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The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13
LAST YEARS FAILURES.
They swept 0st ~ the way Great Num-
Der % Unsoand Concerns.


Der 81 Unsosnd Concerns.
NEW YoRK, Jan. Ar @. Dun & Co. q
Weekly Review Of Trade says:
The year 1897 begins with one clear advan-
tage-the past year has swept out Of the way q
great number Of unsound concerns which In
any time OF activity would have been danger
Gus TO business OF tho 4, cs6 commercial and
banking failures IN isps. with liabilities Of
ts7e.sfs.7fp. large share represented erlpplins
losses In previous years. or the violence Of
speculative storms in 1895 or the FIRST half Of
1895, while thousands more respted from the
fury Of the political tornado lastfall Banking
failures amounting to sto.7iesis during the
year. averaged ti e.i56 each and were Ia per
cent larger than in 1895 -
Commercial returns anFpend to sra COS $50,
q little over si.0-o.o00 having been added by
the last day Of the year. but tho average La
bilities. tii.oo2 were smaller than in some
years OF great prosperity
While banking failures have not ceased at
the west. apprehension about them has almost
wholly subsidized, and no serious influence upon
general trade Is now expected Many sound
concerns were doubtless caught by the cpl
demic. but practically all the important fall
ures are traced 20 disregard OF law and Of
banking sense at periods somewhat distant
Il is felt ct the west that all business will be
the sounder after its purgins. and the return
Of money to New York has exceeded shipments
to the interior by 1000, 600 for the week
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13
MISCELLANEOUS.

A FIRE at Montpelier, o., on the sth
damaged the Montpelier Leader news
paper. =
A TERRIBLE accident happened on
the 9TH on the Great Northern railway
at Donaldson station, Mimi. AS the
passenger train was coming into the
station 1t struck a snowdrift, throwing
the engine off the track. 1t struck
the platform and tore it up for dis
lance of 80 feet and then fell over a
perfect wreck. burying Engineer Duke
Jewell in the debris. Many others
were injured, but none fatally
THE steamship Belgique was wrecked
on the French coast and Is of the Is
persons on board were drowned.
Z. N. RoTH, Of Chicago. has made
claim for the Individual mileage rec
ord of the country, the Illinois state
mileage, the century record of several
states, the f00-mile record of 1895 and
the 24-hour record of 800 miles. All
these marks Roth claims to have estab-
lished in $40 days. According to aft
davits submitted Roth rode "a, $50 miles
in the year, an average of 1O1 miles
day.
A woMAN's six-day bicycle race began
in the armorv at Cleveland, o., on the
night of the 4th with five contestants.
AT New York on the 5th Dan Stuart
met AL Smith, who had been agreed
upon as stakeholder in the Corbett-
Fitzsimmons match, and posted with
him IS. 600 as guarantee of good faith
Should Stuart fail TO bring the men to-
gether as agreed upon, the IS, 900 will
be forfeited.
ANTHONY ANDERSON was lynched at
Unadilla. Ga, for the assassination of
old man George Summer and attempt
ed assault upon the person of Summers
daughter. He made a full confession
of the crime.
FIRE destroyed property on the north
side of the public square at Athens,
Tex, on the 7th, estimated In value at
from SIS. 600 to 100000.
The steamer Howard collidcd with
the tug Job Wilson In the Patapsco
river, near baltimore, Nd, on the 9th.
The tug was sunk aud the engineer
tain and five others were picked up by
the Howard
Two colored murderers, William
Downing and Charles Williams, paid
the penalty of their crimes on the scat.
fold at Norfolk, Va, on the sth.
A ROME dispatch reported that an
immense landslide had occurred in the
province of Medina, affecting seven
square kilometers. Hundreds were left
homeless. is2 buildings having. col
lapsed
A NEGRO, named Lawrence Brown.
suspected OF barn burning. was found
hanging from beam pear the railroad
~ Orsnzeborg. s c. The body was
riddled with shot and note was
pinned 90 j saying that Judge Lynch
Vas In session ~ -
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13

Ex-Goy. CORNELL, of New York,
makes a strong plea for extending
the official term of the president to six
years and making him Ineligible for
immediate reelection. His argument
has reference mainly to the effect of
political agitation on the business in
lerests of the country. Our campaigns
come SO close together, he says. and
involve such serious possibilities Of
changes in legislation affecting finan-
cial and commercial affairs, that there
is almost constant disturbance and un-
certainty and our country requires, to
be prosperous, longer periods of free
dom from political turmoil.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13
FIVE CHILDREN DROWNED.


