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The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-02
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
TETTT sEa.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

A CORRESPONDENT of the London
Times on the cath said that the inten-
tions of the sultan were greatly dis
trusted at Athens, and 1t was believed
that he was avoiding negotiations for
peace through the powers because he
wanted Edhem Pasha to march to
Athens.
THE governor of South Carolina has
appointed Congressman McLaurin as
United States senator from that state
to succeed Senator Earle, deceased.
ADvICEs from Cuba were received by
the junta at Philadelphia on the Goth
to the effect that Gen. Gomez will
Temporarily resign as commander of
the insurgent forces and come to this
country to confer with President Nc
Kinley on the Cuban situation. Dur
ing his absence Gen. Garcia will COM
mand.
A DISPATCH on the Goth said that the
peace negotiations between Turkey
and Greece. with each of the powers
selfishly involved, were proceeding so
slowly that the belief was gaining
ground that the present armistice will
be raised and hostilities resumed.
CAssIUs M. BARNES was sworn in as
governor of Oklahoma at Guthrie on
the 26th.
PRESIDENT MCKINIEY's Cuban policy
was said to be rapidly coming to head
and that in view of the tremendous
Importance of the Spanish mission in
the near future he had decided to raise
it to an embassy and to offer the place
to ex-President Benjamin Harrison.
Very soon the president will submit a
proposition to Spain and suggest abso-
lutte freedom for Cuba, with an indem-
nifty of S15O,OO0,OOO for Spain.
A TELEGRAM on the 2Sth stated that
the king of Greece was practically bar
ricaded in his palace at Athens and
that he was making preparations to
leave that city in order to evade the
fury of the populace.
The Canadian government is prepar-
ing bill to submit to parliament,
which provides for the taking of a
plebiscite on the prohibition question.
THE secretary of the treasury spoke
at the dinner given to the commercial
clubs of st. Louis, Chicago and Boston
by the commercial club of Cincinnati
on the 2Sth. The subject of the dis
course was the tariff and the public
finances and the secretary said upon
the settlement of these two questions
enterprise waited and industry Ian
guished, but the future was bright.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-02
ARROW POINTS.

An unmarried man always applauds
the saucy wife in the play.
Some folks look better in their old
clothes than when they are dressed up.
When folks do mean things, it is the
excuses they offer which'makes us the
maddest. a-sA
If you pretend to be interested in a
boys love affairs, he will show you the
picture of his girl.
A woman can never accept an invita-
ton without having a lot of clothes
fixed up.
When a man wants to make another
man appear insignificant, he says he
acts like a woman. F Is4 p
About the worst thing you can say
about man is that his wife puts him
up to meanness. ss.fe
Nobody has much use for a young
man who makes little money and then
sits down to do OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Democrat, - ~ =
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-02
RAVAGEO BY DISEASE.
Two Hundred Thousand People In Cuba
Suffering for the Necessities of Life.

Two Hundred Thousand People In Cuba
Suffering for the Necessities of Life.
HAVANA, May ga personal inves-
tigation of the existing conditions in
Cuba proves that no report of the suf-
fering from hunger, disease and pri-
walton which has ever been sent from
this unfortunate island has been cx-
aggerated. Starvation is rapidly ac-
complishing what Gen. Weyler has
failed to bring about. The system of
concentrating the wretched country
folk in the towns of the interior
threatens to exterminate the Cubans if
present conditions are allowed to con-
tinue. A careful estimate based on in
formation from the interior is that be-
tween 175, 900 and 225, 600 persons in the
island are actually suffering from lack
of the ecessities of life, and that the
deaths daily traceable directly to hun
ger alone are between 90 and 20.
Among the sufferers are scores of
Americans.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-02
500 Reward 500.

The readers of this paper will be pls,..a
to learn that there is at least one drea sied
disease that science has been able 10 cnre - :.
all its stages, and that is Catarrh, Hsp ,,
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cnrs
known to the medical fraternity. CatsrrS
being constitutional disease, REQUIRES =
constitutional treatment. Halls CatsTrS
Cure is taken internally, acting directlr
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of ~
system, thereby destroying the foundat;on
Of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
proprietors have so much faith in its cnI.
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cprs
Send for list of testimonials.
Address n. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo. O. =,
Sold by Druggists, Csc.
Halls Family Pills are tbe best
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-02
Liquor Problem in Canada.

