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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1905
Page
6
Vicksburg Mississippi honors Ohio troops with a ceremonial dedication of monuments to Civil War soldiers. Governors Herrick and Vardaman, local officials, and Ohio and Natchez contingents participate in parades, speeches, and a twilight theatre program.
During a workmen demonstration in Buenos Ayres Socialists clashed with police. Two people were killed and forty wounded in the confrontation.
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania a disastrous blaze causes extensive damage risking about 300000 in losses. Fire officials report significant property destruction though no fatal casualties are confirmed. Local residents rallied to assist affected businesses and homes as investigators begin outlining the scene.
Judge Reber of Natchez and Governor Herrick led a lengthy evening of earnest addresses and ovations. Col Koch, Hon T C Catchings, Col Kilbourne, Gen Lee, Murray F Smith, Walter Smith, Capt Hayes, J H Jones and others followed, as Herrick excused himself to catch his train. The camp fire closed a night of oratory anecdote and poetic eloquence.
Secretary Tate orders a full overhaul of War Department records after a long neglect of volunteer nurses from the Spanish War. An annual 2700 dollar fund for Jefferson Davis capture was misused, carried year to year since 1865, and now Tate seeks Congress to allocate it to memorialize the nurses.
More than 100 Methodist Episcopal ministers marched to City Hall to present their protest against the pending gas lease to Mayor Weaver. The action followed a morning session of the association where resolutions commending the mayor and councilmen who voted against the lease were adopted.
New York requests for hearings from St Louis fair exhibitors in dispute with the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company over prize awards have been filed with the national commission. With less than six weeks to live and the proceedings likely to extend into next winter, commissioners may not act to satisfy the complainants. Protesters include prominent manufacturers who allege improper classification and judging, claiming many awards are unfair.
At St Louis the American Baptist Publication Society report urged expulsion of Senator Smoot of Utah. A strongly worded resolution denouncing Mormonism was adopted unanimously, with copies to President Roosevelt, Vice President Fairbanks, the Senate presiding officer, Speaker Cannon, and Senator Burrows.
A violent wind and rain storm ravaged many Texas areas causing flood surges and washed bridges. In Malone churches were wrecked while Temple saw 12 year old Bertha Henley killed by lightning. In Haskell county four teen houses collapsed and two children of Will Tounds died with Mrs Tounds dying from injuries.
American consul in New York Judge Albion Winegar Tourgee of Mayville New York has died from acute urathia caused by an old wound. Renowned author, Tourgee gained national fame for works including A Fool's Errand and Bricks Without Straw, shaping public discourse of his era.
Washington reports President Roosevelt traveled in private cars and a special train since September 1901. He and guests enjoyed lavish accommodations while railroad companies, led by Pennsylvania, bore the costs. If kept, trips may shrink as funding ends. The private car is a strong oak coach under his control.
New Orleans Latham Alexander & Co issued the first complete acreage estimate of the season from 3 298 replies covering the cotton territory. The total estimated decrease is 11 1 5 percent or 3 558 870 acres versus last year with planting about two weeks later than normal.
Budapest secret immigration agent Marius Braun’s arrest unsettles the State Department. Officials warn the case links long running European espionage and government schemes to flood the United States with criminals. President Roosevelt is cited as a remark in Braun’s disclosures.
London reports from the India Secretary Broderick in the Commons reveal plague mortality in India from January 1 to April 7 reached 471,044 with an additional 215,061 dying in the four weeks ending April Befor.
Havana reports the Liberal Party national convention adopting platform additions including a national militia and cabinet duties changes. A secret session will decide campaign plans, with a presidential nomination expected. General Masso urges eastern delegates to back Jose Miguel Gomez, with Governor Nunez or Senator Zayas as possible vice presidents.
An engine near the Hocking Valley railroad round house exploded, killing six workers at once and wrecking the nearby building. The dead include Fred Shuttle Amos Speakman Jacob Davis Fred Crumley John Birmingham and L Hand. The rebuilt engine was being tested for its first run. Four other engines were damaged.
Secretary Shaw, en route to Ardmore, IR. T., said the 35 million dollar U S treasury deficit would be reduced in June as business picks up. He attributed unclear causes, noting imports of dutiable goods were down while non dutiable goods imports were higher than expected.
Delegates from every Southern state arrive in Washington to attend the Southern Industrial Parliament. New York sends representatives from the cotton exchange, chamber of commerce, board of trade and transportation and produce exchange. Gov. Glenn of North Carolina will serve as temporary chairman. Speeches planned by Secretary Wilson, M. W. Richards, and Robert L. Gates.
