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The Brookhaven leader., 1890-07-31
Personal AND POLITICAL.

GOVERNOR GORDON, of Georgia, favOrs
the proposed boycott of Northern goods
should the Lodge Election bill become
law.
The Armenian Bishop was among
those killed in the disorders at Erze-
roum. A state of anarchy prevailed.
THE Russian Ambassador at Constan-
tinople has sent another communication
to the Porte demanding payment of the
war indemnity. The debt now amounts
to S152, $50, 900. Turkey has only paid
two years installments since 1882.
ITALIAN papers announce that Signor
Tamagno. the tenor, is about to retire
from the stage He has purchased a
fine estate at Varese.
The people of Spain are reported
greatly dissatisfied with the new Conser-
vative Cabinet and the situation is very
critical.
THE President on the Esd sent to Con-
gress the correspondence between the
United States and Great Britain with
reference to the Behring sea seal fish
cries. The correspondence ended with
the controversy remaining in grave
shape.
CONGRESSMAN GEsT has been renom-
mated by the Republicans of the Elev-
enth Illinois district.
PRESIDENT HARRISON, Secretary Proc
tor, Attorney-General Miller, Postmas-
ter-General Wanamaker and General
Schofield spent the 9th at the Pennsyl'
vania National guard encampment al
Mount Gretna.
THE Farmers Alliance of the Eighth
Iowa district has nominated A. X.
Anderson for Congress.
THE Heligoland Cession bill passed
its second reading in the British House
of Commons by a vote of 200 to 81.
THE Queen Dowager of Corea died
July 4. aged eighty-three.
A NATIONAL convention OF the Union
Labor party has been called to meet in
st. Louis September 8. The Greenback
party, the Farmers Alliance, the Wheels
and Grangers, and the other kindred
organizations are invited to send repre-
sentatives. The campaign of 1899 will
at that time be outlined.
SIeNoR CRIsPI, the Italian Premier,
has informed the French Ambassador
that IL France should annex Tunis,
Italy would occupy Tripoli.
THE House Committee on Invalid Pen
sions has ordered a favorable report
upon a bill granting pension of 81. ooC
per annum to the widow OF the late
General George B. Mcclellan.
The Brookhaven leader., 1890-07-31
HAUNTED HOTEL ROOMS.
Cases of Suicide Always Cause Trouble
in Public House.

Cases of Suicide Always Cause Trouble
in a Public House.
"Yes, a man who commits suicide in
a hotel causes a vast deal of trouble"
said an old hotel clerk. 'If the num-
Der of the room in which the deed was
committed gets out we always have to
renumber the room before we can get
any body to occupy it. l.recall an incl
dent of few years ago that is inter-
esting. A well-known Richmond man
had committed suicide in one of the In
dianapolis hotels. About the time tho
corpse was removed some of the cleo
trio wires in the building crossed. That
afternoon travelling man was occupy
ing a room several doors from the one
in which the suicide had occurred.
Every time he would call for boy tho
register on the clerks desk would point
to the number of the room in which tho
corpse had been removed only
a few hours before. A bell boy
answered the first call, and
came back white aso sheet
with the announcement that no ono
was in the room. Ting-a-ling-a-ling,'
went the call bell again, and once more
the register pointed to the room in
which the suicide had occurred. A
second bell boy was sent to the room,
and he came back as badly scared as
the first, with the statement that no one
was in the room.
Its the dead mans ghost said a
guest who had become interested in the
proceedings"
Again the bell rang, and for tho
third time the register pointed to the
suicides room. l ordered. third bell
boy to go up and make sure that the ro
was no one in the room. Not much; no
wouldn't go. Said l wasn't going to
steer him in among spooks. screwed
up my own courage and stated up stairs
to make an investigation myself. My
breath was beginning to come short
when met the travelling man on his
way down stairs, fuming because his
calls had not been answered. 1t oc-
Cured to me in a moment that the wires
had become crossed. indianapolis
News
The Brookhaven leader., 1890-07-31
Brother Vincent Dead.

SOUTH BEND, Ind, July 26.-Brother
Vincent one of the builders of the Uni
versity of Notre Dame, died Wednesday
night at the age of almost one hundred
years Although other senses were
intact he had been blind for some
time. He came to Notre Dame with
Very Rev. Father Sorin in 1s42, being
one of the latter's four companions on
that eventful journey. Brother Law
renee and Brother Justin are dead,
while the third, Brother Xavier, is
the undertaken at Notre Dame and is
yerv old.
The Brookhaven leader., 1890-07-31
Suit Against the Western Union.

