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Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-18
Poisoned Through a Letter.

veratrine is a vegetable powder,
nearly white, very acrid and poison.
Gus, which is obtained from a genus OF
plants called veratrum sabadilla. 1t is
subtle and dangerous poison, the
odor of which mounts to the brain and
Is very liable to produce death or in
sanity. One day in 1870 Prince Bis
marck received a letter marked "pri-
vate." 1t was orened by his confiden-
tia secretary, who had read but few
lines when he fell into swoon. An.
other clerk who tried to read the let
ter was seized by the same symptoms.
A physician saved their lives, but only
after hard struggle. 1t was after
ward ascertained that the letter had
been poisoned with veratrine, evil
IDENTIFY intended for the famous German
Chancellor.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-18

George Winchester of ew Orleans
suicided dramatically in front of the
residence of Capt. T. P. Gathers, the
famous steamboat man and captain of
the Natchez, one of the boats in the
historic race to st. Louis many years
ago. Mr.. Winchester was son-in-
law of Capt. feathers, having married
Miss Courtney Leathers, who stood
high in social circles and who was
once queen of the carnival. At all
early hour Winchester walked up to
the entrance of Capt. Leathers' resi-.
dence on Carondelet street, and put
ting pistol to his head blew hi
brains out. dying instantly. He hal
been i'll, and this is the only known
cause for the deed.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-18
ODDS AND ENDS.
Louisville has several cases of small

Louisville has several cases Of small
pox.
A thousand deaths have occurred
from cholera at Teneriffe, one of the
Canary Islands.
The total number Of postffices in the
United States in operation on January
LIST, is 6S,806.
An Athletic Club has been organized
In Atlanta and will bid for the Cor
bett-Mitchell fight.
San Antonio business men have re-
renewed their offer of 1926, 200 for
the Corbett- Mitchell fight.
Two editors In Mexico have been ar.
rested and placed in prison because
they criticized the administration Of
affairs.
On last Sunday DIR. j. B. Stratton
preached his fifteenth annual discourse
in the Presbyterian church at Natchez,
Miss. He is so years old.
The Mississippi Legislature is in
session. Among the most important
things that will be disposed of by this
body of law makers is the convict lease
question.
John Cummings, Of Omaha, Neb.,
deliberately set his house On fire and
then restrained any of tho inmates
from escaping. His wife, baby and
grandmother with himself were cre-
mated.
The colored people in many Cities
OF the state observed emancipation day
in appropriate style on last Monday,
1t is very significant even: among
the colored race.
Statistics complied by the Boise
City National bank show the value Of
the three principal metals produced in
Idaho during 1899 as follows: Gold,
81 ,645, 900; silver, 81 1902. 900; lead,
S775, 900; total, 1922 900. This
shows total decrease OF over, 81, O00.-
600 as compared with the previous
year.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-18
wOMAN's WORLD.
year..

The memoirs of Nine. Juaot have
been published, and are said to be rich
in "reminiscences of the great Napo-
leon and his era.
Women of the middle classes are
said to be much hanisomer now than
they were twenty years ago in Eng
land, taller, better formed and more
brilliant in coloring.
The new Hungarian marriage law
prescribes that betrothal gives no right
to compel the performance Of a mar
riage, although it may justify a claim
for compensation.
Mrs. Abby Morton Diaz, whose
literary fame rests chiefly upon the in
evitable and imperishable "William
Henry Letters" has become an ardent
advocate of Christian S cience,
Miss Lucy Garnett is given a PEN
sion Of $500a year by the British
government, in recognition Of literary
merits and to enable her to prosecute
her researches into Oriental folklore.
Miss Margaret Stokes also receives
$500 for her researches into early
Christian art and archaeology in Ire
land, and Mrs. Cashel Hoey $3.50 for
her novels.
Kate Sanborn has made few re-
marks concerning woman's clubs. OF
the papers read at the me etings she
says: ssThese efforts are us ually toe
long-winded and too labored. They
are exhaustive, usually going back to
the beginning Of the world to explain
the present subject. There is almost
too much Of everything in women's
clubs but fresh air, elbow room an4
sinOeEe altruism."
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-18
The Tragedy of Life in New Yore.

