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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1903
Page
6
A condensed news roundup notes a drawn chess match for the Rica trophy, along with stock market troubles, the launch of Mongalia at Camden, and other varied items from politics, finance, and society. The report lists events from the US and Europe, including legal notices, royal visits, and international negotiations.
New York detectives seeking Charles F. Jones, who confessed to causing the death of Texas millionaire William Marsh Rice, have found no trace of him since his 1902 release on nominal bail. Jones, who testified for the state against Albert T. Patrick, vanished after returning to Texas and later sailed under an assumed name on the schooner Rapholo, with visits to Houston and Galveston and a stint in New Orleans. No further trace has emerged in connection with Patrick’s appeal.
Fire nearly destroyed two Omaha Packing Company buildings in Chicago. Loss estimated at 500000 dollars. Firefighting efforts centered on the lard refining plant which was consumed. Flames spread to an eight story brick warehouse with large quantities of lard and 16000000 pounds of pork, most of which was destroyed.
A rag pickers union formed in New York with about 200 attendees, one third of them women. It will be a branch of the United Hebrew Trades, headquartered on the lower East Side. Workers report poor pay from contractors at seven to eight dollars a week, and seek twelve to fifteen dollars.
London reports Baron de Bush died after being struck by an express train near Northampton while traveling to Scotland with his wife Pauline Joram an American prima donna. The incident left the couple traveling together and prompted investigations into the crash.
A letter from the Acre Territory reports the Brazilian army is decimated by fever. Six hundred officers and men have died and four hundred are ill. Some detachments lack medicine.
The steamer Denver set a new record for the Galveston to New York run with a total time of four days and twenty two hours. The previous record stood at five days and two hours.
In Bucyrus Ohio at the Rensell saloon Charles Kent a bartender shot and killed Mrs Lou Rensell then wounded John Sawyer before fatally shooting himself. Kent and Mrs Rensell had eloped to California years ago and recently returned. Nearby notice mentions New Jersey towns declaring war on mosquitoes.
The Standard carries a Tien Tein dispatch reporting trains crowded with Russian troops moving toward Port Arthur. The trains reportedly take precedence over regular traffic while heavy guns and other artillery are also being sent in that direction.
Treasury officials view stock market turmoil as local and sporadic not needing federal action. Secretary Shaw expects conditions to improve with no plan for relief, while reserves remain strong and no panic is anticipated. The Cuban loan test under Platt amendment is seen as buyer determined, not U.S. intervention. A new rifle for soldiers is described with extreme range and penetration claims.
The Lighthouse Board gives notice that on August 6 a fixed red sector will be established in the fixed white light at the Pontchartrain light station. It will cover the old breakwater in Lake Pontchartrain about five-eighths of a mile north of the station, with edges guiding clear of the ends.
The London court's opening for Greene and Gaynor's extradition highlights Capt. Oberlin M. Carter's pending early December discharge from Leavenworth under the three fourths law. Carter, a war department engineer, faces future pursuit by justice as he heads to Arizona with copper mine ties. Internal revenue for 1903 totaled 230,740,282, down from 1902, with shifts among spirits tobacco fermented liquors and other items.
Acting Adjutant General Hall announces Major General James F. Wade will relieve Major General George W. Davis of command in the Philippines as Davis retires.
Major Devol announces Army Transport Service ships to sail from Manila on a common route. The Sheridan will depart August 1 via Honolulu and Guam, followed by the Thomas on September 1 along the same itinerary.
Justice Mayer in the Court of Special Sessions denies the motion to dismiss charges against Alderman James E. Gaffney over alleged interest in a pier lease while in office and orders the prisoner held.
Secretary Moody travels to Oyster Bay to meet the president and present several issues that could shape upcoming naval legislation. Backers of the general staff plan expect the conference to decide the fate of the measure, drawing wide interest in naval circles.
Washington reports a decade of rising exports with China and Asia led by a 275 percent jump to 60 million in Asia and 27.1 million to China and Hong Kong combined in 1908. Europe up about 60 percent, North America 80 percent. Africa exports leap to 38 million. Japan exports near 21 million. London notes cotton factory curtailment and Britain’s drive to grow cotton domestically amid raw material shortages.
Warrants issued for the arrest of twenty New York Central clerks in connection with freight car robberies. Six clerks were arrested earlier on the same charges, five pled guilty, and they are believed to have provided information prompting further warrants.
Rescuers locate John Naccavaje in Ellangowan Colliery Drift No 15 in Mahanoy City after a flood rush. He remains alive but in extreme exhaustion as fellow miners are still missing.
A new women edited morning paper for New York may debut soon. Its name is withheld, advertised as a tight page daily except Sundays with news and a magazine on feminine interests. Promoters keep strict secrecy to avoid scoops and plan later city street circulation.
King Edward and Queen Mary visited Maynooth College in Dublin where they were welcomed by Archbishop Cassell, Archbishop Tuam, twenty bishops, and other clergy. The king praised Irish loyalty to the empire and recalled his conversations about the late Pope, expressing sorrow and respect for his memory and for the Irish people.
The treaty for U S acquisition of the Danish West Indies has officially expired. If Denmark decides to sell to the United States, revival of the treaty provisions is possible, but for now the State Department holds a comfortable position as the bargain is considered incomplete.
Charles W. Solomon, dealer in leaf tobacco and cigar maker, found guilty in the Court of Special Sessions of counterfeiting the union cigar label and fined $500. He faces arraignment on a revenue case alleging substitution of forged box bottoms to imply Pennsylvania origins for cigars sold as made in Key West.
In Middlesburg Kentucky minister Robert Lee of Linnie Casey County shot and killed Ellis Woods and fatally wounded Woods son after a quarrel with the Woods party. He paid grace at the jail table in Liberty Virginia?
Beaumont notes Gulf and Interstate train finally reaches the city three years after leaving Galveston on September 8, 1900. A hurricane wrecked the road bed, leaving the engine stranded in the prairie until repair crews rebuilt at a mile per month. The engine will be fired and brought in Sunday by a new crew.
The battle ship squadron of the North Atlantic fleet has arrived in Bar Harbor Maine and anchored while the fleet is mo bilized. Vessels include battleships Alabama Illinois Massachusetts Indiana and Texas cruisers Olympia and Prairie training ship Hartford dispatch boat Vixen torpedo boats destroyers Barry Brinbridge Decatur Chauncey and the collier Caesar
Judge Henry G Turner of Quitman notified Governor Terrell in person of his acceptance to fill the Georgia Supreme Court vacancy caused by the death of Judge Lumpkin. Turner will serve as Associate Justice, succeeding Lumpkin who died days earlier.
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