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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1905
Page
6
The administration is reportedly leaning toward raising internal taxes to cover the treasury deficit rather than revising the Dingley tariff. Taft Shaw and Roosevelt press officials debate tariff policy, while Congress watches how whisky and tobacco taxes may move.
Washington May 28 reports from Nagasaki state three Russian battleships and several support ships were sunk by Japanese forces in the straits of Korea. Tokyo correspondents are silenced amid strict espionage while officials withhold details as rumors surge.
Washington James Bixby, present chairman of the Dawes Indiana commission, has been designated by the secretary of the interior to continue at the head of that department after it expires July next. The interior department announced Breckinridge had withdrawn his resignation as a member of the commission.
Columbus O The Republican state convention nominated the ticket for state offices led by Governor Myron T Herrick and included Lieut Gov Gen A L Harris Judge of the Supreme Court William C Davis Attorney General Wade R Ellis State Treasurer W S McKennon and Board of Public Works William Kirby The platform backs President Roosevelt and his enforcement of Republican laws against trusts endorses the Panama Canal The motion for platform adoption by Senator Dick passed unanimously After preliminaries Paul Howland of Cleveland named Herrick for governor and he was nominated by acclamation amid cheering.
At the May meeting of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission nine cases were acted favorably upon. Three silver medals and six bronze medals were awarded. Three widows received care for husbands lost in heroic acts, and one education grant was given. Total disbursements reached 12,200 dollars. Since April 15, 1904, to May 15, 1905, 407 cases were received, 239 refused, 159 awaiting investigation, and nine granted.
Reports confirm Rear Admiral Rojestvensky’s fleet seen in the Straits of Korea near Tsushima. Transmittal notes limited to the sighting with battleships to starboard and cruisers and monitors to port. Japanese authorities withhold further details.
Miss Grizelada Houston Hull wed Capt. R. P. Hobson at the Hull residence in Tuxedo Park New York. The ceremony was quiet due to a relative's recent death. Lieut. James M. Hobson, Capt. Hobson's brother, served as best man.
Hamburg was leading by 13 miles with the Atlantic, Fleu de Lys, and the clipper Valhalla in the pursuit, as sighted from the fleet.
A tornado is reported to have struck the town of Colbert in Indian Territory, disrupting the area and prompting initial emergency responses. Local residents reported damage and weather officials warned of continuing severe conditions in the region.
Tokio reports eagerly await advices of a clash between Admiral Togo’s Japanese forces and Rear Admiral Rojestvensky’s Russians. Russian fleet sighted near Saddle islands headed for Tsun islands may engage if met. News boosts public confidence in Togo while officials defer confirmation pending official dispatches.
The building trades withdraw from Teamsters over jurisdiction and support funding, angering the Teamsters. Negotiations fail as both sides seek resolution amid a prolonged strike over safes and vaults work in Chicago. Labor leaders warn the strike has reached a danger point and urge an end for union and business interests alike.
Reports from St. Petersburg warn that eastern Siberia including Sakhalin Kamchatka and Tarary face widespread famine due to wartime disruption. Fish supplies have dried up, flour is unavailable, and locals scavenge dogs for food as beggars roam Azsar district. If war lasts six months longer starvation could become universal.
Senator Benjamin R Tillman was jolted from a carriage when it toppled fifteen feet down an embankment near Edgefield campus after a commencement at the South Carolina Co-educational Institute. His daughters and Miss Bryant were uninjured. Tillman suffered scalp injuries but is not expected to incur serious consequences.
A Ledz-A procession of Jews bearing red flags clashed with Cossacks. The firing left three dead and several injured amid the confrontation.
The Liverpool to White Star liner Majestic caught fire at her pier in the morning while discharging cargo. Private fire corps failed to extinguish the flames.
Col Henry Hester of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange will serve as consulting statistical expert for the Census Bureau cotton division. He advises the government on growth, mill stock, and on hand cotton figures while continuing duties in New Orleans. He will travel to Washington as needed and return to New Orleans tomorrow.
Mayflower the government yacht, purchased at the start of the Spanish War, will be auctioned after a dismantling to remove valuable items. Secretary Morton directs Admiral Coghlan at the Brooklyn Navy Yard to supervise and a board will appraise and condemn the craft. A recent report says $200,001 is needed to restore her to first class condition, deemed excessive.
The Isthmian cana commission sets up buying and supply stations in New York, New Orleans, and San Francisco. Supervising purchasing agents will oversee these points, but purchases may still be made nationwide.
Des Moines Indiana reports that William Conrad Brandt, adopted son of William Zeigler, is to inherit a $25,000,000 estate. Brandt, now twelve, is the son of Zeigler’s half brother George Brandt, a Chicago baking powder manufacturer, adopted at age three.
New York Clarence Whitman, president of the Merchants' Association of New York, issues a statement denying the association has considered regulating or investigating the life insurance business. He also denies having held any conference on the subject with the President.
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