The Tragedy of Life In New York.
Gould anything be more pathetic
than the story of 11-year-old Sanford
Parker rushing out Of the miserable
Brooklyn tenement house the other
day to earn few pennies wherewith
70 buy food for his starving mother,
rendered helpless by dropsy? Poor
boy! He could earn no pennies, and in
desperation stole the brass handle of
trolley motor, hoping to sell it to
Junkman, and thus procure money to
buy food. But he was nabbed bv a DO,
liceman, and locked up in station
house. Meanwhile the poor mother
died OF starvation. Is there any worse
restitution than this in the mos,
vretohed Of London's alnmsY
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-18
MURDER AT BIRMINGHAM
or Non-Commissioned Officer of
The United States Army.

The United States Army.
BIRMINGHAM, Jan. 7.-Birmingham
has been in great state Of excite
ment today on account of the foul
murder OF United States army off,
Ger, whose dead body, dressed in full
uniform, was found by two boys this
morning in the woods in the western
outskirts of the city. There were two
bullet holes in the neck just below the
left ear.
A furlough in the dead mans peck
ct identified him as Eugene Walker,
sergeant of the Sixth cavalry, station
cd at Fort Niobrara, Neb.
Several hours after the finding of
the corpse, Eugene Byars, cousin OF
the dead man, and a desperate char.
acter, visited the undertaker's shop
and identified the body. Byars was
drunk and did 80 much talking that
he was at once arrested on suspicion.
Byars said that Sergeant Walker
arrived here Friday and was en- route
to Eldridge, Ala, to visit his father,
who is d prominent citizen Of Walker
county. He said he was with Walker
all day yesterday, both drinking, and
left him last night at O'Clock.
Later on street car conductor told
the officers that two men went out on
his car about Z O'Clock last night and
got OIL at point opposite the scene
OF the murder. He identified the dead
man as one aud Byars as the other.
1t was shortly after o'clock that res
idents in the neighborhood of the
scene heard two pistol shots fired in
quick succession. =
With the arrest Of Byars, who was
placed IN the county Jail, the excite
ment increased, and there was talk of
lynching, but the talk did not develop
into action.
Byars denies his guilt. He tele-
graphed the dead mans father, who
arrived here tonight.
Byars is desperate character. Sew.
eral years ago he was arrested fol-
the murder of Charlie Ware, whose
body was found at the bottom of
"Murderers' Gulf" ON Red Mountain.
After long trial he was finally ac-
Quilted. He is now under indictment
for assault to murder. He was for
merly policeman here, and was dis
missed from the force for clubbing q
drunken man nearly to death.
Sergeant Walker was aboat 80
years old and had been in the army
five years. No pistol was found near
his body, thus dispelling the theory of
suicide. His watch and money were
missing.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-18
Wholesale KILLING.
"A Party In Texas Breaks up in Row
Three Persons Killed.

"A Party III Texas Breaks up in Row
Three Persons Killed.
A dispatch from Columbia, Texas,
gives the full particulars of whole
sale killing at party at Cedar Hill,
about fifteen miles from there. K. N.
Williams was dancing on the floor and
aroused the animosity of Lennon
Gale, who demanded that he must
surrender his place on the floor. Will
liams at first refused, but Gale became
boisterous, and Williams started from
the room, when Gale, with his broth
er, London Gale, and Bob Ealy, began
firing at Williams and others. Lon
don Gale shot through the window and
and killed Ell Waddy, boy, when an
other boy, Isaac Scott, remarked,
'London Gale has killed Eli Waddy,"
whereupon London turned and say
ing: "What is that to your" shot the
boy through the body and killed him
instantly. In the following fusilade q
woman was shot through the breast and
Is now dead. Lennon Gale was shot
through the body and will die. A girl
was shot in the face near the eye, and
another squarely in the middle Of the
forehead, the ball glancing and lodg-
Ing next to the skin back of the head.
One boy was shot through the arm,
and another through the right hand,
and others received various wounds.
After Lennon Gale was shot, it is
said his brother, London, sprang In
and stood over his PROSTATE body,
Winchester to his shoulder, and fired
repeatedly into the panic-stricken dan
GERS, who were unable to get out Of
the house in time to avoid his ven-
geance. Three are dead, fourth ia
tally wounded, two seriously wound
ed, and about half dozen have minor
injuries. London Gale is reported to
be safely locked up in the county Jail,
and it is reported that Ealy has been
captured.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-18
The Tower OF Silence.

