tanned.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-05
JAMES MONEY
ASSASSINATED
INSTANTLY KILLED BY DR. GRO
YER KIRBY.
FATHER IS FATALLY SHOT
Impossible to Learn Exact Details u
the Affair-Believed That it Grew
Out of Money Henderson Tragedy
Several Months Ago.

Greenwood, Miss.-A most deplora-
BILE tragedy was enacted in this town
the principal actors being DR.. Grover
Kirby, James Money, ST., brother
of Senator Money, and James Money,
Jr. The latter was shot and Instant
ly killed by DR.. Kirby and the elder
Money was shot and probably IA
tally wounded.
From most authentic sources it APP
pears to have been a case Of assassi-
nation.
The stores Of Kirby and Money
join and it is stated that while young
Money was seated in front of his
place of business Dr. Kirby appeared
on his (Kirby's) front gallery with
a magazine rife and opened fire on
young Money, shooting him four
times, death occurred almost instantly
Attracted by the shooting the eld-
er Money, who was busy in the back
part Of the store, rushed to the front
and was also shot several tim=5, and
it is believed he cannot survive.
DR.. Kirby and his brother were
placed under arrest by the sheriff.
DR.. Kirby is a relative Of W. ].
Henderson, who young Money shot
and killed some time ago, and for
which he was tried and acquitted, and
it is believed that this led to today's
tragedy.
Governor Vardaman, who is a rel
alive of the Money family, was mott
fed of the tragedy by telephone, and
arrived here on a special train.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-05
Clerk $4,000 Short.

New York.-Charged with the lar
ceny Of $4,000 of his employers
funds Edward Philips, a clerk for
the stock brokerage firm Of G. B.
Salisbury & Co., was arrested.
The police asserted that Phillips con-
fessed that he embezzled $4,000, but
members Of the firm are investigating
their books, fearing that their loss
may exceed that amount.
Phillips, the police say, told mem
Der Of the firm that he began by los
ing money on the horse races, and
wound up by specializing in bucket
shops.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-05
MOST TERRIBLE
CATASTROPHE
COLLAPSE OF BRIDGE SPAN.
MING ST. LAWRENCE.
FIVE MILES BELOW QUEBEC
Nearly Hundred Persons Precipi-
tated Into the River-Loss Of Life
May Reach Eighty. Three Quarters
Mile Of Bridge Goes Down.

Quebec.-A section of the new
bridge across the St. Lawrence river
five miles below this city, collapsed
carrying scores Of bridge workers and
mechanics into the water. 1t is esti-
mated that the loss Of life is at least
sixty and may exceed that number
by twenty.
The bridge was about a mile and
half in length, and half Of it, from
the south shore to midstream, crum-
bled up and dropped into the water.
Ninety men were at work on this
section of the structure.
The whistle had just blown at 5 80
o'clock for the men to quit work for
the day when there came a grinding
sound from the bridge at midstream.
| The men turned to see what had hap
pened, and an instant later the cry
went up. The bridge is falling" The
men made rush shoreward, but the
distance was too great for them TO
escape. The fallen section of the
bridge dragged other after it. the
swapping girders and cables booming
like a crash Of artillery.
" Terror lent feetness to. the feet of
the frightened workmen as they sped
shoreward, but only few Of them
reached safety before the last piece
Of ironwork on the south shore was
dragged into the river Near the
shore the wreckage Of the bridge did
not go below the surface Of the water
and eight workmen rescued and taken
to the hospital at Lewis.
! The steamer Glenmont had Just
cleared the bridge when the first sec
ton fell. The water thrown up by
the debris came clear over the bridge
Of the steamer. The captain at once
lowered boats. The small boats piled
backward and forward over the sunk
en- wreckage for half an hour, bu.
there was no sign Of life. The twist
ed iron and steel had its victims in
a terrible death grip. A few of the
floating timbers and the broken
strand Of the bridge toward the north
shore were the only signs that any
thing unusual had happened. There
was not ripple on the smooth sur
face of the st. Lawrence as it swept
toward the gulf.
/ All the men drowned were en-
ployes of the Phoenixville Bridge
Company and subcontractors Of Que
bee and Montreal.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-05
Want Tolerate Woman Notary,

Chicago.-An Illinois woman nota..
ry public apparently will not be toll
Grated in Mississippi.
A few weeks ago some legal papers
were sent from the National Bank Of
Meridian, Mississippi, to the Evan
ston State Bank, to be attested by a
notary public. Miss Mabel Rice, a
stenographer, prepared the documents
and as she is notary public, affixed
her seal. She sent the papers to Me-
ridian. They came back.
"We want notary public to fix
up these paper, not woman" was
the request sent with them.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-05
Special to the Times-Democrat

New York. Wall street heard that
the incendiary document that Stuy-
vesant Fish started to read at the
meeting of the Illinois Central direc-
tors and which precipitated fistic
encounter between himself and John
L. Harahan, who succeeded Mr.. Fish
last year as president Of the road
was demand for Mr.. Harahan s re-
moval. Neither the Fish nor the Har-
ahan side would make public the text
Of Mr.. Fish's statement, which was
also an attack on the Hartman man.
agement Of the road.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-05
Lake superior,s Water Purest.