ST. PAUL. Mimi, July 26.-Suit has
been brought by the United States Gov
ernment against the Northern Pacific
railway and the Western Union Tele-
graph Company, the object of which is
to wholly forfeit the rights claimed by
the Western Union Telegraph Company
under franchises alleged to have been
derived from the Northern Pacific Rail-
road Company over 2. 1s9 miles of rail-
way. The proceeding also denies the
right of the Western Union Telegraph
Company to succeed to the rights and
franchises of number of Northwestern
telegraph companies.
The Brookhaven leader., 1890-07-31
A BURGLARS ADVENTURE.
The Only Time Notorious Criminal Actu-
ally Felt Scared.

The Only Time a Notorious Criminal Actu-
ally Felt Scared.
81 think burglars are more often ut
terly routed by women than by men,"
said policeman the other day. It's
wonderful what woman will do some
times when she hears strange noise in
her house at night | know that my
own wife is nervous, excitable invalid,
who often lies awake in the night when
am on my beat trembling in her bed
with apprehension lest burglar might
enter the house. So far, she is an abso-
Lutte coward. But let her really hear a
noise in any part of the house which
might be made by burglar, and the
opportunity for action is a positive re-
lief to her. Up she gets in minute
and without a seconds hesitation makes
her way in the dark all over the house,
looking for the intruder-not sign of
fear then-but as the fact that nobody
has actually entered the house becomes
apparent her fear lest some one might
do so returns, and she goes back to bed
coward again. Strange, isn't it?
II remember desperate burglar, who
was HdhkVu AOh hiliAhB q man WHOSO
house he had been discovered robbing.
telling me that the only time he actual
ly felt scared at finding himself face to
face with one of the inmates of the
house he was cracking was when a
slight delicate woman, clad only in her
night-dress, came running down the
stairs, and, putting her hand on his arm,
inquired, in terrified tone: What's
the matter? Is there burglar in the
house? Oh, protect mer In her terror
she did not think of him as the robber,
and the evident comfort it gave her tc
find some one to protect her gave him
a new sensation altogether.
He was staggered moment by the
situation, but hearing other inmates
moving upstairs, who had evidently
been aroused by her loud EXPLANATIONS,
he quickly said: Certainly, ma'am, III
protect you-have no fear. just stand
here behind the door while look in the
kitchen where the noise seems to come
from
oh, thank you,' she replied, as he
slipped out into the kitchen. picked ur
his shoes and vanished out of the win
dow, leaving the booty piled upon the
floor in table-cloth, which he was just
tying ap when the woman came upon
him. IN. Y. Tribune.
The Brookhaven leader., 1890-07-31
Miscellaneous.

THE twentieth annual session of the
Holly Springs District Conference of the
North Mississippi Conference, NJ. E..
Church, South, was held at Potts Camp,
Marshall County, on 18th, 18th and 10th.
THE Mississippi Valley Railroad, the
Flowerree Ice Company, and Cook Well
Company have agreed to defray, jointly,
the expense Of making deep borings at
Vickburg to find, il possible, stratum
of sand from which artesian water may
be obtained. The Cook Well Company,
in sinking we'll for the railroad, found
water under great pressure at 900, but
in sand SO extremely fine that the sup
ply cannot be utilized.
STATE TREASURER EVANS last woelS
expressed a package of Confederate
relics, taken from the dead bodies of
Missouri soldiers killed at Corinth in
ls6s and deposited in the treasury vault.
The Brookhaven leader., 1890-07-31

n lie BARRos, citizen of Brazil, who
naS recently been travelling through the
SVr'nern part of that country, said at
New York recently that he was much
Impressed m with the change of feeling of
G cle people of Brazil. The change of
| uo,ornment was universally popular
ana there was a marked advance in
yu'inesS .rS prosperity. One result was
sue great interest of Brazilians in the
peOpie OF the United States. Formerly
sI sIe trend OF Brazilian trade was in the
e0uon ~ OF England and the Con tinent
AZ e republican feeling and the PAN
.a,,o oricah congress coupled with Portu-
s~. ;an uoab'e with England made Brazil,
'"n' anxious to buy American goods.
The Brookhaven leader., 1890-07-31

.. iAE parliamentary conference on in
Tansn T,nsuonal arbitration was opened in
siSiN uon on the ED, Lord Herschell pre-
ing ing The Earl of Aberdeen offered a
ioh bo"N declaring that the conference
ban eu The concurrent resolution of both
st,;s sSes OF the American Congress as a
m~as s reply to the address from 234
moufs oefs OF the British House Of Com
ms mas requesting President Harrison to
souate NY with the Powers for the pur-
To- VI concluding treaties of arbitra-
Sta..a Stu ana eongratulates the autonomic
p.n ol America, which were in tho
n,nr,aa n,,aane1ican Congress- upon the treaty
avail. ior arbitration. which now
carrios rauhcation. Tho motion was
inc in =, as was also a resolution rejoic-
arS;. - tue forts to conclude treaty of
IisOitration -. between France and Amer.
The Brookhaven leader., 1890-07-31