Their Lives Were Lost in an Attempt to
Ford a Swollen Creek In Wagon.
PLATO, Mo-, Jan. 9.-News has just
reached here of the drowning of five
children as a result of the floods in
Texas county. Thomas Wilson, ac-
companied by his daughter Mrs. Kim
merry, and her five children, attempted
to ford Prairie creek, which was very
high as a result of the recent rains.
The team became unmanageable and
soon lost their foothold. The wagon,
weighted with it's load of human
freight, sank, and the sideboards
floated away, throwing the entire
party into the water. Mr.. Wilson and
Mrs. Kinney succeeded in getting to
shore, but the children were drowned.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13
CONDENSED TELEGRAMs.

THE past weeks total of business
failures in the United States is 4Ss, one
of the largest ever reported. against 329
in the last week of 1895 and 446 in the
first week in 1896
THE sheriff and twenty deputies ar
rived at Rutland, ILL.,, on the Sth. Their
appearance set the striking coal miners
wild, and lively scrimmage occurred,
in which two men were severely injured
THE number OF Storage passengers
landed at Ellis Island during the year
1896 was 252,35 There were 99,22S
cabin passengers landed at the port of
New York during the same period
The statement of the condition of the
treasury on the stb showed Available
cash balance, $3.50, O23, $50; gold reserve,
S1Ss, 624,614.
THE Democratic caucus Of the Mis-
souri, legisla cure on the sth nominated
George G. Vest as a candidate for United
States senator to succeed himself.
JOSEPH BRoMsTEDT and Mrs. Roth.
his sister-in-law. of Chicago, are at the
point of death from eating what they
claim was poisoned meat.
An attempt was made on the Sth to
blow up the dam of the Consumers
Electric Street Railway OF Tampa, Fla,
by an armed body OF horsemen, who
used dynamite, doing considerable dam
age, but not succeeding entirely in their
work Of destruction.
SIMON COOPER, the South Carolina
negro fend, was caught and lynched
after desperate battle on the sth.
THE Dime Savings Bank, with its
1000 depositors, one Of the Oldest ex-
elusive savings banks in Chicago, will
go out of existence before the expira-
tion of the ninety days notice which
has been required of depositors since the
suspension of the National Bank Of
Illinois.
THE strength Of the German army
this year will be 23,0ss commissioned
officers, 7s,2l7 non-commissioned officers
and 497, 226 priyates.
HEBaAx STEIN, OF Jacksonville, Fla,
on the 10th shot his wife and child and
then killed himself.
A MORTGAGE for $50, 600. 600 given by
the Commercial Cable Company of New
York to the Farmers loan and Trust
Company was filed. In the county re-
orders ofylce in Chicago on ths 10Th.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13
Do Not Ask Free Wool.

WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-The wool
manufacturers furnished an interest
ing day in the tariff hearings yester-
day. They did not ask for free wool,
but represented that the Wilson law
had closed half of their mills, and had
proved destructive TO the country's
business generally. They wanted COM
pensatory duties on wooden goods, and
a more moderate tariff than the WOOL
growers had asked
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 0.-Henry Stone. Is
years of age, and a well-known old
time member of the Merchants ex-
change, ended his life by taking dose
of poison in his room in an Olive
street boarding house. The coroner
was notified as soon as possible, and
then it developed that the old man had
taken his own life in fear of becoming
penniless and helpless. The de-
ceased, who had lived in st.
Louis about 40 years, was at one time
worth 500, 900, which he made dealing
in grain. Stone had wife in Michi-
gan and a sister in Rochester, n. Y.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13
VEST AGAIN HONORED.
Only One Vote Against Him In the Missouri
Democratic Caucus.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Jan. 9-For
the fourth time the democrats of the
state of Missouri have named George
Graham Vest for the office of United
States senator. There was but one
vote against him in the caucus last
night. One populist cast his vote for
William j. Stone, against the expressed
wishes OF the present governor of the
state Of Missouri. Not only did the
democrats speak for Vest, but the pop
ulists who were elected by democratic
and populist votes polled together,
voted for him with but two excep-
tions. Representative Mashburn, of
Polk county, cast the vote for Stone,
and Representative Sweeney, the pop
ulist member of jackson county, left
the caucus.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13
A south C.ro,,n. ,,ura,r.r xu,.o.

