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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-02
MEN LEAVE PLANT;
ALLEGED BAD TREATMENT.

Pittsburg, Pa.-Workmen at the
Pressed Steel Car Plant who have
quit their jobs declare unequivocally
that they have been misused, sub
jected to indignities, and forced to
work whether they chose or not.
Conditions, according to these
workmen, were practically unbeara-
bic inside the car plant stockade.
They declare soup prepared from rot
ting vegetables was served them by
Hlthy negro walters, beds filled with
vermin were given them to sleep on,
while they were charged nxorbitant
prices for clothing, even two cent
stamps selling at four for ten cents
in the car company commissary
THESE stories were made the subject
of af1davitts in the government probe
into alleged peonage conditions.
Charges that gambling was allow
ed go on unchecked in the car COM
pany commissary were also made.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-02
SUFFRAGIST SUGGESTS
GUNS ON LEGISLATURES.

New York.-Votes for women are
to be demanded at the point of the
Dayonet and muzzle of guns, If MRS.
Julia Goldzier of Bayonne has her
way. NO great cause was ever won
without bloodshed, said Mrs. Gold
zier today. IF the legislature will
not grant us the right to vote, the
women should arm themselves and
march to the capitol and surround
the building when the legislators are
in session and then give the alter
native OF granting women the right
OF suffrage or being shot down. I
guess they would choose the easier
course then. IL not, then let them
suffer the consequences and the
world would see then that we really
meant business
Mrs. Goldzier added that the plan
of campaign could not be divulged,
but that the Capitol at Trenton
would be surrounded and stormed
when least expected by the legisla-
tors.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-02
confesses That She Proposed.

A Chicago clubwoman, who spares
her husband the chatting of his friends
by requesting that her name be with
held, confesses that she popped the
question, and she suggests that the
world would be better of. if the pro-
posal was left to the discretion of
women. Il think if women proposed
the world would be greatly benefited, !
she writes. Undoubtedly the true
daughter of Eve should and sUyely
will. when she recognizes the great
advantages, propose to the man. She
has infinitely more tact than man,
and can picture nothing more beau
tiful than a very feminine woman Of
fering to join her life with some
one whom she has singled out. Nhe
man will certainly not consider her
immodest, but will admire and love
her heroism. Shakespeare says,
when, oh, when comes the day when
woman shall offer herself to man?'
So great Shakespeare agrees with me.
why shouldn't woman offer herself
to man whom she loves, but who
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-02
skirt Yokes are. Popular.

The yoke skirt that was looked on
a bit doubtfully when it first made
it's appearance few months ago has
met with the most unparalleled sue
cess both here and abroad French
women particularly have caught it up
with the greatest enthusiasm, and
from all accounts Of the French and
English races one saw little else
among smartly gowned women. A
lovely dress in vefy fine silk fnished
batiste has the tucked and lace-trim-
med skirt mounted on a deep yoke
that reaches down well below the
hips. The tucks-or rather plaits-
start at the lower edge of the yoke,
and are stitched down for six or eight
inches. The stitching is placed fair
ly near the edge of the plaits so that
it gives them a pretty tuck-like eff
fect.-The Delineator.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-02
California Women in politics.

Mrs. Elizabeth Gerberding, presi-
dent of the Woman's League of JUS
tice In San Francisco, is heading a
movement for the active participa-
ton of women in the fall political
campaign in California. The League
of Justice, which has membership
of 1000, will work in conjunction with
other organizations of women in San
Francisco, and it is intended to
bring the women throughout the stat,
INTO concerted action. Mrs. Gerberd-
ing says it is time women took part
in politics in California. She believes
they will get rid of much of the cor
ruption which has smirched the repu
taticn of many of the states leading
cities within recent years.-New York
Press. f..,
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-02
Fashion Notes.

