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Newspaper

Brandon News

Location

Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America

Date

Oct 02, 1902

Page

2

Coler Unforgiven and a Ghastly Murder in Manhattan

In New York on September 27 the Coler matter ends with Coler not on the state Democratic ticket while Hill hopes Parker may accept and Ran dolph Guggenheimer could be asked for Lieutenant Governor. Separately a murdered man was found in a West 20th Street restaurant furnace, beheaded, likely wealthy, with waiter Thomas Cogan arrested as a suspect and two medical students as witnesses.

New York Hill Coler Tammany Parker Randolph Guggenheimer West 20Th Street Tenderloin Gilsey House Broadway Thomas Cogan

Rita Bell a Countess in Paris Marriage

New York socialite Miss Rita Bell to wed Count Paul Daramon in Paris tomorrow. She is the daughter of Mrs Isaac Bell and sister of James Gordon Bennett, linking to American title interests. The groom’s family includes an American mother and Countess Della Gheredesca, with Count Gheredesca serving at the Italian embassy in Washington.

Paris Rita Bell New York Paul Daramon Bell the Hague James Gordon Bennett Raoul Caramon Isaac Bell United States Netherlands

Republican Campaign Opens in Akron with National Leaders

Ohio Republicans launched their campaign in Akron on September 27 with a large crowd from Columbus Cincinnati Cleveland Canton and other cities. Bands banners and speeches were planned including remarks by Senator Hanna Secretary of War Root and other national figures as state leaders presided.

Akron Ohio Republicans Columbus Cincinnati Cleveland Canton Hanna War Root

Mascagni To Debut In America At Metropolitan

Pietro Mascagni, famed Italian composer, sails on the Philadelphia for New York. He will conduct an orchestra concert at the Metropolitan Opera House, then perform Cavalleria Rusticana in concert form. His sister is expected to attend as Mascagni meets his first American audience.

London Philadelphia Southampton New York Pietro Mascagni America Mascagni United States Genoa Metropolitan Opera House Sis

Chinese pirates threaten coast as fleet readied

Pekin reports Minister Donger asked the board of foreign affairs to dispatch warships from the Foo to clear pirate-infested coasts. Viceroy Yuan Kai is expected to order a fleet out today amid rising security concerns.

Pekin Donger Board Foreign Affairs Foo Yuan Kai

Statue Planned for Hamlet Terrace at Elsinore

Copenhagen September 27 A committee is formed to erect a statue of William Shakespeare in the open space opposite Hamlet Terrace at Kronborg Castle Elsinore where Shakespeare placed Hamlet and the ghost scene.

Copenhagen William Shakespere Kranberg Castle Elsinore Shakespere Hamlet

Murdered His Wife Case At New York Apartments

Henry G. Rose stage manager at Garrick Theatre shot and killed his wife in her Thirtieth Street apartment. He claims he found her entertaining Samuel F. Adams a wealthy real estate man. Etta Peterson a servant denies the visitor story.

New York Henry G. Rose Garrick Theatre Thieve Apartments West Thirty-third Street Samuel F. Adams Etta Peterons Rose

Monument to Kossuth to be unveiled in Cleveland

Delegations from Magyar societies in Ohio Pennsylvania Virginia West Virginia Indiana and other states gather for the dedication of a Kossuth monument to be unveiled tomorrow. The bronze statue by Andreas Todt duplicates the Budapest statue and features a soldier statesman in hussar dress with sword. A monster parade will feature Kossuth hats reflecting 19th century style.

Cleveland Ohio Pennsylvania Virgina West Virginia Indiana Louis Kossuth Hungary Andreas Todt Kossuth Budapest

Detectives Seek Laura Biggar in Bennett Estate Fraud

In Long Branch New Jersey detectives with a warrant search for Laura Biggar who has suddenly disappeared. They say the actress faces imprisonment for alleged fraud over Bennett's estate and stands to lose nine hundred nine thousand dollars provided by the will.

