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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1905
Page
6
Secretary Wilson says Holmes’s prosecution could not be sustained and suggests new legislation to cover similar cases. The cotton leak investigation sparked a clash with Theodore H. Price and attorney Wm. M. Ivens. Wilson intent on no backward steps and open to libel suits, urging Congress consider changes.
The Harlem River Tunnel in New York was opened to regular traffic with the first subway train reaching the South Ferry terminal. The inaugural service departed from One Hundred and Eighty Street and the Boston Road at one minute after midnight, marking the public start of trains through the new tunnel and stations below Wall Street.
A man contacted the secretary by telephone to avoid publicity and said he would communicate further. On Friday afternoon he visited in person between 2 and 3:30 O clock, handed back papers, and stated that no prosecution could lie. The matter centered on whether an offense against the law had been committed and if a criminal prosecution could be pursued.
Secretary Wilson confirms the department will hear only the statistician, the secretary, or the assistant secretary when preparing the August cotton crop report. A telegram from American Cotton Manufacturers' Association President Miller requested representation for interests. Wilson replied no outsiders may attend.
Birmingham report details two white men, John and James Raper, held in Ensley jail for highway robbery, who made a desperate escape attempt. Warden Harris was attacked by James Raper during breakfast. Harris’s young daughter retrieved a pistol and, with a Black trustee, forced James back into his cell. John Raper was confined after his companion’s capture.
Indian police under J George Wright close Tulsa Title and Trust taxes office. Trust company refuses to pay arguing law excludes its business. Indian officials say it falls under real estate dealers. Guard blocks entry to the office all day.
Thirty four indictments and a critical report on Detroit Recorder's Court lax naturalization methods were presented to Judge Swayne by the federal grand jury. The panel has investigated alleged fraudulent naturalization of many Italians in the city, with twenty indictments aimed at Ferdinand Palma, former detective bureau member and notable Italian leader.
An unruly automobile damaged the Italian marble balustrade outside the Appellate Division building at Madison Avenue and Twenty-fifth Street New York. About thirty feet of marble broke and the damage was estimated over $3,000.
A gas well operated by Goss and Kidd near Fort Smith Arkansas flowed at 2,000,000. The strike caused great excitement as the flow is estimated to furnish gas for a city of 100,000 to 400,000 people.
Mexico City governor declares no new gambling licenses after August 1 and vows to end gambling in the Federal District as existing licenses expire.
John Costello a New York merchant was fatally stabbed at his Staten Island summer home while entertaining guests. He reportedly left the house after arguments with passers-by, and one person is believed to have delivered the fatal stab.
Wealthy banker Julian Cendo ya, agent of Ward line, dining with family in Outlawa in Gaba Santiago de Cuba, was attacked by eight gunmen. They searched the house, presented a written demand for 30000 dollars, and held Cen doya hostage until payment.
Thomas O Keefe, a Georgetown farmer, is named as one of the heirs to a $55 000 000 fortune left by Dennis O Keefe who died years ago in Texas. A Ireland based lawyer who hunted him near Kibush Ireland reported the discovery. O Keefe, about 66, has entrusted his affairs to Douglas Conklin, Bank of Huntington cashier.
Boerne Texas reports a baffling medical case as John Craney, a young man from the vicinity, develops neck and head swellings from a pimple that has grown to obstruct breathing. Doctors suspect a poisonous insect bite and consider an artificial airway procedure to restore breathing.
Winnipeg dispatch reports a rumor that James J. Hill plans to amalgamate Grand Trunk Pacific Canadian Northern and Great Northern railroads. It suggests possible creation of two transcontinental lines including the International and Hill's proposed V. V. and E. extension in British Columbia.
Grover Cleveland refutes retirement rumors regarding his role as a trustee of the Equitable Life Assurance Society. He states nothing has occurred to dissatisfy him and that the idea of stepping down has never entered his mind.
Warner Carr, seventeen, was found dead and two other boys Floyd Long and Rob Rose were unconscious from inhaling furnace fumes in Citico, Chattanooga Tennessee. Police investigated as a deadly accident.
The Big Sioux river swelled to a height unseen in twenty years fueling general alarm along its banks for fifty miles above Sioux City Iowa. Residents brace for flooding as rising waters threaten homes and property near the river.
The Colorado & Southern Railway Company filed a mortgage on all its holdings in Denver to a New York lender for a loan of 100 million dollars. The funds are to be used for extensions and improvements across the system.
Berlin reports the new Japanese loan of 150 million dollars quoted at a quarter point premium on the Bourse.
President Jordan credits southern farmers bankers and businessmen for holding cotton off a depressed market and urges conservative marketing. He warns against speculative selling and calls for warehouse development and stronger Southern Cotton Association membership to sustain prices and future prosperity.