Shoes have elaborate foxings.
Mushroom shapes prevail in outing
hats.
There are mutlitudes of all-black
hats
Foulards have come to their own
again.
VioIets trim many of the new pur-
pie hats.
The oyerskirt effect is seen more
and more.
Ire sleeveless coat is much in the
public eye.
Flowered muslin sunbonnets have
some favor.
New hat shapes are all turned up
at the side. y
Hosiery novelties include stockings
of shaded silk
Tunic effects seem to have come to
abide for awhile.
Short sleeves are said to be coming
in again over in Paris.
Silk bathing suits are in startling
cOlOrS and combinations.
Hats are immense, and always
there is roll at the side
Cluny lace is as great favorite as
it was a season on two ago.
Overskirts of soft material are
nfodish and are here to stay.
Valenciennes lace, real and imita-
ton, is in demand once more.
The amethyst tones, from deep to
light, are in the height of fashion.
Harmonies in black and white bid
fair to enjoy a considerable vogue.
Folds and fichus over the shoulders
are quite feature of evening gowns.
The much-ribbed parasol, called
the Japanese is prominent this sea
son.
Short skirts are the rule for all ex-
cepting house, reception and evening
dresses.
In adopting the sleeveless coae
should be remembered that extreme
styles are taboo.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-02
CHOLERA ON VESSEL
BOUND FOR BALTIMORE,

Washington-That the Dutch ship
Andyk is enroute to the United
States with cholera aboard is inferr-
ed from cablegram from the Amer
lean consul at Rotterdam, received by
the Marine Hospital Service through
the State Department. The cable
gram reads:
Cholera, Andyk. Wednesday. Bal
timore"
This message is interpreted as
meaning that the Andyk sailed from
Rotterdam for Baltimore with one or
more cases of cholera aboard. The
vessel is slow steamer and is not
expected to arrive off Cape Charles
until about Sept. 8.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-02
MOORS SLAUGHTERED
BY ARTILLERY FIRE.

Lisbon.-Special dispatches re-
ceived here from Melilla, Morocco,
say the fighting is general on the
Moroccan, coast. The new Spanish
artillery has wrought terrible havoc
among the Moors, who have lost
1000 men in the last three days. The
Spanish casualties amount to $50. A
Spanish column has destroyed three
villages near Restinga. A Moorish
dsaserter, who has come into the
Spanish lines, declares that the
Spanish prisoners, after being horri-
bly, tortured and mutilated, are de-
capitated and their bodies flung into
a hole on Mount Guruga. This hole
is mass of decomposing corpses.
Estimates place the number of Span
ish prisoners at 1000.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-02
Upside Down.

Women, indeed, are clever; but
the one who saw a hat-brim decora-
ton in her unbecoming lace veil was
more than ordinarily far-seeing.
Now, the ornate and bordered veil
has We'd with the real lace fchu a
hundred times for place on the hat,
but it has not done duty as face
veil and a hat trimming until this I'M
usually resourceful woman turned the
straight edge down and then spread
the bordered part over the brim OF
her large leghorn hat. This brought
delicately scattered sprays and diets
over. her face in a more becoming
scantiness, and gave place on the hat
for the full display of the handsome
pattern of the border.-New Haven
Register
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-02
Arithmetic on Farms.

Miss Jessie Field of Page county,
ILL.,, has arranged an arithmetic, which
she says, Will meet every requirement
of girls who expect to pass their lives
on farms. She also believes the arith-
metic will commend itself to the ma
jority of young women in cities. II
has no cube root or binoMial theorem
in it, and has been simplifled in other
ways. Miss Field says that observa-
ton has Convinced her that the FEM
mime mind is not especially adapted
for tackling the complicated problems
of mathematics, and for that reason
she expects her new work to win
popularity al its own.-NeW YORK
Press. $50
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-02
FINANCIER SECLUDED;
NO ONE is ALLOWED

Ardent is evident that e. Fl.
Harriman's family has determined
that he shall make no further sacri-
fees of vitality In the effort to reas-
SUM the public and buoy up the stock
market. No armed guard patrols his
estate, but for all effective purposes
of human intercourse his isolation in
his mountain top home is as absolute
as any devised for an Eastern po-
tantate. Except the selected few
of his own immediate household not
a soul sees him and no word from
the outer world reaches to his cham
Der Of solitude.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-02
WISH TO FORM INTERNA-
TIONAL FEDERATION.

New York The American Fedora
ton of Labor has been informed
that at the convention Of the Brit
ish trade union congress to be held
in Ipswich, England. during the
first week of September. President
Gompers of the American Fedora
ton of Labor. intends to suggest a
movement for the formation of an
international labor federation with
membership of from 100000 to
100000 in the old and new
worlds
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-02
DAMAGING TESTIMONY
AGAINST CAR COMPANY.

