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The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03
THE POST OFFICES.
1t Is Said President Cleveland VIII Not FIJI
ANY More Vacancies.

1t Is Said President Cleveland VIII Not FIJI
Any More Vacancies.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-No more pres
idential postmasters will be nominated
by Mr.. Cleveland. The administration
has suspended business, so far as the
distribution of patronage is concerned.
1t stops with about so vacancies, to
which no appointments will be made.
Then there are in addition 129 nomi-
nations of postmasters hung up
in the senate. The most of them
are likely to remain thus suspended
until March 4. On that day they
will elapse. The day after he is inau-
gurated Mr.. Mckinley will have.nearly
200 post offices of the presidential class
to fill and before the end of March he
will have 100 more vacancies. Appli-
cations for these post offices are ar
irving in numbers and are interesting
their senators and representatives in
their cases. Notwithstanding the
wholesale extensions of the civil serv-
ice law in certain directions, Presi-
dent Mckinley will have considerable
experience with the officeseekers.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03
EQUALITY ABOVE LAW.
by This Means Mr.. Bryan Would Solve tn
Money Question.

by This Means MT. Bryan Would Solve the
Money Question.
New York, Feb. 2T.-A well-tlled
house greeted w. J. Bryan in Carnegie
Music hall last night when he APP
peared on the platform to deliver a
lecture on "Money," under the auspices
of the Bimetallic association. The
platform was filed with friends
of free coinage. In the course
of his lecture Mr.. Bryan said he
would solve the money question by
the principle of equality before the
law. The value of the dollar, he said,
could be changed by changing the
number of dollars. The gold stand
ard advocates definition, that an
'honest" dollar was one that
lost nothing by being melted, he
declared to be absurd. The gold
man, in his definition of honest money,
said nothing about its important
feature-its purchasing power. The
proper definition of honest" money
was a dollar whose general average
purchasing power was the same yes
terday, to-day and forever. The dol
lar which rose in purchasing power
was just as dishonest as the dollar
which fell.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03
CONDENSED KILOGRAMS.

THE largest seizure OF opium ever
made at the port of San Francisco was
accomplished on the eth by special
agents of tho treasury. The opium is
valued at 100000 and was seized be-
cause Of violation of the custom laws
A TERRIBLE mining catastrophe &C.
Cured at Sombrerete mines, at Zacate-
cas-, Mexico, on the 27th, occasioned by
the breaking out of fire in the workings
OF two companies mines, in which IT'S
miners were employed at the time of the
fire.
AMERICAN railroad securities rose last
week in London. Illinois Central, Mis-
souri, Pacific and Louisville & Nashville
advanced cent.
Ir is the general belief that Gov
Bradley of kentucky will not appoint
senator but will leave that work to the
legislature.
THE statement OF the condition Of the
treasury on the 9th shows: Available
cash balance, S215, OO3, o9s; gold reserve,
Sl4s, $50, sos.
FIRE on the 2sth destroyed the Aurora
Qll,) Chair Factory and the Winimond
Cooper Shop. Loss, $1,000 900.
WILL IDEAS, colored, convicted of
criminal assault, was banged at Louis
Vile, Ca, on the Goth.
FAILURES for the week have been 296
in the United States, against 27S last
year, and so in Canada, against So last
year.
The preferred creditor will still be
favored in Texas. The bill to do away
with this practice having failed in the
legislature.
THE navy department has been noti
fed by the Union Iron Works of Cali
fornia that the gunboats Marietta and
Wheeling will be launchdd at San Fran
cisco on March IS.
THE Canadian Pacific Railroad has
purchased 10000 tons OF steel rails, be-
ing one of the largest ever made by q
single line in one lot.
JAMES MORGAN. his wife and child are
reported to have been drowned in the
overflow of Beaver creek, in Floyd coun-
ty, on the Gath.
The joint senatorial convention of the
Oregon legislature adjourned on the
cath without action, and as no date was
set. 1t is thought its sessions are over.
q
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03
A Soldiers Home Bill,

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.--Representa-
tive Grout, a member of the house COM
mittee which has been investigating
the soldiers home at Leavenworth,
yesterday favorably reported that
hereafter before any disabled soldier
shall be admitted to the home for dis
abled volunteer soldiers he shall, if
a pensioner, assign to the home all his
pension for such time as he may re-
main in the home, except 81 month,
and all pensioners now in the home, as
a condition upon which they may re-
main longer, shall in like manner as
sign all of their pensions except 81 a
month
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03
THEY ENTER PROTEST.
Nebraska and Her Neighbors Against Il
Forestry Reserve Order.

