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The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-28
The Leyee Convention.

Gov. Jones of Arkansas las forwarde ed
the following letter to Gov. McLaurin:
Your letter OF April II, suggesting a
convention at Vicksburg of delegates
from the overlooked districts of Arkan-
sas, Tennessee, Louisiana and Missis-
sippi, to take stops 10 induce COM IS
to assist in closing the crevasses ma &c
in tho levees, and asking US to suggest
timo for this convention, received. /
think such a convention eminently APP
propriatc, and am more than willing to
cooperate with you in bringing it about.
A date that will suit those OF your State
who are interested will also be conve-
nient to tho people Of our State.
therefore leave the matter OF fixing the
time with you, and when advised of II
will try and secure tho attendance OF
competent and interested delegates.
With considerations of personal regard,
am yours worry truly,
DAN w. JONES'"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-28
FORCED FROM THEIR HOME.

Pitiable Condition of Farmers on Missis-
sippi River Bottoms Near Quincy, Ill.
QUINCY, ILL.,, April 22.-The Missis-
sippi river at this point is steadily
rising. The steamer Harry Hook
rescued six families whose homes in
the bottoms north of the city were
surrounded by water. At War
saw, ILL.,, the Mississippi has passed the
1S-foot mark, and people are now lcav-
ing portions of the districts protected
by the levee. At Keithsburg, ILL.,, the
river is now at its highest point for
several years and the condition of the
bottom and island farmers is pitiful.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-28
EllerDee Is Guilty.

The jury in the Ellerboo murder case
at Meridian brought in verdict Of
guilty, and recommended that sen
tonce of life Imprisonment in the State
penitentiary be inflicted. Counsel fol
tho defense at once filed motion fol-
a new trial. 1t is hardly probable that
the application for new trial will be
granted, but the case will DO taken to
the supreme court. Tho jury was com
posed of honest farmers, who were
actuated by desiro to do what tAoy
thought was right in the premises un
der the testimony and the instructions
of the court. Ellerbeo had able coun-
sci to defend him, and friends and rela-
tives exertod themselves in his behalf,
but in vain.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-28
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS

KAY ToLIFER, in an intoxicated con.
dition. entered ]. d. Wingler's restau-
rant at Sonora, Tex, on the 25th, and
ordered supper. Tho length of time re-
quired to prepare the meal irritated
Tolifer. After a few words passed be-
tween the two, Tolifer drew his gun and
sho the proprietor down in cold blood.
A SERIES OF cloudbursts, heavy wind
and rain storms occurred in and around
Eufaula, l. r., on the 25th, and extend
ed over about 100 square miles Of terri
tory. The rain was the heaviest in fifty
years.
THE treasury statement on the Gath
shows: Available cash balance, $780,
6S7, TIA; gold reserve, S155, 252, 1853.
DURING the months of January, Feb
ruary, March and tho first b alt of April,
so, 500 head Of Mexican cattle were in,
ported through the port of Ell Paso, Tex
A CYCLONE struck Omer, Mich, on the
Gath, demolishing several stores and
residences
THE traction roads in Pittsburg, Pa,
on the 25th, were responsible for three
deaths.
A SEVERE earthquake shock was felt
at Cairo, H., on the night Of the Gath.
1t lasted about twenty seconds.
A SMALL tornado, which passed over
Newton. Kas., on the 23d, wrecked sew
eral houses, injured throe occupants,
killed many cattle, uprooted orchards
and groves and smashed thousands Of
panes Of glass.
THE sewer pipe manufacturers at
Cleveland, O., on the Esd, completed the
formation of their national association.
A company has been incorporated under
the laws of Ohio with a capital stock Of
81, 500, 900.
FAILURES for the week have been 21s
in the United States, against 2Ss last
year, and 81 in Canada, against A last
year.
In the center OF tho business section
of st. Louis on the 21st Edward Clay
land, Q lineman. was burned to death by
live wire. His smoking body hung in
the air for at least ton minutes, in view
of thousands who were attracted to the
scene.
THE buffalo gnat is still doing great
damage in West Tennessee and in the
overlooked country Of Mississippi and
Arkansas.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-28
A Stamp Machine SMindler.