The Parsees will not burn or bury
their dead, because they consider a
dead body impure, and they will not
suffer themselves to defile any Of the
elements. They therefore expose
their corpses to yultures, a method
revolving, perhaps, to the imagina.
ton, but one which commends itself
to all those who are acquainted there
with. And, after all, one sees nothi
ing but the quiet, white-robed pro-
cession white is mourning among
the Parsees) following the bier to the
Tower of Silence. At the entrance
they look their last on the dead, and
the corpse bearers caste of such
carry it within the precincts and lay
1t down, to be finally disposed of by
the vultures which crowd the tower.
And why should the swoop OF flocl
of white birds be more revolving than
what happens at the grave?
Meanwhile, and for three days
after, the priests say constant prayers
for the departed, for his soul is sup
posed not to leave the world till the
fourth day after death. On the
fourth day there is the Unthanna
ceremony, when the large sums of
money are given away in memory OF
the departed. The liturgy in use is
series of funeral sermons by Zorro
aSter,
OF superstitions, the Parsees have
had more than they retain. Con-
nected with burial Is the popular con-
ceptlon as to the efficacy of a dogs
gaze after death. Dogs are sacred,
and supposed to guide the souls of
the dead to heaven, and to ward off
evil spirits; hence it is customary to
lead a dog into the chamber Of death,
that he may look at the corpse before
it is carried away to the Tower. The
Nineteenth Century.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-18
German
Syrup

Regis Leblanc is a French Cana
dian store keeper at Notre Dame de
Stanbridge, Quebec, Can, who was
cured of severe attack of Congest-
ion of the Lungs by Boschee's Ger
man Syrup. He has sold many Z
bottle of German Syrup on his per
sonal recommendation. Ifyou drop
him a line he'll give you the full
facts of the case direct, as he did us,
and that Boschee's German Syrup
brought him through nicely. It
always will. 1t is a good medicine
and thorough in its work. O.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-18
New York Ci.y's WcaIfh.

The wealth Of New York City, e. Z
corporation, amounts to the enormous
sum OF 1859, 900, 900 It is thus distrib.
uted: Central Park, $20O, 900, 900; aftl
other parks, $50, 000, 900; Croton aqu4.
duct, $500, 900, 600; public markets, 49,
1000; city lots not in public usos
SIS, 900, 900; docks and piers, $50, 0001
900; police stations and land, e6, O0O.1
COO; schools, $4,000, 900; fire depart
ment, IS, SOC, 900; courts, prisons, and
islands, 500, 1000, 900; water lots, q, 600
600; armories, S3,000,00
Since 1871 the city's property haa
more than doubled in valuation, being
then SPIT 200, coo.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-18

When Jack Roper was called in the
United States Court this morning he
rose and pleaded guilty to working in
an illicit distillery.
With number of others he was sent
TO one side to await sentence.
Working In an illicit distillery is
nothing but a misdemeanor, while
operating distillery is equal to a
felony.
Roper knew this and entered his
plea to working in the distillery, which
was accepted.
How long did you work." asked the
Judge, when the man stood up for SEP
tence. ~
ooh, bout week, reckonS
Whose distillery was it?"
my own"
The judge looked puzzled, but all
he could do was to give him two
months sentence for working in an
illicit distilleiy.- Atlanta Journal.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-18
DEAFNESS CANNOT be Cured

9y local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion OF he ear. There is only one
va way 20 cure Deafness, and that is by constitu-
ssN<hM remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
Enstachian Tube. When this tube gets in
IIan,ed you have q rumbling sound or imper-
tect hearing, and when it is entirely closed
deafness is the result, and unless the infiam-
nation can be taken out and this tube re-
stored to it's normal condition, hearing viii be
destroyed forever, nine cases out ten are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an in
nsmed condition Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case az Deafness Caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
ciEculars, free.
T.. J. CHENEY q Co., Toledo, o.
"a Sold by Druggists, Use.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-18
What's In a Name.

