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The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31
REVIEW OF TRADE.
The Tendency of the Prices Of All Products
Has Been Downward.
NEW YORK, March 27.-Bradstreets


New YORK, March 27.-Bradstreets
report says;
While the week IL not without favorable
features, unfavorabe influences have oeen
more numerous Leading money markets snow
no Improvement Mercantile COLLECTIONS con-
tinue slow as heretofore, and the volume OF
funds offered is in excess Of demands for dis
counts The tendency Of investments to Inn
prove has temporarily disappeared under the
influence of the supreme court antitrust de-
eision, which apparently threatens arrange
ments for the maintenance Of railway rates as
well as railway trades union activity. so Tar as
il may affect interstate commerce.
The tendency OF prices is downward, quota
tions being lower for wheat, Indian corn, oats,
coffee cotton and for pig iron and steel bilets
on the outlook for lower-priced ore. Staples
for which prices are higher include wool raw
sugar wheat -four, petroleum, linseed oil ano
turpentine Open sales Of copper at recently
cut quotations are due to disappointment in
the demand Stormy weather, high water
foods in the Ohio Mississippi and Missouri
river valleys, and In the country drained by
tributary streams, have interfered with inte-
rior trade and in addition to the loss Of life,
have damaged country roads. houses, farms,
bridges telegraph lines and railway tracks.
The general increase In the number OF indus
trial strikes is the outcome of a movement &c
secure higher wages, and in instances moder-
ate advances have been obtained
The rate OF commercial mortality continues on
the decline shown In recent weeks the total
number Of business failures throughout the
United States being 22l this week, compared
with 234 last, 276 in the last week In 1895, 90
in the last week of March, 1885, 246 in the cor
responding week of 1894 and contrasted
with 10 in the corresponding period of 1893
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL

1T was reported from Camaguey,
Cuba. recently that Salvador Cisneros,
president of the Cuban republic, was
dead; that Vice President Bartloeme
Masso has succeeded him as president,
and that DIR. Capott ex-professor of
Havana university, was to be appointed
vice president.
Ex-CoNGREssMAN BINGER HERMANN,
of Oregon, has been nominated by the
president for commissioner of the gen
eral land Office.
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY gave a recep-
ton to newspaper correspondents on
the esd.
THE first social function took place at
the white house on the gath, President
and Mrs. Mckinley giving dinner to
the members of the cabinet and their
ladies.
1T was said at Washington that Sec
rotary Bliss would not serve out his
term as secretary of the interior and
that the president had fixed on Maj
William Warner, of Kansas City, Mo-,
to succeed him. The news came from
source close to the administration.
]. II. BRIGHAM, of Delta, o., has
taken the oath of Office as assistant
secretary of agriculture and assumed
his duties.
THE free silver republican party of
Nebraska was launched at Lincoln on
the 25th. Judge Gregory, of Omaha
was selected to attend the meeting of
the provisional national committee, to
be held June s.
THE pope's mass in the throne room
of the vatican at Rome on the 25th was
attended by 80 American pilgrims,
mostly clergymen, from New York,
Massachusetts,, Connecticut and New
Jersey. After mass the pope permitted
the pilgrims to kiss his foot.
ALEXANDER NJ. KENADAY, secretary
of the National Association of Veterans
of the Mexic an War and editor of the
Vidette, died at Washington on the
25th.
SECRETARY WILSON, of the depart
ment of agriculture, has ordered the
suppression of the pamphlet entitled
Local Taxation as Affecting Farms
1t was prepared with great care under
the direct supervision of Statisticiar
| Henry A. Robinson, with Secretary
| Morton's sanction.
| PRESIDENT MCKINLEY's proposition
for currency commission to study the
currency laws during the recess OF
| congress has not been abandoned. II
| may be introduced as soon as the con
ference report on the tariff bill ha'
been agreed to by the two houses anC
the bill safely transmitted to tn,
president for his signature.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31
soldiers, Home Managers.