Long Branch N. J Laura Biggar Bennett

New British Ambassador Sails Homeward for Washington

London Sept 27 Sir Michael Herbert the new British ambassador to the United States sailed for New York today saying he feels like going home He stated Washington is the one post where one feels thoroughly at home It is understood Britain will back Secretly Hay in protesting the treatment of Jews in Romania

London Michael Herbert United States New York Wasington Great Britain Roumania Massachusetts Alaska West Rhode Island New England Maine New Hampshire Vermont Connecticut California Idaho Washington

Lord Roseberry to marry Lady Naylor Leyland

London September 27, close political friends announce that Lord Roseberry will wed Lady Naylor Leyland formerly Jennie Chamberlin of New York widow of Sir Herbert Leyland. The pairing links prominent political circles and combines British peerage with American social prominence, signaling a high society alliance.

Lord Roseberry Lady Leyland New York London Naylor Leyland Jennie Chamberlin Snow Sir Herbert Leyland

Building collapse scars city street construction mishap

The front part of a nine story building for Henry S Willard near the New Willard Hotel collapsed this morning in Washington. A crowd of travelers escaped injury by luck as two iron columns supporting the wall gave way. One laborer was harmed in the incident.

Washington Henry Willard New Willard Hotel

Oyster Season Delayed by Gale and Rain

A stormy coast from Biloxi Mississippi has slowed the oyster season. Heavy clouds, showers, and rough seas kept seafarers ashore as the unsettled weather postponed opening. Bohemian workers began arriving to staff Biloxi canneries, with four more plants to hire by the 15th, bringing several thousand workers to the coast.

Biloxi Miss Gulf Lopez & Dukate

Theosophists to Meet in Chicago Convention Opens Tomorrow

Delegates and visitors arrive for the sixteenth annual Theosophical Society of America convention in Chicago. The three day gathering will draw representatives from the world and all U S states Canada Mexico and Hawaii. Reports promise continued growth of the movement in this country.

Chicago Ill The Theosophical Society of America United States Canada Mexico Hawaiian Islands

Pay Director Putnam to Retire at 62

New York reports Pay Director Edwin Putnam will retire after reaching 62 tomorrow. A popular officer and general store keeper at the New York Navy Yard, he served a quarter century and will retire with Rear Admiral rank and pay. He may stay on briefly to supervise the office until a successor is chosen.

New York Navy Edwin Putnam New York Navy Yard Hoe Navy Yard

Child saved after eating wild mushrooms near Hazlehurst

Hazlehurst Mississippi September 27 A three year old child of B W Templeton ate wild mushrooms in the yard. The child suffered paroxysms before being found. Dr W H Frizell arrived in time to save the life. The child is reported doing well this morning and out of danger.

Hazlehurst Miss B. W. Templeton W. H. Frizell

Corinth Cotton Receipts Increase In Ginning Season

Corinth Mississippi September 27 about 600 bales of cotton have been received by wagon this season in Corinth. The figure contrasts with only fifteen bales received in September of the previous year, signaling a sharp rise in local cotton movement.

Corinth Corinth, Miss

Union Castle May Tie With Morgan in Ship Combine

Captain I. M. Wait, general manager of Union Castle line, sailed for New York on the Philadelphia to discuss a possible ship combine with Morgan. The move signals potential entry of Union Castle into the proposed alliance.

Union Castle Line Morgan South Hampton I. M. Wait New York Philadephis

Promissory Note Validity Spurred by Delivery Date Rule

A Kentucky court of appeals ruling upholds a promissory note as valid if delivery occurs on a day different from its execution. The piece also surveys social topics from co education to bachelor surplus, municipal reform growth, and regional marriage imbalance across states and territories, noting rising urban reform and persistent bachelor excess in the East versus sparse spinsters in the West.

