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The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-28
ON GENERAL PRINCIPLES.
Mob Lynches Man Who 1t Was Alleged
Had a Bad Character.

MADIsoNvILLE, KY, July 23.-The
body of Eph Brinkley, who lived sew
eral miles from this city, was found
dangling from a limb near his home
yesterday. He had been lynched dur
ing the early morning by mob of
about 40 citizens, who determined
to put an end to his exist
ence on general principles. Sew
eral weeks ago Thomas Gourllias, a
well-to-do citizen of the neigh borhood.
was assassinated. Brinkley was sus-
pected on account of his evil reputa
ton, but no evidence could be found to
connect him with the crime. 1t is sup
posed that because of his general bad
character and to prevent recurrence
OF such killings as that of Gourllias,
Brinkley was lynched.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-28
MORE IRRIGATION.
Barton County (kan.) Farmers Begi
Work on Another Big Ditch.

Barton County (Kan) Farmers Begin
Work on Another Big Ditch.
GREAT BEND, Kan, July 24.-Barton
county farmers yesterday began work
on mutual irrigation ditch to the
river, about four miles west of Pawnee
Rock and about ten miles west of a
point where the Keen ditch taps the
river. This ditch will be built entire
ly by the farmers, and the stock of the
company will be owned en-
tirely by them. The ditch when
completed, will be so feet wide
by feet deep, and extend from
the river in a northeasterly direction,
emptying into Dry Walnut. about II
miles from the point where the river is
tapped. This ditch will secure the
underflow and overflow waters of the
Arkansas on the same general plan as
that of the Keen ditch, but will in no
wise interfere with the water supply
for that ditch.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-28
d. & o. Fast Freight Schedule.

The Baltimore & Ohio. in connection with
the Continental Line and Central States
Dispatch fast freight lines, has inaugurated
another fast freight schedule to the west,
to be known as Train 95. 1t will be made
up at Baltimore, and is put on especially to
accommodate import business by way Of
Locust Point, and at the same time gives
to Eastern manufacturers and wholesale
dealers rapid service to the west. The
running time of the train is SO arranged that
it will make so hours to Chicago, 80 to Gin
cinnati, 80 to Cleveland, "a to Columbus, rs
to Dallas, Tex, so to Detroit QS to Duluth,
Mimi, 81 to Indianapolis, IS to Kansas City,
IS to Memphis, so to Louisville, "a to Nil
waukee, SO to Minneapolis, 81 to Peoria,
ILL.,, 20 to Pittsburgh, SO to St. Louis, 81 to
st. Paul, 80 to Sandusky, 23l to San Fran.
cisco, A to Toledo, and correspondingly
quick time to other western and southern
points.
The Freight Department expects to make
95 as popular and reliable train as 81, which
makes the run from New York to Chicago
and st. Louis in 60 hours.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-28
The President's Vacation.

WASHINGTON, July. 2S.-President
Mckinley will leave Washington next
Wednesday for his summer vacation
on Lake Champlain, providing con-
gress adjourns in time to permit it.
He will proceed directly to Platts-
burg, on the west side of the lake, not
stopping at any intermediate point if
it is possible to avoid it. 1t is the in
tention OF the president to have all
official announcements of executive
action taken while on his vacation
made through the regular machinery
at Washington, his purpose being to
secure relief from the cares of business
as far as possible.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-28
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

1t has been estimated that an oak oil
average size, during the five months ii
is in leaf every year, sucks from the
earth about 1913 tons of water.
The iridescence of the soap bubble
arises from the fact that the bubble,
being very thin, reflects light from both
the outer and inner surfaces of the film.
Crabs frequently fasten seaweeds on
their backs to hide themselves and the
growths selected are always in perfect
harmony with the surroundings.
During DIR. Nansen's arctic journey
his ship, the Fran, remained for five
and a half months, from October /, 1895.
until March "a. 1896. out of sight of the
sun. This" DIR. II. r. Mill, the Eng
lish geographer, remarks, twas the
longest and darkest night ever expert.
enced by man."
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-28
SOME MORE QUICK WORK.
Mob Deals Out Swift Justice to a Negro
Who Assaulted a Three-Year-O Old Child.

