The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-12-24
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.
From All Sources, State,
National and Foreign.

lue INDIANA monuments III the
Vicksburg Park will be dedicated on
Dec. 20.
i The Harrison County Farmers
Union will build cotton warehouse
at Gulfport.
r. l.. Ready was killed in an acct
dent on a lumber railroad near Sem
mary, Miss.
The government IN the oil and gas
field in Caddo parish, La, was with
drawn from entry
The young son of City Judge Hooe,
at Alexandria, was dangerously
wounded with a toy pistol.
Eye witnesses to the killing of w.
e. Annis testified in the trial of 7.
j. Hams at Flushing, N. Y.
The international Maritime Con-
ference in London is wrestling with
the problem of contraband war.
Four men were killed and four
! seriously injured by the collapse Of
bridge at Williamsport, Md.
The state began the introduction
of testimony in the trial of alleged
night riders at Union City, Tenn.
George w. Wickersham, of New
York, has been offered the position
of Attorney General in Taft's cabinet.
The Federal Lighthouse Board has
been requested to establish more
lighthouses on the coast of Louisiana
Eleven soldiers were poisoned in
the Philippine Islands by drinking
Columbian spirits. All of them are
dead.
The First National Bank of Som
ellsworth, N. H., was closed on ac-
count of an embezzlement of $685.
O00.
The New Orleans Great Northern
pay train and log train collided al
Pinecliff, La. A fireman was slightly
injured.
The federal government will es.
tablish cotton boil weevil experiment
stations at Vidalia, La, and Green.
vile, Miss.
A detective alleged to be impli.
Gated in the assassination of King
Carlos of Portugal, was arrested al
Lisbon.
State Superintendent Harris was
asked to visit New Iberia, La, in the
interest of adjusting the school diff
ferences.
The War Department consented to
permit the extension of an electric
car line to the national Cemetery
near Natchez
Six cracksmen looted banks al
Keene and Gibbons, Nebr., of $500
and escaped in an automobile after a
battle with a posse.
President Castro, of Venezuela,
who is in Berlin wishes to bring about
the restoration of diplomatic rela.
lions with France.
Differences arising out of the con-
struction Of the Mississippi memoir
ial in the Vicksburg Park were set
tied, and work will be rushed.
The prosecution began the inuro-
duction of evidence in the trial of t.
/. Hams, charged with the murder
of w. E. Annis. at Flushing, NJ 4.
The Louisiana Live Stock Sanitary
Board adopted rules and regulations
for the control of contagious and in.
fictitious diseases in domestic animals
The New Orleans exchanges and
other business institution memorial.
lied the Federal Government to per-
nit the Importation of cattle from
Guatemala
Official announcement was made
that Senator Philander Knox, OF
Pennsylvania, will be Secretary OF
State in President-Elect Taft's Cab.
met.
Two arrests were made at Boga-
lusa, La, on the charge of passing
counterfeit silver dollars The plant
is believed to be located near Rio
La.
The Swedish steamer Lindholdmen
was sunk in collision with the
German steamer Frederick Muller
off the coast of England Eight lives
were lost.
The Louisiana Pension Board put
forty two widows on the roll n the
place Of an equal number of veter-
ans who died during the last three
months.
Secretary of State Root who has
been suffering from an Injured knee
for two months, has at last called in
specialist to make an examination
and treat him.
Students of Millsaps College, Miss,
petitioned for permission to parti-
pate In athletic contests, notwith-
standing the adverse action of the
Methodist Conference
The Federal Grand Jury at Chi
cago has been called upon to In
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