The water in Lake Superior Is the
purest in the Great Lakes according
to tests by the government. Lake
Erie contains the largest percentage
Of incrustants.
The, analyses show that the waters
hold in solution varying quantities Of
calcium and magnesium compounds,
which from their tendency to form
scale or incrustations on boilers are
called incrustants Named in the or
der of the total content of incrust-
ants, beginning with the lowest, the
lakes rank as follows: Superior, HUI
ron, Michigan, Ontario. Erie. The
waters of Lake Michigan and Lake
Huron are nearly identical in quality,
and the same may be said of those
of Lakes Ontario and Erie. Lake SUI
perior, however, carries just about
half the amount of incrustants borne
by the other lakes.
The reason for this variation is
found in the geological formation that
surrounds the lakes. The streams
flowing into Lake Superior drain
areas composed chiefly of crystalline
rocks, which yield scant quantities of
mineral matter to waters flowing
through them.
Lake Erie is highest in incrusta-
tants because it receives not only the
water of Lakes Michigan and Huron,
but the drainage from immense areas
of sedimentary rocks In Indiana and
Ohio and the province Of Ontario.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-05
Courier Journal Burned.

Louisville.-The loss in the Cour--
ier-Journal plant which was Quilted
by fire es estimated to be about 5000,
900. The machinery, wrnle damaged
to some extent by water, can soon be
put in shape, and it was stated by
Bruce Haldeman, president of the
Courier-Journal Company that there
would be no interruption in the bust
ness.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-05
Third Term Proposition

New York.-The New York World
is printing views on third term for
President Roosevelt, among which are
from John Sharp Williams and Gen.
S. D. Lee, opposing the idea of third
term and from President Craighead
saying he is opposed to third term
except under extraordinary circum-
stances, but sees no objection where
the first term was to fill vacancy.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-05
Close Watch on Situation.

Washington-The public Health
anc Marine Hospital Service author
tiles are closely watching the bubonic
plague situation at San Francisco.
Recent advices to Surgeon General
Wyman indicated that there was no
reason to doubt the diagnosis of the
cases there by Passed Assistant Sur
geon Long, who i a trained bacteri-
ologist. The officials here have no
doubt Of the ability of Surgeon Long
to handle the situation. The first
eases were found within two blocks
Of old Chinatown.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-05
Mansfield Succumbs.

New London, Conn.-Richard Mans
field, Americas foremost actor, died
here. Death was directly due to =
disease of the liver, aggravated by
other complications. Mr.. Mansfield
was taken i'll toward the close Of the
last dramatic season, disbanded his
company, and went on long Eu-
.ropean voyage. He returned home sew
eral months ago and went to Lake
Saranac, but was not benefited.
During the great actors last mo-
ments he lay in state of coma and
did not recognize his weeping loved
ones at the bedside.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-05
Floods in Japan.

Tokio.-In Toxic alone 1864 peo-
pie, rendered homeless by the recent
floods, are being cared for by the
public relief. About the same num-
Der are being cared for by the Pre-
lecture Of Saltama. There is no doubt
there are thousands of others home
less elsewhere. The entire town of
Fukuchiyama, near Kaoto, was almost
completely submerged.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-05
Two Babies Sold.

London.-A Rome dispatch brings
. story Of an attempt to sell children
in the market Of Avelino. A peasant
and his wife brought two of their
children, twins, four months old and
in the open market offered to sell
them for $40 each. The babies were
plump and healthy, and were bought
BY man who offered the price re-
quired. He was taking the children
away when the police stepped il and
arrested both buyers and sellers.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-05

Paris.-A dispatch from Morocco
City, dated Aug. Is, says Mulai Hafia
made several changes in his ministry
before departing for the coast and
also liberated all the prisoners incar-
cerated at Morocco City DUNG tho
reign Of Abdul Aziz.
A dispatch received here from Vice
Admiral Philibert during the week
announced that the Moors assaulted
the camp at Casa Blanca, but were
vigorously repulsted. The other Mo
rocco ports were reported to be peace.
FIJI.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-05
IMPROVING THE PIANO.
from an Editorial in the New YORK Evening Post.l

performers. It stands to that keyboard
in the relation of the typewriter to the
pen; yet 1t has been strangely neglect
ed by builders and players alike, al
though there can be no doubt that it
Or something similar-will have to
be adopted by the virtuoso If he is to
keep up with the mechanical play
ers' in the matter Of technical bril-,
liancy.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-05

