The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-06

In . boarding house at Atlanta, Ca,
Theodore Flanagan went into the din
ing room and, drawing his revolver
killed Mr.. Allen, his wife, Ruth Slack,
who had Just arrived on visit, and
badly wounded two other bosrders
The murderer was saved from O mob
Signed for the deed.
JosEPH BErz, his wife aud child were
found dead In bed at Struthers. o., OF
the Let and four boarders were In q
comatose condition when rescued. hav
Ing been asphyxiated by gas from q
stove.
A CORNING mill belonging to the
Miami Powder Co, near Xenia, O., ex
ploded on the LIST, killing Joseph
Krei,Eer and fatally injuring Joseph
Happing.
WHILE a number of boys were shoot
ing out the old year near Cimarron,
Ok. a heavily loaded shotgun exploded
and Henry Albert was fatally injured
and George Wilson had part of his
hand torn off.
A PASSENGER train on the Keoluk &
Western railroad was wrecked near
Norwalk, Ia, and several passengers
were injured, one probably fatally. 1t
was a train loaded with teachers going
home from the state association and
the accident was due to spreading rails
caused by heavy rains.
The Collinsville Qll.) zinc works were
partially destroyed by fire on the list
Loss, 500. 900.
A TERRIBLE disaster occurred in the
Santa Gertrusi mine at Pachuca, one
Of the most famous silver mines in
Mexico Fire broke out in one of the
levels Of the old southern workings,
shutting off the exit of 10 miners
The bodies have not yet been recov.
cred.
GEORGE B. WILKINS committed sui.
eide in the Episcopal church at Selma,
Ark, at four o'clock on the morning of
the 3Jst, He was vice president and
cashier of the Selma bank which re-
Gently failed and had been treasurer
of the church for 80 years.
THE French coastiug steamer Deux
Freres, from Fecamp for Calais, foun-
dered in the English channel and Is of
her crew were drowned.
The factory Of the Jacksonville (O)
Sewer Pipe Co burned recently, throw
ing $50 men out of employment for the
winter. Loss, fully 100000 partly
covered by insurance.
WILLIAM PURDUE, a wealthy farmer
living near Divide, ILL.,, was instantly
killed by the explosion of the boiler of
sawmill which he was operating. An
unknown woman was also killed.
AL COCHRAN, the cattle rustler, has
been sentenced at Greeley, Col, to 80
years in prison for cattle stealing.
ONE fireman was killed and three
were injured by the breaking of
ladder at fire at the four-story build
ing at Strawberry street Phila.
delphia, on the 3lst.
THE Commercial national bank of
Roanoke, Va, has suspended.
AN explosion occurred in the Mont
the 31st and one man was killed and
another overcome by gas.
j. A. R. ELLIOTT. of Kansas City,
won the 100 live bird match from E. d.
Fulton, of Utica, at New York, by a
score Of "a to 90. The winner gets the
Star cup, emblematic of the American
cham pionship.
BURGLARS blew open the safe the
other night in the general mere handise
store of J. A. Haney at Apple Grove,
o, and secured about So, 600 in money,
besides stamps and valuable papers.
BRADsTREEr's agency gives the total
nun Der of failures in the United
States for the calendar year 1896 as 15,-
lie, which is the largest number ever
reported, except in the panic year of
1893, and l6 per cent over the failures
of 1895.
w. c. PERRY, the United States dis.
trict attorney, has commenced suit in
the federal court of the Topeka, Kan,
district to dissolve the Kansas City
Live Stock exchange for alleged viola.
tions of the antitrust law. Similar
action will also lie commenced in Mis-
souri,, so as to reach the mem bers OF
both states.
FIRE swept through the dynamo
building of the Newark, N j., Electric
Light, Heat and Power Co., on the Pas
sale river, and the city was plunged in
total darkness The power house was
totally destroyed, andif. as was feared,
none of the machinery can be repaired,
the loss will reach 1855, 200.
Two tramps were frozen to death at
Eastport, N. Y, on the 2Sth. At Kings
ston, N. Y, the thermometer marked
16 degrees below zero.
COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY
ECKELs said that he felt no apprehen-
sion over the recent bank failures, as
they were due largely to local causes.
the condition of the national banks
throughout the country being gen.
orally excellent
Four men tried to cross the river in
boat at Peters burg, Va, on their
way to wedding and they were
drowned. The craft either filled with
water or was overturned by the waves
from a steamer