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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1903
Page
7
Trustees of the deaf and dumb institute plan to review candidate sites for a rebuilt facility after fire destroyed the old building. A suggested location is the Sligo stock farm on the city’s western edge, appealing for its ample land and dairy facilities as lawmakers seek a healthier suburban setting.
O W Hillard comptroller of the Friso system has been elected treasurer of the Evensville and Terre Haute Railroad, replacing Charles A Nones who resigned. The Colonial Trust Company is named transfer agent for both common and preferred stock of the Eyansville and Terre Haute Company.
Chicago Rock Island & Pacific directors invite Davenport meeting on October 8 to discuss issuing bonds not exceeding 250 million dollars for refunding redeeming or paying existing obligations or financing consolidation and future development.
In Birmingham Alabama miners resumed work unevenly due to Friday superstitions. Not all reported by Friday. many returned by Monday as mining facilities were upgraded. Despite idle month, officials believe coal production for the year will surpass 1902.
The TransMississippi Commercial Congress meets in Seattle August 18 to 21 with a near completed program. Distinguished gentlemen invited to speak include President Roosevelt or an appointed representative, and Admiral Dewey is invited to discuss Coast Defenses and the Navy.
Senator Lodge finished preliminary plans for the Alaskan Boundary Commission meeting. He had lunch with Premier Balfour and dinner with Colonial Secretary Chamberlain. The commission is expected to assemble at the Foreign Office.
Seven hundred eighty five young men seek admission to Yale undergraduate entering class next September. Last year 681 applied. Academical department leads with 416 candidates. Charles B. Hare named government bacteriologist in the Philippines at 1500 dollars salary after contracting bubonic plague at Michigan University lab.
A St Louis newspaper man Ripley D Saunders and Pass ChristianMiss Miss Mary E Spearing marry after years apart. They first met near Pass Christian while Miss Shinkel daughter of Edward Shinkel New Orleans ship builder taught in Germany. Saunders book John Kenadie sparked renewed correspondence and led to their union. A Mobile suicide of Edward T Sykes Jr bookkeeper at Bloch Bros ends tragic week. Sykes, a well connected Mississippi native, shot himself in the Blach Bros building. The event shrouded in social circles and followed by his burial in Columbus.
Memphis report states William I. Hoskins of Mississippi must remain in Shelby County jail until his trial. Judge Moss denied bail. defense asked for immediate trial, which the court reserved. Hoskins is charged with killing John M. Robertson on June 25, claiming he acted to save Mrs. Robertson from her husband who allegedly threatened her with a razor.
A head end collision near Brookhaven on the Pearl River Lumber Company railroad killed two Negro workmen riding the tender as the locomotive telescoped. The engineer escaped by jumping. The accident was caused by a mistake in orders.
A wagon accident details a man pounded by a hail of extchlight and a horse collision leaving one rider slightly injured. Tupelo Cotton Mill stockholders declare 14 percent dividend and approve $40,000 new stock for plant improvements. Captain Hayes reports delta crops short with early frost likely to limit harvests. Dawes Commission date sets Native removal to Indian Territory. Newman Alexander captured after killing his wife. he is wounded and jailed awaiting circuit court.
Five hundred attended the Farmers Institute at Eatonville eight miles north of Hattiesburg. Addresses were made by E. B. Ferri of the McNeil Experimental Station, Prof. Irby of Texas, and F. F. Philips, president of the Hattiesburg Truck Growers' Association. Exercises will be continued tomorrow.
Seth H E Tracy a Texas native now living in Washington was arrested by Houston detectives on a Texas indictment alleging a $20,000 shortage in the school board funds for which he served as secretary. He regretted the timing as he had nearly finished plans to return to Texas to face the charge.
San Francisco reports Dean CO Worcester, Philippine commissioner, states that cattle pest, cholera, and bubonic plague are stamped out. He says insular government is funding permanent improvements and operating on reduced import duties, with land tax solving provincial and municipal revenue needs.
Jeffersonville report states Robert Lee, the Black man who shot Policeman Louis Massey in Evansville on July 8 and sparked a riot causing deaths and injuries, died in prison from wounds. Boer emigrants who formed a colony in Chile have located a large gold field.
A Water Valley dispatch reports heavy rains ending a drought and enabling a corn crop said to be the best in seven years, with the season finishing strongly for the local area.
Two clever artists fleeced city and nearby towns by issuing worthless checks. A. O. Murray was arrested and turned over to Marshal Buchanan of Mount Olive after obtaining about one hundred dollars under false pretenses. W. M. Sperer escaped after duping Laurel merchants.
New York carries a Santiago dispatch reporting a spreading bakers strike. Few shops stay open as strikers try to torch shops and attack bakers carts. Armed detachments guard stores while strikers reject all arbitration offers.
A diver reports the Hungarian steamer wrecked near Cape ledges forty three years ago still shows the after part two sides and the shaft in place. Cargo includes steel bars visible in the hull and an effort may be made to recover some of the cargo.
Reports from Washington show ongoing investigations into post office irregularities with Ostmaster General and aides stressing no shielding of officials and readiness to act on all evidence. Indictments against Machen and Groff brothers challenged as defective, while yellow fever worsens in Tampico and Dona Cecilia. Congress urged to curb cotton corners as mills report falling trade. Sherman statue unveiling planned. Columbus Barracks sale slated. Venezuelan tensions and arbitration hurdles noted.
Gulf & Ship Island Railroad reports launches August 2 1903 of a Pullman Buffet Drawing room Sleeping Car between Memphis and Gulfport. Cars are broad vestibuled and gas lit, with through-fast trains to coincide with the opening of the Great Southern hotel at Gulfport.
Cologne Gazette cites Chinese sources claiming Russia sent several hundred Cos mocks into Thibet claiming Chinese permission to travel through. The Chinese government reportedly told their Thibet representative that no permission exists and to monitor Russian movements while avoiding forceful clash.
An attachment issued by the United States circuit court was served on the Merchants' Brokerage and Commission Company by U S Marshal Dorsey who took possession of the offices. The suit, filed by attorneys for William Wilmerton of Rock Island county to recover 40000 dollars alleged to have been invested.
United States Commissioner Henry Stanfield heard the case of 12 year old Gay Mullins, charged with selling whisky without a license in Union City. The government bound Mullins over to the next term of the Federal court as the boy could not stand the jail term, a bent back to jail.
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