FoTestTy htserSc oFueTs
OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 27.-Presidcnt
Cleveland's proclamation setting aside
$1,000, 900 acres of land in South Da-
kota and Wyoming as forestry reser'e
has created storm of protests from
the citizens of Nebraska and her twa
northern neighbors. 1t means that
$4,000 settlers in the territory pro-
scribed must move away and find
homes elsewhere. The objection in
Nebraska comes from the railroads
and business men, who say the lines
were extended into the prescribed ter
ritory on the theory that they would
soon be settled, and that people who
put their money into the transporta-
ton companies would profit by the inn
provements. Now they see this land
permanently withdrawn from the mar
ket and the investment practically lost.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03

Nor long ago Gen. Booth-Tucker, the
commander of the Salvation army
forces in America, visited Detroit
Mich, and while there was the guest
of Mayor Pingree, of potato farm fame
The general was very favorably i'm
pressed with the way the Pingree idea
had been carried forward and the re-
suits obtained, and has determined to
found town near Boston, to be called
Tuckerville, where there will be a sys-
tenn of potato farms on the same line
The colonists will be confined exclu-
sively to men at first, but it is expected
to speedily open up woman's home in
close association.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03
A FATAL BITE.
Drunken Man May Die as the Result of


an Angry Sons Act.
INDEPENDENCE, Kan, Feb. civil
liam Mason, of Lenapah, /. T., now
lies in dangerous condition and will
probably die of blood poisoning caused
by two of his fingers being bitten off
by his six-year-old son. A few nights
ago Mason came home drunk. The
family had been in the habit of tying
him when he came home i'll this condi-
ton to prevent his injuring any of the
family. In the scufiie that ensued
Mason got two of his fingers into his
sons mouth, which so provoked the
boy that he bit off the ends. In a
short time blood poisoning set in and
physicians were called in, who ampu-
tated the fingers at the last joint.
This did not check the poison and
day or so ago Mason's arm was taken
off at the elbow. But the poison had
evidently spread all through his sys-
TEN, for he got no better, and the doc
tors say he can live only day or SO
longer.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03
Hon. e. o. Sykes Appointed Judge.

Gov. McLaurin last week appoints ted
Hon. E. o. Sykes of Aberdeen circuit
judge OF the First district, to succeed
Judge Newman Cayce, whose term ex-
pired on the 1st of March. Mr.. Sykes
is one of the ablest lawyers OF his dis
trict and was strongly Endorsed for tho
position. He will mako the district
one of the best judges it ever had In
1861 Mr.. Sykes was q cadet at the United
States Military Academy, and at that
time resigned and entered the Confed.
crate army and served for four years till
the close of the war and made model
soldier. After the surrender he on.
tered the law department. OF the Uni.
versity of Mississippi at Oxford, and
graduated in 1868, in the law class OF
Col. L. Q. C. Lamar. Since that date
he has practiced law at Aberdeen. He
was appointed collector of internal
revenue by the first ADMINISTRATION of
President Cleveland, but resigned the
office within ten days. He served two
terms in the lower house Of the legisla-
ture in 1880 and 1882, and was a promi-
nent Nom Der of the constitutional con.
vention Of 1890.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03
uInwta THAI

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for any case of Catarrh that can moi bs
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
4. j. Cheney & Co., Props, Toledo. O.
We, the undersigned, have known r +
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Walding, Kinnan 4 Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mucov,
surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per hot.
tic. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonial,
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03