REPRESENTATIVE CUTCnEoN, from the
Committee on Military Affairs, has re-
ported adversely the following bills af-
1ectlng tho personnel of the army: To
regulate promotion to the heads of the
stan department of the army; to author
lze the promotion of certain assistant
surgeons after twenty years of service;
toincreaSe the efficiency of the ordnance
department; to retire certain officers
lor disability, and for tho relief Of Off
GERS who have served continuously in
tne grade of lieutenant for fifteen OF
twenty years without promotion.
The Brookhaven leader., 1890-07-31

NJ NEIJDoFF, the Russian Ambassa-
dor to Turkey, has presented a note
from Russia to the Porte declaring that
the grant ng by Turkey of the conces-
aons demanded by Bulgaria would hu-
initiate the Sultan. The Bulgarian de-
mands, the note says, are maneuvers to
strengthen the tottering throne OF
+ rflnce Ferdinand and his illegal rule.
furthermore, the note says, that Bull
garla is hostile to Russia and that the
iOr'es condescension to that principal
NY ny would be an unfriendly act toward
AusSia and might lead to serious conse-
quences, The attitude of Bussia as dis
aayed BY the note seriously exercises
The Brookhaven leader., 1890-07-31

Mrs. ANN STOKES of Urbana Depot,
O., telegraphed to the Pension Bureau
few days ago in some alarm that her
property was about to be sold under an
execution asking if her pension could
not be granted and her home saved.
Nextday the Commissioner tclegraphed:
Pension claim allowed. You will re-
ceive about 81, 900, Certificate will be
issued to-day"
The Brookhaven leader., 1890-07-31

Ex-Governor FLETCHER, of Missouri,
was in Washington recently and called
attention to the failure of Congress to
consider and dispose of the hundred of
urgent and deserving private measures
that have been introduced during tho
session In his opinion all private leg
iSlation will be given the go by, even
public buildings measures.
The Brookhaven leader., 1890-07-31
nyIsCELLANEOUs.

FIRE in Spokane Falls, Wash, on the
osd caused $50, 600 damage all told. A
negro was arrested on Suspicion.
MUCH activity exists in the Russian
navy. The Twelve Apostles Ia war
vessel of s, 200 tons) is ready for launch
ing at Sebastopol and a larger vessel,
St George the Conqueror, is being built
at the same place.
The Brookhaven leader., 1890-07-31

EMIN BEY, meeting DR.. Peters at
Mpwapwa, authorized him to recover
the ivory left at Wadolai. DR.. Peters Is
hopeful of organizing a new expedition.
He declares that Uganda is entirely Sc.
cured to German interests.
The Brookhaven leader., 1890-07-31

A DISPATCH from Geneva says that
the Federal Council has about decided
to expel the Mormons from the repub-
lie. Petitions in faver of the expulsion
have been signed by tens Of thousands
Of the working people.
The Brookhaven leader., 1890-07-31

LAND agents from Berlin are flocking
into Heligoland and real estate specu-
lation on the little island is rampant.
The natives have raised their prices
twenty shillings per square foot since
the ceSSiOn
The Brookhaven leader., 1890-07-31

THE notorious bandit Hermanezeilio
Chavez, Of Salvador, who for the last
five years has made travelling dangerous
on the roads leading into La Libertad.
has been arrested, convicted and shot
to the great relief of the country.
The Brookhaven leader., 1890-07-31

THE Fronch Chamber of Deputies has
heen asked for 40O,OOO francs to land a
new cable between France and England,
and for 2O0,O francs for telephone
lines between Paris and London.
The Brookhaven leader., 1890-07-31

LARGE cargoes of Canadian cattle are
arriving in Scotland and still greater
influx is expected, charters having been
taken for the bringing Of several thou
sands during August.
The Brookhaven leader., 1890-07-31
A Much lsetter Plan.

Edith-rm very fond of bathing, but
it's nuisance to have to dry ones hair
when one comes out of the water.
Little Laura-My sister Mande neyef
gets her hair wet when she bats.
She leaves nearly all of it in her dfess'
ing-room. Shore.
The Brookhaven leader., 1890-07-31

bonaa morse and Trumpeters, a public
Muse SSuse at crutched Friars london
snlri,a n"o been permitted to sell ardent
renou' iof about $50 years, has had the
inc W." "S OF Its license refused, there b. :
hon." ~ ionger demand for a public
N'o IN the neighborhood.
The Brookhaven leader., 1890-07-31

OWING to the expectation OF rise In
,bo prices of chemicals the paper makers
Of England and Scotland are com bining
With a view to starting chemical fac
tories of their own.
The Brookhaven leader., 1890-07-31
recently.

