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Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-08-11
a fine and costs amounting To Sls. sol
was given him.

nlle and costs amounting to SiS. 30
was given him.
Reports are coming in from many
sections IN the northwestern part of
the state TO the effect that the dr.,
weather has left the Young Of the
Wild ducks in pitiful condition.
Smaller lakes and sioughs have tiried
up and the Young ducks. naN half
grown. are running about over the.
prairleS in search Of food 'rhe lakes
which have furnished food IN atund-
ance for them for years have almost
completely dried up. This is a com
aitlon that has not existed for
number of years The lakes have
been known as breeding place for
ducks since the earliest settlement
and they We're always to he found
there in great numbers. 1t is an
easy matter. and it is saa that the
settlers have tried it. to 80 ont With
sticks and slaughter the Young ducks
for food
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-29
FIGHT OVER
HOUSE SEATS
The Battle is Going to Come on
ths Proposition to Increase
Representatives
SOME WANT THE INCREASE
There Are 3o1 Members of Congress
Now-An Unwieldy Num-
Der as 1t Is.

Westinghouse very pretty fight
is looming up over the reappointment
of seats in the House of Representa-
tives under the new census. Already
the question is beginning to be dis
cussed.
The point of battle is going to come
over the proposition to so increase
the representation that the member
ship of the House will not be in
creased beyond unwieldy bulk. If this
is done some of the eastern states
will have their representation serious
~ cut. They will fight desperately
against this.
At present the house would be so
largely increased as to be unwieldy.
Those who remember the apportion-
ment contests of ten and twenty years
ago say the battles hinged on the
question of preserving to the little
peterborough states of the east the
representation they had, which even
twenty years ago was threatened by
the growing west, and they predict
that contest will be renewed with in
creased energy at this time.
If the Democrats should succeed in
electing majority of the next House
of Representatives at the November
election, it is probable the question
of apportionment will be tackled by
the present congress, which is repub-
llcan at the coming session. Should
the Republicans retain control there
is chance that the whole matter
may go over until the new congress
meets, the interim being occupied by
the party leaders in trying to reach
some agreement
There are 391 members of con.
gress now, number which admittedly
is unwieldy, and there is a sentiment
in favor of keeping it right there, or
even of reducing it, that it may be
more mobile in legislation, but as that
would unquestionably result in reduc-
ing the representation of number OF
states, some of them outside of New
England, it is more probable the total
number will be pushed along over the
400 mark.
After the census of 1900 the basis OF
apportionment was fixed at 1914, 1872
population, which was an increase OF
20,281 over the basis adopted ten
years previously. Two new states,
New Mexico and Arizona, are not yet
represented in congress, and they will
have to be considered in any appor-
tionment plan
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-29
HE RODE IN A BARREL
THROUGH THE RAPIDS

/. Niagara Falls, N. Y.-Bobby Leach,
of Niagara Falls, Ont, made "trip
through the Whirlpool rapids in bar
rel, starting from the Maid of the
Mist and landing near the center OF
Cantilever bridge. Except for few
scratches and bruises, Leach, who
claims to have made the trip several
times before, was unhurt Leach en-
tered the rapids at 3:57, and went
through them in three minutes, riding
the tremendous waves smoothly. The
great wave caught the barrel and hurl-
ed it clear of the water, but it righted
itself nicely and went on to the whirl-
pool without mishap. Five times the
barrel circled the whirlpool, keeping
to the outer edge. At the south end
of the pool it was caught in an in
shore eddy and hoated in close enough
to be caught with a pole at sos. The
only one of the barre, navigators to
be killed in the trip to the whirlpool
was Maud Willard, who suffocated in
her barrel in September, 1901. She
was in the whirlpool for five hours.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-29
SIX IN MOTOR CAR ARE
DROWNED IN NEW ORLEANS

New Orleans.-Six persons in an
automobile plunged into the canal
here and all of the party were drown
ed. In the automobile were Thomas
Butler, owner of the machine; Joseph
Freedman, perfumery salesman, and
an unknown man. With the party
were three chorus girls from the
Queen of the Moulin Rouge" compa-
ny, now playing here. The accident
occurred shortly after o'clock in the
morning. The car, in making sharp
turn at high rate of speed, turned
over 15-foot embankment of the new
basin. Five bodies have been recov-
cred. Two are those of John Free
man, who travelled for LaSalle, Nally
& Co.,. New York, and Thomas Boet-
Ter, Of New Orleans, owner and driver
of the machine.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-29
MARCH IS A BAD MONTH
Statistics Show Decrease of From
l5.4 TO Is Per Thousand of
Population.