CHARLESTON, S. c.. Jan. 9.-Simon S.
Cooper, the negro desperate who has
killed five people, was surrounded by a
sheriff's posse in Sumter county this
morning and finally killed. Gov.
Evans was asked for a cannon as
Cooper kept up a fusillade with his rife
on the posse, but lucky shot finally
downed him.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13
win Take Place ON Mexican Soil.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, Jan. DAN
Stuart and Secretary Wheelock were
in Little Rock for an hour yesterday
morning on their way to Dallas While
they were here Stuart told a reporter
that the Corbett- Ftzsimmons fight
would take place on Mexican soil. The
exact location of the ring was not
given, but Stuart said the spectators
would be taken by special train from
Ell Paso to the battle-ground.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13
seems to BE the Rirst Party.

Columbus, Jan. S.-Further advicea
received here today from Carrollton,
Ala, seem to point conclusively to the
fact that the man captured in that town
Wednesday is one Of the two who muir
dered John Roberts at Artesia, in this
county, about two weeks since. 1t is
stated that he offered for sale valuable
revolver for 81. so. This leads to the be-
lief that he is a member of the gang
who committed numerous burglaries in
this city last fall, as among the houses
broken into was hardware store from
which number of revolvers were taken.
Tho man, who gives his name as Howard,
has signifed his willingness to return
to Mississippi without requisition pa
pers, and Deputy Sheriff Armstrong is
ready to 60 after him as soon as the
Alabama authorities agree to turn him
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13
Bryan the Guest of Honor

OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 1.-TWO hundred
democrats commemorated jackson day
at the Paxton hotel last night Those
present were of the free silver persua.
sion, and represented most substan-
tial element of the democrats Of Ne
braska. The affair was under the aus
pieces of the Jacksonian club, of Omaha,
and the guest of honor was w. j. BRYAN.
VIII Pay Attention to Chicken Raising.
ATcHIsoS, Kan, Jan. 9.-Farmers
along the Missouri Pacific Central
branch in central and western Kansas
will pay a great deal of attention to
chicken raising next season, having
found that an acre of ground, when
planted in corn, pays little more than
the product of one heu.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13
Nebraska Wholly PoDul,st

LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 9-For the first
time in the history of Nebraska as a
state its affairs have been taken out of
the control of the republican party,
every Office being now under the di-
rection of the populist party. The
populists are importing many clerks
from rural districts and are preparing
to see to it that all positions are oc.
cupied by the faithful
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13
Railroads of North America,

New YORK, Jan. According to
figures compiled by the Printing-Tele-
graph News Co. on railroad dividends
in 1896, the total capital stock of all
steam railways in North America was
on January /, 1897, S5,0os. 49,, 237, of
which Canada furnished $50, 1918, 600 and
Mexico Sl0l, 234, 100. The total number
of railroads of which any records could
be had at the close of the year was 497.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13
Perry Livery Stables Burned.

PERRY, Ok, Jan. AT five o'clock
this morning the livery and feed
stables of P. f. Smith and Pete Sells
were entirely destroyed by fire. Three
blooded racers and IL other horses and
mules persisted. T. M. Richardson &
Sons lumber yard was partially de,
stroyed. Half dozen horses and
mules were so badly burned that they
were killed this morning. Will Clark.
of Guthrie, was sleeping in Smiths
stable and he was badly injured. The
losses are placed at $4,000
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13
Made Mad by Idleness.

SING SING, N. Y, Jan. a-Last FRI
day convict labor was abolished in all
the prisons Of the state. To-day Fred
erick Hoffman, prisoner here, while
depressed from lack of employment,
throw himself from gallery where he
Was taking exercise to the floor, rs
feet below. 1t is thought he cannot
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13
zertucha's Tre.chery Confirmed.

LONDON, Jan. ga Paris dispatch
says: If the report that DIR. Zertucha
had offered 10 guide the Spaniards
over the province of Pinar del Rio in
Cuba be correct, it will increase the
belief that Maceo's death was due to
treachery. Gen. Weyler's latest meas
ure, prohibiting the sale even Of medi.
cines to the rebels, warrants believing
anything of him."
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13
TWELVE PEOPLE POISONED.
A Chicago Family ut the Point of Death
from an Unusual Cause.

