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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-18
ALIMoNY FIRM TO AID Ex-w WIVES

Omaha Agency Volunteers to Trail
NeglectfuI Husbands.
A unique collection agency, with the
sole purpose of collecting alimony for
Divorces whose former husbands have
failed to live up to the obligations inn
posed on them by the court, has been
started in Omaha, and, according to
the men in charge, has already an ex-
tensive clientele. 1t makes no differ
ence whether the husband was neglect
full in paying the sum in bulk or in
monthly installments-the firm under
takes the collection of both. The
agency will be run by men who have
had experience in the collection of or
binary debts and they anticipate no
trouble
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-18
SEVEN DEAD, BATTLE TOLL.

Harold Sanborn, Chicago, Who
KILLED Girl, Was Badly Wounded.
Additional reports received at Ell
Sanborn ranch, near Vera Cruz, Mex
leo, are to the effect that seven persons
were killed during the riot and that
Harold Sanborn of Chicago, son of the
president of the La Juanta plantation,
was dangerously wounded Young
Sanborn is held in Jail, the charge
against him being the killing of 49,
year-old girl, who, it is alleged, stabbed
Sanborn's ranch partner, Vicente
Espinoso, in the back. The killing of
the girl took place in the general fight
that followed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-18
BOAT cAPsIzEs; NINE DROWN.

Frightened Occupants stand Up,
Causing Fatal Accident.
Capsizing of boat on the Susque.
hanna river at Wilkesbarre, Pa, re.
suited in the drowning of nine persons,
William Andrews, of Port Griffith, took
three of his brothers, two cousins, his
brother-fn-law, his sister and two
nephews out for row. The overload.
ed boat shipped water as soon as 1t got
into the swift current. Some of those
in the boat, growing frightened, stood
up, screaming for help and the next
moment it capsized. The nine occu-
pants were carried away by the swift
current
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-18
HUNT RAIDER MoReAN's GOLD.
Large sum Hidden at Time of Con-

Large sum Hidden at Time of Com
federate Raid May BE Found.
The work of excavation for the
structure of st. Francis church in
Dayton, KY, is being watched by
crowd who expect the finding of a pot
of gold which tradition says was
buried there during the raid of Gen.
John Morgan and his band of Confed-
crates. The money was left there. it
is said. by a Confederate spy named
Caldwell, who had been sent north to
pay the troops of Gen. Morgan. Dis
covered he is said to have secreted the
gold
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-18
STATE STRIKES at RAILROADS.
Missouri Attorney General Charges
violation OF Antitrust Law.

Missouri Attorney General Charges
Violation OF ANTITRUST law.
Attorney General Major has instituted
quo warranto proceedings in the Missouri
Supreme Court against sixteen railroads
doing business in the State, changing
them with violating the common Law by
conspiring and agreeing to fix passenger
rates and With actually actually conspiring, fix
ing and putting into effect combination
of rates for the shipment of freight in
violation of the antitrust laws of the
State An alternative writ was made
returnable to the court en- banc on June
/. This action is, according to the at
torney general, the result of the rail-
roads attempting TO return to the 3-cent
passenger fare following Federal Judge
McPherson's decision that the passenger
and freight rate laws were confscatory
and unconstitutional.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-18
LONGER DAY IN SUMMER IS AIM
Cincinnatians Join Movement to In
troduce English Innovation.


troduce English Innovation.
Prominent Cincinnatians are inter
esting themselves in a national move
ment to change business hours during
the summer months, after the fashion
which is under consideration in Eng
land, and which makes the day begin
two hours earlier during the summer
than 1t does during the other months
of the year. The plan provides that
each year on May / the standard time
of the United States be advanced two
hours and continue thus until Oct
1. In this way it is intended that
persons who start to work at O'clock
in the morning during the other
months shall begin their days at s
o'clock in the summer months and
end it two hours earlier, the plan Civ
ing them two more hours of daylight
for recreation.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-18
AMERICAN LEAGUE
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
ASKS s1s,o coo; GIVEN $4,000.
Woman Awarded Big Damages in
Suit Against Ferry Company.