French Commodore was allowed to
,.anoct the forts at Kiel Germany, re-
oontlv lie was cordially received by
The Germans.
The Brookhaven leader., 1890-07-31

Tur Guatemalan Government pro-
.ooos IN subsidize the Pacific mail steam
prs 60 as to secure the right to search
,or contraband goods.
The Brookhaven leader., 1890-07-31
CURRENT COMMENT.

nvxrRAL EzErA, Of Salvador, has
y. personal challenge to President
p.rrilIas. of Guatemala.
The Brookhaven leader., 1890-07-31

Ex.CoxGREssMAN Guy R. PELToN, OF
- York. fell dead while ascending St
Morv's Ma mountain in Yellowstone park
oooptlv
The Brookhaven leader., 1890-07-31
Two Queer Proverbs.

Tomdix-Honor among thieves" is
queer kind of a proverb, isn't it?
McClammy-Yes, it always reminds
me of another.
What is that?"
True as steaL"-chicago Inter
Ocean.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-03
HEATED CAMPAIGN.
That Nov in Progress in South Carolina.
BlOodshed May Result.

InaI NO Nv III AEOBreSS IN SOubH ChEOllnus
Bloodshed May Result.
COLUMBIA, S. c., July 3.-At no meet,
ing of the present state campaign has
such bad blood been displayed as Tues
day at Winsborough, the home of Gen.
Bratton, one of the candidates. Gen.
Bratton was accorded respectful
silence from the crowd who listened to
him Gen. Earle's speech was inter.
rupted by yells and cries Of "Sit down,
and Let the man speak," "You can't
change us, we are going to put Tillman
in, Run him out. boys"
When Capt. Tillman arose it was
Ally five minutes before he could speak,
so great was the applause on one side
and the kissing on the other After
speaking a short while he said some
thing that again put the crowd to yell
ing, aud all efforts to silence them were
down. This produced the widest ex-
citement. A score of Tillmans follow
ers rushed on the stand and lifted Till
man from the seat into which he had
dropped and carried him to the edge OF
the platform. They swore he should
speak.
At this point the attention of the audi
ence was called to the fact that twenty
of Mr. Tillman's supporters on the stand
had their hands on their pistols. AT
this announcement there was the great
est confusion. The ladies fled from the
meeting, and an eye witness reports 9
hundred pistols in sight at the same mo
ment A terrible riot was momentarily
expected and a single shot or blow
would have brought it on. The tension
was very great until the end of the mos
heated meeting of the campaign.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-03

the introduction of the palace car has
been discouraged until now, presumably
on account of its expense.
A serious split in the ranks of the Scotch
Liberals, both in and out of parliament,
is imminent, Some of them insist upon
Home Rule as the principle plank in their
platform, while the remainder, while
adopting the principle of Home Rule, are
of the opinion that the present time is not
opportune for pressing it.
In conversation with journalist NJ.
Flourens, former French minister of for
eign affairs, said that he knew nothing Of
the alleged negotiations between France
and England with view to giving
France compensation on the west coast Of
Africa in exchange for Madagascar The
Journal des Bats declares that the alleged
negotiations are purely imaginary.
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-03
A Romanee of the war.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, July 3.-Jack At
kinson, of Franklin county, Ala, who
has been missing since the war, returned
to his old home last week. His wife
heard he was killed in a battle near the
close of the war, and few years later
she married again. Her second husband
is still living. Atkinson says he started
home some time after the war, but
heard his wife had married again, and
he went to California. There he mar
ried and lived until few years ago,
when his wife died. He came back to
see if his first wife was widow, but
finding that she is not, he will return to
California;
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-03
Foreign Notes,