Washingtot1.-The death rate in the
death registration cities and states of
the United States dropped to Is per
1000 of Professionally estimated pop
ulation last year, according to the
forthcoming census bureaus bulletin
on mortality statistics for 1909.
In 1909 the death rate was 1874 per
1000, and in the bureaus annual re-
port for that year, issued last spring.
it was stated that evidently a low
rate of mortality has begun. In the
bulletin for 1909 the figures for states
are lower than that of any previous
year of registration, and are probably
the lowest that ever occurred in the
history of the United States. 1t is
stated that the mortality was distrib-
uted with more than ordinary uni
formity throughout the year 1909. and
no epidemics of other than very To-
cal extent were found to have oc-
Cured.
The total number of deaths return
ed from the registration area for 1902
was 1888, an increase of 40,o64 over
the number 1,574 returned for 1908.
Of the total number in 1909 there
were 3o8,5o7 deaths, or r4.4 per cent.
among males as compared with SAB
in 1908.
The largest number of deaths re-
turned for any month in 1909 was
70,0o3 for March. With the great ma
jority of the registration states and
cities it is the month having the larg-
est number of deaths, while June is
the month of lowest mortality The
Professionally estimated aggregate
population of the registration area of
the United States in 1909 is 48,776,8o3,
or 55.3 per cent of the total estimated
population of continental United
States.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-29
Mississippi News
| 00D00D0 u II {

The Farmers Union of George coun-
ty held their annual picnic at Evan
ston, but, owing to the short notice
given of the date, the attendance was
quite small, not over 500 people being
present. After dinner the people had
an opportunity to hear two interest,"
ing speeches. Mr.. Harper, county or
ganizer for the union, spoke at length
and gave the farmers some wholesome
advice along agricultural lines. Fol-
lowing him, Mr.. Waller of the Luce.
dale bar delivered an entertaining ad.
dress.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-29
Try to Kill the Emperor.

Tokio.-A sensation was created by
the publication of the alleged details
of plot among his own subjects to
assassinate Emperor Mutsuhito. The
startling story appeared in the Hochi
Skimbun, which states that the plot
tiers, who are under arrest, certainly
will be sentenced to death after trials
before a secret court This is the first
time in the history of the country that
the life of the sovereign has been
plotted against by his own people and
the fact known.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-29
SWIFT RETRIBUTION FOR
MAN WHO SHOT GIRL

Oskaloosa, Iowa.-Swift and I'M
usual retribution overlook William
Boston after he had shot and probably
fatally wounded Susan .Losson, 29
years old, at Cricket, Iowa. Pursued
by friends of the woman, who had
Tilted Boston, the man fed through q
woods and attempted to board NOV
ing train. Out of breath and made
unsteady by fear, apparently, Boston
fell under the wheels of the car and
was grouad to death.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-29
DAREDEVIL AVIATORS
CROSS THE ALPS.

Rome.-Two daredevil aviators
made flight across the Alps, starting
from Brigue, Switzerland, and follow
ing, thousands Of feet in the air, the
path that Napoleon's army took on
its march into Italy. Chavez, the Pc
ruvian bird man. was dashed into a
rock at Domodosilla, after flight of
Is miles. His monoplane was wreck
ed, and he is reported to be seriously,
perhaps fatally, injured. Aviator Pail
lette. after topping the peaks, descend
ed at Stresa for few minutes and
then continued his flight to Milan.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-29
CASE OF CHOLERA
FOUND IN NAPLES.

