The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-08-20
FIRE at Texarkana, Ark, caused

Forest fires have broken out
again in British Columbia.
| An epidemic of cholera is threat
ened in st. Petersburg, Russia.
| Cardinal Gibbons had farewell
audience with the Pope at Rome.
The British army dirigible balloon
was borken by fall in England
The Franco-American Tariff Com
mission has almost finished its work.
New Orleans Great Northern has
fixed no date to resume construction
work.
John Green, formerly of Chicago,
disappeared from Alabama Port,
Alabama.
, Captain Baldwin made another
successful flight with his airship at
Fort Myer.
| J. T. Wallace 60 years old, veal
thy planter, was killed by train
at Meridian.
| Secretary of War. Luke e. Wright
is visiting Judge w. H. Taft at Hot
Springs, Va.
Frisco will complete Louisiana
construction and enter Baton Ronge
In ninety days.
Another outburst of popular feel
Ing against the United States has oc-
Cured in Japan.
| Ira D. Sankey, GO years old, sing
ing evangelist and composer, died at
Brooklyn, N. Y.
sailed from Auckland, New Zealand.
for Sydney, Australia.
DR.. Friedrich Paulsen, Professor
of Philosophy in the University of
Berlin, died of cancer.
Paul Mauser, the aged inventor of
the rifle bearing his name has invent
ed new military rife.
Floyd M. Parker, negro railway
postal clerk, was trapped at Merid-
ian with marked bills.
It was predicted that the Eucha-
rist Congress in London would prove
stimulus to Catholicism.
/ Two persons were killed and six
Injured by he explosion of the enve-
lops of balloon in London
A balloon owned by Captain Love-
lace exploded in London, killing two
persons and injuring Six others.
William j. Bryan will make
speechmaking tour through Ohio
during the presidential campaign.
The new Tangipahoa Parish Court
house at Amite City, La, was ded-
icated with imposing ceremonies.
The New York Democratic State
Committee voted to hold the State
Convention at Rochester Sept. Is.
DR.. Peter Pals of Germany an
nounced an invention by which he
hopes to prevent shipwreck at sea.
Mehmed Ali Bey, former Turkish
minister to the United States, was
reported to be stranded in Washing
ton.
! 1t was reported that the boil wee
vii in its migration eastward, had
almost reached East Baton Rouge
parish.
1t was reported that Japan was
aroused over reports of a recrudes-
cense of anti-Japanese sentiment in
America.
/ Captain Baldwin's dirigible bal
loon completed its endurance test
and was accepted by the govern
ment.
Two masked bandits held up a
Northern Pacific passenger train
within the city limits of Spokane,
| Washington.
The City of New Orleans refused
the thirty-yeaY lease of West End
and may manage the park through
q commission.
| Cotton mill strikers stated that
fifteen more workmen joined them
! in refusing to work under a 20 per
cent wage cut.
The Pine Ridge Plantation Com
pany, backed by Illinois capital, will
experiment with Alaska wheat In
Calcasieu parish.
William ]. Bryan was reported to
! be greatly encouraged over the man
ner in which his speech Of accept
ance was received.
The suspected negro murderer of
! Sheriff McDougall, of Carroll coun-
! ty, was shot by posse near jack
| son, Miss, but escaped.
/! It is announced that Kermit Roose-
welt would accompany the President
on his trip to Africa and act as pho
| tographer for the party.
| 1t was stated the medical, surgical
and sanitary branches of the army
| were planning thorough investiga-
ton of the island of Hayti.
The report that w. H. Lewis. a
Boston negro will be appointed First
Assistant Attorney General has Gre