A swindlcr, who gave his name as f.
N. Shepard, has been roaping a rich
harvest in East Mississippi and Western
Alabama. Sheppard claimed to repre-
sent the International Advertising
Agency Of Now York, dealers in stamp
machines. He offered the machines at
such low figures that merchants and
business men in nearly all tho towns no
visited jumped at the bait and readily
paid tho money. Shepard worked Meri-
dian, and the machines having failed to
arrive, tho business men became sus-
picious and tolographed to New York
inquiring about Shepard. A reply came
back branding him as fraud and o
swindler, and requesting that he be ar
rested and punished. A reward has
been offered for his arrest.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-28
A Subject Buried for Three Days.

SIMcoE, Ont, April 24.-The man
hypnotized and buried in the ground
for three days has been disinterred.
Great crowds followed the box contain
ing the body to the opera house. AS
the man was being brought back to a
normal condition he was very restless
and finally smashed the box he was in
to pieces 1t required five men to con-
troll him in his struggles until he was
fully restored to consciousness.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-28
SENATOR w. A. HARRIS.

classification of all goods, commodities
or merchandise which shall be enforced,
charged or used in the business of such
common carriers shall be submitted to
the interstate commerce commission,
and by the commission shall be APP
proved as just and reasonable before
such contracts as suggested in the
pooling bill shall be authorized. This
would afford national maximum rate
schedule. 1t would give it also com
plcte authority to regulate common
carriers by granting it power to refuse
assent to pooling contracts where the
rates were not fair and equitable. The
meat of the contention between the
representatives of the people and cor
porations is included in Senator Harris
amendment
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-28
TO "EQUALIZE" JUSTICE.

Gov. Leedy, of Kansas, Says the Law Is
More Severe on Petty Offenders Than Big
Ones.
TOPEKA, Kan, April 24.-Gov. John
w. Leedy is out with brand new re-
form He sayE that the criminal laws
of Kansas are discriminative; that the
penalty for trivial offenses often is
more severe than for great crimes;
that the unfortunate who steals to
prevent starvation often is given n
harder sentence than Is the man who
robs whole communities as bank
cashier. lie proposes as remedy to
examine the records of the prisoners in
the state penitentiary, and by the ex-
ercise of the pardoning power to make
the punishment fit the crime" The
governor left for Lansing yesterday
for this purpose.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-28

ID. MCLAUGHLIN THERRELI, the south
ern electrician of the Postal Telegraph
Co., at Nashville, Tenn, has designed
an apparatus which he claims will en-
able conversation to be carried on half
way round the world. At an exhibit
ton given at Atlanta sounds which
were transmitted through resistance
equal to 10000 miles were audible to
all the occupants in the room where
the receiver was located. Renditions
of vocal and instrumental music were
clearly heard over the long circuit all
over the room. Mr.. Therrell's pet
scheme is to have a telephone line
across the Atlantic ocean.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-28
AN AGREEMENT REACHED.
Daw es Com mis- sion and Choctaw and Chici
asaw Indians Come to Terms.

Dawes Commission and Choctaw and Chick
asaw Indians Come to Terms.
AToKA, I. T., April 2i.-The Dawes
commission has reached an agreement
with the Choctaw and Chickasaw In
dian commissioners for n division of
their lands. The agreement makes
provisions for townsites, persons own
ing substantial improvements to
be permitted to purchase lots
on which buildings are already
erected at two-thirds of the actual val
ne; all coal and mineral interests are
reserved for the respective nations; in
dividual royalties are to cease on the
ratification Of the agreement by con-
gress and the allotment of the lands is
to take place Immediately upon its APP
t,royal
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-28
OSMAN PkSHA,

(Chief Commander of the Turkish Army.
In addition, Saad Edin Pasha has been
appointed to command the Turkish
army having its headquarters at Jani-
ma. replacing Ahmea Hifzi Pasha, who
is also recalled. The new Turkish
commanders started for their posts
yesterday evening. In spite of the
difficulties encountered, no doubt is
felt among the Turkish military men
here that the Turks will ultimately
occupy Larissa, although it is admit
ted the task will be harder than at
first imagined, the gov ernment having
confidently expected to capture the
Greek headquarters by Tuesday morn
inc last
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-28
Scrofu|a Tumors
Broke Out and Caused Intense
Suffering Hoods SarsapariIla
Keeps tho Blood Pure.