Rome.-Of6cial announcement has
been made that one case of cholera
had been found in Naples. The for
eign office has notified the respective
governments adhering to the sanitary
consigned in Paris. 1t is also an
nounced that all who were in contact
with the disease have been isolated
and that other and more drastic meas
ures are being taken to prevents its
spread. The sanitary staff of Naples
has been reinforced.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-29
Preacher Played Ball-Fired.

Louisville, Ky.-Because he played
baseball and INDUCED in other athletic
sports which were distasteful to the
members of his congregation, Rev.
Arthur Brooks, pastor of the Metho-
dist church at Crestwood, was voted
unfit to have charge of the parish by q
majority Of his flock, and he an
nounced to his congregation that he
was addressing them for the last time.
Rev. Brooks is young minister and
came 70 the Crestwood church highly
recommended.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-29
BUMPER COTTON CROP
IN RUSSIAN EMPIRE.

Observation-Disclosures are that
the Russian. cotton crop will exceed
the 1909 yield, which was 3o8,000,OOO
pounds. Imports of raw cotton into
Russia during the early months of
the present year have been very
heavy, the value for the first four
months being more than $23,G00,000.
If the demand by the Russian mills
continues throughout the year, it is
declared, the buying record of all pre-
vious years will be exceeded
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-29

rksdale-Although the farmers
grumbling at the cotton outlook, yet
the merchants here report that their
September business is showing up
better than for several years. The
good roads of this county, comprising
total length of over 400 miles and
reaching into new territories which
heretofore have not been reached By
Clarksdale merchants, are now bring
ing large amount of outside trade to
this point.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-29

Meridian.-The report of pistol
undoubtedly saved the lives of the
wife and children of John H. Horne
and L. L. Linson, his wife and child,
when the Horne home was destroyed
by fire. The inmates of the house
were awakened by the report of the
pistol, which had been discharged by
the fire just in time to make their es-
cape from the burning building.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-29
Mother and Children Murdered.

Westchester, Pa.-The wife and
three children of John Zoos, of Byers,
in this county, were found murdered
in their home. The murderer is not
known. but robbery is thought to be
the motive, all the cash If the house
being missing.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-29
Telegraphed Sherman's March.

Chicago, Hi. D. Voltse. for fifty
FIVE years telegraph operator and a
member Of the civil war telegraphers'
corps, died in Elgin, I'll. From Rome.
Ca. he sent the message to President
Lincoln outlining General Sherman's
plan of his march to the sea- Last fall
he was retired on pension BY the
Chicago and Northwestern railway
after twenty-five wears as station mas
ter at South Elgin.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-29

Madrid. Reports from the south
state that eight villages, including the
towns Of Lorika and Cieza, are under
cloudbursts and loss Of life is feared.
Unprecedented storms of wind and
rain and hail have nearly ruined the
olive crop
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-29

Portland. -Sixty-one persons.
all but seven of them residents of
Maine, lost their lives by drowning in
the waters of this state
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-29
His Skull Crushed

Folkstone, Eng-Aviator Barnes
was fatally injured when his aeroplane
fell fifty feet to the earth with him
after 4 two-mile flight, fracturing his
skull.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-29

Meridian.-An outrageous piece Of
malicious mischief came to light when
it was discovered that the handsome
$500 pipe organ at the First Baptist
Church had been put out of commits
sion by an incendiary. Panels of the
organ had been removed and parts Of
the instrument set on fire, allowed to
burn few moments and the extin.
guished.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-29

Clarksdale.-The Buckeye Cotton
Oil Company has invaded this terri
tory, and the probabilities are that
there will be keen competition in
Clarksdale this fall for cottonseed.
Percy Baker Of this city will repre-
sent the Buckeye company, and he is
already offering $50 a ton for cotton
seed.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-29

Wesson.-Several members of the
Farmers Union and others met at
Sand Hill school house, six miles east
of here, and made up their orders for
wheat seed Considerable wheat was
planted here this year and it was a
success, many of the farmers having
been eating new wheat -four from
their own fields since May. They in
tend to plant on a larger scale for an
other crop.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-29