WOLVES, bears and other beasts of
prey are proving a serious menace to
the prosperity of the cattle and stock
raising industry in Colorado, said the
San Francisco Bulletin in recent is
sue. This fall their ravages on the
range and even on the inclosed lands
are costing the ranchmen and cattle
companies of the state many thousands
of dollars monthly. The pests have
become SO emboldened by hunger and
force of numbers that several cattle
and stock-growers have already
threatened to pull their capital out of
the business and sell or abandon their
ranches
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03
Kansas City Hostile to Cigarettes.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Feb. 27.-No more
cigarettes for minors in this city. 1t
has declared against the cigarettes for
boys and young men under 81 years of
age, and will also restrict the sale of
the weed in this obnoxious form to
dealers who are willing to pay license
of $40 year. The upper house of the
council last night passed by unanimous
vote the anti-cigarette ordinance in
troduced in the lower house by Coun-
Gilman Brinkley and passed by that
branch. The measure will be signed
by Mayor Jones and will become a law
at once
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03
Fatal Collision In Chicago.

CHICAGO, Feb. GA northbound
train on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois
road and the Columbia Heights race
train on the same road collided with a
Calumet electric car at One Hundred
and Third street crossing yesterday
afternoon. The motorman and two pas
sengers were instantly killed, two
other passengers probably fatally in
jured, and the car smashed into kind
ling wood.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Feb. 27.-The
northern states mission of the Nor
mon church has moved its headquar-
tiers from Kansas City to Chicago.
William Woodruff, president of the
church, ordered the removal, and all
the. elders have gone to Chicago with
the exception of four who remain at
the former headquarters here.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03
ACCUSED OF LIBEL.
Pennsylvania State Officers Sue Rev. 8.
WallOw, Editor of Church Paper.

Pennsylvania State Officers Sue Rev. 8. e.
Wallow, Editor of a Church Paper.
HARRISBURG, Pa, Feb. 27.-The first
two of series of suits for libel were
brought yesterday against Rev. DR.. S.
c. Wallow, of this city, editor of the
Pennsylvania Union, for charges of
corruption and malfeasance made
against high state officials The suits
are the result of repeated conferences
the past two days at the executive
mansion between GOV. Hastings and
other state officers. Mr.. Wallow re-
ceived telegram from New York
man, offering to go bail for any amount
below 500, 900.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03

THE house committee on coinage has
recommended change in the mate
rails out of which the five-cent pieces
and one-cent pieces are made. The
present five-cent pieces, composed of %
per cent nickel and IS per cent. copper,
after few years use wear smooth, and
the design on them becomes more or
less obliterated, thus indicating that
the metal of which they are composed
is too soft. The one-cent piece, com
posed of 95 per cent. copper, three per
cent. tin and two per cent. zinc, be-
comes dull and dirty and, by corrosion,
becomes a source of danger to chill
dren.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Feb. 27.-At
Soddi, Tenn, Charlie Brown, young
negro, assaulted Miss Lille Walker,
the 1s-year-old daughter of respecta-
BILE farmer Failing in his purpose, he
hid in barn. When posse attempted
to arrest him he fatally shot Deputy
Sadler. A mob formed and Brown was
strung up on tree and his body rid
died with bullets.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03
Secretary Francis indicated.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-The senate
committee on public lands has con-
Guided its investigation of the Perrine
land grant and has authorized report
which has not yet been prepared,
which will say that the patent was
issued by the interior department in
accordance with the law and presidents
controlling in such matters.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03

THIRTY-oNE years ago on February
81. 1866, Gen. Benjamin +. Butler pre-
sented to congress the first genuine
American flag. made of American ma.
terials by American labor. ever con-
structed in this country. Prior to that
time all American government flags
had been made of English bunting.
Since then all our official flags have
been the product exclusively of Amer
lean material and labor. There were
20 stars in the flag at that time.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03
Suit to Recover Bonds

