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The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15
BETTER IN ALL WAYS.
Dun's Weekly Trade Review Says There Is
No Hating in Business Progress.

New York, Sept. 11.-R. e. Dun &
Co.'S Weekly Review of Trade says:
There is no halting in the advance Bust
ness grows better in all ways for while its
speculative end occasionally breaks conspicu-
ouSly, steady increase in production in work
ing force and in the power OF the people to pur-
chase IS the feature which overShadOw all
others. Reports of New York trade unions
show an increase since one year ago of 81 per
cent in the number of men at work and a SINH
lar increase among men in like position
throughout the country would exceed $40, 00),
while every week adds many establishments to
the active list
The farmers are helped by higher prices for
wheat. and while western receipts do not show
that they have marketed a tenth of their crops.
assurance of handsome profit to come pre-
pares them to buy literally hereafter Be-
cause of this, and the increase of hands at
work dealers throughout the country have
started TO repenish stocks, which is the great
force at present operating in manufactures
and trade. though distribution by retail trade
has greatly Increased
Failures for the week have been 2l5 in the
United States, against 3l5 last year; and 80 in
Canada, against A. last year
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15
Catastrophe on the Alton Averted.

ALTON, ILL.,, Sept 1l.-Detectives of
the Chicago & Alton are investigating
what they believe to have been an at
tempt to wreck the big Chicago &
Alton express. Soon after daybrealx
Thursday morning a heavy bridge
crossing the Chicago & Alton track
was discovered on fire. The Chicago
train was due down the grade in a
short while and messenger ran up
the track to intercept it. When the
engineer came to a stop 100 yards
above the fire heavy timber that had
fallen from the burning bridge lay
across the track. The bridge had been
saturated with coal oil.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15
RUNNING OUT OF DRUGS.
New Cause for Anxiety at Biloxi, Miss.
Where Yellow Fever Exists.


Where Yellow Fever Exists.
New ORLEANS, Sept II. AT Biloxi
the drug stores are running out OF
medicines and no frcights have been
received, although ordered in ample
time. President Lemon. of the Biloxi
board, has wired President Oliphant
urging him in behalf of humanity to
see that requests for drugs shall be
promptly attended to. The Biloxi board
of health issued notice to all ply
sicians that they must report within
"a hours to that body all infec-
tious, contagious and suspicious cases
under penalty of SlOG fine. All pre-,
vailing cases of fever were reported to
be eonvalescent.- Ocean Springs re.
ported one new ease and one suspicious
case this morning, but no deaths have
occurred since that of the man, Sey.
mour, reported yesterday. An urgent
request, however, has been forwarded to
New Orleans for yellow fever nurses.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15
The Product,on Of Camnhor

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.-Secretary
Wilson, of the agricultural department,
says arrangements will be made for
the thorough introduction of the cam
phor tree in florida. He added that
there was no doubt that the tree would
be a success there, as it had
already passed the experimental
stage. The department will give all
possible encouragement in the way of
supplying seed and young trees, and
Mr.. Wilson predicts that the country
will soon be producing sufficient sup
ply of camphor for its own needs and
PURPOSES
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15
DRIVEN OUT OF ARKANSAS.
Editor Gould Fled from the Wrath of an
Outraged PCpulace,

EDITOR GOuiO fted from the wrath or All
Outraged Populace.
LITTLE Rock, Ark. Sept. 1f.-kel-
logg o. Could editor and publisher of
the Little Rock Tribune, was driven
from the city by an Infatuated popu-
lace. Gould's career in Little Rock
has been checkered one. lie started
the Tribune four years ago and has
been in trouble continually on account
of the questionable method he pur-
sued in conducting the sensational
sheet, and several times received severe
chastisement from citizens whom he
had written up in his paper. He took
one step too far when he assisted in
defeating justice in the case of Jesse
Heard, the murderer of s. r. Blair.
recently acquitted at Perryville.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15
BRINGS HIM A FORTUNE.
Heir to Large Estate Identifies Himself
by Means of a Bible.

