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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1905
Page
2
The issue surveys global finance and trade themes from 1902 through 1904 including Japan's mineral gains, Philippine copra exports, and cotton trade with China and Japan. It notes Abyssinia’s modernization under King Menelik, a historic navy figure, and a North Carolina girl aided by Southern Railway for college, plus baseball economics and western land offers.
Washington dispatch notes Britain's firm stance as Japan’s loyal ally. London will bear pressure to moderate Russia’s terms but will not advise Tokyo to pursue concessions that harm Japan. British officials stress sympathy for peace while prioritizing Japan’s interests and unwavering support.
A broken axle on the smoking California special of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe caused a fatal wreck at Lemont. One man was killed outright, four fatally injured, and many passengers severely hurt. The dead man is thought to be John Crugiere, Italian laborer from Sunnyside Utah. Fatally injured include Wm. MacVeagh Joliet Ill, arm and body crushed, L Moody Cleveland Okla skull fracture, Ancrotti Giobanni Italian badly crushed and burned, and an unknown Italian laborer with chest injuries.
In St. Petersburg the emperor vows never to accept a shameful peace with Great Russia the note responding to Orenburg clergy states the Russian people will not permit such an outcome. Basle reports Zionist congress rejects Great Britain land offer for a East Africa Zionlet colony. Salvation Army Gen Booth seen returning to Australia for a 2000 mile motor tour.
The funeral for Ensign Perry and other Bennington and Chicago officers was held at St Pauls Prebopal Church in San Diego with clergy and military dignitaries in attendance. Remains will be taken to Stockbridge Mass for interment. Congress had authorized disinterment and transport of deceased sailors at government expense after the Maine disaster, Paymaster Morris reports.
Bradstreet’s weekly review notes favorable crop reports and robust trade, with wholesale and retail activity exceeding last year and near season averages. Cotton goods demand stays high, woolen fabrics remain solid, and leather, clothing, lumber, and hardware lines show general strength. Winter wheat movement boosts collections and flour milling in the Southwest.
In Chicago on June 29 4 Hoch the man known as the Bluebeard who faced hanging for the murder of one of his 14 accused wives was granted a four week reprieve by Governor Deneen. Miss Cora Wilson raised funds to take the case to the supreme court and Hoch’s attorney said an appeal would be prepared.
Mr. Sato of the Japanese peace commission praised Secretary Taft's reception in Tokyo noting the Chrysanthemum gardens were unusually opened to a foreign visitor. He called the act a sign of high esteem for Americans, saying the gardens are sacred and normally open only to Japanese twice yearly.
Delmar race track closing follows a conference where Delmar Jockey Club attorneys advised the action until the supreme court rules on the anti racing law. Police raids continue. Concurrent reports note other unrelated incidents and local happenings from Missouri and nearby states.
Louis Geta, president of Getz Brothers & Co., reports a blunt dispatch from Shanghai ordering a boycott of American trade and suspension of all business with Chinese merchants. The firm will cancel orders worth thousands of dollars including flour, meal, hardware, provisions, and canned goods as it plans to expand operations in Asia.
A dispatch from New Orleans dated July 30 reports Surgeon Richardson overseeing the infected district. In the past two days 1,918 houses were inspected, 19 sickness cases investigated, and over 2,000 tanks or cisterns oiled. Officials say the restricted disease area is an encouraging feature of the outbreak, with fever reported in only two other places outside Louisiana, a reduction from earlier spread.
Mobile, Alabama reports over a quarter million bunches of bananas from tropical ports for United Fruit Company and allied concerns. Ten steamers are due next week, plus four independent vessels, totaling nearly half a million bunches and boosting port revenues. The exodus from New Orleans is due to quarantine restrictions, shifting a large trade to Mobile.
Panama Canal Commissioners Gen. Peter C. Haines and B. M. Harrod arrived in New York aboard the Surance after a ten day Isthmian inspection. They report plans to centralize employe quarters and food supply, complete two hotels, and move 1500 workers under closer supervision with minimal yellow fever cases.
Lyons Creek rose over twenty feet near Wreford six miles south of Junction City Kansas washing out about a thousand feet of Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway track. Trains run via Union Pacific and Rock Island between Junction City and White City. A party camping near Lyons Creek slept through the flood. belongings were washed away.
New Orleans reports progress against yellow fever as Reed commission methods appear to curb the outbreak. The July 13 to July 28 tally nears 200 cases, many in the French Market area where Italians face quarantine and limited access to physicians. Coast inspection finds no fever along the Gulf, with personnel reassigned to assist New Orleans.