Although she only asked $4,000 for
the loss of a foot, jury in Philadelphia
gave Mrs. Jennie Amos $4,000 damages
in her suit against the Delaware River
Ferry Company The woman was pas-
senger on a ferry boat which locked ct
Kaighn's Point Camden. There was no
gang plank provided for the passengers
and as she was about 20 step from the
boat to the wharf the boat gave a jolt.
throwing her forward. Her left foot was
caught between the boat and the planking
of the slip and crushed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-18

A telegram asking for REINFORCE
ments was received in Muskogee.
Okla, by United States Marshal Victor
from Revenue Officer Irwin, who is
leading force Of deputy marshals
against gang OF moonshiners in the
Jack Fork Mountains. one hundred
miles south of Muskogee.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-18

Four persons were drowned and a to-
tai of eight bsrges lost during fierce
storm of FauIkner's Island The tug
Sanford. from- New Yosk TO Providence
with tow of nine sArges, ran into a
heavy gale. and the hawsers parted, four
of the harges drifting away. -Four other
bargeS were lost during the night
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-18

Alleged by her accuser to be a
witch, Mrs. Laupaule ORDER was tried
in Butler, Pa, on a technical charge
of disorderly conduct, was convicted
and sentenced to pay fine of s. and
serve ten days In jail. The charge
was preferred by Mrs. Julia Kroner,
who alleged that Mrs. Orber went into
Mrs. Kroner's barn, and by the use
of witchcraft, cast a spell over a COW,
which has prevented it from giving
milk.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-18

For the loss of one of his fingers
which prevents him from attending to
his business as violin maker. VIII
lam ]. Mills of Riverside, Cal. has
begun suit for s10,55O damages against
John T. Jarvis, who ran over him in
his automobile two months ago.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-18
SEVEN DROWN AT EAU CLAIRE.

PiIinE I'm the Chippewa River.
None being able to swim, George
Hall. aged q: R. II. Sweet, aged 40,
and Mrs. Sweet and four children were
drowned in the swollen waters OF the
Chippewa River at Eau Claire, Wis,
Saturday night, when Halls gasoline
launch. which they We're trying out
for the first time. capsized in mid
stream upon striking some sunken pill
,~@e
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-18
HcaYx pamages BIZ STORM,

