The leader., 1897-01-27
MISCELLANEOUS.

| writing, died at London on the ga
aged "a years.
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE white intruders in the territory
Of the five civilized tribes must go, Sec.
rotary Francis having officially signed
an order on the ed that all persons
who are not on the citizen rolls of the
| five tribes will be unceremoniously
ousted.
A REAR-END collision occurred on the
ED between two freight trains at
Benchley on the Texas Central, wreck
ing ten cars. caboose and a locomo-
tive, and seriously injuring Engineer
Higgins, Fireman Stuart and Brake
man j. L. Robinson.
A FAMINE exists in Rhodesia, Africa,
and the natives were reported digging
up and eating cattle which had been
buried six months ago because they
had died from the rinderpest. As a
consequence terrible mortality prevails
among the natives
THE Jail at Jeffersonville, Ca, was
broken open by mob of masked men
and two negroes, William White and
Charles Forsythe, implicated in the
murder of Mrs. Rowland, were taken
out and hanged to limb and their
bodies riddled with bullets.
THE business failures in the United
States for the week ended the ord, ac-
cording to Bradstreets report, were
429, being IS more than in the CORE
spending week last year.
A New YORK dispatch stated that the
big clothing manufacturers of the
country had formed a combine to be
known as the National Clothiers' asso-
citation.
Four miners were badly hurt at Shaw,
W. Va, by fall of slate and coal.
One miner was horribly crushed and
| the second one was not expected to
survive his injuries. The two Others
will probably recover.
| THE deaths from the bubonic plague
at Bombay for the week ended the 2lst
| numbered 470.
THE British steamer Salisbury col
| lided with an unknown steamer in the
British channel. The latter was sup
| posed to have sunk with crew OF
| about 20 men.
GEORGE DIXON, champion feather.
weight pugilist of the world, defeated
| Australian Billy Murphy, of Cincin,
natl, in six rounds at the Broadway
Athletic club at New York on the 22d
| LYMAN j. GAGE, of Chicago, was men
toned on the 2lst as the latest add
ton to the president-elect's offieia
family. He may be secretary of tn,
treasury.
THREE masked men held up trair
on the Southern railway near Perry
Ala, on the night of the 21st and thu
safe in the express car was looted o
its contents. This was the second tim
that a train had been held up in tina
neighborhood within month.
| RUSSIA fears that the bubonic plagu
now raging in India will reach he
country and the newspapers are calling
for every precaution to be taken. On
newspaper said that the world SHOULD
unite to form a Gordon around thu
devastated plague districts.
| A SPECIAL on the 21st from Teheran
the capital of Persia, stated that 2,50
persons persisted as result of tn,
earthquake which occurred recent,
| on Kisham island.
A SPARK from dynamo in the To
ronto, Ont Electric Light Co. S build
| ing started fire which resulted in tn,
total destruction of the plant and bust
ness dependent on electric power mus
shut down until new dynamos can b,
installed. The loss was $150,000; full,
covered by insurance.
THE secretary of the interior has is
sued requisition on the treasury fo
s13, $50, 600 for next months quarterl,
| payment of pensions. The amount fol
Topeka, Kan, is So, S75, 900.
IT was reported that syndicate
backed by j. Pierpont Morgan and the
Vanderbilts, had made proposition t.
the government, which had been &C
cepted by Acknowledgement Harmon
that If the government would foreeloss
on the Union Pacific railroad the syndi
cate guaranteed to bid on the property
a sum to net the government S45, 600 ,00t
plus the sinking fund. Under the
proposition the government would lose
S24, 0o0, 900 of its debt.
THE supreme court of the United
States formally ratified the report Of
the special commission on the boun
dairy line between Missouri and Iowa.
Mercer county, Mo-, gains about 1905
acres OF land formerly supposed to be
long to Decatur county, La.
A MOB of 200 men broke into the jail
at Amite City, La, early Oh the morn
ing of the goth and took out three ne
gro nurderers-John johnson, Archie
Joiner and Gus Williams. The moi
took them to the woods aud hanged
them and riddled the bodies with bull.
let's. 1t was at first proposed to burn
johnson at the stake, but this was pre-.
vented by the leaders.
SAN PALATKA, an ill-looking negro,
was arrested in Putnam county, Ga,
and confessed that he was the fend
who perpetrated the recent great Ca.
haba bridge disaster in Alabama,
whereby IS persons lost their livesund
many others were manned and wound
ed BY the wreckiug of q passenger train.
TEE explosion of . powder magazine
IT Magazine Point, Ala. on the 18th
wrecked every house within a radius
Vt . quarter Of 6 mile. No one was
Killed, but several were hurt
THE Bradshaw block at Waxahacbie.
Tex was Destroyed BY axe The block
md stocks were Insured to- c25,Qoo.
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