Rob Deals Out Swift Justice to a Negro
Who Assaulted Three-Year-Old Child.
COLUMBIA, S. c., July 24.-Jim Grey,
a negro, was lynched near Goldville,
Laurens county, by party of men for
criminally assaulting the three-year-
old daughter of one of the most re-
spectacle men in that neighborhood.
He was caught and hurried to Laurens
for immediate trial. The grand jury
had been dismissed, however. and the
solicitor secured an order from the
Judge for the removal of the negro to
the penitentiary here for safe keep
ing. In trying to carry out this plan,
the negro was taken from the con-
stable by a dozen or more men and
quick work was made of him.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-28

WASHINGTON, July 2S.-The prcsis
dent has informed Senator Thurston
and other members of the Nebraska
delegation that he would not issue
any proclamation inviting foreign
countries to participate in the Omaha
exposition, but the secretary of state
will issue a circular supplementing
one previously sent out, in which
foreign countries will be asked and in
yited to take part in this Iteration.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-28
Dee, waterway Comm,ss,on.

WASHINGTON, July SIT is expect
ed that before the adjournment of the
present session of congress the presi-
dent will send in to the senate the
nominations of the three commission
ers provided for by the last congress
to prosecute the inquiry as to the FEAST
bility of constructing a deep water
way between the great lakes and the
Atlantic ocean, by which it will be
possible for ocean-goinG craft to reach
Chicago and the other lake ports.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-28
BOGUS DIPLOMAS.
m,..ouri state BOARD Of Health After Men
ILcI- lrafc.alnn-

Ignorant OF Fnetr frotcsstoH.
ST. LOUIS, July a. The bogus diplo-
ma basis of practieing medicine in this
state has assumed such serious proper
tions that the state board of health Is
about TO take decisive measures to put
a stop to it. 1t is estimated that hun
dreds of men are posing before
the public as duly qualified ply.
sicians on the strength of alb
solutely worthless diplomas pur-
chased from one or other of the bogus
medical colleges that ply their voca.
tions in this section. In most, If not
all. of these cases the alleged physi-
clans are ignorant of physiology, anat-
opy, pathology, materia mediea or
any other branch of medical study.
The danger to which the public is
thus exposed speaks for itself.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-28

WASHINGTON, July 24.-Senators
Plat, of Connecticut; Mantle, of Mon
tana, and Jones, of Arkansas, have
been authorized by the committee on
Indian affairs to visit reservations and
make such investigation of the condi-
tions demanding legislation as they
may see fit. The journeying will be
done during the recess of congress.
The subcommittee is being urged to
spend some time in the Indian terri
tory, in order that it may make the
necessary recommendations at the
next session for law to complete the
work of dissolving the tribal relations
and of breaking up the reservations.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-28

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, July 24.-The
st. Louis, Charlottesville 6 Memphis
Railroad Co. filed articles of associa-
ton yesterday with Secretary of State
Lesueur. Capital stock, $40, 900. The
company is formed to build, equip and
operate a line of standard gauge rail-
road 81 miles in length, from Ca
ruthersville, in southwesteriy direc-
ton to the state line between Missouri
and Arkansas
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-28
Centerville Is Improving.

Centerville, Wilkinson county, is max
ing rapid strides in the way of improve
ments. The last issue of the Center
Vile Jeffersonian prints a list OF the
and the aggregate shows the same to
amount to $44, $50. Centerville is stu
ated in one of the finest vegetable Sec
tions of the State and large quantities
of vegetables during the season are
daily shipped to foreign markets. That
securing fine class of immigration,
and the good work in this respect goes
steadily on,
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-28
Warned to Desist.

During the past week petition was
sent out for signers by Rev. J. P. Drake,
pastor of the Meth odist Church, solicit
ing signers to have the Sunday law en-
forced to the letter. This petition was
carried about by young man named
Albert Herrin. This morning notices
were found about town, anonymously
signed, asking the originator and his
co-worker to desist in fostering their
project or suffer the penalty Of tar and
feathers, etc. The sheriff had the
notices taken down.-Bay st. Louis
Echo
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-28
Married on Her Death Bed.