A severe electrical storm swept over
northern Indiana and lower Michigan
late Thursday night Heavy damage
was done by the gale and the light
Ming and in many districts thu farmeys
had TO turn out with buckets to belp
each other pun out fires in their houses
and barns
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-18
SUMMARY OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT NEWS.
~~~~~~~~~~
Sunday.

Sunday.
Boat upset in Susequehapna River
and nine persons were drowned.
Prince Burrhem' Eden, son of Tur-
Keys Sultan, plans revolution to res
cue him.
Trial of two American missionaries
In Congo Free State scheduled for
May 20 will bring TO front question of
maladministration by Belgium.
Mrs. Augusta Evans Wilson, author,
died at her home in Mobile, Ala, ''St.
Elmo" and AT the Mercy of Tibe-
RUS" are among her best known
works.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-18
AMERICAN SCHOOL RAzED.
Property at Kessab Burned in the
Anti Christian Esiots.

Property at Kessab Burned in the
Anti Christian E.iots.
An investigator who has returned
from trip to Kessab, Asiatic Turkey,
reports that all the American property
at that place has been destroyed by
the Moslem raiders. The property con-
sisted of a girls high school under the
direction of Miss Fife n. Chambers, a
missionary of the American Board of
Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
Three-fourths of the native houses also
have been destroyed, but the Armenian
church and the new Protestant school
building are standing. Nearly all the
people who fed from Kessab have re-
turned to find their houses looted and
they are destitute. Some food and
clothing are being distributed, but
there is no system in the work and
the supplies are inadequate.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-18
SWORD GIRT ON SULTAN.
Ceremony Making Him Ruler Ends
with Flowing Furrow.

with Flowing Furrow.
Mehmed v. ended his coronation
day in Constantinople Monday, by
blowing furrow in the lawn at Dol
ma Bagtsche Palace. symbolically at
least by holding the pillow handles for
the fraction of a minute while two
horses dragged the plow few yards.
In carrying out the ancient test Meh-
med v. showing himself to be sound
of body and fit to bear the physical
burdens of the empire.
1t had been day both of fulfllment
of ancient customs and of the break
ing of them. Christians for the first
time were admitted to the small
mosque attached to Ayoub Mosque and
allowed to see the ceremony of girde
ing the sword of Osman upon the sui
tan. Among thirty persons present
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-18

All departments of the Ambrfdge
works of the American Bridge Com
pany near Pittsburg have been put on
full time. owing to orders received
during the last week Among the or
ders is one for eight bridges on the
Tokanfu Railway, Japan
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-18
Powder Mill Exnlodex.

Two wheel mills in the plant of the
King Powder Company at Kings Mills,
Ohio. were totally wrecked by an ex-
plosion. which could be heard within
a radius of ten miles around. The
workmen had left the mills two min
utes previous. thus escaping death
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-18
Dynamite In stove Kills Two.

The explosion of stick of dyna.
mite carelessly or maliciously placed
in a stove caused the death of two men
and probably fatal injury to three 9th
ers at the Poterman coal mine near
fredericksburg Ohio.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-18

The Kansas Supreme Colrt has de-
cided that distillery. brewer or
wholesale wine dealer cannot invoke
the aid of the courts in collecting
bill for Equor in Kansas. The sui. was
brought by the Nelson Distilling Com
pany in Butler County
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-18
Man once rich Is nj Poor Farm.

John Fleming OF Eaton. o.. ~ years
old. once famed for his lavishness IN
dress. having substituted gold coins
for buttons, has been made an Inmate
Of the county poor farm.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-18
william c. Maybury Dies.

William c. Maybury, for nine years
mayor of Detroit, former representa-.
tive in congress from the First Michi-
gaa district. and prominent Democrat,
diet Thursday at his home from
uremia. Mr. Maybury was bachelor.
81 years old.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-18

The chemical laboratory of the geo
logical survey in Washington. d. c..
was badly damaged by fire and only
the prompt work of firemen prevented
the flames spreading to other depart
ments. Valuable minerals and chem
ieals were DESTROYED.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-18
Ni.,akeS House, Is kined.

While attempting to enter theswrong
house at Darlington, Ky. by mistake.
William SENS, aged is. was taken for
a burglar and instantly killed. He is
said to have been drinking.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-18

The three school buildings at Avery.
Seb- were entered by burglars and
several dollars in books and supplies
carried away in addition to some cash
belonfng TO teachers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-18
Frort Menace. Cropr.

There was heavy frost around To
peka. Kan, Monday. and it is feared
vegetation in the lowlands was in
iured- The minimum temperature was
81 degrees
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-18