Lincoln, Neb.-1n a letter to the
Secretary of State, Civil Engineer
Edward I. T. Roemer Of New York
City declared that the capital for a
railroad from the northern part Of
Nebraska to the Gulf of Mexico is
practically secured. He asked the i'm
mediate information regarding the in
corporation laws of Nebraska
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-05

Sentences of death and imprison-
ment were imposed by the court mar
tial at st. Petersburg which has been
trying the plotters against the Gar
and the government.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-05

The dead body of Broer B. Haags-
man, consul at st. Louis for the Meth
erlands, was taken from the Missis-
ippi river at st. Louis.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-05

Representative Bartholdt stated
that the United States and Germany
were working hand in hand at the
Hague Peace Conference.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-05

Much discussion among politicians
was occasioned by the recent speech
es of Governor Hughes and Speaker
Cannon.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-05

President Neill of the Texas Farm
ers' Union issued an appeal to MEM
bers of the union to hold their cotton
for fifteen cents.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-05

India has 4.835,947 acres Of irri-
gated land in the Punjab. an increase
OF 453,561 acres IN one year. The
crops are mainly wheat. sugar cane.
grain and winter oilseeds.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-05

Official returns in the Mississippi
gubernatorial race showed that 114,-
812 votes were cast, Mr.. Noel receiv-
ing a majority of POOP.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-05

A section of a new bridge across
the st. Lawrence river near Quebec
collapsed carrying to their death be-
tween sixty and eighty workmen.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-05

President Small of he telegrapher's
union stated that the train traffic Of
the country might be tied up soon by
an operators strike.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-05

Diversifcation is acknowledged as
the salvation of Mississippi farmers
and the time to begin any good work
is right now.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-05

A California woman at Houston,
Tex, complained that she had been
hypnotized by man and taken from
her husband.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-05

On the Tombigbee River, Alabama
is, enough limestone to supply ce
.ment plant for 100 years.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-05

Since June is there were nine cas-
es Of bubonic plague and seven deaths
in San francisco.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-05

Damage to the amount of $4,000
600 was done by fire at Hakodalc,
China.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-09-05

It was announced that w. r.
Hearst would open the Independent
CAMPAIGN in New York next week.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-06

automatic couplers has been on the
statute books for years, but the rail-
roads have succeeded in repeatedly
pOstponing its enforcement by plead
ing the necessity OF a plan Of uniform
ity in car construction. the necessary
expense of equipping partially worn
out cars and other excuses accepted by
the Interstate Commerce commission
and congress until years have been
used in adopting a system that could
have been installed in twelve months
Similar tactics are being employed
evidently, to delay enforced adoption
Of a block signal system. The need
in the interest of the public safety is
not for an investigation, but for press
ing legislation for the equipment of
every mile Of railroad with some block
signal device suitable to its needs.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-06
PRosPERITY's TENACIOUS HOLD
Political situation that ia Not Eu-
COuraEinE to Democrats.
Washington Post


The tenacity with which prosperity holds
on and the strong promise It gives OF in
definite continuance constitute a feature OF
the political situation that is not encourage
ing 70 democrats. So great is this prosper
ity that the most ardent of democratic
newspapers admit it as freely and seem to
dwell upon II with as much pleasure as
their republican contemporaries. One OF
these, the Boston Post. remarks that such
sharp and sudden shock as that which de-
moraiized the stock market a few weeks
ago should be expected to leave scars If
not open wounds upon the commercial sit
uation. That It has not done this is a re-
markabe testimony TO the stability Of the
material conditions upon which rests the
prosperity now enjoyed by the people of
our country" Our Boston contemporary
submits that there has come an enforced
pause in the feverish activity which char
acterized the season just passed. but" says
the Post, there Is sustaining force hold
| ing up the operations OF industry both In
production and exchange" This is not a
| good argument for free trade, and II does
not cry aloud for a revision of the tariff
based on the proposition that protection is
robbery" Another free trade newspaper.
the Philadelphia Record. cites with some
/ thing OF exultation some statistics that are
/ a splendid tribute TO the doctrine OF pro-
] lection. For example: I'm nine months OF
the current fiscal year the Imports have
amounted to S1.O55. 10000. which is $4,000.
/ OOO more than a year ago, and t226 OOO
more than two years ago. But the exports
have increased not less remarkably In
! the past nine months they reached a total
Of 81 ,450. 10000, and It was not TIL 1901 that
the exports OF an entire year reached such
/ figures, and they fell below them In 1901
and 1903 and but little exceeded them IN
the twelve months of 1904" Prosperity,
| however. 10 not always a guarantee OF vic
tory in campaigns for the party in power.
! This country had never been more prosper
Gus than il vas In lssc. Wages were higher
than they had ever before been. But that
year was marked IN our political annals by
a tidal wave OF democratic triumph What
has been. may be again.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-06
RAILWAY slaNAL TESTS.