Pittsburg Following three hours
of testimony exposing alleged con-
ditions at the Pressed Steel Car Com
pany's plant at Schoenville, where
$500 men are in strike, the federal
inquistorial sessions in peonage
charges against this corporation we're
terminated as far as public hearings
were concerned. Government Agent
H. Hoagland and three secret SER
vice men will continue the investiga-
lions secretly.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-02
THREATS OF .LYNCHING
DEMAND PUNISHMENT.

New York.-A special to the World
from Panama says: Many Americans
in the Canal Zone openly Threatened
to lynch Gen. Herbert 0. Jeffries IL
he is not adequately punished for
killing William Nichols Chandler, ed
itor of the Panama Press. Gen. JEFF
fries is prisoner, not in cell, but
in a comfortable room on the first
floor of the police station. While re-
peating that he is sorry for Chan
dler's death, he says he has enough
powerful backing In the United
States to get him out of 1.-The scrape,"
as he calls it, Murder is not pun
ished here with death.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-02
WIFE NOTIFIED POLICT,
ARRESTED IN TIME

Macon, Ga.-Just as he was in
the act Of leaping from high
bridge that cpans the Ocmulgee riv-
er here J. L. Dees, an employee of
a local furniture company, was ar
rested by the police. Dees has been
acting queerly of late and is said
to have often threatened to end his
life. When he did not come home
at his accustomed hour last night
his wife became alarmed and noti-
fed the police.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-02
ESCAPING PRISONER
KILLED IN MERIDIAN.

Meridian, Miss Edward Strick-
land, federal prisoner in the city
jail, escaped with two other prison
ers only to lose his life in a fight
with a sheriff's posse several hours
later. Strickland was recently -
rested by the postofice authorities
on the charge of robbing the mails.
He pried of trap door. on the top
OF the jail and escaped through tae
Jail yard.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-02
POSTAL SUPERINTENDENT. /.
SHOT BY DIVORCED WIFE.

Dallas, TEX. h. Flanary, sup
er1ntendent OF the registry depart
ment OF the Dallas postoffice was
shot and fatally wounded by his df-
vorced wife in the heart of the busi-
ness district of the city. The We
man was arrested and Flanary was
rushed to a hospital. Little hopes
are entertained for his recovery as
he was shot three time7 in tie abb
domen.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-02
DES0LATION IN MONTEREY
River on a Rampage, Flooding
Northern Mexico.
DROWNED AS HIGH AS 600 TO 800
All Wires Down and Traffic Com.
pietely Paralyzed. Adobe Huts
Swept Away With Inhabf
tants by Mad Current.


Monterey, Mexico.-Eight humid
red persons drowned, $1,000 home
less and property damage to the ex-
tent OF 100000, is the result of
hood which struck this city.
For seventy-two hours it rained In
this section of the country and the
Santa Satarina river rose gradually
all day First 1t was thought that
there would be no lives lost in this
flood, but the water rose to a height
never before reached during the his
tory of the city.
The scene is one of utmost hor-
ror, four whole city blocks on the
south side completely disappeared
and the place looks as thought moth
ing had ever been built there. The
water reached the electric light plant
at night and the complete darkness
which reigned added to the terror of
the scene Cries of the drowning
people coul dbe heard and the on
lockers were powerless to aid. When
daylight came the scene was hides
crible. All through the flooded dis
trict groups of from ten to eighty
people could be seen huddled on the
tops of two story buildings entirely
surrounded by a tumbling seething
mass of water One by one these
houses disappeared with their hui
man freight. Nothing could live in
the wild current of the Santa Gaia
-ina river which was rushing down
at the rate of tewnty miles an hour.
The great steel plant suffered
lost of nearly a million dollars in
the flood, and the smelter of the
Mexican Lead Company was cut off
from the city and submerged. 1t
is estimated that the loss at this
plant will be over three millions
dollars
Reports state that the current in
the river was so swift that it ap-
peared to the stricken families who
lived in the vicinity to be a nina
ture Niagara.
The buildings of Monterey, like
chose of many other old Mexican CT
ties, are in the majority of cases
composed of mud and mortar. These
adobe buildings when struck by the
flood vertically dissolved and in
many instances the inhabitants are
reported to have been caught in the
falling material and rendered help
less, and drowned like rats in
trap.
The food conditions are not alone
peculiar to the vicinity of Monterey,
but extend as far south as Saltillo.
1t is reported that the city Of Bag
dag, state of Tamaulipas, has been
badly damaged Nine bridges and
more than fifty miles of track have
been washed out and the light house
at Tampico swept away. No dam
age was done to the shipping in the
harbors of Vera Cduz and Tampico.
The telegraph lines have been Grip
pied in the states Of Guanajuato,
Coahuila, Vera Cruz, Neuvo, Leon
and Tamaulipas The storm is the
most disastrous Mexico has experien-
ced in recent years.
Latest reports state that 125
miles of track of the National Rail-
way has been washed out. Rail
way officials admit that 25 miles
and IL bridges are goone and all
available wrecking trains are being
sent north.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-02
MANY OUT OF WORK
NOW ARE EMPLOYED.