Kentucky Court of Appeals

BILL ARP RECOUNTS ILLNESS AND FAMILY CARE

Bill Arp writes from Atlanta about recovering from a dangerous illness with nurses and doctors tending him. He honors his family for nursing him, notes his renewed strength, and jokes about Teddy and a southern audience, signing off as a patriarch who hopes to visit again.

David Relief Corps South Ohio Illinois Iowa Teddy Blue Mountain College Mississippi Asheville Dr. Wharton

Council fires Mayor Ames amid bribery charges in Minneapolis

The city council removed Mayor Ames from the payroll and he faces bribery accusations. Concurrently, in Ashland a striker mob halted a train and drove off crew amid unrest as soldiers were dispatched to the scene.

Ames Minneapolis Ashland

Fight Butterine Law in Illinois Sparked by Oleo Makers

Information shows leading oleomargarine manufacturers plan a major fight against the Butterine law. Output across the Central West has fallen by more than two thirds since the tax went into effect. Plans remain undecided but likely include challenging the law's constitutionality raised on the colored product tax.

Joago Ill

Lynching Feared in Bacon's Neck Slaying of Constable

Several hundred farmers scoured the woods around Bacon's Neck in BrIGetown New Jersey after Samuel Greenage a negro killed Constable Henry Buick who had arrested him for threatening his wife. Searches continued overnight amid fear of a lynching if the suspect is captured.

Brigetown N. J Bacon's Neck Samuel Greenage Henry Buick

President Roosevelt Improves. Cabinet Admitted

Washington reports the president feels much improved this morning and his physicians order only essential business. Cabinet members were admitted to the sick room as part of the day’s developments. Texarkana notes a territorial charter granted to the Kansas Oklahoma Central & Southwestern railroad with a 311.5 million capital. The line would run from Cedarville Kansas through Stillwater Guthrie and El Reno Oklahoma to Kirkland Texas, with branches to Fort Smith Arkansas and Woodward Oklahoma, totaling about 640 miles.

Roosevelt Washington Texarkana Kansas, Oklahoma Central & Southwestern Railroad Cedarville Stillwater Guthrie el Reno Okl Kirkland Texas Fort Smith Ark Woodward Okla

Indiana Photographers Meet in Marion in Annual Session

Indiana Photographers Art League convened in Marion on September 27 with strong attendance of state photographers. An exhibit of amateur photographs will be judged by a committee of experts, awarding valuable prizes for the best entries alongside papers and discussions on the latest photography developments.

Marion Ind Indiana Photographers’ Art League

Virginia's Football Outlook For 1906 Season

Charlottesville Virginia September 27 The University of Virginia football team lined up for its last game of the season facing Washington and Lee University. The Virginia squad shows good material and a bright outlook for a successful season with games scheduled against Lehigh North Carolina and the Carlisle Indians and likely Princeton and Pennsylvania if rates agree.

Virginia Charlottesville University of Virginia Washington and Lee University Lehigh North Carolina Carlisle Indians Princeton Pennsylvania

Burned Justice Brewer Injured Cleaning Brush at Summer Home

United States Supreme Justice David Brewer was badly burned at his Burlington summer home while cleaning brush with gasoline. In Washington officials announced ambassadorial appointments with McCormick moving from Vienna to St Petersburg and replacements named for Austria Spain and Sweden, to take effect in November.

Burlington, Vt David Brewer Washington State Department Ambassador McCormick Vienna St. Petersburg Tower Andrew Whites Bellamy Storer Austria Arthur 5. Hardy New Hampshire Spain Charles Pate Bryant Swietland Davis Thompson Nebras Bryant

Strike for prompt pay by Shawnee railroad workers

Four hundred machinists boiler makers blacksmiths and woodworkers walked out Friday at the Choctaw Oklahoma and Gulf railroad car shops in Shawnee Oklahoma. They demand monthly pay on time as under the old management and state the strike is over pay delays and wage fairness.

Oklahoma Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad Shawnee Okla

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