The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-06-02

AN earthquake shock occurred a,
Whitehall and other places in New
York about 1918 on the night of the
eth. Dispatches from jefferson and
St Lawrence counties stated that the
Inhabitants were greatly heightened
and rushed out of their houses in their
night clothes. Windows were shaken,
sashes broken and lamps overturned.
THE Atlantic express, eastbound, on
the Denver & Rio Graude railroad
collided with freight train near
Grand Junction, Cot, on the 2Sth and
the engineer and fireman were killed
and several passengers injured. ---
FRED BEEsoN, on the ranch of Harry
Morse, at Sunol, Cal, was on an emer-
gency made cook. In looking around
for soda to bake biscuits he picked up a
baking can and used some of the white
powder it contained. The dinner was
served. Beeson soon afterward died,
another man was reported dying and
several others were dangerously i'll.
The white powder was arsenic.
FIRE recently destroyed the William
ii. Bunge vinegar factory at Chicago,
one of the largest in the west. Loss,
S175, 0CO.
WILLIAM T. POWERS and John Latti.
more, both colored, were hanged in the
Jail at Chicago on the 2Sth.
An engine and five cars on the Penn.
sylvania railroad were derailed al
Philadelphia the other night, causing
the death of the engineer and fireman.
SECRETARY WILSON has sent TO the
senate committee on agriculture COM
munication in which he declares his
opposition to the senate bill regulat.
ing vivisections. He says the passage
of such law would have a most in
furious effect upon the scientific in
vestigations of the department and
that this legislation is unanimously
opposed by the great scientific bodies
of the United States
THERE was a desperate shooting az
fray at the little town of Oaliman, Ala,
on the 27th. Charles Williams, a ma
chinist, while intoxicated, became
boisterous in Appling Bros store and
was ordered out He then drew his re-
volyer and began shooting in which
the other side joined in. Isaac Appling
and Williams were killed and Andrew
Richards, Montgomery Appling and
William Duncan were probably fatally
wounded.
OK the 9th at Webster City, Ia, was
closed the most successful district con-
vention OF Christian churches ever
held. The committee on resolutions
severely censured Gov. Drake and the
state Legislature for the part they had
taken in compromising with the saloon
bill and making it law.
CAswELL's mill at Lowelltown, Me-,
was blown up on the 25th. Four men
were killed and several injured. The
mill was totally wrecked and the loss
was heavy.
NEGRO women of Tecumseh, Ok,
have appealed to Gov. Renfrow for pro-
lection. They claimed that the ne
groes in that town had been warned
to leave the country by whitecaps
A sCHooLBoY named Oscar Lamb
stopped to play in the Iron Mountain
railroad yard at St Louis. He board
ed freight train and when it began
to move he ran down the ladder, but
was knocked off by switch engine
and fearfully mutilated.
JACOB CONRAD, Joseph Bolum and
Carl Eisteben entered into contest as
to who could drink the most whisky at
Carl SchOepler's saloon at Chicago on
the Goth. All three became uncon-
scious after time and the police were
sent for and Conrad was found to be
dead, Bolum dying and Eisteben in
critical condition. The saloonkeeper
was arrested, charged with manslaugh-
ter.
GEORGE GREEN defeated Charles Nc
Keever in - rounds at San Francisco
on the 26th The contest was noted
for the terrific pace set by Green.
A FARMER named Lucek, living near
Germantown, Mimi, attempted to
thaw out some dynamite on the Goth
when it exploded, killing him and his
two sons and dangerously wounding
his wife and another son. The house
was destroyed.
a WHOLESALE poisoning occurred at
a social gathering at Cave-in-Rock, Ill.
oLloi Wy dlIcl supper 10 persons VINO
had eaten chickens exhibited symptoms
of poisoning. Miss Lou S. Barger has
died and several others were not ex-
pected to live. DR.. Gregory investi-
gated the poisoning and decided that
tyrotoxicon in milk caused the poison
ing.
THE most significant development in
weather forcasting for years, making
it possible to forecast for a period at
least 1G hours longer than at present
and more accurately, has been attained
by the weather bureau by sending up
kites. Chief Moore said that this step
probably will mark a new epoch in the
weather forcasting problem.
The Washington jury which tried
the case of II. A. Havemeyer, the sugar
king, returned a verdict of not guilty,
in accordance with the instructions of
the court. Havemeyer was on trial for
refusing to answer questions pro-
pounded by the senate inves tigating
committee.