CHICAGO, Jan. 1.-TWO persons in
the Bromstedt family are at the point
of death from eating what they claim
was poisoned meat. three more are in
n dangerous condition, one has fully
recovered and four children are still
confined to the house, while the par
ents were able to get about yesterday.
The twelve men, women and children
were taken violently i'll Wednesday
from eating fresh pork and sausage.
Physicians have been In constant at
tendance at the bedsides of the strick.
en- persons, and have managed to save
the lives of at least half, and they have
hopes of seeing all but two OF their pa
tients recover. Besides the above, 1t
is said that at least four more families
have been affected in the same way,
but their cases have not been reported
to either the police or the health de-
partment
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
me states FInanees.

I. "a. Henry In commercial Appeal.
On January !. ~ required BY section
137 of tho constitution, the governor
counted the cash In the State treasury.
He found on hand i.1so.eA This IL
the smallest amount for years in the
vaults OF the State treasury on that date
There would have been more had not
the most of the money received within
the past few months been paid out on
warrants issued during that period whey
there was no money in the treasury TO
redeem them with.
State Treasurer May has given out .
statement OF the receipts and disburse-
ments for the past six months, which
follows:
Receipts
Receipts for July. exclusive of bonds
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13
Cbar,eston tn Re RIockaded.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-The people of
Charleston, S. c., and vicinity are
promised a novel winter entertain.
ment Secretary Herbert, after con-
sultation with Adm. Bunce, command
ing the north Atlantic squadron, has
decided to allow the admiral to under
take the blockade of Charleston. Sec
rotary Herbert has become satisfied of
the practica bility Of undertaking a
regular blockade. The fun will begin
early in February, the exact date de-
pending upon the ability Of the navy
yard people to get ships ready.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13

WITHIN 12 miles of Phenixville, Pa,
there are 30 persons whose ages aver
age 95 years, and so whose ages aver
age IS years. There are several CEN
tenarians in the group. The little
village of Birch Runville con tains 100
people, the ages of seven of whom
average 95 years. Scientific research
will find faithful field here in con.
nection with solving the problem of
longevity, and telling the people how
IN is dona
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13
and Killed by Hogs.

ATLANTIC, Ia, Jan. 9-It was re-
ported here last night that a man
named Fred Foulk was attacked and
killed by hogs yesterday in the heavy
timber, about IS miles northeast of At
lantic Foulk was hunting rabbits,
and accidentally wounded one of tho
hogs, whose cries attracted several
other animals, and they all attacked
him and chewed him to death. The
hogs had escaped from farmers living
in that locality and were virtually
wild. The surroundings betoken a
bard fpht
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13

A FLYING machine is now occupying
the attention of an inventor at Mil.
waulkec and he has applied for pat
emit The machine is to be made in
the form of a bicycle. Connected to
the bicycle, including the propelling,
soaring and steering mechanism, is n
cigar-shaped balloon, 60 feet long by
IA feet in diameter at the largest point.
The object of the balloon is to reduce
the weight of the whole machine to as
few pounds as possible.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13
EXPRESS COMPANIES COMBINE.
VIII Refuse to Deliver Express Packages In
Small Nebraska Cities.

BmaH NebraskR Cit1oS.
OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 9-Express COM
panies have given notice to all agents
doing business in Nebraska that after
this month no packages will be deliv-
cred to patrons. All business must be
transacted at the offices of the compa-
MES. This is supposed to be for the
purpose of saving the expense of deliv-
cry in smaller towns, as exceptions are
made in the larger cities. Many mer-
chants of the state are quite indignant
and the country papers are advising
citizens to patronize the mails and
freight trains as largely as possible
and practically drive the express COM
panies by the boycott to again have
recourse to the convenient system
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13
r.a, scott sent IN Pr,-, IN.

LONDON, Jan. 9.-Lady Selma Scott,
the mother-in-law of Earl Russell, who
through counsel pleaded guilty of
criminally libelling his lordship,in con-
junction with John Cockertou, an en-
gineer, and William Aylott, valet,
was sentenced to eight months impris-
onment without hard labor.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13
Child Burned to Death.

A colored child was burned to death
near Dixon last week. The child's
parents had left home early in the
morning and on their return found the
charred body of the child lying in the
yard in front of the house. The sup.
position is that the child's clothes
caught in the house and it ran out In
the yard and burned to death, there
being only smaller children in the
house at the time.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13
Hopes the Road win Soon He Built.