Kinau returns with militia and police to Lahaina Maui after violent Japanese strikers force Corean laborers off the jobs. Soldiers police occupy the courthouse with a field piece ready for use. Sixty special deputies on duty.
Dowie heiress Gladstone Dowie and Judge Barnes in Mexico City to finalize details for a Zion City style settlement. They secured an option on a Gonzales hacienda covering 700000 acres in Tamaulipas and seek more farming land totaling 1000000 acres for the project.
Washington estimates show immigrant arrivals rising from 258 536 in 1895 to 900 000 in 1905. It is likely President Roosevelt will send a message to Congress urging restrictive measures.
In La Haina Maui the white population and the military are in the courthouse under guard after a confrontation with striking Japanese laborers. One Japanese worker was killed and two were wounded by plantation police during an attack on the plantation mill.
An armed clash between Graeco Macedonian bands and a Turkish detachment occurred in Langadina Macedonia. Eleven insurgents and fifty Turks were killed in the encounter.
A youth catcher James Miles was struck between the eyes by a fast pitched ball and died minutes later. He wore no mask behind the bat and the skull fracture proved fatal shortly after being carried home.
The jury found Johann Hoch guilty of wife murder and sentenced him to death. Hoch stood in a stupor, asked for “Another one?” as bailiffs moved him from the courtroom. Several women fainted amid the commotion after the verdict.
Delegates at the Winona Lake Indiana Presbyterian general assembly cleared routine business and set a special order to discuss union with the Cumberland Presbyterian church. The stated clerk announced a 194 to 39 vote in favor of the proposed consolidation, and a committee was named to consider plans for the union.
Thomas W. Lawson accuses Henry H. Rogers and James Stillman, president of National City Bank, of fraud in allotting Amalgamated Copper shares. He presents insider history of Standard Oil ties manipulating share distribution when stock subscriptions opened to the public in 1899, as detailed in Frenzied Finance in Everybody's Magazine.
The Chinese government concludes the German survey near Lyoucown island and Haichou bay did not aim at occupation. Germany surveyed the area without Chinese notification, prompting courtesy complaints but no intended seizure or occupation.
In St. Petersburg M Poebedonestzeff, once a dominant force behind Russia's reactionary policy, lies dying over 80 and bedridden after guiding the removal of Loris Melikoff and the shift from reform. He remains embittered yet vehement in his protests as life nears its end.
The funeral of Kirke Lashelle theatrical manager and playwright was held at his Belleport Long Island home with only relatives and close friends in attendance. Herman J. Ridgeway published gave a short eulogy and the interment occurred at Woodlawn Cemetery Belleport.
In Pueblo Cole Frank Cowes a railroad switchman shot his former sweetheart Miss Stella Brice to death in a fit of jealousy and then shot himself in the head. He died an hour later. Both were strangers in the city.
In the Grand Secretary’s office on the nineteenth floor of the Masonic Temple in Chicago, Dr Archibald McLellan a noted Mason committed death by his own hand shooting himself. The incident occurred within the Knights Templars’ Illinois office.
Lincoln Nebraska William J Bryan announces a world tour to study municipal ownership and railroad problems. He plans to visit major cities and observe urban governance approaches while examining railway policy implications. The announcement frames the trip as a fact finding mission with broad civic interest.
Philadelphia city council votes to lease the gas plant to United Gas Improvement Company for a period of seventy five years for twenty five million dollars. The action aims to secure long term gas service and city revenue, with terms set and approved by council delegates.
A fragmented obituarylike piece recalls a woman linked to twelve clubs, school board service, and mothers’ meetings, who enjoyed reading, photography, and automata. She collapsed and died, now resting her head on the lap of earth.
A collage of quips and witticisms from Philadelphia and Chicago papers includes barbershop banter about odd numbers, jokes on weather and umbrellas, parrot swearing, egg prices, fashion advice, and anthropomorphism. Notable quips feature Miss Ann Teek on parrots, Towne on umbrellas, Gayman and Mrs. Gayman on neckties and chloroform, and a doctorly riff on anthropomorphism amid grip complaints.
A well dressed woman with bundles stood in a crowded Sixth Avenue trolley car beside a man absorbed in his newspaper. He complained as the dripping rhubarb pie from her parcel spilled on his clothes, prompting her apology and his surrender of the seat.
In a Havana Post letter Kaulfe Carrying argues the widespread knife carrying among Cuba’s lower classes fuels crime. He calls for a sustained anti knife campaign despite long odds, noting even improvised steel blades wrapped on clothing as a common weapon.
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