"Several years ago l had scrofua
which appeared In tumors in different
parts OF my body. 1t took five weeks for
them to develop SO they could be lanced
to cure me. After three years of great
suffering the trouble reached my throat
and my tonsils were consumed. read Of
cures of scrofula by Hoods Sarsaparilla
and procured six bottles. After taking
few bottles felt better. continued until
was eventually cured. have never been
troubled with scrofula since that time.
Hoods Sarsaparilla keeps my blood pure
in spring and fall" Mrs. SARAH G. DALEs,
Rutland, Ill. Be sure to get Hoods because
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-28
A WOMAN'S AWFUL DEED.

Mrs. Albert Hovey Horribly Mutilates Her
Mich.
LANSING, Mich, April 24.-At Will
liamston, IA miles east of here, Mrs.
Albert Iovey, aged 50 years, murdered
her aged mother-in-law with an AK
sometime between eight o'clock and
noon yesterday. She severed the head
entirely from the body and then
poured oil on the lifeless body and set
it on fire. The murdered woman was
so years old and lived with her sons
family in the village.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-28

PHILADELPHIA, among its many Pc
culiar and humanitarian institutions,
has a cat home, amply endowed, where
abandoned and homeless pussies are
given shelter and protection. OF the
tender care given the cats there can be
no possible doubt, but the extent to
which the oversight of the animals is
carried might seem surprising to any
one not fully posted in feline philan-
thropy. They have corps of physi-
clans and are as carefully treated al
most as the inmates of an infant asy-
1um or old ladies' home, and record
Of every cat and its family history and
pedigree, If possible, is kept.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-28

We offer One Hundred Dollar, p,
for any case Of Catarrh' thai e. reward
cured By Halls Catarrh Cure van not Be
We, the undersigned. have o,eoo, y.
Cheney for the last Is years. and ~ y. ].
him perfectly honorable in All ueneve
transactions and financially abls y, pushes
out any obligations made by their s, 70 cary
We, West q = Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To.
Walding, Kinnan 4 Marvin un
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. wholesale
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken ;n,sr,.p-
acting directly upon the blood ana r,sy,
surfaces OF the system. Price 55c ~, anuIous
tlc. Sold by all Druggists. Test;man POI.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-28
TWENTY-ONE LOST.

Crew of an Overdue Ship Undoubtedly
Drowned, Including the Captains Fam
lily.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 24.-The reve-
nue. cutter Rush has returned after an
unsuccessful search for the overdue
ship Samaria, bound from Seattle for
San Francisco. The Rush was 200
miles up the coast, but found no trace
of the ship. The Samaria, with her
crew, and the captains wife and two
children, is undoubtedly at the bottom
of the sea. There were p all told on
board.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-28

THE London Railway Times said that
q number of gentlemen recently in
spected the express railway carriage
which has been constructed for work
ing at the forthcoming Brussels inter
national exhibition. The carriage is
propelled by electricity and runs on
one rail. 1t is proposed to run the car
rage at first at the rate of 100 miles
per hour. but it is said that much
higher rate can be obtained.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-28
A MN Renounces Her Vows.

FORT WORTH, Tex, April 24.-Sister
Lucy, music teacher in the Catholic
convent at Beaumont, put aside the
nuns veil, borrowed a costume from a
servant and went into the town to live
as music teacher. Her name is Miss
May Williams and her home is in the
north. She is beautiful and highly cul-
tured. She says she did not leave the
convent because she was dissatisfied
with the treatment or the religion.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-28
Good Places for Ohio Mon.

WASHINGTON, April 24.-Presidcnt
Mckinley has decided to nominate
William R. Day, of Canton, o., to be
first assistant secretary of state, and
ex-Representative Bellamy Storer, of
Cincinnati, to be minister TO Belgium.
These nominations were to have been
sent to the senate yesterday, but owing
to that body's adjournment over until
Monday will not go in until next week
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-28

NEW TURKISH CHIEF.