Fire practically destroyed the historic
village OF Benedict. Md. on the patux-
emf River. Every building in the viii
lage. except four houses on the shore.
were burned. IpSs $4,000
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-18

Louis D. LeggeSt. 50 years old
New York stock broker, committed
suicide 81 his home in Montclair. \.
J.. by shooting himself in the head.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-18

The Hamburg American liner Kaiserine
Augusta Victoria. ,s5ich arrived at New
York last week, possessed a new wrinkle
In transatlantic luxury. On tbs after
deck Of the boat was an actual garden. In
which strawberries and lettuce were
grown for the tahss Of the passengers
The gardener was The chief steward.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-18

Robert A. Taft, Yale 1910. son Of
President Taft. has been chosen presi-
dent Of tue university debating asso-
citation.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-18

The reorganization of the Booth Fish
COMPANY, which failed so disastrousIy
last fall, has been completed and the
new concern will soon begin business.
Frank C. Let's. bead Of q big grocery
firm. with branches throughout the Mid
die West, is president Of the company.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-05-18

were Buchanan Pasha, an American,
and Woods Pasha, an Englishmar,
both of whom are in the Turkish ser
vice. They were impressed with the
beauty and the solemnity of the cere-
mony, which, with the chants of the
priests, lasted only twenty minutes.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-16

Queen victoria's doctors. I'm her last
illness, received about 10000 each.
Some time ago w. X. Vanderbilt,
the American millionaire, requested
his physician to accompany him ON a
voyage. The doctor hasitated, and
remarked that his practice was
worth $4,000 a week, The man OF
money finally agreed to- give him
$4,000 for the silk weeks "trip and
pay all his other expenses.
Blind DIR. Gale, OF Bristol, was paid
the sum OF $250,OOO for curing the
diseased knee of wealthy gentleman
Emperor Frederick OF Germany, and
Senator Magee paid DIR. Browning the
stupenduous fee of 500, 000-undoubt
edly the largest fee ON record. The
late shah of Persia paid DR.. Galezow-
ski, of PARIS, $4,000 for curing him
of am afefction of the eye. DIR. Frank
Billings. claimed $4,000 for seven
days attendance ON Marshal Field,
the Chicago merchant prince.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-16
RESOLUTIONS.

At regular meeting of Pefahatchie
Camp, No. 528, w. o. W., held Sat-
urday evening, Aug. 2Sth, 1909, the
following resolutions We're read and
adopted:
Whereas, AS God the All-wise Ru-
Ter of Heaven and earth, saw fit to
take from our midst Sow. Glenn P.
Jones, ON August the Is, 1909. We
submit to the will of our Heavenly
Father who dceth all things we'll.
Therefore, be it resolved
First, That in the death of Sow.
Jones, our order has lost true
and faithful member and that inn his
life we have had a noble example,
the Influence of which eternity alone
cam reveal. He was kind, affections
ate, indulgent father and husband land
lived to be true in the performance
of Inns duty.
Second, That we extend to his be-
reaved family our heartfelt sympathy
Third, That a copy of these resolu-
tions be sent to his family; published
inn The Brandon News and spread ON
the minutes of our camp.
Signed,
J. A. LINDSEY,
r. A. STINGILY.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-16
Statement Showing Condition of the
BRANDON BANK
of Brandon, Miss.

ON SEPTEMBER /, 1909.
published by Direction of Chapter H. Code of 1866
RESOURCES
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-16
A SAD CASE.

''It was a sad-case-a sad case
said the drummer, as he leaned back
DIM his chair and heaved sigh. "His
name DIS Harper, and he was one OF
my oldest customers"
"And what about Harepr?" was
asked
Hard luck-hard luck. Wife sick
children sick-old customers dying
off-new store started right across
the street. Two weeks ago, when /
dropped in on him found him i'm the
dumps. I tried to cheer him up, but
lit was no go. He asks me to stop
i'm the store while he goes over to
see the insurance man. look around
and find the stock ALL rum down and
sgnis of gone to seed everywhere.
''And them"
''Then got to thinking what a good
Teller Joe was, and how long he
had been on our books, and how he
wasn't to blame for his misfortunes,
and I determined to help him out.
He came back and we talked for
while, and then he locked UP. Just
ais he went out threw my cigarette
among the rolls of cotton batting"
"And there was a fire."
For sure"
"Store burned down and nothong
saved?'
"JuSt so."
"And the insurance money put Joe
ON his feet again, with news stock
at the lowest prices"
Mickey. That's where l came In"
''But how?"
why, his insurance expired at
noon that day, and he had gone
over, while / waited, to tell the i'm
surance man to let Ter go to Texas.
Sad case, sir-sad case. Joe is now
digging holes for fence posts at Is
cents hole, and I don't think he
likes the job"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-16
A DIFFERENT PRICED COW.

By way of illustrating the different
viewpoints Of manufacturers upon
the tariff revision, says the Philadel-
phia Times, Charles Heber Clark, a
WRITER upon economic subjects, told
this STORY to gathering Of Phdla~
delphia manufacturers recently:
