The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-20
MISCELLANEOUS.

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ness failures in the United States for
the week ended the 18th against 413
for the corresponding week of last year.
THE immense mills of the Fox Paper
Co., at Crescentville, O.. were destroyed
by fire on the night of the 18th. Loss,
estimated at Sl5OOOO
Tom LOWE, 90 years of age. jailed at
Denison, Tex, on "A charge of dispos-
ing of mortgaged property, has made a
confession in writing that he is the
husband of 10 wives, all of whom he
has married within the last eight
years.
OWING to the pollution of Lake Mich
igan, Chicagos water supply, the board
of education has directed that the sup
ply of drinking water in the 252 public
schools of the city be shut off until
further notice. The order was imme-
diately put into effect.
WHILE nine fishermen belonging to
Menekaunee, Mich, were tending their
nets ON the ice on Green bay on the
18th, the ice parted from the shore and
was carried rapidly out into Lake
Michigan. 1t was thought the fisher
men were doomed to perish and their
wives and children spent the night on
the beach weeping.
THERE was great rejoicing at Perry,
Ok, and vicinity over the news of the
passage of the free homes bill, the peo-
pie celebrating by shooting off their
guns and blowing whistles.
AT the national convention of the
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on the 14th John A. Cairns, ex-presi-
dent, was expelled from the union for
making an attack on President Penna,
whose official acts were unanimously
Endorsed by the convention. propo-
sition for levying rs cents per capita
per month for a defense fund was re-
ferred to special committee.
CAsPAR w. WHITNEY, of New York
city, filed suit at Perry, Ok, asking
that his wife's divorce decree, which
was granted in the territory a year
ago, be set aside on the grounds that she
was not bona fide resident of the terri
tory. Mrs. Anna C. Whitney, one OF
New York's foremost society women,
after three months stay, filed suit al
legtng 80 days bona fide residence, and
next day after the decree was granted
she left the territory and went back to
New York city. Since that time she
has welded another. The case may
affect thousands of people.
TRAIN was wrecked near Sciota,
Ill, through broken rail. 1t left the
track and plunged down an embank-
ment. The engineer was probably
fatally hurt. Several other persons
were also more or less injured. The
wreck then took fire, but was soon ex-
tinguished. ~i ( ff-sfF
A CHICAGO dispatch of the l3th stated
that express and railroad managers
had sent letters to train guards in
struction them to shoot aud kill in
every case where robbery was the in
tent Of any one interfering with the
running of train and a reward of $500
was held out for every robber shot but
not killed and s., 200 for every robber
killed.
THE administration at Washington
has concluded to name allotting agents
at once for the Wichita reservation, but
it was expressly stated that no attempt
would be made to open the reservation,
as that was going to be left for the in
coming administration to do.
ABOUT 100 Virginia postnasters were
represented at a meeting at Roanoke,
Va. and branch of the National
League of Fourth-Class PostmasteIs
was organized. the object being to
take the country postmasters out of
politics and place them under the
civil service rules.
JOSEPH BURKHARpT, q prominent con-
tractor Of Edwardsviiie, Ill. shot and
killed his wife and then sent bullet
into his own head. Domestic troubles
were the cause.
one man was killed and three badly
injured by the breaking Of pump rod
which fell and strncx them in IL,
shsft ola mine ut Wilksabsrrs. Pc.