OTTAWA, Ont, May 27.-The new
liberal government of the Dominion
went into Office last July with the dis
tinct pledge to give to the people of
Canada total prohibition against the
manufacture and sale of Intoxicating
liquors in the country if they desired
it. Upon the first opportunity the
government proposes to fulfill that
pledge and has now prepared bill to
submit to parliament, which provides
for the taking of a plebiscite on the
prohibition question and the govern
ment will be guided in it's subsequent
policy blythe result of the vote.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-02
UNITED PRESBYTERlANS.


Interesting Statistics Concerning the FL
nances and Membership of the Church.
Rock ISLAND, H., May 29.-At the
United Presbyterian general assembly
yesterday the report of the committee
on narrative and state of the church
was presented and adopted. 1t shows
that during the past year there was
raised for all purposes Sl,894, 1873, de-
crease of S23, 500. The Sabbath schools
number 1 ,14S. an increase of 25. The
pupils number III 1861, an increase of
3,S1S. The membership of young peo-
pie also increased 5,382 and numbers
40, 52S. The total membership of the
church reported is 1885, fl, a net in
crease during the year of 2,GSS. The
number of ministers is 692, an increase
of II
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-02
MANY STUDENTS SUSPENDED.
Trouble in Parsons College at Fairfield, Ia.
May Create Havoc.

Trouble in Parsons College at Fairfield, Ia.
May Create Havoc.
FAIRFIELD, Ia, May ga disturb
ancc which threatens to create havoc
with the commencement exercises has
been raised in Parsons college between
President Jenkins and the members of
the Orio society. The closing hour of
the meeting of the society has been
II o'clock, but at the last meeting
of the society Friday night the MEM
bers decided to make an all-night ses-
sion of it. At II O'Clock the president
was refused admission to the meeting,
but about midnight he succeeded in
gaining entrance, and secured the
gavcl. Twenty-three students have
been suspended as the outcome of the
affair. three of whom were seniors and
would have graduated next week.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-02
NOT BAKING POWDER.
New Cook on California Ranch Makes
Fatal Error.

New Cook on n California hancn Makes
Fatal Error.
OAKLAND, Cal, May 29.-Fred Bee
son, an employee on the ranch of Harry
Morse, at Sunol, used arsenic instead
of baking powder in making batch
of bread yesterday. Beeson is dead,
another man is dying and several 9TH
crs are dangerously ILL Beeson was
new hand on the ranch. 1t was found
necessary to secure cook and Bee
son was put to work in the kitchen.
His first work was to bake bread and
biscuits for the evening meal. When
looking around the kitchen for soda he
found some white powder in a baking
powder can. He assumed that it was
soda and added three heaping spoon
fuls to the dough. The dinner was
served and Bceson and one other man
partooll heartily of the biscuits. The
others ate more sparingly. An investi'
CATION proved that the powder used
was arsenic.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-02
A NOVEL SCHEME.

Aeronauts Many Hundred Feet Above the
Earth to Drop Dynamite on the Span
iards.
ST. LOUIS, May 29.-Tom Cannon,
now in st. Louis, and Joe Howard, of
Kansas City, two aeronauts, expect to
start for Cuba as soon as belligerency
is acknowledged. Their idea is to
lombard the Spanish Notifications
with dynamite bombs, from a gas bal
loon, at an altitude ranging from 5000
to 900 feet. Their plans have been
carefully prepared. They are daily in
communication with Charles Bennett,
of New Orleans, one of the promoters
of the Three Friends expedition. The
idea practical.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-02
Fa,her of Forty-Three ch,,drs,.