WASHINGTON, March 27.-The meet
ing of the board of managers of the
National Home for Disabled Volunteer
Soldiers adjourned yesterday. The
only matter discussed at the morning
session was the question of the reor-
ganization of the management of the
home at Leavenworth, Kan. No con-
clusion was reached and the whole
matter went over until the next meet
ing of the board, which will take place
in about a month, either at the home
at Dayton, o., or at Danville, III. The
indications are that there will be q
more or less complete reorganization
Of the LeaYenNprth management.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31
The Ways and Means Committee,

The ways and means committee of
the house met at Jackson last week in
conference with the governor and per-
fectsd the bill largely remodeling the
revenue system of the State. The bill
was adopted with practical unanimity
and the mem bers think it will have the
effect of correcting the present trouble,
without raising the State tax, will af-
ford ample revenue to run the State
government. The plan is the one sub.
mitted by the governor. 1t was adopted
with only slight changes. 1t is not
probable now that the extra session
will be convened earlier than tho goth
Of April. This postponement is due to
the high water in the Mississippi Delta.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31

CLEVELAND, o., March 27.-The nail
works here were closed this morning,
the men having struck. The works
were closed yesterday at the request of
the men to allow them to attend the
funeral of a member of the union.
After the funeral the men decided not
to go back to work to-day, nor until
they had secured a satisfactory adjust
ment of the scale. A quiet and orderly
strike viii be conducted. The men de-
mand an increase of Is per cent. and
the company offers to grant a ten per
cent raise. Secretary Bishop, of the
state board of arbitration, has been
summoned
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31
Agreed on an Advance in Price.

New YORK, March 27.-Reports have
been current in the hardware trade
that the manufacturers who comprise
the Cut and Wire Nail Manufacturers
association, or pool, were again to
work in concert under some form OF
agreement. Such a plan has been
adopted by practically all the cut nail
makers east of the Alleghanies, who
met last week and agreed on an adj
vance of ten cents per keg. The price
of cut nails at store is now, according
ly, 81. 40 per lleg per carload and S1.55
for less than carload lots. 1t was de-
cided to maintain this price through
the month of Anril
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31
NEW RAILROAD PLAN.
A st. Joseph Man Would Have a National
Railway Association Formed.

A st. Joseph Man Would Have Nationai
Railway Association Formed.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, March CIV. G..
Staley, commercial agent of the Chi
cago, Rock Island & Pacific, has a
novel scheme for overcoming the diff
Guilty caused by the disbanding of all
traffic associations. 1t is, in brief, as
follows: All railroads should combine
in organizing what may be called the
National Railway Co., making single
corporation similar to the Standard
Oil Co. Each road shall exchange
its stock for stock in the Ma
tional Railway Co. They could
do business as one line. Competition
would be eliminated. Rates could be
kept up. Many roads would be aban-
doned as through freight carriers and
only used locally. Forces could be cut
down. The effect would be, in meas
ure, that of government ownership of
railroadS
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31
THE KING OF ALL POOLS.
Attorney General Mckenna VIII Push the
Joint Traffic Case to a Conclusion.

Attorney General Mckenna VIII Push the
Joint Traffic Case to a Conclusion.
WASHINGTON, March 27.-AttOrney-
General McKenna sent instructions
yesterday to District Attorney MeFar-
land at New York to take an appeal to
the United States supreme court from
the decision of the circuit court of
appeals in the case of the United
States against the Joint Traffic
association, which includes "A rail-
roads, and is the largest pool in the
world As soon as the papers shall
reach the department of justice a mo-
ton will be made in the supreme court
to advance the case on the docket, so
that speedy determination of the
questions involved NAV be had.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31
Had Seen Twenty-Four Presidents.

Clayborne White, and the oldest woman
in Madison county, Ky, died at heI
home in Richmond recently, aged 90
She was sister of Hon. John White
deceased, speaker of the Twenty-sev
enth congress, and aunt of ex-Congress
man John ID. White. Beginning with
jefferson, she saw "a presidents. She
was connected with some of the mos
ern Kentucky.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31
-Four Democrats VIII Support II

WASHINGTON, March 27.-Four demo-
cratic members of the house, it is I'M
derstood, will vote for the Dingley
tariff bill. Three of the four are in
the Louisiana delegation and the other
is from Texas. The Louisiana men are
induced to vote for protection mainly
on account of the sugar schedule of
the bill, which meets their approval,
while the wool schedule has won the
member from Texas
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31
NJ, X. & T. shops at Sedalia.