State Revenue Agent Adams has
brought suit against the Yazoo & Mis-
sissippi Valley Railroad for the 5000, 0OO
of Kinds county bonds issued by the
county to aid in the building of the
Natchez, Jackson & Columbus railroad.
When the road was sold the bonds went
with it, which the revenue agent con-
tends was illegal.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03

THE influence of the bicycle is in evi-
dence in California, where a systematic
plan for good roads throughout the
state is being pushed by the bureau of
highways. 1t is proposed to make a
general tax levy of ~ cents the pro-
ceeds to constitute fund for the con-
struction of state and local highways
in accordance with the most scientific
plans for road building. State high
ways are to be constructed along each
of the great belts of natural wealth in
the state, which will connect all the
great centers of population and reach
the county seat of every county.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03

THE plan to place a monument over
the remains of Francis Scott Key. au-
thor of THE Star Spangled Banner"
seems to be in the way of speedy con-
summation. The committee on design
has accepted the work of Alexander
Doyle, of New York, and the intention
is to have the memorial completed in
time to unveil it on June H. 1898. The
bronze statue of Key will be nine feet
high, and the author will be represent
ed as standing upon shipboard, with
the right arm pointing at the flag.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-The question
of newspaper publications of prize
fights was discussed by the house COM
mittee on commerce and the commit
tee directed Representative Aldrich, of
Illinois, to report bill to prohibit the
transportation of pictures or descrip-
tions of prize fights by mail or inter-
state commerce.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03

ALL Pomona, Cal, went wild recent
ly over fall of snow to depth of one
inch in Pomona valley and for years
people will remember their SNOWFALL
battle of this winter among the orange
and lemon groves and avenues of mag
nolias and palms. The whole popula-
ton of Pomona was excited at the ex-
traordinary sight of snow in the val
ley, and everyone who could get out
doors did so. A great many men and
women who have never been outside
of southern California rolled their first
snowballs, while many superstitious
Mexicans were frightened at the
strange fall of snow.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03

Gov. CULBERsoS, of Texas, has writ
ten President Cleveland letter. asking
him to recommend federal aid by con-
gress for the Afro-American exposition,
which is to be held in Houston in 1898.
1t will be an international affair and
will be the first general assemblage OF
negroes since slavery times.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03
Place for Bishop Arnett,s Son.

ST.. JOSEPH, Mo-, Feb. 27.-It is as
serted here on reliable authority that
Prof. Henry Y. Arnett, of Wilberforce
college, will be the next register of the
treasury, the position held by b. X.
Bruce. Prof. Arnett is son of Bishop
Arnett, of the A. NJ. E. church. He is
30 years old and one of the brightest
young colored men in this country.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03

THERE were many people in Spring
field, ILL.,, recently, who said that the
drainage canal project is one stupen-
dous failure; that the whole plan was
in the beginning a mistake; that the
$50, 900, 900 spent on it is lost; and that
to spend any more money on it will be
to throw good money after bad. 1t is
further stated that the canal cannot
be finished so as to comply with the
requirements of law inside of total
cost of SAC, 900, 900, or $50, 0OO, 900.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03

Hosts of invalids tumble to destruction
simply because they will exercise no dis.
eretion in the matters of eating, drinking
and the avoidance of exciting causes, and,
above all, in the item of medication They
persist in dosing themselves in season and
out of season with drastic and violent rem.
edes, opiatcs and mineral poisons. The
best, the safest, the pleasantest substitute
for such hurtful no-remedies is Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, potent for malarial, rheu.
matte, dyspeptic, nervous and bilious com.
plants.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03
President Crespo Urges Promptness

CARACAS, Venezuela, Feb. 27.-The
message of President Crespo on the
boundary line treaty negotiated by
the United States with England has
been read to the Venezuelan congress.
1t is in favor of the treaty in all it's
points, and he urges promptness in its
consideration.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND recently stated
that he was going to devote his spare
time during the next few years to the
writing of book on photographed
lines, dating from his election to the
mayoralty of Buffalo, n. ", down to
March 4 1907
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03