CHARLESTON, S. c., May 22.-There is
an old negro Baptist preacher in Ches-
terfield county, S. c., who is looked
upon as curiosity by the people OF
that section. His name is William
Pegues, and his distinction comes
about from the fact that he is the
proud father of 49 children and $50
grandchildren, the majority of whom
are alive to cheer the old man in his
declining years. Pegues is IS years of
age and is remarkably active. lie is a
clear type of the old-time southern ne
gro.il 80
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-02

LIEUT.. PEARY, who has been granted
five years leave of absence by the navy
department for another expedition in
search of the north pole, will start
north this summer to communicate
with the Esquimaux at Whale sound
and get the most intelligent of the
young men to go farther north and
take their families and establish a col
ony. During the year the Esquimaux
are to be employed in laying in large
stock of supplies and training pack
of dogs and then in the summer of
1898 Lieut.. Peary will make dash
from that place to the north pole.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-02

CITIES and towns in northern In
diana were said to be agitating
for the organization of vigilance
committees to deal with tramps, who
are roaming over the country, commit
ting acts of lawlessness. In small
towns, which are without police pro-
lection, robberies are of daily occur
renee and human life is menaced. Be
tween Ligonier and Elkhart,- along
the line of the Lake Shore road, 500
tramps were encamped one day re-
Gently. The nomads were quiet during
the day, waiting until night to pillage
and plumber.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-02
TO TESTIFY FOR GOULD.
Kansas Man Says the Late Financier u
Not Marry Mrs. AngcII.

A KANSAS Man Says the Late Financier Did
Not Marry Mrs. Angel.
ATcHIsoN, Kan, May 29.-County
Commissioner Wilcox, of Muscotah,
left to-day for New York, where he
will be witness in the case of Mrs.
Angel, who is suing the estate of the
late Jay Gould for widows dowry.
Mrs Angel claims that she married
Jay Gould at Rouse's Point, n. Y, in
April, 1858, and lived with him six
months. Mr.. Wilcox worked for and
was in the company of Jay Gould for
six months during 1858, entering his
employ in June. Mr.. Wilcox saw or
heard nothing of the Angel woman
and his testimony will be important.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-02

THE general passenger agents of the
western roads, who for several months
have been trying to find a form of round
trip excursion ticket which would prove
useless for scalping purposes, have
finally decided that the ticket invented
by General Passenger Agent Sebastian,
of the Rock Island, and known as
the Sebastian ticket, is the only
one that win answer the purpose. The
chief feature of this ticket is that the
purchaser does not receive the return
portion of his ticket until after he has
arrived at his destination and is about
to make the return trip.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-02

THE Red Cross Cycle corps, of Chica-
20, was organized to furnish prompt
medical treatment to persons injured
in bicycle accidents The plan is for
each member of the. corps to be in
strueted in the preliminary principles
of surgery, so as to be ready to relieve
suffering wherever found. Each men,
Der of the organization will be re-
quired to carry, strapped to his wheel,
a small medicine case filed with band
ages, antiseptic dressings and drugs,
ready for immediate use.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-02
II Meant Something.

'Now," said the fussy old gentleman, put.
and picking up another, what is the sense
of having that sign read fresh strawber.
ries for sale?' Don't you know that fresh
Strawberries would be enough? Don't Won
suppose everybody knows they are for
sale?"
Il dunno" answered the grocer Some
folks seem to think am givin' them away"
and then the old gentleman put the berry
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-02

JAMESTOWN, n. Y, May 29.-An APP
plication has been made to Judge
Clearwater to commit James Myer to
an insane asylum. Myers peculiar
delusion is that he is the honeliest
man in the world and he threatens
suicide in consequence.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-02
JoHNsoN's PuNIsHMENT..
The Man Who Looted the Logansport, Ind.
Bank Sentenced to Ten Years.

me Man "ho Looted the LoGansport, Ind,
Bank Sentenced to Ten Years.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May 29.-John r.
johnson, late president and cashier of
the State national bank of Logans-
port, who pleaded guilty to embess
cling over $500, 600 of the banks funds,
was sentenced to ten years imprison-
ment in the Ohio state penitentiary
this morning by Judge Baker, of the
United States court for the district OF
Indiana. There was no sensation, and
johnson received. the words of the
judge without tremor.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-02
THE YOUNGEST GENERAL.
Col. Wade, Recently Elevated, VIII Eventu'
ally Succeed Miles.