New York.-Since January /, or
ders have been given by various rail-
road, express aud dispatch compa-
MES for from 10000 to $175,-
100000 of rolling stock. Many plants
that several months ago were run
ming on half time are today operat-
ing to their full capacity and thous-
and of men, who were oIt OF work
six months ago, have steady employ
Il ert
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-02
For Diamond Wearers.

Little hollow gold balls to snap on
over diamond earrings are novelty
not to be despised by the woman who
wants to wear her diamonds when
she goes a-trayeling. She may want
them with her, but she will not care
to wear them when appropriately
gowned. To her this latest device In
gold may prove most useful.
Herald. III yrs skass...tsssx, II, 4; 49,
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-02
FOR MANY
STENOGRAPHERS IN ALA.

Montgomery. Ala.-By signing the
bill which provides for court ste
nographers in every court OF record
in Alabama, Gov. B. B. Conner has
made glad the hearts of some three
or four hundred eager aspirants,
who are after the fifty or sixty posi-
lions that will be on the market.
The act provides that the salary
shall be $1,000.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-02
HEAVY LOSS TO ISLANDS
OFF COAST OF TEXAS.

Brownsville. Tex s.-Refugees
brought to the mainland by the life
saving crew from Brazos Dc Santa
go tell of damage to the Pedro and
Brazos Islands as q result of the gulf
storm. At Tarpon Beach every build
ing except the lighthouse and quar-
antine station was either damaged or
COS ~oyed, but, so far as ascertaina-
Bile. no lives were lest
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-02
CITIZENS PROTEST AGAINST
TALES TOLD By PREACHER.

Cincinnati, PROMINENT citizens
Of Ethel, Miss. the town in which
Rev. Frank C. English, who went
from Cincinnati to deliYer an address
to the negroes of that section on ed
ucation, returned and said that he
had been run out of town, addressed
letter to the Methodist authorities
i'm which they declare the minister
told untruths and demand that some
action be taken.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-02
DON'T WANT WOMEN AT
LAW SCHOOL

Memphis, Tenn.-Following the
announcement that Mrs. Martha
Conser has the honor of being the
first one to matriculate in the law
department of the University OF
Memphis, it DEVELOPS that Mrs. Con-
ser must surrender this honor, on
account Of the horrid old rule of the
restitution which provides no wo-
men shall be permitted to enroA In
this department, say university off,
Gals.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-02
FAMOUS GkUNtt Is
THREATENED DESTRUCTION.

Yosemite, Cal. "A forest fire at
the entrance Of the Yosemite Valley
threatens destruction Of the big tree
grove known as the MERGED Group,
one the worlds famous collections
of sequoias.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-02

The special session of the Ala
bama Legislature adjourned. The pro-
pose prohibition amendment to the
constitution will be submitted to
vote the last week In November.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-02
Little Pleatinu.

The tiny knife pleatings only an inch
In width are again coming to the front
with the revival of the fussy dresses
of the 1880 period. They belong to.
the era of the little roses, narrow
fringes and puffs. The selvage of
chiffon cloIn cut OFF and sent to the
pleater's or else done with patience
at home will save the whole hemming
process. The French also double
chiffon before it is pleated, to avoid
the hemming. The selyage Of some
silks may be used in the same way,
and when the band Of a different col
or along the edge HAPPENS to be in
harmony or in good Contrast, it has
even been chosen as a decoration for
the dress, and allowed to go into the
frill Tiny knife pleatings are made
of lace insertions because the straight
edge forms a more even line than the
scallop of lace When insertions are
used for frills, whether gathered or
pleated, they are felled to the gown
so that the pattern may not be vast
ed in a seam. Taffeta ribbon, too. Is
frequently converted into knife pleat-
ings.-Detriot News-Tribune.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-02
8 z
FROM A WOMAN,S VIEWPOINT

