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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1907
Page
3
L M Pool of Hibernia Bank and Trust Co New Orleans spent hours in Washington en route to James town Exposition. In the past ten days he toured banks nationwide noting the South’s financial health as improving and moving forward conservatively with no need for panic or excess money.
War Department issues several rulings. Deserters in custody of civil officers are under U S jurisdiction, with state courts having no authority to interfere. Concealing prior enlistment attempts now constitutes fraudulent enlistment if later enlisted. Powderly Immigration Bureau plans a bulletin for immigrants on resources and labor in the U S. An inquiry seeks the best method to translate print and distribute information along the Atlantic coast.
President Roosevelt plans a Mississippi River trip starting October 1 from Keokuk Iowa with a party that includes Representative Burton and several senators and officials. The journey will be with the River Commission on joint invitations of eight state governors. A St Louis landing for a reception and address is anticipated, with possible direct Gulf progress.
The Rural Free Delivery report for August shows 54,734 petitions filed to establish service with 14,948 adverse reports. At month end 37,730 routes were in operation on July 30, rising to 37,887 on August 1. Five hundred routes were discontinued for various reasons, and the rural carrier service employs 37,735 carriers, with maximum annual pay of 900 dollars.
Secretary Taft says extensive travel benefits both the cabinet officer and locals as he starts a long trip to the Philippines Japan Siberia Europe and back home crossing the Atlantic to reach Washington around December 10. He rejects the notion he is the sole traveling member of the President's cabinet.
Secret talks by a Japanese bank president to Berlin bankers suggested efforts to gain the Philippine Islands by peaceful conquest, interpreted as a plan to purchase from the United States. Other items include a missing banker accused of stock theft, Cuba yellow fever measures, a suspected railroad trust report, and labor federation notes.
Johnstown resident James M. Shumaker, tied to the Capitol Investigation Commission report, declares he will testify fully in September. He alleges a high Treasury official engineered funds manipulation to cover a state treasury shortage and protect a deceased former U.S. senator, insisting his innocence and readiness to take the stand.
News from Lexington, Ky reports a free for all near the Knox county fairgrounds in Barboursville. Two men were fatally shot, Edward Smith died of wounds, John Warren seriously hurt, Ralph Tuggle a policeman badly wounded, and Constable L R Campbell was shot dead attempting to quell the disturbance. John Bailey is arrested for the fatal shot on Campbell. Survivors fled into the countryside.
The Texas state board of education apportioned the state school fund for next year at six dollars per child of scholastic age, the highest per capita total to date. The state school tax is twenty cents per hundred valuation, with total school revenue from all sources projected at 5,362,000 dollars.
Texas files a major antitrust suit in Austin against the International Harvester Company of America, alleging violation of state laws. The petition seeks penalties of 1.1 million dollars. Attorney General Bonaparte plans speeches in New London and Chicago next month.
Mayor Studley of New Haven, Connecticut, suggests artillery style disruption to break the continued drought. Community voices debate practical steps as water shortages persist and city officials seek swift relief measures.
A report notes two separate attempts to derail or damage a passenger train in Colorado using dynamite. No injuries are mentioned and authorities investigated both incidents.
Governor Harris extends invitation to the chief executive of every state to appoint three delegates for a National Tax Association conference in Columbus on November 15. The event aims to address wide state discrepancies in tax laws and seeks solutions to remedy the evils of nonuniformity with participating leading scholars.
New York firm Muller Schall & Co reports a $500,000 gold shipment to Germany with London agents holding an option and potential claim on reaching Plymouth. Since May 27 total exports under this movement reach $30,650,000 with Paris $25,360,000 London $2,750,000 Amsterdam $1,500,000 and Bremen $1,000,000.
The National Association of Mexican War Veterans opened its annual reunion at Jamestown Exposition in Norfolk. Welcoming addresses were given by exposition officials with responses from Col. Lewis Beler of Baltimore, the president, and Mrs. Moore Murdock of Dalles, Texas, the secretary. A notable moment was the meeting between President Beler and Col. Jose Manterola, who heads the Jamestown national commission from Mexico.
Buzzards Bay Mass The first shovel full of dirt for the Cape Cod canal was thrown by William Barclay Parsons chief engineer of New York. The breaking spot lies in Sagamore with the route running from Sandwich through Bourne to Buzzards Bay. Plans for a canal across Cape Cod date back 200 years.
Funding shortages force layoff of four thousand workers on the new Panama railroad project. The Municipal Engineering department ordered to discharge 1,000 more. Clerical staff reductions expected. August excavation to show a large rise over July.
Plattsburg New York Speaker Cannon, while rusticating there, is trying to quit smoking. He says after fifty years of smoking twelve to fifteen cigars daily he now smokes only three or four.
Ontario workers at Fort William telephone office walk out over appointment of American chief operator Miss Ora Hudson of Decatur Illinois. The action centers on staffing changes and union concerns affecting operations in the Fort William exchange.
Reports from 30,000 correspondents nationwide to the Chicago National Bank asserted a prosperous, sound country. A petition for prohibition elections in Pensacola Florida lacked valid signatures. Cholera affected Shanghai and other Chinese and Japanese coast towns. A rate war arose between Cunard and German lines in North Atlantic service. Dissension surfaced at the Standard Oil Company directors meeting.
Officers of naval bureaus traveled to the Pacific coast to inspect and report on facilities for maintaining and supporting the fleet. The visit aimed to assess basing, storage, and repair capabilities and to identify needs for improved readiness.
Chester Coppeck sues Pittsburg Cincinnati Chicago and St. Louis Railroad for 200 dollars claiming an excursion to Hamilton ended with a railroad employee pulling him from his seat and rough treatment. He says he was with the woman he was engaged to and she ended the relation after witnessing the incident.
An advocate argues for a law forcing owners of vast Mississippi timberlands to develop or sell at fair prices to home buyers, noting foreign land purchases and tax practices. The column urges equal treatment for individuals and corporations, endorses a county fair in Yalabusha, warns against get rich quick schemes, and promotes rural telephone service, drainage, and diversified farming as paths to growth.
In Minneapolis a $20,000 fine was imposed on the Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha Railway Company and a $20,000 penalty ordered for former freight agent Hiram H Pearce by Judge J Page Morrie. The case involved rebates granted to Spencer Grain Company, with the Omaha road and an associated former agent implicated.
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