WASHINGTON, May 29.-The anxiety
which has pervaded army circles for
some time was allayed by the nominal
ton of Coils. Wade and Miner of the
cavalry and Graham of the artillery
to fill the three vacancies existing in
the list of brigadier-generals. Col
Wade will be the youngest general
officer in the army. He is only 81
years of age, being four years the
junior of Gen. Miles, and if he lives,
will succeed that officer as command
ing general.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-02
He pi.likea rRa.,.

what Is the MISTER with you ?" asked A..
wife of the peculiar nan. = y 'ne
I'm feeling lonely" was the reply.
Don't you like this city!1 F''
81 don't like this earth"
Whats the objection to it?v
People are too egotistical. IL ,h..,
anything l hate it's egotism. And wba
see kings going ahead confidently and 49,
things wrong, and diplomatists tryinS N
sorts of insincere tricks with com1lets az az
trontery, and lawyers seeking applause e.
arguing on the wrong side OF a case and
everybody displaying utter selfishness WITTY I'M
out blush, l am forced to the conyiction
that / am the only consistent, hiob.toroo9s
and moral gentleman on this globe AnJ !.
makes me feel onely."-Wasbinvto ~. u
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-02
NOT GOOD EVIDENCE.
A Chicago Judge Rules Rays Out In q
Damage Suit.

Damage Suit.
CHICAGO, May 20. -Roentgen ray as
evidence received legal setback yes
terday in Judge Hutchinson's court
when the judge refused to permit a
series of shadowgraphs to be used
as evidence in damage suit.
Carl Lampke sued the Gloss
Printing Co. for $4,000 for injuries
received wfiie dn employe of the com
pany. His leg was crushed just above
ray pictures of the injured limb, show
ing how the bones had been broken.
Judge Hutchinson held that the pic
lures were not admissi ble.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-02

Customer (who has purchased pair Of
kid gloves)-They will do very well, though
they are a trifle large.
Saleswoman-But then, your hands are
so small! Is there anything else?
Eyes; there are a few things l wanted.
Let me see-oh, yes; gallon of molasses,
pound of tenpenny nails and hindquarter
of lamb"
"NVill you take them with you or have
them sent?"
perhaps you may as well send them, as
/ am not going directly home."-Boston
Transcript.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-02

THERE was great rejoicing in Ames-
bury, Mass, and vicinity over the an
nouncement that a charter had been
obtained for bicycle railroad system
on proposed line between that town
and Exeter, N. II. 1t will be ten miles
in length, and will be the first of the
kind in New England. tits said speed
of a mile a minute will be attained.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-02

A YEAR or two ago prominent ply
stefan of Pittsburgh, Pa, started a
movement in favor of asphyxiation as
a means of infiicting the death penalty
on capital convicts. The Pennsylvania
Medical society has discussed the sub
ject at some length and the PROPOSE
ton finds favor with the doctors.
They assert that death by asphyxia-
tion is absolutely painless and sure,
but the use of the rope is attended
with the liability of horrible accidents
and the New York device-killing by
electricity-has not made much head.
way in commencing itself to general
adoption.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-02

For nearly two years the resolutions
of coincidence on the death of Secre-
tary Gresham passed by the Hawaiian
government remained in an express Of
fee in Chicago undelivered because
Mrs. Gresham's address was not known,
although it appears in the directory.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-02

CHARLES E. WILSON, colored, was
whipped in the Jail at Centerville, Md,
by the sheriff in fulfllment of the sem
tence of the circuit court for Queen
Anne county, which condemned him
to Is days in Jail and Is lashes for wife
beating. The whipping was done with
a cowbide. rs r ~.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-02
MRS. LANGTRY COMING.
She VIII in a Few Weeks Visit Her Caliror
Inin Ranch o-ad RsstccIr

Z.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 29.-Mrs Lang
try, the actress, wild arrive in Califor-
mia for short visit about the lst of
July. II. C. McPike has received word
from her that she will soon leave En-
gland On her long journey. Mrs.
Langtry will spend most of her time
here on her ranch in Lake county.
She intends to make extensive i'm
provements on the place, important
among them being the restocking of
the farm with the intention of breed
ing high class cattle and horses.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-02
A Fatal Railroad Collision.

GRAND JUNCTION, Col, May 29.-The
Atlantic express, eastbound, on the
Denver Il Rio Grande railroad eollided
WITH 2 freight train near here this
morning. The ie5gineer and fireman
We're killed and several passengers
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-02
BICYCLE INVENTIONS.