Tupelo.-The second annual fair of
the Tri-County Fair Association, COM
posed Of the counties of Lee, Pontotoc
and Ittewamba, opened Monday. the
attendance being estimated at from
six to seven thousand people. The
opening was marked by monster pa
rade composed of floats representing
almost every interest and industry in
the city.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-29

A posse of Infatuated citizens of
Pine Ridge district, Adams county,
secured the woods looking for an uni
Identified negro who murderously as
saulted Bayard Shields, groceryman,
living at Pine Ridge. The negro made
an attack on Shields, telling him with
a club while he was sitting in front of
his store.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-29

At meeting held at Verona for the
purpose of organizing wheat grow
ers' association a goodly number of
farmers were present. A permanent
organization was effected by the cleo
ton of Hon. F. A. Green as chairman
and ]. A. Gregory as secretary. A hun
dred acres were pledged and much
more will follow.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-29

According to DR.. w. T. Lowrey, the
president of Mississippi College at
Clinton, things look bright for the en-
suing scholastic year. The indications
are that the large enrolment of BIT
pupils which was attained last year
year will be passed in prospect for
1901, and he expects a very busy
will be passed in prospect for
be expected.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-09-29

The Daughters Of the Confederacy
and others have contracted with the
Columbus Marble Works to erect a
Confederate monument at Waynesboro
to cost $1,000 and to be completed In
twelve months.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-02
MILL EEED-
Wounds Prove Fatal.

After having been confined to Johns
Hopkins Hospital for more than a week
with a bullet resting in his brain, Harry
Harbaugh, % years old, of near Sabill
asyille, this county, died early Monday
morning. One weak ago last Saturday
night. the members of Mr. Harbaugh' s
family were aroused by the sound of a
revolver shot, and on rushing into his
room found him lying on the bed with
blood streaming down his face and a
smoking revolver in his hand.
1t is said that he had been drinking
heavily for several days Harbaugh
had sat with his head resting upon the
back Of chair, placed 22-caliber re-
volver over his temple above the right
eye and pulled the trigger. He was
unconscious when found.
A physician was hurriedly summoned
and found that the bullet had entered
the forehead and lodged at the base Of
the brain. As the injured man was
still breathing the doctor advised that he
be rushed to the nearest hospital. The
young man was taken to Baltimore on
the first available train and sent to The
Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he laid
between life and death for week.
Coroner Linthicum rendered verdict
of death due to bullet wound self
inflicted.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-02
Shortage in Brunswick Bank.

Willard +. Shafer, of Brunswick, has
been named by the Court as one of the
receivers for the Brunswick Savings
Bank in the place of Deputy Motter,
who resigned. The other receiver is
John S. Newman, of this city.
The work Of going over the affairs of
the bank is still in progress and it will
likely be week before statement can
be issued. The assets are figured out
and, while no mention has been made of
the amount, it is understood they will
total over Sl60, 600. The bank has
more than 1000 accounts, and each
one is being carefully investigated.
Until the liabilities are known, the cor
rect condition of the bank cannot be
told. Deputy Motter said that all
rumors concerning the amount of short
age are purely speculative and guess
work. AS soon as possible, he said, a
statement will be issued, but this cannot
be done until the liabilities, which are
now being figured out, are in hand.
There is nothing to indicate anything
more, it is said, thon loose business
methods and the shortage is attributed
to poor bookkeeping. Notes, overdue
for long periods, have been found and
others, it is said, containing what is re-
garded as doubtful Endorsements. By
next week, it is thought,,a statement of
the bank will be given out.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-02
Awarded Damages.