SEDALIA, Mo-, March 27.-The Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas engineers and
surveyors yesterday took possession of
the 30 acres of land donated by the city
for coach and car shop purposes. The
work of surveying for the site of the
shops and location of the numerous
tracks will be completed in week.
According to the accepted plans the
shops will cost $500, 900, one-third of
which was donated by Sedalians.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31
Paving for Convict Labor

The Gulf & Ship Island Railroad
last week paid into the State treasury
S13, 200, the same being the amount due
on the first of the thee notes held by
the State against the road. The State
holds two notes, one for $4,000 and the
other for $4,000, payable in six and
twelve months. These notes represent
the $40, 600 of bonds held by the State
against the Gulf & Ship Island Railroad
for convict labor At one timo the
bonds were thought to be valueless,
and the last legislature came within a
few votes of donating them to the road
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31

ONE can conjecture only as to the
rise and progress of a contest between
two modern battlcships. A scientist
has figured on the result on the crew
of one of these ships were it to fire all
its guns continuously. He says that in
five minutes the auricular apparatus of
all hands would be permanently affect
ed and in 20 minutes every man would
be in state of Inconsistencies.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31
CoLD-BLooDED MURDER.
Trenton, Mo-, Man Called to His Bacl
Door and Killed with an Ak.

A Trenton, Mo-, Man Called to His Back
Door and Killed with an Ak.
TRENTON, Mo-, March 27.-About IL
o'clock last night some one went to the
back door of S. q. Wilson's restaurant
and called him out. When he did not
return his wife called, and listening
a moment she heard a sound which
so frightened her that she tele-
phoned for the police. On their
arrival they found Wilson dead
in the back room, with three
large gashes in his head, and near by a
blood stained AK. Bloodhounds were
put on the trail and caused the arrest
of Ella Mooney and Shanty Coyle. The
woman is notorious character and
her name has been associated with the
murdered mans.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31
Prospects of Bimetallism.

WASHINGTON, March Ex-senator
Jones, of Arkansas, chairman of the
democratic national committee, has re-
Gently received two letters from En-
gland regarding the prospects of BIZ
metallism by national agreement. One
of them says the gold standard is more
firmly fixed in England now than ever
before, and the other says that the
time seems to be very favorable for BIZ
metallism, and expresses the belief
that, in case the United States sho uld
make the proper effort, bimetallism
might be brought about.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31

Jim Eyleward, Henry Weidman, Dave
Stein and Charlie Nirdlinger were ar
rested at Meridian last week on the
charge of gambling. The latter turned
States evidence, but before he left the
witness stand he was required to give
81, 900 bond for his appearance at the
April term of the Circuit Court to An.
swer TO the charge of perjury. A fine
OF $500 was imposed on each of the
others, and in default of payment and
OF $500 bond Weidman and Egleward
were sent to jail with Nirdlinger. Stein
gavo bond aud was released from Gus
t9ey,
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31

A MEDICAL journal has made some
careful investigations among the col
leges of New England, which enable it
to state that students who do not use
tobacco gain weight, height and girth
of chest from 10 to "a per cent. faster
than those who chew or smoke. The
development of the lungs, if this au-
thority is correct, is especially retarded
by the tobacco habit.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31
Catching Distillers.

Revenue Inspector w. b. Cross and
Deputy Marshal Anderson made a very
successful expedition into the Illicit
distilling region of Pontotoc county re-
Gently. They captured one 6o-gallon
still near Thaxton's and 14O-gallon
ono about twenty miles south of Pom
totoc. Both were destroyed. Mr.. Cross
is proving himself one of the most
efficient officers in the South, as his I'M
ceasing diligence is responsible for
many OF the captures lately made in
this section.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31
A Bill Relating to Pensions.