What must be the feelings Of a tan
garnt, bony specimen OF womanhoodl
49, snappy manner, who realizes
S sne Will always be known a.
says the New York World.
are known as Daisy? =
lsnt 1t ridiculous to meet q woman
Searly SIX feet high and hear her ad-
And Isn't 1T absolutely idiotic TO find
: Goiorless creature with gray eyes and
Pinly? n ~
Inc only proper sort OF name is one
Snae us owner need not be ashamed to
see anywhere, on a check or a tomb.
S'one,one that is credit to youth and
dignity IN old age.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-18
A Pension AGENTS Fraud

w. Brown Moore, the most extern
sive pension agent in western New
York, with his son Allen and five
clerks, has been arrested by United
States officers on charge Of defrauding
the government and extorting money
from pensioners. The whole amount
involved e said to be $3.50, 900. The
pension department has been investi-
eating his method for three months.
The evidence is highly sensational.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-18
Two WIN Hang.

Two of the Kennedys, who SO foully
murdered Jas. L. Lowery, night oper-
a,or at Shellmound, Tenn, several
months ago, We're found guilty a.
charged few days since at Jasper.
and have been sentenced to hang
February 26th.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-18
An Hpldemio OF smallpor.

There IL an epidemic OF small pox
At Torreon, Mexico, ITO cases being
now under treatment. At the town OF
Lerde, five miles south Of that place
thauo ~ ~ oasas.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-18
A MILLION DOLLAR BLAZE
The Worlds Fair Grounds Again the
Scene of Fire.

The Worlds Fair Grounds Again the
Scene of Fire.
The second great fire at the Worlds
exposition, Chicago. broke out early
Monday night in the Casino, which
was in short time consumed. The
Peristyle was next to follow; after
which the great Electricity building
was consumed. Then the Manufac-
turels and Liberal Arts building, with
Its hundreds of thousands of dollars
worth Ct beautiful contributions from
all parts of the world, was consumed
by the devouring elements. At 11:15
p. m. the flames were beyond control.
In this structure were $4,000 valuable
packages, and their value at this time
Is incalculable.
Federal officials place the loss at
81 100000, though others claim that
it will reach at least 81, SOC, 900.
The great fire was not without its
work of death and injury. For the
second time within the history Of the
exposition firemen lisked their life
and limb to save the property of 9TH
ers, and saddened homes are the re-
suit.
THE DEAD.
William Mackey, a pipeman of en-
CINE company No. 81, fell from lad
der of the Peristyle; internally in
jured and died at the Mercy hospital.
THE INJURED,
Capt. Frederick Getz, truck compa-
ny No. 10, fell from the roof of the
Manufacturers building. Left leg
broken, chest badly injured and inter.
nally hurt.
Eugene Durand, Waterman in the
French sections of the Manufacturers
building, struck on the head with a
plank; badly cut and bruised. Re-
moved to the Emergency hospital.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-18

Eoa Couans AND THROAT DISORDERS use
Brown BRONCHIAL TRoCHgs Have never
changed my mind respecting them, except [
ehins better OF that which be gan BY think
ing we'll of."-Aeg. Henry Yard Bsscaer. Sold
only in boxes.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-18

Browns Iron Bitters cures Dyspepsia. Mala-
ria, Biliousness and General Debility. Gives
strength aids Digestion, tones tho YES
creates appetite. The best tonic for Irsing
Mothers, weak women and children.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-18

All cruelty springs from hard heartednes
and weak character.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-18

Mornings Eeecham's Pills with a drink of
water. beecham's-no others. rs cents Il box
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-18

a chronicle grumber can set dow as u
person who loafs too much.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-18
The Most Pleasant Way

A clean mouth ard an honest hand will
take man through any land
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-18

1t is a barren kind Of criticism that tells
you what thing is not
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-18

A child's question is the first round in the
adder of k nowledge
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-18