Arrangements are set for Russian and Japanese plenipotentiaries to travel from New York to Oyster Bay for a luncheon hosted by the president and then to Portamouth New Hampshire. The Russian party sails on the Chattanooga at 9 a.m. August 6 followed by the Japanese on the Tacoma an hour later.
Report from New York notes peace envoys sparing details as press questions persist. Suggested terms include indemnity tied to Japan, cession of rights over Port Arthur and Dalny from Russia, Japanese suzerainty over Korea, open door in Manchuria, and withdrawal of foreign forces with limits on troops. Also calls for free port status for Vladivostok, Manchurian railway control, Sakhalin transfer, and interned ships surrender.
Minneapolis Bishop Isaac W. Joyce Methodist leader dies at home after fainting from a cerebral hemorrhage and paralysis following a sermon in Red Rock camp meeting. He served as presiding bishop in China and Japan and earlier led churches in Chattanooga and Cincinnati. Survived by wife and son Col. Frank M. Joyce.
Washington reports officials doubt China will consent to a new treaty with the United States excluding Chinese laborers as the current accord nears expiry China is inclined to sign a similar convention. The note also mentions unrelated items from Hinck River drowning in Michigan and a Norwegian referendum proposal after Sweden union talks.
George A. Kelly an electrician of Olive Street and his wife faced a blaze that trapped them on a second story windowsill. The salvage corps arrived with ladders as flames burst from the window and Mrs Kelly suffered burned hands while Mr Kelly’s grip on a shutter kept them from tumbling to the sidewalk despite blistered hands and exhausted arms.
Twenty three persons die when an electric express on the Lancashire and Yorkshire line collides at Hall Road station in Liverpool with an empty train bound for Southport. The crowded first car is smashed and most occupants perish. many injured are trapped as wreckage catches fire. Passengers' cries fill the platform while bystanders assist.
In Pittsburg on July 27 a crowded store unable to handle the throng drew thousands of women to a bargain sale. Four score were injured with broken bones and fainting, while police planned action against future bargain days. The store was turned into a hospital with 15 doctors treating the injured.
Through C Hauge formerly last secretary of the Sweden and Norway legation in Washington the new Norwegian government seeks U S recognition. Hauge resigned to become its representative and representations to the State Department have been sent to Oyster Bay awaiting President Roosevelt's action. The United States will study the status of the new government before any definite steps.
Army officers hailed a Fort Sheridan event as the most remarkable squad shooting in U S history as 15 soldiers scored over 400 of 500 in a skirmish drill. Sergeant Abraham Mill led with 173 of 200 in the initiatory firing and 268 of 300 in slow and rapid-fire, among the crowd of 23 men choosing to participate.
Fortytwo eight thousand stogies shipped to St Louis from three New York manufacturers were seized by Collector Ben Westhus for improper stamping. The 10,000 stogies were seized at the Columbia Transfer depot, 18,000 at the St Louis Transfer Co warehouse, and 20,000 at the Louisville and Nashville depot on Cass avenue and Collins street.
London reports that Emperor William sought a pact with Emperor Nicholas to place a Hohengoltern prince on the Norwegian throne, with Russia possibly agreeing if frontier adjustments near the Atlantic were allowed. Other items note Mueller’s plea of epileptic somnambulism, a Kewanee library bond vote, and mail-rate threats to the United Railways Co. pages.
Police in Moscow seize all documents from the house of M. Golovin president of the permanent burens of zemstro. Also seized papers from M. Polmer secretary of the barcas as part of the congress proceedings. In Longview Texas a man fatally wounds his wife and then kills himself, likely influenced by a head wound from an earlier bank robbery. A spaniel saves two children from drowning while a bride and notes figure in a separate report.
Misa Ella Off of 1127 Linden Street Indianapolis writes she suffered months with a run down constitution. After a physician failed to help a druggist advised Peruna she soon felt better and after months fully recovered. She thanks the medicine and notes confidential medical advice from Dr Hartman.
A survey of varied 1903 items including London insanity numbers exceeding 20 000 and electric spark photography of bullets, Michigan’s Old Ironsides to be dismantled, American locomotive patterns in Cologne Berlin fast express, Jewish anniversary in US, tea prices paying for 6 088 648 pounds of packaging materials, a gummed postage stamp delivered to Fife Scotland, Norwegian ford water clarity seen at 150 feet, electro plated lace fashion, Lyons ecclesiastical vestments plated lace for ball gowns, Miss Odette Tyler a leading American actress and playwright notes and a Doans Kidney Pills testimonial from Odette Tyler of Buffalo New York.
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