WASHINGTON, March Ex-senator
Cockrell introduced bill in the senate
providing that all pensions heretofore
or hereafter allowed to Mexican and
Indian war survivors and their widows
under the act granting pensions to
Powell's battalion, Missouri mounted
volunteers, and other acts granting
such pensions shall be rated and paid
at the rate of $12 a month.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31
Mr.. McKinley's Graceful Tribute.

the floral emblems received by the
family of William Painter, who was
buried yesterday, was a beautiful
wreath from President Mckinley.
Painter was crushed against an iron
pillar in the union depot at Pittsburgh
by the crowd trying to see the presi-
dent-elect. Mr.. Mckinley also sent a
personal letter of coincidence.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31
Fatally Injured by a Tree.

While sowing grass seed upon his
farm near Adams station, not far from
GAINESVILLE, Tenn, Manuel Harrison
was struck on the head by limb from
a tree and fatally injured. He was an
elder in the Methodist church, road
commissioner, school director and one
of the most prominent planters of the
Sc ction in which he lived.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31

Milton Reizenstein, a graduate stndent Of
the johns Hopkins University, Of Bait.
more, has prepared a monograph as thea,
for a degree which he expects to reeeIv.
the history Of the Il. & D. X. X. from H. in
ception on the night Of February 18th. Is97
when % Of the leading business men of BaIt;'
more met at the home of Philip 4. Tboma,
and devised means whereby the trade ~
Baltimore with the West could be restored
1t was at this meeting that the company was
organized which afterwards built the b 4 q
r. X. Mr.. Reizenstein's monograph takes
up the history of the road from that night
until tracks were laid to Wheeling, w. Va,
in 1853. The 10th anniversary of the b. & o.
r. X. Co. was February 18th, 1897.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31
Baptist Orphan Asylum.

Rev. L. S. Foster, of Senatobia, finan-
cial agent of the Baptist Orphan asylum
which it is proposed to establish at
Jackson, has issued circular letter
asking for subscriptions. Mr.. Foster
has depended on the liberality of the
people of the State to build this orphan
age, but owing to the hard times sub
scriptions have been coming in slowly.
One hundred and twelve acres have
been purchased for the site. 1t is a
beautiful one and entirely suitable for
this purpose. Mr.. Foster has made one
payment of 81, 900 on the land.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31
MANY FLOOD VICTIMS.
Twenty-Five Lives Lost and Enormous DC
struction of Property.

structiOn or properly.
ST.. LOUIS, March 27.-Twenty-fivs
human lives and S5,000,000 worth of
property have already been claimed by
the remorseless flood, which is sweep
ing over the Mississippi bottoms from
point ten miles above Cairo, H., to
similar distance below Vicksburg,
Miss. This includes the flooded district
around Paducah, KY, where the stu
alton seems to be growing worse. In
the Mississippi alone 1000 square miles
of land are under water. In the Padu-
cab about 100 square miles are mum
dated. The property loss, it is be-
lieved, will reach much larger figure
after the Mississippi river commission
has made an estimate of the damage to
lpVaeS
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31

Quite tragedy occurred at Sdon last
week in which Jerry Thomas, 16-year-
old negro boy, was shot and almost in
stantly killed by Tom Carter, the IL
year-old son of N. Carter, white citi-
Sn. At the time of the killing Thomas
was engaged in an alteration with a
younger brother of Tom Carter, who
came to the rescue of his little brother,
with the above result.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31
A NOVEL craft is being built at Bur-

A NOVEL. craft is being built at Bur-
lington, VT, which will pillow the
waters of Lake Champlain next sea-
son. 1t is termed a hydrocycle, and,
as its nature implies, it is a distinct
kinsman of the bicycle. The strange
boat is made of two boats, each one in
the neighborhood of Is feet long, placed
side by side, and connected. In the
center is the frame of a bicycle, on
which the rider sits and pedals, steer
ing by his handlebar the same as on
any bike" The hydrocycle now being
constructed is tandem and carries
two passengers.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31

THOMAS A. Edison has offered to the
national museum at Washington set
of Photographic films for the kineto-
scope taken during President McKin-
ley's inauguration. They show the
president taking the oath of office,
Cleveland and Mckinley driving to the
capitol and views of the parade. 1t is
intended to have the films sealed her.
metically and marked: ITO be opened
by the curator of the national museum
80 years after President McKinley's in
auguration"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31
Preacher Guilty of Libel.

