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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1903
Page
6
Vardaman leads with 119 electoral votes to Cruz 117 and Noel 24 with six doubtful counties left. Money and McLaurin secure the Senate on first ballot. Capitol building praised by the inspection committee, occupancy delayed. National Guard encampment canceled for the year.
A Chicago dispatch reports Alexander B. Heffernan, wealthy Knoxville visitor, negotiating to buy ninety thousand acres of timber and agricultural land in Cherokee county North Carolina. His plan is to colonize southern Cherokee with poor people from St. Louis Chicago and other large cities.
Postmaster F. A. Vise of Fair Dealing Missouri is jailed here on charges of over 1000 dollars in short accounts. He was arraigned and, with a $2000 bail, sent to jail. The case notes he acted as banker for the post office and allegedly paid large bills by issuing money orders.
Professor John Merriam of the University of California reports new Paleontological finds from Shasta county caves. Two newly discovered caves yielded bones of extinct animals including mountain lion bison wolf porcupine cave bear and ground sloth. An almost complete small cave bear specimen was found.
Miss Sarah S Platt a young woman from New Haven Conn has filed a petition in bankruptcy. She held stock dealing as a business for several years and is said to be the first woman in the state to take advantage of the law. Liabilities are about ten thousand dollars a slump in mining stocks is blamed for the trouble.
Missa Bessie Parish sues B. L. Isaacs and wife for 5000 dollars defaming her, alleging false accusation of stealing while Parish worked as a clerk. An attachment on Isaacs stock and the store closure accompany the action.
Construction on the Mobile Jackson and Kansas City Railroad advances with J Jones and L V Sullivan reporting progress toward Newton and Pontotoc. A man shot himself near Laurel, identified as J D Davis, while Isaiah Johnson died from morphine poisoning near Hattiesburg.ivil events include a Starkville Live Stock Association meeting, a Gallman Sunday School convention, Moody’s jail transfer to Batesville, Kyle’s bid for speaker, and Yazoo City crop notes noting late growth and occasional blight.
A Tri bune dispatch from San Francisco reports Princess Arimahinihini Pomare, daughter of the late Tahitian king Pomare, arrived in Chicago aboard the Mariposa with her aunt Mrs. Dorence Atwater. Pomare, educated in a French convent, speaks French English and native Tahitian.
Bernard Cohen an 18 year old was discharged from a New York hospital after brain blood clot surgery. Doctors say memory and speech are gone and he must relearn how to talk. Also reports of Sunday long island resort crowds hindered by an Electric Railway strike. Police guarded reserves overnight. Budapest notes Count Hedervary resigns and Emperor Francis Joseph to form a cabinet. Runkle posts $5,000 bail in postoffice graft case. Washington court overrules demurrers in Machen bribery indictments over letter box fasteners.
Governor Heard declines to intervene in A. E. Batson case. Batson scheduled to hang Friday at Lake Charles for the murder of seven Earl family members. Also noted is a statement about the American squadron under Rear Admiral Cotten arriving from Lisbon en route to Villefranche, Southern France via Gibraltar.
Herald dispatch reports the Trouville Hotel De Paris area engulfed in flames after a short circuit ignited in the ceiling of the gambling room. The blaze spread through the casino’s right wing, while the theater and concert hall remained undamaged. Firefighters, including a boy named Henri de Rothe, battled the fire as crowds gathered on the beach. The casino was insured but redecorations had recently increased expenses.
The Victorian Women's Federal Political Association nominates its president for the senate selection. A Melbourne Times dispatch notes the constitution’s male centric term "he" in qualifications. With federal enfranchisement of women, lawyers argue the term may include women and the claim is being pressed.
In Madison county Jesse Durham, who killed Frank Blackwell and John Scott last fall, was acquitted by a circuit court grand jury. Judge Allison criticised the jury for an apparent self defense verdict and alleged pre verdict influence, warning that such outcomes cheapen human life.
Herald dispatch from Lima reports Peru reduces sugar duties following Brussels Congress findings. Deputies approved the senate action, aligning with international recommendations and impacting trade policy.
James Coghill of Holyoke died at 40 after living 3.5 years with a broken back. A fall fractured his spinal column and caused paralysis below the break, ending a remarkable long fight with disability.
Turkish troops clash with insurgents near the village of Kailar as 24 battalions are ordered to move from Anatolia into the Macedo nian revolutionary districts. Rusi Pash moves two battalions via Balonica toward Monastir in renewed action.
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