Lightning struck O. E. Porter’s grocery in Sweetwater Tennessee on the Southern Railway line, igniting a blaze that consumed one block of business on Main Street and damaged three stores in the next block. Estimated total damage near 60 000 dollars with insured loss around 25 000.
China asks to be represented at the Washington conference due to vital interest in its proceedings. Russia leans toward the idea, while E Spach pledges Manchuria’s return to China. Japan doubts any Chinese role, preferring direct talks with Russia and asserting China’s prior weakness in Manchuria.
Washington reports Postmaster General Cortelyou issued a fraud order against the People's United States Bank of St. Louis Mo its officers and agents and E G Lewis a publisher effective July 9 The action bars the company from using the mails after postal investigators reviewed the business The funds not borrowed by Lewis and his enterprises totaling about two thirds of remitted sums are deposited in banks and will be used to reimburse stockholders numbering over 65000 The post office will cooperate with Missouri state officials to protect investors and depositors
Acting Attorney General directs United States Attorney Ackerman of Savannah to draft a bill for an injunction against steamship lines that raised cotton rates from Savannah and Georgia points to New York and New England. Georgia shippers claim the increase aimed to destroy railwater competition. Suit to be filed in Savannah within days.
The Panama Canal Commission plans a five hundred day contract import of 2000 Italians 2000 Chinese and 2000 Japanese to test work capacity and labor handling methods. It aims to cut labor by machinery but will need several thousand more workers beyond the initial batch. The 2000 figure reflects one ship's capacity.
The Interstate Tobacco Growers Protective Association met in Danville Virginia and approved forming the Co-Operative Manufacturing Company and Steam Prizery with 100000 capital. Subscriptions will come from farmers and businessmen. The venture will operate independently opposing the trust made goods. A charter is being sought and existing plants at Copeland and Chase City plus a $50000 subscription at South Boston will be branches.
Governor Magoon orders rapid sanitation of the Isthmus to combat yellow fever. Several hundred workers join engineers and other departments to improve drainage and water supply, build quarters for canal employees, erect hospitals, fill in swamps, and clear underbrush around Colon and all camps in the zone.
An accidental premature blast of rock powder on Pennsylvania railroad improvements near New Cumberland across the Susquehanna from the earlier wreck site killed eight men and wounded two others. The incident echoes the May 17 wreck that claimed twenty three lives and injured many.
A $1,000,000 endowment fund for maintaining the American Academy of Fine Arts in Rome nears completion with $100,000 raised by H. C. Fi and others. A further $200,000 is planned for a library. Subscriptions include J. Pierpont Morgan and others at $100,000 each, along with contributions from Harvard University, Columbia University, Yale University, the University of Chicago, and the University of California.
A $150,000,000 four per cent loan issued for Japan this week is discussed as sufficient for war retirements through 1905. Earlier, a similar $150,000,000 loan floated last March saw most subscriptions paid within six weeks. Japan has raised $500,000,000 from public loans since the war began, plus $187,000,000 from taxes and revenue measures.
Havana reports a general strike threat tied to the American Federation of Labor's influence. A Fed rep, Falles of Key West, has been in Cuba to rally active members. Most urban industries would join the Federation unless authorities block the eight hour law demand.
Mexico City businessman William HH Ellis, ennobled by Emperor Menelik, sails to Abyssinia to oversee concessions granted him and his New York associates. The envoy departs amid formal ceremonies and imperial patronage.
Customs receipts at Galveston and its subports Sabine and Port Arthur for the year ending June 30 totaled 384,899 dollars, down 61,341 from the previous year. The decline is attributed to reduced raw sugar imports from Cuba.
Long Beach Mississippi reports a newly accepted artesian well from contractors producing a steady four inch stream and 360 gallons per minute of pure water. The development marks a significant local water supply improvement.
Washington reports Miss Margaret Gillick a stenographer for the canal commission at Colon became ill with yellow fever on July 2. She traveled to the Isthmus last November from East Orange New Jersey for her assignment with the commission.
Edward Hammel a traveling salesman for a patent medicine company was convicted of smoking cigarettes and is serving a 29 day sentence in Lafayette under Judge Foster of Otterbein for a $25 fine plus costs. He is likely to serve the full term.
Owensboro Wagon Works were destroyed by fire with losses estimated at 50000 dollars. Insurance coverage is noted. The blaze is believed to have been caused by spontaneous combustion.
The Russian torpedo boat destroyer Stremetelmy anchored opposite Prince Ferdinand palace at Varna. Its commander asked for supplies and they were granted immediately before the destroyer sailed.
Caracas reports President Castro sent a special message to Congress attaching the bond conversion contract with British and German holders. The deal provisions include issuing 3 percent bonds totaling 132,049,925 bolivars gold, redeemable within forty seven years.
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