The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-10-22
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.
From All Sources, State,
National and Foreign.

J0AClIO.
DR.. Angel -ugarte, the minister to
Washington from Honduras. was re-
called.
Disorders in the Russian univer-
sity strike caused the arrest OF 400
students.
Striking students of the Universe
ty of st. Petersburg engaged in a
general fight.
Antoine Muzzarelli, veteran of
the French army, committed suicide
in New York.
A mob of suffragettes besieged
Parliament in an effort to gain adj
mission.
1t was announced that the British
Cabinet would meet to discuss the
Balkan situation.
ALI the balloons in the interna-
tional race have been reported ex-
cept one, a German.
The liners Oceanic and La Pro-
vence barely missed collision in
fog in the English Channel.
The Masonic Widows and Orphans
Home at Meridian, Miss, was for
mally opened to the public.
An ant.-tubercular serum, discov-
cred in Paris, was said to be the
most efficacious ever used.
The Democratic National Commit
tee gave out statement of contribu-
tions to the campaign fund.
The president invited hunters to
the White House for advice on suit
able guns for his African hunt.
The president issued an order ex-
tending the protection of civil SER
vice to many government officers.
Mrs. Langtry won 100000 by
the victory of her horse Yentoi in
the Czarewitch stakes at Newmarket.
The three leaders Of the militant
woman suffragists in London, when
arraigned in police court, demanded
trial by jury.
1t was announced that H. X. Thaw
might go to Pittsburg Sunday to tes
tify in the bankruptcy proceedings
against him.
On the fiftieth anniversary of his
marriage John S. Kennedy of New
York gave $1,O0O,0OO to the Presby-
terrain Hospital.
Lieut.. Col. w. F. Tucker, paymas-
ter of the Department of the Lakes.
was served with warrants charging
wife desertion.
The Rev. Anna Shaw presided at
the opening of the convention of the
National American Woman's Suffrage
Association in Buffalo.
An engagement between Chinese
and Japanese troops in Northern Co.
rea threatened to disturb the peace
between the countries.
Stocks based upon sugar cultiva-
tion were declared to be in as strong
position as any form of high grade
securities in the market
The American battleship fleet ar
rived off Southeastern Japan and
made an official entry into Yokoha-
ma harbor Saturday morning.
A secret treaty was declared to
exist between Bulgaria and Austria
authorizing the former country's
declaration of independence.
The trial of c. W. Morse and A.
H. Curtis, charged with violating the
national banking laws and conspira-
cy, was begun in New York.
Cotton night riders, by letter. COM
manded a prominent farmer of her
vile parish to organize band OF
men to irtimidate cotton ginners.
The International Road Congress
In Paris voted to erect q monument
to M. Tresaguet. the engineer respon-
sible for the highways of France.
Iftikhan-ul-Atebba one of the rev.
dictionary leaders in Persia, pre-
dicted the assassination of the Shah
and victory for the revolutionists.
The announcement from London
of a programme for the international
conference on the Balkan difficulty
caused much satisfaction in Paris.
It was stated in Paris that the con-
ference of the powers on the Balkan
situation might be limited to the rat
ification Of private arrangements.
It was stated that ten national
banks in Oklahoma had surrendered
their charters to take advantage OF
the State bank deposit guaranty law.
Nicholas Tschaikvosky, the Rus
sian revolutionist confined in st. Pc
tersburg for ten months, was or
dered released on $500 cash bail.
Whichever is right to do, is right
to l.cinise TO dc.
Whisky was voted out of Echo.
La, effective Jan.
Great Britain, Russia and France
have reached an agreement on pro-
gramme to be submitted to the other
powers for the conference to settle
the Balkan situation.
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