The Aberdeen Weekly contains the
following relative to the proposed new
railroad for Aberdeen: while there is
very little talk just now about the new
Aberdeen & Tennessee River Railroad,
we suppose that plans are being quietly
perfected by which it will soon be UNI
der way of construction, at least we hope
so, for there is no reason why the road
should not be built, If we could only
find the men with means to do it."
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13

A RECENT dispatch from Rome stated
that young Italian doctor named
Cacarelli, who had recovered from the
yellow fever in Rio Janeiro, had dis
covered the germ of that fever and
had given the details of his discovery
under seal to the Rome Academy of
Mod;o;na b
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13
TOWN SUBMERGED.
A Ferryboat Making Trips Through tho
Streets of Linn Creek, Mo.

Streets of Linn Creek, Mo.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. "a special from
Richland, Mo-, says the entire town Of
Linn Creek, in southwest Missouri, is
under water, the Usage river going 10
inches above high water mark. Back
water is five feet deep in the court
house and the ferry boat from the river,
which is mile from the city, is maxi
ing regular trips through the main
streets, carrying merchandise, house
hold goods, etc, from the inundated
buildings. Several narrow escapes
from drowning are also reported in at
tempts to carry out goods or rescue
live stock. Owing to the distance from
the railroad and the lack of telephone
or telegraph communication, particu-
lars of the floods in that section are
hard to obtain, Tut it is feared the loss
to prOpertv will he enOrmous
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13
An AtrocIous Crime.

PORT HURON, Mich, Jan. 9.-Archie
McCullom pleaded guilty yesterday to
having made criminal assault upon
his own mother. He was sentenced to
state prison for life, notwithstanding
he anticipated his punishment would
be lighter if he confessed. The COM
munity has been greatly excited over
the atrocious crime.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13

THERE will be tested this month at
Providence, R. l., an electric ship of
such marvellous speed that it will set
the tongues of all the world wagging.
The electric wonder has no name as
yet, but she has IA propellers. The
ideas that have been put into practical
execution in this marine wonder, have
been kept SO carefully concealed that
few persons have had the remotest no.
ton that any such revolution in marine
engineering was ever contemplated.
Now, however. we are to have a ship
that viii speed across the ocean in less
than three days by the use of the Pain
ton system of electric motors.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13
A shortage of Onlons.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-. Jan. 9.-The onion
market during the past few days has
witnessed radical advance, and deal
ers quote fancy stock at Sl.e5 to $3.50
per busheL There Is shortage of
onions the country over,
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13

The auditor OF public accounts has
completed the compilation OF the pom
sion list. There arc 3,967 pensioners.
The appropriation is $4,000, and each
pensioner will receive S1s.75, except
those who come under the special pro-
vision. There are six Of these and they
will get SIS each. 1t is estimated that
two-thirds OF the total number are
widows. For last year there were 1875
pensioners, who got Of the S67,500 APP
preparation $50 apiece. Following shows
the number in each county:
Adams, 3S; Alcorn, IS; Amite, Is; At
tala, 116; Benton, 81; Bolivar, 8; Cal.
houn, los; Carroll, 100; Cbickasaw, 80;
Choctaw, 100; Claiborne, %; Clarke, IS;
Clay, 80; Coahoma, 1; Copiah, los; Gov
ington, 81; DeSoto, "a; franklin, 80;
Greene, 6; Grenada, 10; Hancock, 8;
Harrison, 8; Kinds, 65; Holmes, AZ; Is
saquena, 3; Itawamba, 116; jackson. "a;
Jasper, "a; Jefferson, AZ; Jones, 20; KEN
per, 81; Lafayette, 100; Lauderdale, liz;
Lawrence, 81; Leake, lis; Lee, So; Le.
fore, II; Lincoln, 81; Lowndes, SO; Madi-
son, "a; Marion, 10; Marshall, Sc; Mon
roe, ia; Montgomery, At; Neshoba, 10s;
Newton, 63; Noxubee, AZ; Oktibbeha, 81;
Pamela, AZ; Pearl River, 5; Perry, IA;
Pike, rs; Pontotoc, 14s; Prentiss, "A;
Quitman, 6; Rankin, 81; Scott, At; Shar-
key, 4; Simpson, AZ; Smith, 12l; Sun
flower, 9; Tallahatchie, As; Tate, Al; Tip
pah, II; Tishomingo, 81; Tunica, none;
Union, "a; Warren, 63; Washington, 1;
Wayne. SO; Webster, 66; Wilkinson, 10;
Winston, 104; Yalobusha, II; Yazoo, 80.
The distribution can not DO made be-
fore February /.