Another investigation, with the in
evitable resultant delay, will be held
by the Interstate Commerce commits
sion before any action is taken looking
to concerted effort on the part OF the
railways to install the block system as
a safety device in the operation of
trains and the prevention of accidents
which result In tens of thousands of
deaths and casualties annually. A res
olution was passed. at the. last session
of congress ordering a thorough inves-
tigation of the working of the block
signal system in this country, with q
statement Of the extent of its employ
ment and recommendations for meth
DDS OF preventing accidents. The In
terstate Commerce commission an
nounces that a committee will soon be
appointed 10 conduct experiments and
make an extended study of signaling
systems.
While such an inquiry may be OF
value in imparting information 10 con
gress, It is wholly unnecessary so far
as railway managers are concerned
The block signal system is not an ex-
pertinent. 1t has been in use on many
railroads for years and the result
shows that wherever It has been in.
stalled and operated properly the mum
Der OF accidents preventable by such
precautions has been reduced TO a min,
imum. Railway managers, keen IN
noting improvements for the better
ment Of railway service, are fully
aware of the advantages OF this safety
device and need no enlightenment or
the subject from a congressional com
mittee. That the tested and proved
system has not been generally installed
is the fault Of railway managers who
have pursued the same policy in tn,
matter OF the block signal system tina
they have followed in the adoption o.
automatic couplers and other safety
devices. The Law requiring the use o.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-06


A week ago Edgar Howard published
in his Columbus Telegram the follow
ing statement, making certain outright
assertions about an alleged midnight
meeting, in which | was said to have
participated:
We positively know that in the closing
hours Of the campaign a midnight meeting
was called by Victor Rosewater In Omaha,
at which meeting a deal was entered into
between Rosewater and other personal
representatives of Governor Sheldon for
the delivery OF the vote which Is con-
trolled by the Omaha brewers and we also
know that the vote was delivered We
know also that after Victor Rosewater
and other members Of the republican state
committee made that midnight deal with
the brewers the entire influence Of the
Omaha brewers and outside brewers hav-
ing interests in Omaha was given to
Sheldon, who also had the support Of the
Anti-Saloon league It was a piece of
smart political work which young Rose
water performed at that midnight meet
ing.
My attention having been called to
this publication, my answer was that
the trouble with my good friend
Edgar Howard is that he knows so
much that isn't so" and | asked him
IF he positively knows so much" about
a midnight meeting, of which l had
never heard before, to enlighten me
by answering these three questions:
Where was II heId9
When was It held?
Who was there?
Judge Howard devotes another col
umn and a half of his paper to more
insinuations about an alleged midnight
meeting without answering any of
these questions
To the question, where was it
held" he replies Perhaps"
To the question, When was it held"
he replies Il employed the term mid
night in the figurative meaning"
To the question, "Who was there"
he replies That is an odd question
for Editor Rosewater to ask"
My friend Howard has evidently
gotten himself into a bad quick-sand.
Let him answer the questions or back
up and admit that he positively knows
nothing about it..
Come now
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-06
1nYAL TO HIS EMPLOYERS.


Much criticism has been directed at
Senator Joseph Weldon Bailey of
Texas for some of his official and pro-
fessional actions, but one thing must
be said in his favor. He is loyal to his
employers. All the senator's recent po-
lltical trouble, which resulted In his
investigation by a committee of the
Texas legislature, eliminating in an
artistic job of whitewashing, was
caused by Senator Bailey's professional
and financial relations with H. Clay
Pierce, an oil magnate who was
charged with representing the Stand
ard OIL interests 1t was proven that
Bailey had been }Pierce's attorney, had
engaged in several money transactions
With him and that Pierce and the
Standard Oil company were identical,
so far as the oil business in Texas was
concerned Senator Bailey cortended
that he did not know of Pierce's con-
nection with the OH trust. At any rate,
Bailey received a cooked up endorse
ment and Pierce has been kept out of
Texas to evade indictments against him
for conspiracy. Texas is still trying to
drive Pierce's oil company out of
Texas and testimony relating 70 the
case is being taken in New York. sena-
tor Bailey is there, and, according to
statements by New York papers, acting
as advisor to Pierce. His conduct may
not be pleasing to the Texans, but he
must be credited with sticking by HIS
friends, trait that is more or less
rare in these DAYS.