A MEDICAL paper recently asserted
that in Wayne county, o., there is a
cancer belt, a strip of country 80 miles
long by 12 wide, in which five out of
every six women have the dread dis
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03
GEN. MAKING GOMEZ.

and Cabaiguan the Spanish losses are
reported to have been equally as large,
but the Spanish dead and wounded
were sent to Sancti Spiritus, and dei-
mite figures cannot be obtained. In
these two battles Gen. Gomez COM
manded in person.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03
Pretty Good Monthly salary,

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-Mr. Cleveland
yesterday received his last full months
salary, amounting to 81, 1867. The
payment for the last four days of his
term probably will be made about
March g.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03

In addition to the soap for bathing,
white CASTLE should be kept for wash
ing the hair. Occasionally a little bo-
rax or ammonia may be used for this
purpose, but care should be taken in
their application as they are rather
harsh in their effects.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03
Vicksburg's Fair ProSpects.

The West Mississippi Fair Associa-
ton held large and enthusiastic meet
ing last week, two-thirds OF the stock
being represented. 1t was decided that
work should begin at once on the plans
for the fair next fall. The association
will probably decide to buy and i'm.
prove grounds of it's own. and expects
to raise &c. for that purpose. The
last fair was held on leased premises.
Nearly all the leading business houses
of the city were represented at the meet
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03
Twentx-Four below and No Coal,

MILLER, s. D., Feb. 27.-The Their
mometer registers "a below zero here.
There are only few tons of coal in
town, with the roads blocked. Unless
the trains move to-day, which seems
impossible, it is feared considerable
suffering will result from coal famine.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03
Two Years for Stealing a Bride,

GUTHRIE, Ok, Feb. Elm the United
States court Sam FRAZIER was sentenced
to two years in the penitentiary for
stealing a bride. Mrs. Matilda Scar
borough was indicted by the grand
jury on the charge of drowning her
babv
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03
An Ancient Bible.

1t may not be generally known in
Biloxi, but nevertheless it is a fact,
that in this city there is very valua-
BILE Bible, printed in the year 1913, at
Amsterdam, Holland, and is the prop
erty of Rev. E Thompson of the Epis-
copal Church. This book is now 254
years old and likely to see many more
years. The Chapter of Cryptic at the
recent meeting of Masons in this city
used this Bible, and it must have been
of interest, for it antedates the King
James edition.-Biloxi Herald.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03
Does England Favor Greecee

LONDON, Feb. 27.-A dispatch to the
Standard from Athens says: 1.-THE long
visit of the British minister to the
king yesterday revives the rumor that
England favors the Greek claims in
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03

Ben Gaines, who recently shot Bob
Majors to death at Rocky Ford, Union
county, has surrendered to the authori-
ties and is in Jail at New Albany.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03

TIE address of President Clark the
other day before the committee on rail
roads OF the Connecticut legislature
brought out the fact that electricity is
destined soon to supplant steam in q
measure on the railroads of the coun
try. Nevertheless. the prediction o.
some enthusiasts that steam looomo
tives will be sold for scrap Iron within
the next ten years is hardly justified
By the facts For short hauls, and es
peeially for the suburban service OF
railroads. electricity as a motor is en-
tirely feasible; and in all likelihood IL
viii soon be generally employed. Bat
~ lonk hanls electricity i TOO costly.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03
Col. John Oliver Dead.

Col. John Oliver, one of the oldest
citizens of Lowndes county, died at the
home of his son, DIR. John Oliver, in
Columbus last week.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03

The marked decline of the immigra-
tion of Polish and Russian Hebrews
into this country which has been OBJ
served of late is aseribed by the Mus
covite authorities to the fact that
South Africa has now taken the place
of the United States as the bourne OF
the Hebrew exodus. The movement in
the direction of South Africa is so
strong among the Jewish population in
Russia that in many places old women
and children are carrying ON the vari.
Gus occupations and businesses, owing
to the fact that all those who are in
the prime of life, especially the men,
have emigrated to South Africa.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-03

OF the ten graves in the cemetery at
Forest City, s d., nine are said to be
occupied by the remains of men that
died with their boots on.