Miss Josephine Smith, of Hanover,
Pa, was awarded So, 1876 damages in a
decision handed down in the Adams
county court, at Hanover, on Saturday
last, in the case against the borough of
Littlestown, Pa.
The suit is the result of injuries re.
ceived by the plaintiff, who fell in to an
unprotected ditch on the sidewalk of one
of Littlestown's main streets in June,
1909. Since that time Miss Smith has
been under the care of doctor, and for
several months was confined to bed. She
appeared in court on crutches and it is
stated that her injuries may be perma-
nent.
Miss Smith formerly lived in this city,
but has been living with the family Of
her brother, Cleveland Smith, Hanover,
for several years. Miss Smith is a sister
of Mrs. Oliver Il. mellow, East Third
street extended, with whom she resided
for many years.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-02
Suffragette Militancy.

Everybody knows what would
happen if men should do what
women did in London on Tues
day. Their violent efforts would
be forcibly repressed, if necessary,
with the truncheons Of the police,
or even, as Gladstone ordered in
Ireland, with buckshot; and that
action would be approved by right
thinking citizens. If, unhappily,
murder was committed, the PEN
atty would be paid on the gallows.
1t would seem to many persons
shocking to employ these methods
toward vote-seeking women, many
OF whom, we are assured, are
women of refinement and culture
and eentlenesS of heart. Yet
statesman may be kicked and
trampled to death by a mob of
gentle danes" as surely as by a
mob of male ruffians. We all
know how impartial i'll its sever
ity the law is in other cases.
Women have been sent to the
gallows in England and in Amer
lea for ordinary murders. IF the
assault on Mr.. Birrell had re-
suited in his death, which it po-
tentially involved, would it have
been passed over as merely
pretty Fanny's way?"
The question OF woman suffrage
is not involved in this. 1t is the
question of law and order, and
also of that very law and order,
and also of that very equality be-
fore the law for which the suffra-
gettes profess to be clamoring.
Entire equality does not now ex-
list. Women undoubtedly suffer
what they regard as disadvan-
tage i'll the electoral law. They
just as certainly enjoy marked
advantages in other important
laws, particularly those relating
to property. They are denied
certain privileges, but they are
invested with others and with
various important inmunities. 1t
is not necessary to discuss the
striking of a balance in the ac-
count i'll order to determine
whether, on the whole, women
are favored more or less than
men before saying that it does
not seem as though the time may
be at hand when it will have to
be carefully considered whether /
exception is to be made to the
laws against rioting and murder
i'll favor of women who are in
clined to such methods of delnon-
strating their fitness for participa-
ton i'll government Me7O York
Tribune.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-02
Hagerstown Fair Also Made
Money.

At a meeting of the Hagerstown Fair
Association, Treasurer Daniel w. Reich
ard submitted his annual report, which
showed gross receipts of $42, $40. % and
gross expenditures of $3S, 1876. The
association had a cash balance on hand of
So. 406.2l, but it has Sc, 317.9l Dor.
rowed.
The net profits of the fair held in
October last were 81, 500 40, the gate
and grandstand receipts amounting to
$40. $50. 20 and SO, 7S0. % respectively.
During the year SIC, 7l0.6l was
spent on permanent improvements, in
Guiding the building of new poultry
exhibition building.
The association has assets amounting
to $l12.992. 90 and liabilities of only
SIS, S17.91.
The directors decided to hold next
year fair on October 10, IL, IL and ID.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-02
New Postoff1ce Inspector.

Postmaster-General Hitchcock has
appointed Inspector Carter B. Keene, Of
Maine, to the position of inspector-in
charge of the Washington division,
which comprises Maryland. the District
of Columbia Delaware, West Virginia,
Virginia and North Carolina and Porto
Rico.
Mr. Keene, during the last few
months, had shown efficiency in the
handling of some of the important fraud
cases investigated by direction of the
Postmaster General. He superseded as
head of the Washington inspection divis-
ion John r. Harrison, who has been
transferred to the position of city in.
spector at Chicago.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-12-02
Haul Many Passengers.

About $50 passengers took advantage
Of the electric cars and made trip
around the Fair Ground loop on Sun
day last. The laying of the crossties
and the track for the car barn loop,
which extends from the Patrick street
switch across the Burger lot, is nearly
completed, and will be finished by the
end of the week