T. T. Bell, of Independence, Mo-
lille chopping down large walnsd
tree few days ago, found tenpenn1
Mr.. Bell says he remembers driving u
there while fixing a swing at the be-
ginning of the war-thirty years ago;
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-18
RHtA|:,.:ll B Bsxdss7
ABSOLUTELY PURE

The official reports show Royal Baking Powder
superior to all others, yielding cubic inches Of
leavening gas per ounce of powder, strength
greatly in excess of every other powder tested.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-18

III amicted with sorc ewes use Dr. Isaac Thomp
sHhs eve water britggs's sell NJ &c bottle.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1894-01-18

THE man who makes the most noise
In quarrel is usually believed to b
in the right -Atchison Globe
The record-union., 1894-02-15
WELL-DREOSED WOMEN.
Handsome Gowns Are Not Necessarily
the Most Expensive.
Diamond Dyes Make Possible Many
stylish suits-Their Use Greatly
Increased by Hard Times-Rich
Colors That Will Not Fade, Crock,
or Wash Out.

about the only thing the sale of which
has been increased by the hard times are
diamond dyes" said Sacramento drug
gist 'Wo omen like to be we'll dressed,
and they find that by the use of these
handy home dyes they can make an old
dress look like new one, prevent the
husbands clothes from getting shabby.
and keep the children nicely clothed"
While there are fifty different colors in
diamond dyes. the blacks Especial kinds
for wool, cotton, and silk and feathers)
are the most popular, as any color can be
dyed a handsome black with but little
work or expense. The directions on the
envelopes are so plain and explicit that
the most inexperienced can do as well as
the professional dyer
In one of the ladies' papers. story of
real life was printed, telling how winter
wardrobe was made from partly worn
clothing by the aid of diamond dyes. "A
tan-colored flannel dress was taken apart
and washed and then dyed beautiful
brown with seal brown diamond dye.
AS 1t IS made very plain 1t can be washed
almost as easy as calico; for, like other
colors produced by these dyes, 1t VIII
never fade" 1t also tells of "a suit that
was dyed lovely shade of dark green,"
aid other useful and handsome gowns,
cloaks and hats that were colOred over
with diamond dyes. Try ten cent pack
age and see how easily a fast and beautiful
color can be made over any kind OF goods.
The record-union., 1894-02-15
BRIEF NOTES

Owing to the lack of copy the type-set-
ters at the State Printing Office have been
laid off.
While jumping rope with other
children ut the Fourth and Q-street
school yesterday, Viola Herman fell and
broke her nose.
Mrs. C. H. Miller of 1919 E street yes
terday reported to the police the theft of a
casket containing number of small
articles of jewelry.
on Tuesday evening very enjoyable
musical and literary entertainment was
given by Friendship Council, Chosen
Friends, in Odd Fellows Temple.
A large quantity of rock from the May
flower mine at Nevada City passed
through here yesterday, en- route for the
mining exhibit of the Midwinter Fair. u
There will be general meeting at the
Courthouse at 1880 this evening of the
committees to perfect arrangements for
the dedication of the new Government
building.
A. Il. Tins, an elderly man living al
Fourteenth and r streets, yesterday COM
planned to the police that number OF bad
bows out there persist in causing him an
noyance and trouble.
Large quantities of hops are being
shipped East and many bundles OF trees
for shipment to different parts OF the
State are to be seen on the platform at the
freight depot nowadays.
Yesterday Constable Frommelt OF
Washington arrested and lodged in the
City Jail peddler named Abe Rosen-
| berg, who was acting in manner to lead
to the belief that he was insane.
"Uncleo John Douglass says he will be
Y years old on the I'D and that be has
six balloons made and will send them W
at the Government building flag hosting.
Ali he asks is that collection be taken
up to pay him for his trouble.
r. E. Hunt of the traffic department
of the Southern Pacific Company was in
Folsom on Tuesday and Wednesday for
the purpose of settling and explaining
matters to the merchants Of that place
regarding the freight rates lately in vogue.
He was well received.
There is sadness in various circles in
Chinatown over the departure of one Lee
Tong. bookkeeper for leading firm at
3O2 l street, who is supposed to have
"welched" with about Sl,500 belonging