HARRISBURG, Pa, March 27.-Rev. DR..
Silas c. Swallow, editor of the Penn
sylvania Methodist, has been found
guilty of criminal libel in the suit
brought by Capt. John c. Delaney, SUI
perintendent of public buildings and
grounds DR.. Swallow in his paper
charged that Capt. Delaney had been
given presents by different contractors
to whom he had awarded contracts.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31
Barber Falls Heir to a Fortune.

Mark NJ. Dintonfass, white barber.
of Charlotte, N. c., recently received
notice from the Austrian consul al
Philadelphia that he is part heir to a
fortune of 300,G0 forms, left him by
his grandmother who recently died in
the little town of Torwan, Austria. A
letter from Austria states that por
ton of the legacy will be sent him al
once.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31
Capt, j. II. Martin.

Capt. ]. II. Martin, member of the
firm of Hill, Fontaine & Co., cotton
factors, died suddenly at Memphis. He
was for one term president of the mer-
chants exchange, and also president
of the Southern Wholesa lie Grocers' as.
ISOLATION. During the war he was
Gen. W. H. Red) Jackson's chief OF
staff.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31
Delighted With Our state.

About fifteen homeseekers from Hi.
nois, Iowa and Indiana, all Of whom are
delighted with the country, have pur.
chased homes near Canton and will
move down as soon as they can settle
their affairs at home. One gentleman
especially, from Indiana, says Missis-
sippi has been terribly slandered, and
he intends, when he returns home, to
tell his people that Mississippi is the
grandest country in the Union, and he
shows his faith by his good works, hav'
ing purchased 700 acres OF fine Madison
county land and will move as soon as he
can wind up his affairs in Indiana.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31

DURING the present revolution in
Cuba Spain has sent TO the island
19s,047 troops and 40 generals. The
official record of deaths from disease
and casualty in the army is 22,7S1, and
$4,000 went home invalided. 1t is
doubtful if Weyler has at the present
time 100, 900 electives for field and gar
rison duty.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31

CHuLICoTHE, o., March 27.-Detec-
tive George w. Caldwell makes the
startling statement that Kate and Jake
Bender, two members of the notorious
family who murdered nine persons
near independence, Kan, over 90
years ago, are now hiding in this coun,
ty. He has them located and will ar
rest them as soon as he hears from the
authorities in Kansas
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31

PROF. LAW, of Cornell university,
who is an expert on the subject of
tuberculosis, declares that the extern
sive experiments with that disease
which are being carried on in the
agricultural department of the uni
versity will prove to be of great value
''As one," he says, "who took promi-
nent part in the eXtirpation of the cat
tie lung plague from Illinois and from
the continent, feel warranted in
saying that tuberculosis can be sue
cessfully dealt with along the same
lines and will surely be eradicated
from our herds and finally from our
homes"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31

A CHEMIST is said to have invented an
anesthetic which volatilizes rapidly
on exposure to the air. rendering the
persons near unconscious for long
time. 1t is asserted that in warfare
bombs charged with this material
would make large bodies of an enemy
incapable of resistance.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31

GEORGE KIRcHyER, of Valparaiso,
Ind, has invented a motor which will
run without steam. electricity or other
force. He has completed a model,
which he has been working on for
nearly year, and which experts claim
works to perfection.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31
Charged With Murder.

George Howard was arrested and jailed
at New Albany last week at the in
stance of detectives who have been
Swallowing" him for some time. He
is charged with murder in Minnesota
in 1892. He is an intelligent young
man, about % years of age; has lived in
New Albany over two years, and has
been Industrious and well-behaved. 1t
is understood that a large reward has
been offered for his apprehension. 1t is
in doubt whether he is the party
wanted
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31
Price of Whisky to Be Advanced.

CINCINNATI, March 27.-At an in
formal meeting of distillers and whole
sale whisky dealers here yesterday it
was unanimously agreed to advance
the price of spirits in few days. 1t
was the concensus of opinion that it
was not necessary to obtain the formal
consent of distillers of the country,
since all of them are now producing at
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31
West Virginia Curfew Ordinances.

At West Union, Hinton and Buck
harmon, w. Va, the town councils have
enacted curfew ordinances, which went
into effect March 80.