70 IuehtIHes HImSeIf
by Means of Bible.
NEW YORK, Sept 1L-Frederick W..
Whitehead. porter in tea store, has
fallen heir, according to rumor, to a
fortune in England amounting to S117,-
coo, left by maiden aunt. White.
head, who is about IS years old, came
to this country from England ~ years
ago. He proved his identity to the law
hrm which was seeking for him by
means OF an old Bible. which he had
carried with him for years and ON the
hy leaf of which his mothers name
was written.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15
CAUGHT A ROBBER.
W. }. Bryan Holds a Pickpocket Until the
Eolice Arrive on the Scene.

ATCusoN, Kan, Sept 11.-William
Jennings Bryan, in addition to speak
ing to 10, 600 to ~, 900 persons here yes
terday, caught robber by the throat
and held him with vice-like grip I'M
til two policemen bound his hands and
walked him off to Jail. The crowd
shouted out, Let us hang the pick
pocket" when Mr.. Bryan urged them
with simple shake of the head to
leave him to the law. A young man
named Fenton, of Rushville, Mo, went
to Mr.. Bryan's assistance, but the rob-
Der struck him down with powerful
blow and tried to get away, but in
vain. This pickpocket was a profess
sional, dressed in the garb of a farmer,
but his vernacular showed him to be-
long to the lowest class of hoodlums.
He refused to Give his name
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15
Moonshiners CAPTURED.

A raid was made last week by deputy
marshals in the northeastern portion OF
ltawamba county, when the wildcat
still of James Hodges was captured
with about 800 gallons of mash. Hodges
and his son Newton and John Martin
were arrested and placed under bond
by the United States commissioner of
Prentiss county, to await the action of
the Federal grand jury to convene in
Aberdeen in October next.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15
"swift Water BiIi'sv Bride.

Miss Gussie Lahore, formerly of ,Junoor
has made the most desirable marriage frou,'
a pecunlary point of view. 1t is fact tbat
".Swift Water Bll' was so smitten with bs.
charms that he called on Miss Lahore tbe
900 of gold dust in a coal-oil can. and ~
next day she became Mrs. Swift Watar
Bill" The man, whose real name Is not
known to any of the Mckay party, came nm
the Klondike early in the rush. lie did not
have dollar or enough grub for a square
meal when he arrived. He located one Of
the. richest claims, and is now millionaire
and a bridegroom. His claim is l3 Eldorado
-Alaskn Cor I,hicn 90 Chroninln
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15

tai number of deaf and dumb persons
in the United States was 41,2S3; of
these 49, were males and $500 fe-
males. OF this number IS, 15S were
white and 3, 125 colored. In 1871 there
were of these unfortunctes in Great
Britain 1927; France, 21,1S0; Ger
many, $4,000; Austria, 4,45O; Italy, o.
800; Spain, iO,7O0; Switzerland, 6,s2s.
1t is the observation of Mulhall and
other statisticians that this class in
creases at ratio greater than that of
the increase in population.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15
TWO ARE DROWNED.
Mrs. Christian and Son Drop from tn
Rock Island Bridge at Topeka.

hoch AT Ioptkhs
TOPEKA, Kan, Sept. 11.-Mary Chris
tian and little son Eddie, of North
Topeka, We're drowned last night by
falling off the Rock Island railroad
bridge. The accident was most pc.
culiar and distressing. Mrs. Christian
accompanied by her son had started tc
walk across the bridge, this being a
common occurrence. They had reached
the middle of the first span and stepped
out on one of the stringers to let a
railroad veloeipede pass by. Just at
the moment of passing them the man
on the velocipedc was Mortified to see
the woman throw up her hands fran.
'tically and with loud cry fall into
the river, the boy being dragged in
with her.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15
Webster's Inst Word.

Webster's last words were: 81 still live "
A teacher in one of the East side schools
had been reading anecdotes of the great
photographer to her pupils, and the next
day, catechising them on what she had read.
she asked: '
what were Webster's last words?"
There was deep silence, and she repeated
the question. Finally little fellow with a
squint in his left eye held up his hand
We'll, Mulvaney," said the teacher, kind.
"Yessum," said Mulvaney, confidently.
''He said Il amt dead yet IN. Y. World.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15
Tho Turn AZ cffA.

