The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31
MISCELLANEOUS.

vote was taken on the question of the
admission of women as delegates to
the general conference and resulted:
In favor, 6S; against, 10S.
AT an informal meeting of distillers
and wholesale whisky dealers at Gin
cinnati on the Goth it was unanimously
agreed to advance the price of spirits
in a few days.
THE number of failures for the week
ended the Goth in the United States
was 221, according to Bradstreets re
port, against 276 in the corresponding
week of last year.
THE Iowa house on the Goth passed
the senate medical practice act with
out change, driving out osteopaths,
faith healers, massage doctors and all
others protesting to heal unless they
pass examination, the same as physi
clans.
THE East German Methodist Episco-
pal conference in session at Scranton,
Pa, voted against the admission of
women as delegates to the general con-
ference. The vote was a. against to ?
in favor of admission.
MAJ. DUNwooDY, of the signal serv-
ice at Washington, said on the Goth:
Reports received by the weather bu-
reau indicate that the rise in the Mis-
sissippi river will continue for IA days.
It's going to be fearful. The greatest
height has not yet been reached at
Cairo, and will not be for two weeks
Much greater damage may be expect
ed to occur than has yet taken place
AT the bicycle tournament at San
Francisco Allen Jones won quarter
mile dash in 81 3-5 seconds, the fastest
record for indoor riding. j. f. Wing
won the fifth heat of the five-mile club
race in 11:05, taking IL seconds from
the previous worlds record. In the
mile race Brecker covered the distance
in 2:05, reducing the worlds indoor
record by three seconds.
THE citizens relief comm ittee at
Memphis, Tenn, gave out an official
statement notifying the outside world
| that that city was taking care of over
5000 pauper negro flood refugees and
half as many head of stock. This step
was taken in order to show that out
side aid was necessary.
WHILE the British cruiser Theseus
was practicing outside the harbor of
Malta with torpedOes one exploded as
it was being thrown to the ships
launch, injuring 80 men, two probably
fatally.
THE United States internal revenue
department at Washington has been
notified of new ruling in the treas
ury department which permits tobacco
manufacturers to attach pipes to their
tobacco packages as an inducement for
sale. This was frequently done until
a rule was made prohibiting it.
AL ENGLISH, a mine engineer, was in
stantly killed at Hartshorne, l. T., by
falling from the shaft cage. He fell
100 feet to the bottom.
JUST as Francisco Borrego, Antonio
BorregO, Lauriano Alarid and Patricio
Talencia were on the march to the gal
lows at Santa Fe, n NJ, to be hanged
for the murder of Sheriff Chavez, dis
patch arrived stating that President
Mckinley had respited them for ten
days to look more fully into the case.
THE building in Huron, S. D., occu-
pied by the United States weather bu-
reau and the government land office
was burned on the 22d. The land office
saved most of its records, but the
weather bureau lost all its instru-
ments and most of the records for the
last II years.
THE national w. C. T. Z. has sent an
appeal to President Mckinley, entreat-
ing him to cali upon congress to pro-
hibit in the District of Columbia and
the territories the reproduction by
means of the kinetoscope of the Corbett-
Fitzsimmons fight. A similar appeal
has also been sent to each of the gov
errors of the various states, asking for
legislative action.
MARSHAL RUSSELL, Maria Snowden
and Maggie Short were boat riding on
a pond at Allensville, Ky, when the
boat capsized. The cries of the drown
ing people were not heard by anyone
and their plunge to death was not
known until late.
DAVID j. SACHsEL, the treasurer of
the Christopher Columbus Building
and Loan association at Chicago, was
reported missing on the ED and his
accounts were being investigated.
FRED LoUGHEAD, the Canadian, at
the indoor bicycle tournament at San
Francisco, lowered the worlds record
TO Ala in the two-mile professional
race and defeated Mcfarland, Eaton
and Jones.
Az engine and Ave cars of a mixed
freight and passenger train, crashed
through bridge across the Big NJ uddy
"a miles south of Murphysbarn, H.,
and the engineer and fireman ~ere
drowned.