GALEsBURG, H., July IA pathetic
wedding here yesterday united Will
Jackson, of this city, and Mary
Meadows, of Hannibal, Mo, Miss
time, was taken i'll with peritonitis and
the doctors said that she could not re-
cover. The couple were to have been
married next month, but in view of
her expected death the ceremony was
performed yesterday afternoon.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-28
AVENGED A WRONG.
Daniel Rose, of Palmyra, Mo-, Kills
Prominent Physician.

fhOst, OF fAbit -
Prominent Physician.
PALMYRA, Mo, July 24.-Daniel Rose
shot DR.. j. w. Norris in front of the
post Office this morning. The wound
is fatal. Rose was in the Dudley hotel
and waited for Norris to make his
regular trip down town. When Nor
ris had passed the door Rose stepped
out and shot him in the back. Norris
fell to the sidewalk and Rose rushed
up to him, put his 32-caliber revolver
to Norris head and tried to shoot him
again, but Deputy Sheriff Leslie
grabbed Rose and pulled him away.
Norris rolled over, pulled revolver
and fired two shots at Rose, but both
missed. Last Saturday night Rose
was awakened at midnight by noise
in the house, and discovered DR.. Nor
ris half undressed in the bedroom of
his beautiful 1S-year-old daughter. A
ladder was leaned against the house
near the window. Norris is married
and has been a prominent physician.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-28

A NOTABLE conference of men and
women interested in the great social,
hygienic and philanthropic questions
pertaining to the welfare of human
society has been arranged to be held
at Battle Creek, Mich, October 1911
of this year. Prominent philanthro-
pists and educators will take part in
the discussions and sincere efforts
will be made to evolve practical
methods of reforms.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-28
CoIorado Nav Have a EIondvHe

SILVER CLIFF, Col, July 24.-If find
which has just been made here turns
out as expected Colorado may have a
Klondyke of its own, and this old Gus
ter county camp will take on new life.
The discovery was made yesterday by
Joseph Foulk. He got out some quartz
rock heavily charged with sylvanite.
The rock showed some fine gold. 1t
was brought to town and tested. Some
Of the sylvanite was roasted and
brought out great gold nuggets.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-28
Bald Wins "A Valuable Purse.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, July 24.-In
the race for a purse of $1,000 at the
state meet of the Michigan division l..
A. w. Bald won first money, Kiser
second and Cooper third. Kiser won
the first heat in 2:13; Bald second,
Cooper third. Bald took the next two
heats in 2;15% and 2:l0, Cooper finish
ing second in each heat. The mile
open professional event was won by
Arthur Gardiner. Time, 4:32.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-28
PANIC IN A THEATER.
Fireworks Cause Blaze That Creates Con-
Attenuation and Results Seriously.

Fireworks Cause Blaze That Creates Con-
sternation and Results Seriously.
PADUCAH, KY, July 2L-The Casino
summer theater at Ramona park was
burned last night at ten o'clock. A
performance was being given to about
600 people when the fire broke out
from fireworks display on the stage.
The audience was panic-stricken.
Probably over 100 persons were injured
by being burned or trampled. Several
o! the actors were painfully burned.
The building was covered with tar
paper, and was a mass of fierce flames
inside of a minute. 1t is reported that
three or four children persisted in the
flames, but this cannot be verified.
All the doctors in the city were re-
quired to look after the injured.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-28
Injured in q Runaway.

At Ellisville last week considerable
excitement was created by runaway
team. The horses, hitched to a double
seated buggy, were driven by DIR. Hugh
Steadman and Hon. c. S. Street. who
were preparing for an evenings drive
with some young ladies. Street had
hold of the lines and was using every
effort to stop the frigh tened horses when
the lines broke, the horses dashed down
the street and Street was thrown out.
His leg was dislocated at the knee. The
wound Is very painful but in no way Sc
rious. DIR. Steadman was not hurt.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-28
Mans Two Best Friends.

Mans two best friends are said to be
gun and dog. 1t is easy to get good dog,
but hard to get good gun. The guns made
by the Winchester Repeating Arms Co.,
New Haven, CT, are not only always good,
but they are acknowledged the best made in
the world. For years the Winchester has
been the standard of the world, and to any
one who has studied or examined its many
points of superiority its popularity Is not
and shot guns made by the Winchesters are
in demand all over the world. Although
they cost comparatively little, they are bet
ter than the highest priced hand made guns
in every way. Winchester ammunition IS
of the same high grade as Winchester guns
and can always be relied upon. Send Tor
large illustrated catalogue free.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-28
A NEW POTATO.
Missouri Man Propagates Species til
Grows Entirely Underground.

