The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-11
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL

GENERAL BoULANGER suddenly disap-
peared from Paris on the 81. His en- :
emies asserted that he had fed to avoid
prosecution.
MUNICIPAL elections occurred extensive
ly on the 81, resulting variously. D.mo-
crat' carried Chicago and st. Louis. Re-
pubiicans carried Kansas City. Mo-, and
Kansas City, Kan. At Leavenworth d
r. Anthony, the Republican, Prohibition
candidate, was defeated. Fort Scott went
Democratic and Cottonwood Falls, Kan,
elected an entire female government At
Wichita it was thought Harris, the Lib
eral candidate, was elected. Republicans
elected their ticket in St Joseph. Mo. At
Sedalia the honors were about even. At
Springfield Ill., the Democrats elected
their entire ticket. The election in Ar
kansas for Supreme Court JUICES was
carried by the Democrats with the usual
majorities.
GENERAL BoULANGER, after fleeing from
Paris, issued n manifesto from Brussels,
in which he said that he would not face
a trial before the French Senate, but was
ready to plead before judge AMI jury.
LATER returns showed the election of
r. L. Cofran, Democrat, for mayor OF To-
peka, instead of Metsker. Republican, as
first reported by 204 majority. A Demo-
cratic councilman was also elected.
IT is reported that King John of Abyss
sinia has been defeated and slain in battle.
The eject on in Rhode Is and on the
was very close. Democrats at first claimed
the Governorship for their candidate,
Davis. but later figures showed he lacked
600 of a majority. The Legislature was
undecided as mo election" was reported
in several districts.
EDWIN BOOTH, the actor, received a
stroke of paralysis while performing at
The Lyceum Theater, Rochester, N Y, on
the g..
WANAMAKER has bought ex-Secretary
Whilney's late residence in Washington.
GENERAL JACOB SHARP has resigned as
governor of the Soldiers Home at Mil
waukee, Wis, and General K.lburn Knox
has been elected his successor. Ill health
was tho cause.
THE temperance cause in Canada re-
ceived q severe blow on the 4th. Twelve
counties and two cities in Ontario and
Nova Scotia voted on the question whether
the Scott Prohibition law should continue
in force or not Every county AMI town
that voted declared that the act should be
Withdrawn by majorlties of from 200 to
3,O00
NEWS has been received Of H. NJ. STAN
ey and Emin Paaha up to last February.
Thcy were then on their way to Zanzibar.
accompanied by many hundreds of men,
women and children.
THE complete vote of Rhode Island for
Governor gives Lad l6 952, Davis 81 $50,
Richard son 1911. Chace 3,435. Davis
lacks 54S of an election but has plurality
of 39S The Senate stands Repu blicans
21, Democrats II, with four to be elected,
while the House stands Republicans %,
Democrats 81, twelve yet to be elected.
ROBERT 4. LINCOLN called upon the
President and Secretary Blaine on the 4, b.
and formally accepted the English mis-
sion. He will sail for England about May
Is
THE death of King John of Abyssinia
has been confirmed
PHILo REMINGTON died at Silver Springs,
Fla, on the 5th. His death was due to
bilious fever. He was the eldest son Of e.
Remington, the founder of the great arm
ory works at llion, n. Y.
THE President has appointed Joel B.
Erhardt TO be collector of customs and
Cornelius Van Cott to be postmaster at
New York.
MAGGIE MITCHELL, the actress. has OBJ
tanned a divorce from her husband, Henry
T. Paddock. The main charge was
adultery.
The funeral OF ex-Sub-Treasurer of tho
United States, Alexander McCue, of New
York, took place in Brooklyn, N Y, on
the 9th, from st. Peters Roman Catholic
Church. Secretary of the Navy Tracy was
one of the pallbearers.
MAJOR ARMEs, who pulled Governor
Beavers nose recently at Washington, it
is thought, will be court -martaled.
The President has issued q proclams-
ton for National holiday on April 80,
the centenary Of Washington's inaugura.
ton.