The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-01-21
WIRE FLASHES

In the Northwest.
The second Congress of Cuba as
sembled at Havana.
Ship owners in England met to
from combination Tor protection.
Fire at Oil City, La, destroyed
nine buildings with loss OF $24,-
900.
Severe earthquake shocks occurred
in Italy, Austria and other European
countries, Monday.
The Tennessee House of kepres-
entatives passed the Statewide pro-
hibition bill.
Two persons were cremated and
two others injured in hotel fire at
Everett, Wash.
Admiral Rojestvensky, the famous
Russian naval officer, died suddenly
in st. Petersburg.
Rudolph Writ went insane at
Hamilton, Ohio, and stabbed six per-
sons, including his wife.
Two Greeks were arrested at Mo-
bile in connection with the Chinese
smuggling investigation.
Two hundred and forty men were
entombed by an explosion in coal
mine at Vessprim, Hungary.
1t was announced that Porto Rico
would float bond issue of $4,000
0O0 for irrigation purposes.
Plans are being arranged for the
reconstruction of Messina, which was
destroyed by the earthquake.
Fire in the cotton cargo of the
steamer Matteawan, in Pensacola har
Dor spread to two other matches.
Harry Keener, at York, Pa, con-
fessed to killing and burying an un-
identified stranger on his farm last
July.
T. J. Hams, charged with com.
plicity in the murder of w. E. Annis,
was acquitted by jury at Flush
ing, N. Y.
Carrie Nation, the American anti
saloon crusader, was arrested in En-
gland while engaged in raid on a
saloon.
Lieutenant Commander Belknap,
U. S. NJ, suggested using some of the
Italian relief fund to build a new
town.
The Resident General of Yokoha-
ma pointed out the defects in Corean
consular jurisdiction brought on by
japanese reforms.
In a pistol duel at Danville, KY,
between sheriff Ivor Hammond and
r. L. Conner, farmer, both were
mortally wounded.
An officer was killed and three
other persons wounded in a pistol
battle following the robbery of
resort at Omaha, Neb.
Thirty-five bodies have been recov-
cred from the Lick Branch Coal Mine
in West Virginia, where an explosion
killed over 1000 men.
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ing and dozen persons are injured
as the result of fire that destroyed
the Copeland Hotel at Topeka, Kan.
The settlement between Austria
Hungary and Turkey of the Bosnia
and Herzegovinian question is re-
garded as a reverse for Russian di-
plomacy.
One woman lost her life and three
others were injured in a fire that
destroyed the residence of Samuel
Higgins, railroad manager at New
Haven, Conn.
Federal Judge Jones, at Montgom-
cry, denied the injunction asked for
against the Alabama Prohibition Law
but did not pass upon the constitu-
tionality of the act.
Former Queen Liliuokalani applied
to the House Claims Committee for
compensation for the loss of her
crown. The heirs of George Wash
ington also put in claim.
The cotton cargo of the steamer
Matteawan caught fire at sea and
the vessel put back to Pensacola.
Eleven of the crew were injured from
burnes caused by escaping steam.
DeSota Island, opposite Vicksburg
was declared to be Mississippi terri
tory, and Tom MorrisGy, who had
been operating a saloon there under
Louisiana license, was fined for ille-
gal retailing.
John w. Kern gave out a state
ment at Indianapolis, saying that he
was defeated for United States Sen
ator in the Indiana Democratic leg
islative caucus through treachery,
double dealing and corruption.
Lord Revelstoke, acting for Barring
Brothers G. Co., and M. Routkowsky,
the Russian financial agent residing
in London, concluded arrangements
for the English portion of the new
Russian loan of $240,000,0 700.
The corporation of Harvard Univer
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