The cessation OF the menses usually dos
ours between the ages of forty and fifty.
Great irregularity takes place in the periodic
discharges for some time before the final
cessation, the female usually experiencing
sudden flashes of heat, fullness in the head,
headache and other evidences Of constitu-
tional disturbance. Tho nervous system
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and there Is great
irritability and melancholy, the patient IS
discouraged and has sense Of fullness or
suffocation.
At no time in her life does q woman need
more constant care and watchful tender
ness, nor has more need for remedy TO
invigorate and strengthen her. The bowels
should be kept regular with DR.. M. A. slime
mons Liver Medicine, and if DR.. Simmons
squaw Vine Wine is used during the whole
of this critical period, it will invigorate and
enrich her blood, soothe and strengthen her
nerves and thus relieve the suffering ana
enable her to pass safely through the dan.
gers, prolong her life and afford her strength
and Joy In her declining years.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15

MUsKoGEE, |. T., Sept. 11.--Cyrus A.
Brown, the young man from Sabetha,
Kan, who was convicted of murder in
the first degree in the United States
court here last July, was granted a
new trial by Judge Thomas. on the
ground that the government failed to
prove the citizenship of either the de-
PENDANT or the deceased. Brown Vas
convicted of killing Daniel Cutbert
near Webber's Falls, |. T., last fall.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15

WHEELING, w. Va, Sept. LEX
Champion James j. Corbett, who is
here to play first base with the Wheel
ing baseball team received telegram
from Chicago informing him that the
Tulane club, of New Orleans, had Of
fered $50, 200 for a contest between
himself and Fitzsimmons. Im1nedi-
ately on receipt of the telegram he ae-
cepted the offer but will await Fitz-
simmons decision in the matter before
saying anything further.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15
THIRTEEN FATALITIES.

That Number of Men Have Been Killed
This Summer In Joplin Mining District.
JOPLIN. Mo-, Sept. 1.-THE third
mining fatality of the week occurred
yesterday when Aaron Dennison, a
well-lnown miner had his skull
crushed by falling piece of scantling,
while working in the shaft of the
Moonshine mine. The scantling fell a
distance of so feet, striking Dennison
on the back of the head. He lived
about two hours. This makes 10 mine
fatalities in the district this summer.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15

A WRITER in the Arena says: 'My
own observation, pursued for number
of years, prepares me to assert that in
this country one person each week is
buried alive. This is the mildest state
ment possible, since it refers only to
the cases where bodies are exhumed,
indubitable traces of life in the grave
detected and the facts reported in the
public press
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15

GUTHRIE, Ok, Sept. 11.-Bank Ex-
aminer Pugh has just completed his
examination of the 10 territorial
banks in Oklahoma, finding them in
good condition, with 1,499. 149.69 on
deposit and 81, 096. 470 SO in loans and
discounts. This does not include the
five national banks, which have $751;
$500 deposits and s267, $50 II loans and
discounts
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15
There May Be No More Encampments.

The financial part of the recent en-
campnent held at Vicksburg was such
success that the people of that city
are anxious for the next one. Unless
the legislature makes larger appro-
priation it is not likely that there will
be another general encampment, as the
81, 900 now allowed would not be drop
in the bucket toward paying the rail
road fare of the troops, and the rail
road companies have given it out that
they will not furnish free transporta-
ton any more.--T. NJ. Henry in Com
mercial Appeal.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15
Police Surgeon Hyde Dismissed.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Sept. 1l.-Dr. B.
G. Hyde is no longer police surgeon.
The police board dismissed him yester-
day on charges of malpractice in city
cases and appointed DIR. ii. A. Longan
in his stead. DIR. Hyde was suspended
several weeks ago upon a charge of
using oil of mustard upon women who
had taken morphine with suicidal
sptanf
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15
ONE GOOD RESULT.
Converted Indian CHIEF Says He Will G
Divorces from Three of His Wives.