Missouri Man PrOpagates Species That
Grows Entirely Underground.
LAMAR, Mo-, July 24.,-Robert Corn
well, farmer of this county, has OUT
witted nature, or rather has made use
of natures possibilities to outwit one
of the farmers greatest pests. He has
succeeded in propagating a species of
potato which thrives and develops
without the aid of the suns rays,
sends out no stem or vine and grows
entirely beneath the surface, using the
energy consumed by ordinary potatoes
in producing tops to further the
growth of the tubers.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-28

THE Sc great volumes containing the
tax records of New York city have
been opened to public inspection, ac-
cording to law, and from them it is
learned that the titles of over 62, 900
pieces of real estate are held by about
SO, 900 owners. Twenty persons own
$500, 100000 worth of real estate on
Manhattan island; 81 other persons
own nearly $500, OOO,o more property.
The tax department books show that
1914 persons own over one-third of the
entire real estate in New York. The
real estate of New York city is assessed
this year at 81, 1877, 1856, 791.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-28
IN CLOSED CARS.
Railroads in Kansas City Said to Be Shir
ming Enal


ping Coal East.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July 24.-The
railroads, taking advantage of the
privilege the government gives them,
are already appropriating for their
own use some of the coal shipped
into Kansas City. They are reported
to have seized for their own use about
500 car loads SO far, which they are
loading and mailing up in box cars. In
the Hannibal yards three long strings
of fat cars, loaded to the brim with
soft coal, stand on tracks beside empty
box cars. Forty or so negroes are at
work shoveling the coal into. the long
lines of box cars. 1t is believed the
coal thus transferred is for secret ship
ment in the closed cars to railways in
the fuel famine regions of the east.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-28

WASHINGTON. July 24.-In spite OF
the earnest efforts of Judge Frederick
and Mr.. Curtis, the tariff on gypsum
rock was lowered to so cents in the
house, though Senator Baker managed
to get it as high as 81 in the senate
bill. The New York influence was too
much for the westerners and they
went down.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-28
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned BY Telegraph and Mail.
PERSONAL AND roLrrrcAr.


At the cabinet meeting at the white
house on the Goth the coal strike was
informally discussed, but no action
was taken in the matter. A decision
was arrived at TO send n currency mes
sage TO congress as soon as the party
leaders in the senate considered the
time opportune.
Miss JEAN lNGELow. the well-lsuown
poet and novelist, died at London on
the night of the 10Th in her 9th year.
A LONDON dispatch on the Goth stated
that, through the negotiations of the
American bimetallic commission, aided
by representatives of France, Great
Britain will probably agree to partici-
pate in a conference to be held at
Washington next fall.
THE president has signed the Joint
resolution authorizing the secretary of
war to issue tents for the G.. A. K. en-
campment at Leavenworth, Kan, and
also the deficiency appropriation bill.
Mrs. LovEY ALDRICH, one of the
seven surviving widows of the revolu-
tionary soldiers who fought in the war
of 1916, died in San Diego, Cal. She
was 9s years old.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY will leave
Washington on the 2Sth for his sum-
mer vacation on Lake Chapplain, n.
V, providing congress adjourns in
| time to permit it. 1t is the intention
of the president to have all official an
| nouncements of executive action taken
| while on his vacation made through
the regular machinery at Washington,
his purpose being to secure relief from
the cares of business as far as possible.
THE treasury officials have made pre-
parations to put the tariff act into
operation Immediately upon its receiv-
ing the signature of the president,
copies of the bill having been sent to
customs officers throughout the coun-
try.
SECRETARY SHERNAN's illness has
taken serious, though not necessarily
dangerous, turn, but his doctor said
that good care would have to be taken
of him, and that he could not return
to the state departing but must have
a change of air and scene.
| Rev. T. DEWITT TAIMAGE has denied
the report that he will quit Washing
ton and go to Chicago. He said he
had no idea of leaving his church in
the nations capital; that everything
was satisfactory and harmonious, and
| that he expected to live and die in
Washington.
AT Chicago on the ed the monument
to Gen. John A. Logan was unveiled.
George K. Peck was the orator of the
day. There was an imposing military
parade, over 1000 men being in line.
A fine marine display on Lake Michi-
gan also took place. In the evening
Mrs. Logan held a reception at the
| Coliseum.
A RUMoR was current in official cir
cles at Ottawa, Ont, recently that the
Dominion government is now consider
ing the advisability of enforcing the
alien labor act in the Klondyke gold
country and excluding American min
ers therefrom on account, it was stated,
of the unfriendliness of the United
States congress toward Canada in re-
storing the house rate of duty on pine
lumber.
SPAIN, it was reported at Washing
ton, will soon release the Americans
confined in Cuban iails.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-28