Osman Pasha, the Hero OF Plevna, Sup
plants Edhem Pasha As COMMANDMENT
Chief.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, April 24.-An addi-
tional force of rcdifs, or army reserves,
has been called out to reinforce the
Turkish troops operating against the
Greeks. These men will total up 70
additional battalions of troops, num-
bering so, 400 men. 1t is now definitely
announced that Osman Pasha, the
hero of Plevna, has been appointed
commander-in-chief of the Turkish
army having its headquarters at Elias
soma. Edhem Pasha has been recalled.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-28

ACCORDING to report recently made
by the chief of the forestry division of
the agricultural department, while
white pine will be cut in the United
States for many decades, the enormous
amounts which hitherto have been cut
annually cannot be had beyond the
next five or six years, even with Can
ada to help exc out our deficiencies.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-28
A CARELESS BOY.
He Turns Coal Cur Loose and Two Men
Are Killed as q Result.

Are Killed Result.
WEBB CITY, Mo-, April ga hor-
rible accident occurred late last even
ing at the Duenweg mines, six miles
northeast of here, causing the instant
death of William Mckinley and injur,
ing Arson Knight so he died to-day.
A boy recklessly turned a car loose,
which fell down the shaft onto the
men. Mckinley resided at Aurora and
leaves a wife and five children. Knight
resided at Duenweg and leaves widow
and three children.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-28
Lively Times in Cheyenne County, Ok.

Ell RENO, Ok, April 24.-During a
little controversy near Arapahoe, Gus
ter county, between L. NJ. Coots and
son Gus on one side and Bert Atchison
and some friend on the other, the elder
Coots was killed and Gus dangerously
wounded. This is the fourth battle
reported from Cheyenne county, with
total of five killed and three wound
ed since Monday last.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-28
pooLlNo Bill AMENDMENT.
Senator Harris. of Kansas, win Introduce
an Interesting Measure In the senate.

Senator Harris. of Kansas, win Introduce
an Interesting Measure In the senate.
WASHINGTON, April Ex-senator Har-
ris, of Kapsas, has prepared an impor-
tant amendment to the Foraker pooling
bill, which he will introduce in the
senate next week. 1t provides for an
entire reversal of the plan of author
izing pooling contracts ascontemplated
in the Foraker bill. and IL meets with
the favor of all who are interested in
seeing that the railroads are given no
unfair advantage over the shippers and
that all interests are equally protected.
His amendment provides that full and
complete schedule of the maximum
rates and charges, together with the
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-28
Cunningham likely to Die

GUTHRIE, Ok, April al. C. Post, OF
the Bank of kingfisher, and d. X.
Cunningham, prominent attorney OF
that place, quarreled over Cunning
hams account at the bank and Post
stabbed Cunningham in the head with
a pocketknife, infiicting wounds which
it is feared will result fatally.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-28

PARIS boasts of an official rat catcher
NJ. Henri Dayve, who has served the
city in that capacity for IS years, and
he tells with pride that during that
time he has caught, unaided by the
use of trap, over 1000, 900 rats with
his own hands
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-28

A CURIOUS illustration of the diverse
conditions that may exist in this coun-
try is the fact that while so many peo-
pie in the Mississippi valley were suf-
fering from floods the New Orleans pa
pers were recently raising money for
sufferers from the drought in Louisiana.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-28

HUMPHREYS creek, a small mountain
stream near Rapid City, n. D., has the
peculiar properties of petrifying every
thing that is allowed to remain any
length of time In it's waters and a
Swede has established what he calls a
petriication farm on the stream and
advertises to petrify human bodies and
pet animals.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-28
Commencement Date Changed.

The executive committee of the Mis-
sissippi Industrial Institute and College
have decided to hold tho commencement
exercises OF that institute on Sunday,
May 80, instead of June 6, as was
originally intended. This change was
necessitated by the fact that the State
University and the A. and NJ. College
hold their commencement exercises in
tho first week OF June, and it would be
impossible for Gov. McLaurin to visit
the three institutions during the same
week. DR.. Woodrow OF South Carolina
will preach the commencement sermon.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-28

FROM the internal revenue receipts
of the United States government for
the last fiscal year an increase of about
one per cent in the income from the
tax on spirits Is shown, while the in
come from revenues on malt and fer
mented liquors increased six per cent.
The figures tend to show that the con-
sumption of spirits is increasing slower
than the population, while the con-
sumption of malt beverage Is fast ex-
ceeding the growth of the population.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-28

ONE of the most wonderful of recent
inventions is roller bearing for car
wheels which does away with the use
of lubricants There will be no more
hot boxes. One wheel has had test
of 10000 miles in the west without
the application of drop of oil.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-28
BOY HANGS HIMSELF.