converted inuian Cnief says lie VIII Gel
Divorces from Three of His Wives.
CANEY, Kan, Sept. 1.-THE Della
ware Indians are holding big union
campmeeting seven miles south of here
in the territory. Delegations from the
Otoes, Creeks, Osages and Cherokees
are in attendance. The total attend
ance is estimated at 5000. The meet
ing has been in session only week
and, up to last night, 119 persons, had
been converted. Among that number
was Chief Little John, of the Osages,
and as result he has announced his
intention of abandoning and getting
divorces from three of his four wives.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1L--Private
advices have been received here that
the British steamer Cheang Hyo Tong,
in the Shanghai-Penang trade, foun-
dered during typhoon while on voy-
age from Penang to Shanghai, via Yo-
kohama, on or about August Is.
Twenty-one of the crew, nine of whom
were whites, are missing.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15
RECORD OF A YOUTH,
j. Il. Hiier Admits Having Been Married
-Four Times aud Thrice DIVORCED.

d. Il. HiIer Admits Having Been Married
-Four Times aud Thrice Divorced.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Sept. 11.-John
L. Hitler, wanted in Cincinnati on a
charge of bigamy, has turned up here
and declares that he can show divorces
from every woman to whom he has
been married except the last, Cora
Henly, of Cincinnati, whom he mar
ried a week ago. lie is rather hand
some young man of %, and admits
that since 1898 he has been four times
married, though declaring that he has
been three times divorced, and has
lived with three or four other women
to whom he was not married.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15

A FORMER New York naval officer
says there is little chance for negroes
to gain admission to the United States
naval academy. He says 80 out of 100
negroes have imperfect eyesight, and
this defect alone would bar their ad-
mission
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15
His Theft Troubled Him.

WASHINGTON, Sept 1l.-Not long
since some man stole two loads of wood
from the government reservation in
oklahoma The theft of the wood
troubled him, SO yesterday he sent a
7S-cent contribution to the treasury
conscience fund. He signed his COM
"A Christian and closed
1t thus; Let him that steals, steal no
MORE
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15

LONDON is the greatest entrepot OF
the worlds commerce; the total ton
mage annually amounts to 6,0O0, 600,
and the total trade is over e.16. 900, 900.
New York is by far the greatest port
of the United States, receiving 66 per
cent. of all the imports and sending
abroad A per cent. of the exports.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15

PROF. WILLIAM HALLoCK, of Column
bia university, under whose direction
a shaft is being sunk in the earth near
Pittsburgh, hopes to reach depth of
10000 feet by November /. The work
is being done in order to learn some
thing concerning the strata of the
earth and the comparative neat of its
crust at various depths.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15
FuIlness of Blood in Head.

Where there Is great determination OF
blood to the head, the blood vessels of the
brain become greatly congested, and there
stopping, and throbbing pain in the head,
increased by movement. 1t may be caused
by living too freely; too late rising in the
morning, combined with an inactive life;
Menstrual derangements in females VIII
often occasion it. DIR. Simmons Squaw
Vine Wine is especially made for tins, and
1t cures.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15

AMERICANS are learning to be more
liberal in the matter of holidays. In
1873 Pennsylvania had but six legal
holidays. The number of full holidays
now in that state is II, to which
have been added So half holidays. De-
Quoting Sundays the working days
that remain out of the 3o5 number 276.
A fourth of the year is thus dedicated
to rest and recreation and the Ameri-
can holiday has come to be fixed in
Stitufiop
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15
Strong Circumstantial Case.

Ed Perkins, accused of having muir.
dered Ann Hughes, near New Hope, in
Lowndes county, had preliminary
hearing last week and was held without
bail to await the action of the grand
jury. There is no direct proof of Per-
kins' guilt, but the circumstances are
very strong against him.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15

NORTH CARoLINA's system of working
convicts on the roads has rid the state
of tramps as well as proved profitable
to all who use the roads. The state
law gives judges and magistrates the
option of sentencing prisoners to road
buildinp
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15

THE death of Mrs. John Drew has re-
moved from the American stage one of
the very few women who have main
tanned inviolate all the traditional vir-
tues of the sex while pursuing an
active life in profession which in
popular opinion is not calculated to
preserve the best traits of female char
acter. For more than 50 years this
most unusual woman WAS in the fierce
glare of publicity, but never was there
cause for suspicion against her, nor
excuse for the too eager scandal mon
gers to besmirch her name.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15