For the purpose of giving added force
to a bicycle a newly-devised pedal has
a plate to fit the entire length of the
foot, to allow pressure to be made with
the heel as well as the toe.
In new bicycle tire combination
of the old cushion and pneumatic tires
is used, the cushion being nodded into
the tread of the tire and backed by the
pneumatic pressure, only the cushion
coming in contact with the road.
A handy match box for bicycles has a
metal clamp to attach it to the frame
of the wheel, the box being fastened
to the clamp by single rivet SO that it
can be tilted up to allow the matches to
slide out when wanted.
A new combination for wheelmen
consists of bicycle support and tire
inflater in one, the device being clamped
onto the frame of the wheel and fitted
with tube to connect it with the valve,
the piston rod being extended and
locked fast when it is desired to support
the wheel.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-02
MEMBERS of the dress committee be-

MEMBERS OF the dress committee be-
longing to the National Council of
American Women, the Chicago Trib-
une says, are taking steps preparatory
to the publication of magazine of
dress reform ideas and models In it
every dress reform club in the United
States will have a voice. The council
which mothers the new scheme, num-
bers nearly 100000 club women in the
United States
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-02

The Bertillon system for the identi-
fication of criminals which was last
year begun in all the penal institutions
of New York is now complete, and
10000 cards, each bearing two photo
graphs and a full description of the
criminal, are indexed in the superin-
tendent's Office
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-02
FOR RECIPROCITY.
Conferences Taking Place About the Tariff
in South American Countries.

in South American Countries.
WASHINGTON, May 29.-Important
conferences are being held between
Senators Aldrich and Allison on one
side and representatives of various
governments at which valuable reel
procity treaties are possible. The pur-
pose is to ascertain exactly what these
other countries are willing and able to
do, and then frame accordingly a
reciprocity section in the new tariff.
The reciprocity provisions of the Ding
ley bill as it passed the house are not
satisfactory. They did not offer
enough to trade on.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-02
NEW YORK STRIKERS WIN.

Fifty-Three Clothing Manufacturers and
Contractors Agree tn Increase wages
New York, May 29.-Fifty- three
manufacturers and 1O5 clothing con-
tractors have yielded to the demands
of the striking garment workers.
These manufacturers and contractors
employ 1900 hands, The new agree
ment means increase in wages and the
abolition of the task and piecework
system.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-02

you dislike Herbert, So" said Mabel to her
father. Il don't think he has any ideas of
finance" Il am sure you wrong him. Heis
devoted to it. He stopped right in the
middle of his proposal to me to ask how
your business was getting along. Wash
inpton Star.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-02

"You see, it was this way: They were all
three so dead in love with her and all SO
eligible that to settle the matter she agreed
to marry the one who should guess the near
est to her age" And did she?" | don't
know She married the one who guessed
the lowest "-Pearson,s Weekly.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-02

AN application was recently made TO
n judge at Clearwater, n. V, to COM
init James Myer to an insane asylum.
Myers peculiar delusion was that he
was the homeliest man in the world
and he threatened, TO commit suicide
in consequence. ~ ~ - - W
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-02
Relief station at Yickshnrr Closed.

Capt. George b. Davii, U. s. A., has
closed his relief station at Vicksburg
after supplying ten days rations to flood
sufferers up Sunfower river, who are
still in the overflow. and has gone to
Washington to report to the commissary
general. His administration has been
one of notable success.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-02

Robert w. BLANCHARD, the fat boy
of Hinsdale, N. H., who weighs All
pounds, is IL years of age and less than
six feet in height, has challeng ed
baby" Bliss, who weighs over 500
pounds, to compete with him in cycle
race for any distance from one to 90
miles.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-02

Mrs. Swect--Do you find it economical
to do your own cooking?
Mrs. Burnem-Oh, yes; my. husband
doesn't eat half as much as he did when We
had cook.-Judy.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-02

The senate met at o'clock.
Mi. Bowers offered the following resolution:
BE it resolved by the senate, That the COM
mittee on public works be and is hereby in
s,ructed to make TO the senate as soon as posi-
bic full report upon all matters touching the
building Of a new capitol"
The resolution caused marked feeling and in
spiIed most spirited discussion and babe fair
To create an unpleasant commotion In The SEN
ate.
The resolution was adopted and the senate ad-