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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1907
Page
3
In Washington, officials disclosed new developments involving a Belgian national linked to ongoing diplomatic queries. Details remain sketchy as investigators assess potential implications for bilateral relations and security protocols.
Acting Secretary Herbert Knox Smith sustained the decision of a board of special inquiry admitting Irene Vanderauwera, a Belgian woman, to the United States. She had been ordered deported for trachoma after arriving in New Orleans last April and undergoing medical review. The case drew national and international attention and involved appeals by Senator MacEnery and presidential intervention attempts.
Government promised immunity months ago to Chicago and Alton Railroad officials for giving information to convict Standard Oil of receiving rebates.Approved by Attorney General William H. Moody the pledge supported by the case Judge Landis later fined Standard Oil $29,240,000.
Brigadier General Ernest A Garlington, tasked by Secretary Taft to deepen inquiries into alleged irregularities in the Philippines quartermaster department, is in Manila. The probe follows a report by Gen Leonard Wood on furniture fabrication for officers and souvenirs sent abroad with no proper government accounting.
The Salvation Army launches an antiplague campaign in Muktipa India by importing English cats to suppress rodents. The first batch of twelve feline missionaries sailed on the steamer Kineraig.
A fierce effort to stop sending the battle ship squadron to the Pacific draws labor and contractor opposition. Workers on the Atlantic coast fear job loss while suppliers worry about lost business. Also reports Ed Turner, a convict, escaping Sunflower farm after slipping into a corn field and eluding hounds.
Paris circles discuss the William II and Edward VII conference. Reportedly, the meeting marks a further relaxation of European tensions. Observers assess the understanding as possibly more friendly than the Edward Alfonso Spain accord reached months earlier.
The President expresses concern that Navy Department affairs are deteriorating to a point where he may personally intervene. A special board of technical officers is to review conditions behind the turret accident on the battleship Georgia, signaling reduced confidence in the Board of Construction and possible reallocation of duties from the regular boards.
Reports from Mexico warn of near war among Central American states with the exception of Costa Rica. Washington officials say indications point to a forthcoming conference in Washington next fall or winter, aiming to settle tensions after the Nicaraguan attack on Acajutala, El Salvador.
The president will not involve himself personally in the telegraphers strike. Appeals from boards of trade and commercial bodies in many cities, led by Chicago, have been sent to the executive office. Communications have been referred to Labor Commissioner Neill, with no instructions or recommendations yet sent.
Attorney General Bonaparte is the first cabinet member back in Washington after vacation. He plans to stay at most two weeks before another rest, after pulling a few more handfuls of hair out of the trusts. He is already pressed by pending suits and was consulted by acting attorney general Charles W. Russell.
Cardinal Gibbons of Southampton L I weighs in on a large Standard Oil fine. He suggests the penalty may be inadequate to enforce the law and argues that jailing the company’s guilty officials could be a more effective remedy.
Rear Admiral Dayton commands four cruisers in the Pacific squadron and will visit Yokohama to demonstrate friendly US Japan relations. Alcorn County misses fair this year but plans a central display of resources with premiums offered. stock-raising promotion expected to attract interest. A regular county fair is hoped to be organized next year.
An Illinois farmer writes to the Clarksdale Register arguing delta drainage is essential to prosperity. He compares Georgia and Mississippi, cites tile drainage as a path to profitability, recounts a neighbor's debt reduction after drainage, and urges rapid tile implementation to unlock the delta’s cotton wealth and attract investment.
Lawrence county will vote this week on the proposition to work the road by contract. It is a good plan to submit these important matters to the people and Lawrence county is in the right line. Extraordinary statements are contained in the report respecting the varying prices of oil in this country. It is pointed out that as the Standard does business indirectly with the retail dealers, it is in a position to make different facilities and it actually takes advantages of that position. In localities where the Standard has no competition, it exacts immensely high prices for its product than it charges where it is obliged to meet competition.
The Pennsylvania railroad plans a Bedford school of telegraphy to educate and train its operators amid telegraphers strikes and the threat of an Order of Railway Operators walkout. Telegraph instructor J. F. Cossa has been hired as part of the faculty. the system serves over 11,000 miles of track and about 190,000 employees.
Cape Town reports a renewed insurrection threat in German South West Africa led by Moorengo after his escape from British custody. He joined with a fellow German chief and 400 followers, returning swiftly to the territory. Cape police pursue but face countryside obstacles, with Moorengo rumored dead multiple times by German authorities.
Edward Cox of Williamstown, months after a stroke left him speechless, reportedly regained fluent speech when a carpet tack placed on a chair and sat upon by him allegedly stimulated a return of his voice. Doctors claimed the cure could be permanent.
Decatur police are puzzled by a large trunk of ladies and children's shoes found in a negro house and believed stolen from a freight car. The shoes, shipped from Chicago, have no identifiable owner despite searches by police and railroad detectives.
Miss Willa Jeermy, a Western Union operator who refused to strike, was abducted by two strikers as she entered the doorway to the Pittsburgh office. She started for work as usual and has not been seen since. Police are investigating the case.
Nashville officials report rising outrages by night riders in the tobacco district. Governor Patterson offers a 1500 dollar reward for arrest and conviction of any night rider in Montgomery and Robertson counties and vows to end the lawlessness terrorizing residents. A separate 2500 dollar reward is offered for arsonists who burned the Wall storehouse in Montgomery County.
In New York John D. Rockefeller’s fortune slid as Standard Oil tumbled to 450, down 50 points since Judge Landis’s Chicago ruling. The drop marked the lowest price for Standard Oil since January 1899. In Memphis Mrs. George W. Perkins died after leaping from Sanford's Infirmary window during typhoid fever illness, a tragic fall from the second floor.
Albert L. Pope was appointed receiver of the Pope Manufacturing Company by the supreme court after McManus Kelly sought protection. Bonds fixed at 200000, with assets in Hartford Enfield Westfield Mass Hagerstown and other sites valued over 3.29 million. Company cites rigid money conditions and loans falling due as cause, aiming to pay creditors in full while continuing auto bicycle and accessory sales.
J K Fisk Democratic District Committeeman urged Bryan to declare his public positions before the new State Central Committee is chosen in January. Bryan decided to sound a keynote for the Hoosier Democracy and set a November Lafayette speech as a State affair to unveil his 1908 platform.
Fire at the Old Orchard beach resort left two dead and five injured, three seriously, as flames devoured seventeen hotels, sixty cottages and numerous stores. An explosion in a drug store on Old Orchard avenue followed by a lamp overturn in the Hotel Olympia annex sparked the blaze. Insurance on burned property is believed to total about 150000 dollars.
A 35 inch water main ruptured at Chicago avenue and Kingsbury avenue, imperiling lives and causing damage. The roar woke sleepers for blocks as water surged through streets and buildings. Nathan Jaffa of Roswell New Mexico was appointed Secretary of New Mexico to succeed Reynolds.
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