GREATER New YORK, as fol- med, mas
population of 3,3l2,0O0, and is the
second largest city in the world Her
aggregate wealth is 81, 500, 900, OOo
Under the charter the mayor of this
great city will have the power to ap-
point $4,000 office-holders, who will
draw yearly salaries in excess of S25,-
100000. The city contains 36S square
miles, with an available water front
of $50 miles. There are within the
city limits 1900 miles of railway and
1900 miles of streets and roadways.
The actual running expenses of the
city will exceed S5OO00,0 600 annu.
ally.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15

JOHANNESBURG, Sept. ll.-An explo-
sion of dynamite has taken place in the
magazine OF the George Goch Deep
Level mine. causing terrible havoc.
Five white men and IS Kaflrs are
known TO have been killed.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15
THE CHIEF THING

In MolntoIoins Good Health Is Pure, RIch
kourshlpa Blood.
The blood carries nourishment and
furnishes support for the organs, nerves
and muscles. 1t must be made rich and
pure If you would have strong nerves,
good digestion, sound sleep, or if you
would be rid of that tired feeling, those
disagreeable pimples, eczema, or scrofula.
No medicine is equal to Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla for purifying the blood. 1t is ANAL
cine of genuine merit and will do You
wonderful good. Try it now.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15

TWELVE months ago there were COM
paratively few farm telephone lines in
the country, butas the telephone itself
has been cheapening, the farmers have
become alive to its value. The state
OF Illinois has been especially active in
the establishment of these rural lines.
The system is cheaply and sub
stantiaily constructed, each farmer
contributing poles and work in haul
ing and setting poles, and an expert.
enced man has charge Of the placing
Of the Instruments, which range in
price from $40 TO $40. One system EN-.
braces nearly 100 instruments, with
two central stations.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15
-Four Thousand Men strIk. for Paw

New YORK, Sept. 1.-The 1000 men
who have been at work on the new
underground trolley line which is be-
ing built along Madison and Fourth
avenues, went on strike. The strike
was inaugurated because the men have
received no pay for three weeks.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15

BEFORE the season ends there will
be 10000 people in the Klondike coun.
try, and one good road there would
have saved them $500 each in the cost
of travel and supplies. This makes
IS, 900, 600, and it is low estimate
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15

ST. AIBANs, VT, has the largest
creamery in the world. where the
milk of $4,000 cows is converted into
butter every day. The daily output
of butter is about l0. 900 pounds.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15

THE gambling carried on in the slot
machines of Chicago is said TO cos,
their customers s., ZOO, 900 a year, OF
which only one-fourth is returned in
prizes. A rake off of So in "a goes &c
the gamblers.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15
AMFs A. Murphy.

JAMES A. Murphy, whose Star
Pointer achieved fame for himself and
owner on the turf recently, controls
the biggest bucket shop in Chicago.
Some years ago he ran big pool room
there also. Murphy is one of the prin-
cipal owners of the Roollery Office
building, and is worth about l,0O0,-
coo.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15

THE country is not much excited
over the reported discovery of 0,0oo,.
600 tons of iron ore in Minnesota. Gold
is still the magnet of the human race,
though they know full well that iron
is one of the industrial kings.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15

The demand for business houses and
dwellings continues at Aberdeen. Sew
eral more houses could be rented if
they were available. Every business
house is occupied, and inquiries are
made every day for residences to rent.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15

The Twenty-second Mississippi regi-
ment will have reunion at Winona on
the ssd instant. 1t is proposed to make
the same a splendid affair, and all ex-
confederates are cordially invited to
attend.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15

You've OGDEN GOBLET, of New York,
by the recent death of his father, be-
comes the richest lad of his years in
America. At 90 Young Goelet finds
himself in possession of fortune es'
timated at S60, 900, 900.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15

A BAND of 25 men and women in
Boston have organized a club to abolish
marriage, and point to Shelley, George
Sand and others as their apostles
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15

PRESIDENT MCKINLEY feels at home
among the old soldiers, and addresses
them as comrades. which recalls the
fact that all the presidents since 1865,
except one, could use the same inspir
Ing word All these soldier presidents
weze volunteers. and Grant alone OF
- npmb>r Nss educated a. West
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-09-15
CURRENT COMMENT.

A TENNESSEE farm worth 81, 200 wa,
recently bought and paid for entirely
with eggs