CONSUL BELL at Sydney, N. S. W., re-
ports to the state department at Wash
ington that the long drought in Au-
stralia will probably be much worse
on sheep than that of 1895, when more
than 9,00o,0 600 were lost through that
cause. Lack of rain has destroyed all
the vegetation on the ranges and sheep
are being slaughtered in vast numbers
to save the pelts 1t is declared that
one-fifth of the finest wool sheep on
the entire globe have persisted, and it
appears to be the American oppor-
tunity now to raise sheep at home, as
the prices on the foreign wool market
are likely to advance.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-28

THE largest watermelon grown in
the south this season was shipped from
Atlanta, Ga, to Washington and pre-
sented to President Mckinley at the
white house. The melon was grown
in Georgia. weighed rs pounds and
took the prize of S25 offered by w. n.
Mitchell, southern agent of the Balti-
more & Ohio railway, in contest par
ticipated in by the planters of all the
melon-growing states.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-28

THE society women spending the
summer at Newport, N. Y, will each
be represented, it is said, in novel
garter show" at the Newport Casino
within short time. Each maid and
matron in the social swim at the aris-
tocratic resort will contribute one of
the useful but usually invisible ar
ticles of feminine apparel. The men
will vote for the one they most admire
and the winning garter will be sold
Tor sweet charity" The owners of
the garters will be unknown. Any
woman SO unlucky as to have her gar
ter identified will forfeit $50.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-28
Kinds County Grand Jury.

The Kinds county grand jury ad-
journed last week after returning forty
Indictments, most of them being for
Illicit retailing. Five of the hop joints
were indicted for violating the dram
shop chapter of the code. An expert
made an analysis of the hops sold, and
it is said he found the decoction to con-
tain Q. 90 per cent. of alcohol.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-28
Negro Murderer CAPTURED:

The negro, Felix Sanders, who killed
James A. Houston on April 10Th, was
arrested last week by j. S. Rollins, Of
fernando, who turned him over to the
sheriff Of Tate county. Sanders was
safely landed in the Tate county Jail.
Sheriff Bray promptly paid to Mr.. Rol-
Inns the $3.50 reward, of which $50 was
offered by himself, $500 by Gov.
McLaurin and 500 statutory reward.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-28
Lead Bullets Made Hard.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.,, July 24.-Charles
w. Balos, chemist, and Edward
Jerry, surveyor, of this city, have
discovered a secret solution by which
they coat leaden bullets, rendering
them superior to the steel cartridges
used in the Krag-Jorgensen rifle.
At distance of 80 yards they bored n
hole through an ak blade and also
fiat iron.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-28

MAJ. A. d. REYNOLDS, who has made
more than 100000 net profit as to-
bacco manufacturer during the last 20
years at Bristol, Tenn, has sold his
plant to a syndicate of capitalists and
will retire from business. The sale
was due to Maj Reynolds religious
and temperance convictions. He has
long advocated the prohibition of the
sale of spirituous liquors, and finally
came to regard the tobacco business as
incompatible with his religious life.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-28
Fire Insurance Men Indicted,

The grand jury in session at Meri-
dian last week returned indictments
against twenty-eight out of thirty-two
fire insurance com paniss doing business
there, on the ground that they are mem
bers Of an insurance combination or
trust known as the Southern Tariff
Association, with headquarters at At
lanta, Ga.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-28
Killed His Antagonist.

Dave Bailey, hotel waiter, and Sornie
Frazier, dish washer, both colored, had
an alteration at Greenville last week.
Bailey drew small poker and made for
Frazier, when the latter drew pistol
and shot Bailey dead. Frazier was tried
before Justice Harry Smith and bound
over to the Circuit Court in small
bond to await the action Of the grand
iurv.