Twelve war vessels will accompany EN-
peror William on his trip from Norway to
Riga.
At Fort Louis, Guadelope, the princi-
pal buildings were destroyed by fire.
Loss, 100000. Many Of the inhabitants
are destitute.
The lifeboat Storm King, which sailed
from London to Cape Town, and from the
latter place to Albany, west Australia
completed the long voyage in safety.
1t is announced that the pope is prepar
ing an encyclical letter on the present
state of social, political and religious
life, which will be issued within few
days
The Rev, Mr.. Gill, the chaplain of the
English colony in Paris, has received the
appointment of vicar at Tunbridge, in
Kent; and will return to England to as
sumo his new duties as soon as possible.
The Hamburger Nachrichten, Prince
Bismarck's organ, referring to the Anglo
German agreement, says that Count
Herbert Bismarck, when secretary of
foreign affairs never proposed to Lord
Salisbury the cession of Zanzibar to Eng
land.
IL is stated that Prince Bismarck mas
begged tine emperor to discountenance the
project to erect Bismarck monument
during the princes lifetime. The prince
asks that the funds for that purpose be
devoted to erecting a church in memory
of Emperor William |.
A gambling club was raided by the po-
lice of ST. Petersburg few days ago and
all of the inmates were arrested. The
PLAYERS were released with a fine the next
day but the principals were held for trial.
! Tuesday they were tried and sentenced
to exile in Siberia for five years.
Paris is delighted with its new sensa
| tion. furnished by the return OF Eyraud
Thousands Of photographs of Eyraud
| Bompard and NJ. Gouffe have been sold IL
the streets within the last two days, and
the demand seems to be increasing. The
horrible story of the murder of NJ. Gouf'
| is told over and over again In countless
versions, and the trial of the prisoner Is
awaited with feverish interest.
The latest Russian railway has pur
chased full complement of Pullman oar'
for its passenger service. This IL radiea
departure in Russia's railroading. and thu
cars are expected to attain degree o.
popularity that will necessitate their us'
on other lines. American locomotives hav'
been in use in Russia for mauy years, bul
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-03
PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT.
Financial Report just Issued from tn
Treasury Department.

Treasury Department.
WAsEIINGToN, July 3.-The reduction
in the public debt during June, as
shown by the monthly statement issued
from the treasury department Tuesday,
was SOC. 1886, 1875 and for the fiscal year
which closed Monday, $SS,4TI, ,445. The
reduction during tho preceding year
varied but little from this amount, and
was $8S, ,939, OPS,
During the past fiscal year the govern
ment has purchased and redeemed, in
round numbers, seventy-four millions
four per cent. and about thirty-one mill
ions four-and-a-half per cents, at a to-
tai cost of $125, ,4lS,3S7. The premiums
paid ON the fours purchased amounted
to $iS, ,ST6, ,q93, and on the fours-and-a-
halls, 81 ,427 ,3Ol, or total of $50, ,304,-
224.
The net cash in the treasury to-day is
$50, 400, 748. A month ago it was $780,
sol ,791, and year ago $71 ,484 ,O49.
Imports of gold into the United States
during the fiscal year Just closed were
approximating for June $.2,9 ,732,
and the exports, $l7.O99,9 ,92O, or a net
loss of gold by export during the year Of
$4, 22O, 1873. During the fiscal year the
imports of gold were $10,372, i45, while
the exports reached $60,033, 1886, net
loss of $49, ,66l ,10l.
Government receipts from all sources
during June amounted to $37 SAG, ,89l 4,
against $32 ,757 ,907 in June a year ago,
and for the fiscal year the revenue ag-
gregated $402, ,0S3,979. which is greater
than in any year since 1S81-82, when
it reached $403, ,525, ,250 During the
preceding fiscal year the revenue from
all sources was 1885,, ,050, ,058.
While the revenue for the past year
was fifteen millions greater than during
the preceding year, expenditures were
also greater and aggregated $3l7 $685..
044, or about eighteen and three-quarter
millions more than during the preced-
ing fiscal year. The ordinary expenses
for civil and miscellaneous expenses,
and the Indian charge, varied but little
during the past two years.
The interest on the public debt during
the year just closed amounted to $780,
3,S1S, or about 81, 900, 900 less than in
the preceding year. The premium paid
on bonds purchased-$20, ,304 224-was
fully $3,000,O00 more than during the
preceding year, and the pension charge
for the past year amounted to $lS,93q,
423 About $3000,000 of this amount
was rsed to pay pensions due during the
clothing months of the preceding year.
So that the real pension charge dufTTne
the past year was about $99, ,00C
against $95,000,0 900 in the preceding
Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-03
R,ds wanted ON Battle Ships.

WASHINGTON, July 3.-The navy De-
partment issued circular inviting pro
posals for building three S,5O0-ton coast
line battle ships, whose construction
was authorized by the naval appropria-
tion act passed by congress a few, days
ago. The vessels are to cost, exclusive
of armament. not more than 81 200, ,0Oc
each, the term armament inclrAng, be-
sides the guns and ammunition, aN armor
of turrets, barbettes, gun shields and
armored tubes, directly pertaining to
the protection of the guns and loading
positions. All parts of the vessels shall
be of domestic manufacture.