may be too bashful or too pulled up
to propose. And surely he cannot, for
the sake of chivalry, refuse her. /
practi what / suggest in my own
case, and my husband and | have
never quarreled in ten years. He al
ways agrees with me on every point,
and we truly enjoy a happy life. My
proposal was good thing, and it was
timely, for my husband has often told
me he might never have found the
courage TO say the word" This is a
pretty philosophy, but 1t must not be
forgotten that the man who hasn't
the heart TO propose isn't worth a
pinch of snuff.-New York Press.
sanss .azH9ERH ~
The Washington times., 1909-05-12

taking her coat from the rack stepped
out where the clustering vines of the
porch deepened the darkness.
The Washington times., 1909-05-12
OFFICIAL RECORDS
ARE PHOTOGRAPH HE'D
General Land Office Starts
Innovation in Certifying
Old Manuscripts.

The General Land Office has begun
an innovation in the certifying OF off,
ciai records by senoing out photo
graphs Of the manuscripts as they ap-
pear in the old books.
The first batch Of these new certif-
Gates were handed out yesterday, and
they showed up wen. They varied ac-
eording to the handwritInS of the clerk
who recorded the instruments. Then.
some Of the inks were blue and these do
not take well in photography.
The records show up many changes
and mistakes which would not appear
In the ordinary certified COPY of tfs
records Very frequently, a record ha
o be changed after Il has been sub
Scribed in the permanent form This
is done by interlineation. All this ap.
pears ir' the photograph copy and eacl
interiineation viii probably cause e
scrap between the opposing LAWYERS
when the instrument is put in evi
dence.
After the system is well in hand. the
Land Office expects to turn out COPIES
at more rapid rate than where every
thing was done on the typewriter. The
cost OF these copies is regulated bS
law. so the consumer is not taxed any
more. but the Government will saw
some money. However, Ii means les
clerical work for the oIIlce and fe1
stenographerS may lose their jobs be.
cause Of the new system.
The Washington times., 1909-05-12
THE HAND OF THE UNKNOWN

accomplished. and then, with q great
relief in his heart that he would soon
have his talk with Jim, he hastened TO
the Gordons.
It was nearly 9 o'clock when he at
last reached the gate. but he knew that
they would be expecting him.
For some nements he waited there
in the darkness, and at last the door
was opened by one Of the servants.
'T'll go right In" he said as the girl
stepped aside to admit him
II Think she said. ''that Mrs Gra-
ham has gone to bed, sir
That's all right; I'll see the young
man."
Hes not in the library. sir
Then I'll go there. and please ind
him and tell him that am here-he's 3
expecting me-
Very well, sir"
Into the great room the old man
passed. and with his entrance there
came upon him a sudden intense feel
ing of anxiety. Perhaps the uneaslness
Of Mrs. Graham, which hea possessed
her earlier in the >vening. and the
worry of Jim. still pervsded the place.
At any rate. he paced about uneasily,
until at last the maid returned with
the word that Jim was not to be found
about the house.
I've spoken to Mrs. Graham. she
added
With poorly concealed anxiety the
doctor waited her coming. and when
she appeared, clad In a rather hastily
prepared costume. his words were
eager.
-.Vbere's lin p,
IL don't know. Isn't he here?"
WITHOUT word. DR.. Jordan Ief: the
room and stepped cut on the dark
spite OF his years his movements were
quick. Returning to the library he
came again to Mrs. Graham
Did you talk at all about what we
know-about the chain?''
"Oh, no, no." she replied, frightened
Then he had no suspicion of our
disrovery2"
oh she cried. II did say something
about his returning the bag-without
thinking. What's the matter, DR..
Jordan?''
Where does he keep his hat and
coat?"
He always puts his hat there in the
nall he had no coat
Quickly the doctor went to the place
| indicated.
TITS not there" he said hopelessIy.
TITS gcne-and Jim's Gone-but.' and
his voice bore the strength of an old
mans determination, "we'u find that
baby, and Wen do it, Black and/I, y
tracing Jim Alton"
m. .-,,.s,,.@s,., ~ rv,at. g.. x.-,,,
BE Found IN Tomorrow Edf-
tion of The Times,
The Washington times., 1909-05-12
-Bv ROBERT RUSSELL

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