An industrious Pennsylvania farmea
was the owner OF good Attorney COW
A stranger, having admired THE and
NAL. asked the farmer: What will
you take for your cow?'
1.-THE Montgomeryfte scratched his
head Tor a minute, and then said:
Look arhere, be you the tax as
SCISSOR or has she been killed BY the
rai1road?''
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-16
kiNoLY FEES TO DOCTORS.
London TdltIBita

London TittBita.
King Edwards health has cost a
huge sum. When, as prince OF Wales
he was seriously ill some years ago.
DR.. Wdalian Jenner attended him for
four weeks and received a Zee OF
$4,000. Another $50, 900 was paid TO
Sir Walter Gull for his attendance
ON the king DURING his serious ILLNESS
from typhoid I'm 1871. while the physi-
CHAINS who attended him during his
severe ialness in the coronation year
received ices amounting to 10000
The famous Prot. zacherine. OF Mos
COW. received from the father OF the
present emperor OF Russdas a fee OF
$4,000 Tor two days attendance SIR
Morell Mackenzie received SIC, 900 FOR
q few weeks attendance ON the bate
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-16
MOTTO

The Rankin County Union will meet
with Monterey Local No. 100 ON FRI
day and Saturday before the second
Sunday in October-8-9. Hons G.
r. Hightower and J. N. Powers will
be with us on the 9Th. Let all OF
the locals I'm the county send In their
reports and all send delegates.
As J. w. TAYLOR, Local Pres.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-16
FOR SALE.

One Stanhope. Physicians Stan
hope; one buggy and harness; one
safe; one piano; ALI In good condi-
tion. and all offered cheap. t
]. T. B. BERRY.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-16
Westbound.

Fast train carries Pullman Sleeping Ca
between Shreveport and Chattanooga
connecting with through Sleepers to New
York and Cincinnati. Also Dining Lar.
The Shreveport and B'ham train carries
through coaches and Sleeping Car be-
tween Shreveport and Meridian and Din
ing Car.
For rates and detailed information, APP
py toTicket Agent or address
GEO. RI. SMITH Gen. Pass. Agent.
New Orleans, La.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-16

Go to n. A. Busick Co. and buy :
wagon or buggy ut cost. They want
70 40 out OF the wagon and buggy
business. -
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-16

House to rent-seven rooms 20
acre pasture-easy terms apply &c
MRS. WIN. WALKER.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-16
Alabama & ViCksburg
RAILWAY
Time Table.
EastbOund.

To Cincinnati, Atlanta and NJ. Y.--------
"Meridian and Birmingham 1905 pm.
Meridian and Cincinnati----o:3o am.
"Meridian Local ----6:45 pm.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-05-25

was due to the fact that when john
son was lynched he was constructiveiy
in the custody of the court only a
month before the negro had been
found guilty of rape and had been
sentenced to death.
President Roosevelt ordered an in
vcstigation of the case hy the depart
ment of justice. The ease aroused
much interest in the south. because
not only OF the exceptional character
Of the proceeding, but because Of the
popularity Of Shipp and the character
OF 1ohnsons crime,
It viii lie with the court to deter
mine the degree of punishment that
may be inflicted upon the men found
guilty A term of imprisonment for
each is among the probabilities 1t
Is supposed Shipp and his co-defend-
ants Will be arraigned and sentenced
In June
Justice Preckham delivered dis
senting opinion declaring that there
was not the slightest testimony 20
support the charge against Ship
Iuaic white and Mckepra conqur-
red in tho dissenting opinion.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-05-25
CHARGED With Contempt Of
Court in Permitting Negro
Prisoner to Be Lynched
While Case Was Pending.
FIRST CASE IN ANNALS OF
FEDERAL SUPREME COURT
Considered Significant as As
Sertion of Authority to En-
force Respect for Actions in
Every State in Union
IBy Morning journal Special Leased wirei

TBy Morning journal Special Leased "irei
Washington. p. G. May 14.--'fo or
thc first timo in 50 serious "a case
. ..,,,,., 90 tha limited
'''e 'up ~
states VIII on next IueSaay uu'e'l'N'
to mete out punishment FOR the eflil
of contempt Of the court itself and
ho i,,nortance of their case win be
r..,
enhanced ny li9 Hu'i'"1'
ants.
The proceeding viii take place IN
connection with the cases of shef'u
SLipp and Deputy Sheriff Gibson 'I
Hamilton county Tennessee, ana OF
four other residents of that county
respectively Williams, Nolan. fahte1
and May These men were today ue-
clared by the court to Doe guilty oI AN
act of contempt In combining ih i'V'
in n conspiracy to lynch nesI
named Johnson who had been H'u-
tonccd to death by the local '"HI p
for attacking woman and in Nn"ae
case the supreme court mao ih''i i''
red to the extent of granting an ap-
peal which had tho effect off SUP.
sedeas on the night iolloWinb t''
announcement Of the courts "tl'''l
Johnson was taken from thc l''l ','
Chattanooga by a mob ana lhei'l.
There was no resistance on inc p"' f,
OF the jail authorities and Sh'pp "nI
number Of his deputies az "'H ",
about twenty citizens were pt''e. i''
against ON thc charge of contempt
The case has been pending
since and tho number of dei, lloY.. ..'
was from time TO time reduced '' "'i
or these nine three were today ''"'lN
guiltless while the other Nh
dercd brought into court ncAt n''