The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-07-28
Wire Flashes.


Foreign.
Bishop van de Ven, of Natchito-
ches, La, was received by the peo-
pie in private audience at Rome.
The coronation of King George of
Great Britain has been fixed for
June, 1911.
The Japanese Government is wag-
ing war on rebellious natives in
Formosa.
The Monroe doctrine has been
brought to the front in the Pan
American Congress at Buenos Aires.
The Chinese Government is MAX
ing a vigorous protest against the
Russo-Japanese treaty.
The Zeppelin gas works at Fried
richshafen, Germany, were demolish-
ed by an explosion.
The Pillsbury-Washbu failure
was denounced in London as one of
the greatest, scandals of modern
times.
Rioting again followed an at
tempt by an American company to
resume street car service at Bogo-
ia, Colombia.
A Zelayan Cabinet was appointed
by President Madriz of Nicaragua.
Several towns in the Province of
Manitoba, Canada, were destroyed
by forest fires.
Alexander Hollander, wanted by
the Federal authorities at New York
in connection with the Custom
house frauds, was arrested at Nap
les, Italy.
While he was making cross-coun-
try fight, near. Barcelona, Spain,
Aviator Ehrmann's aeroplane was
struck by lightning and fell blazing
to the ground The aviator escaped
uninjured
Emil Mitchell, of Louisiana, was
elected chief of the Gypsies.
The New Orleans molasses whisky
case will be tested in the courts.
The population of Jackson, Miss,
is 21262, while in 1900 it was 1916.
The Texas Legislature convened
to consider the advisability of re-
pealing the fire rating board law.
w. ". Miller, a Motorman at Ma
con, Ca, was bequeathed 100000
by man he had befriended.
Eleven men were killed and sew
eral injured by the premature ex-
plosion of a gun at Fort Monroe,
Va.
Frank and John Kemp, brothers,
charged with having shot James Ry-
les, near Wilmer, Ala, June "a, were
discharged by the Judge.
The report gained currency at the
Seashore Camp Grounds that Bishop
E. R. Hendrix has resigned as presi-
dent of the Board of Trust of Van
derbilt University.
Van H. Manning. of Mississippi,
who has been in the employ of the
Geological Survey since 1866, was
appointed chief clerk of the Bureau
of Mines.
Lawrence S. Baker, II years Of
age, met almost instant death by
having his jujular vein pierced by
a stingray, while swimming at West
Palm Meach, Fla.
The Federal Government is adver-
Using for sites for postoffices at Can
ton, Clarksdale, Grenada, Holly
Springs. McComb City and Tupelo,
Miss.
Republican leaders fear that the
new census will increase Southern
representation in Congress, and they
are planning to limit membership of
the House to 40.
Oscar Pullman was convicted at
Little Rock, Ark, of the murder OF
L. w. Deloney, but death sentence
suspended until he can testify against
the widow of DeloneE, accused of
completely in the plot.
The first three reserve stations to
be established in the coal fields of
the country as a means of reducing
the number of deaths in the mines
will be established at Birmingham,
Ala, Huntington, w. Va, and Will
kesbarre, Pa.
J. T. Mcknight and John II. Mil
Ter, members of the defunct firm or
Steele, Miller & Co., of Corinth,
Miss, which failed shortly after tho
failure of the Knight-Yancey Com
pany was announced were arrested
for issuing alleged forged bills Of
lading.
Miscellaneous.
An adjustment of the railroad rate
question between the Interstate Com
merce Commission, the railroad and
the shippers is now certain.