An Atchison Youth Commits Suicide he
cause His Father Punished Him.
ATCHsoN, Kan, April 24.-The body
of John Wallingford, colored boy, Is
years of age, was found hanging from
the limb of a tree in his fathers pas
ture near Port Williams, Atchisou
county, yesterday. His father found
it necessary to punish him during the
early part of the week, and he left
home in sulk. lie evidently commit
ted suicide. His body had been hang
ing to the tree several days.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-28

MAY % has been selected as the day
for the unwilling and dedication of the
confederate monument in Mount Hope
cemetery, New York. There will be q
big campfire at the Lenox lyceum in
the evening and the bivouac fires will
burn all night
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-28
A Big ArkansaR Shortage.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, April "a. George
B. Allis, master in chanccry, appointed
to audit the books of S. p. buchanan,
ex-treasurer of the insane asylum, has
filed his findings in the chancery court.
He reports that the books and accounts
were found in a chaotic condition and
declares the total shortage to be s12,
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-28

GERMANY, after many experiment,
with colors for warships, has decided
that the United States is right in the
opinion that olive green is best in time
of war. Dark brown is hard for the
enemy to distinguish in the daytime,
but olive green is the most invisible at
NIGHT
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-28
Mack Murder Suspects Arrested.

MUsKoGEE, /. T., April 22.-John Ok,
ford and his 14-year-old brother-in
law, Howard Hobbs, accused of the
brutal murder of Joe Mack, were
lodged in Jail here Tuesday night
They were committed without bail,
oxford's wife is also thought to be
connected with the crime.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-28
A. II. Green Gets His Old Place.

WASHINGTON, April 24.-Col. A. r.
Green, of Lecompton, Kan, inspector
of the survey corps of general and dis
trict land offices, has been reinstated
in that office by the secretary of the
| interior
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-28

ST. Louis, April 24.-John Noble, As
years old, was crushed. to death by the
accidental falling of a safe on a STAIR
way in East st. Louis yesterday.
Patrick Butler fellow workman, aged
46, received injuries that will prove
fatal Herman Koehler had hair
breadth escape.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-28
Aayaocc I'M Wirdo,v GIa.s Price.

CHICAGO, April a4.-At a special meet
ing of the national executive commit
tee of the Western Window Glass Co
and the Pittsburgh Window Glass Co.,
held here yesterday afternoon, an adj
vance of five per cent. was declared on
all window glass in all parts of the
country, to take effect May 8.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-28

On June the warden of the north
ern penitentiary in Indiana will intro
duce the merit system of dress among
the convicts. The first grade will be
designated by gray cloth. The sec
ond by pronounced check, and the
lowest will be the ugly stripes which
are now worn by all.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-28

OTTAWA, Ont, April a4.-Thc new
tariff is such as will hit the United
States pretty hard. In that regard it
is popular here, but doubly SO ON ac-
count of the preference it makes in
favor Of British goods.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-28
Japanese Coming into tho United States.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 24.-The Jap
anese, having been turned away from
Hawaii, are trying to gain an entrance
into the United States. Fifty Jap
anese laborers arrived from British
Columbia to work in California or.
chards and fields. The immigration
commissioner is investigating the re.
port that Japanese are coming hither
under contract.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-28
The Would. Be Assassin Insane.

ROME, April 24.--The physicians who
the iron worker of Artegna, who tried
to stab King Humbert yesterday with
dagger while his majesty was on his
way to the races, pronounce him in
sane.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-28

AN interesting detail of Lieut..
Peary's plan to reach the north pole is
that his party will include a number
of Eskimo women, wives of Eskimos,
whom he proposes to engage. He be-
iieves these women will do their share
of the work necessary to make the ex-
petition success. In former expedi-
tions Lieut. Perry has taken only Es-
kimo men, and when they have been
married men their anxiety to return to
their families has interfered with the
zeal of other members to push for.
ward. The women are hardy and will
be OF great service in making clothes,
cooking and other camp duties.