The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-12-01
MISCELLANEOUS.

SIMON THUMrKI, Pole, fell into
vat of hot water at the Nelson Morris
dressed beef works at st. Louis and
received injuries which will probably
cause his death. The water was nearly
waist deep and, although he was at
once pulled out by fellow-workmen
the whole lower part of his body was
frightfully scalded.
A PRAIRIE fire was sweeping over the
great stock range belt south of Clay
ton, n. NJ, on the Goth. Thousands of
sheep were said to be in peril and many
ranches in danger of being burned.
AT Sharon, Tex, a small portable
sawmill boiler exploded, killing Gus
Thelander instantly and wounding
four others.
DECEMBER wheat sold at 81 in Chica-
go on the Goth, but the price soon
dropped.
INFORMATION from reliable sources
on the Goth was to the effect that at a
meeting in New York city, which was
attended by nearly all the big pro-
ducers of wire, wire nails and rods in
the country, an agreement to CONSOLE
bination will be the most immense
ever attempted and will affect the en-
tire iron trade.
A DISPATCH from Charleston, w. Va,
on the 25th said that the Vanderbilt
interests had scheme on foot aiming
at the control, through the Chesapeake
& Ohio railroad, of the soft coal mar
lot Of hot
part of the enterprise, from the owner
ship of the soft coal lands to the final
delivery of the product, will be man
aged by one head, representing one in
terest.
JENNY MICHAEL, the little Welshman
for the third time this year defeated
Frank Starbuck, of Philadelphia, at
New York on the 25th. These two mid
die distance racers met in 25-mile con-
test over a carefully-prepared board
track. Michael Won in the good time of
SO minutes 30 is seconds, thus beating
his own Chicago indoor record of
1884 2-5 by 2:05 1-5. At the finish Star
buck was 81 miles behind.
A BROKER of Providence, r. l., had
Lee Pitts, negro Pullman car porter,
arrested at st. Louis on the charge of
robbing him while asleep in berth
near Odin, Ill. The negro had taken
$40 from Hills pants pockets and was
in the act of taking package contain
ing $50, 900 from his inside coat pocket
when Hill awoke and grabbed him.
A TERRIFIC boiler explosion occurred
in the Graves elevator works at Ro-
chester, n. Y, the other afternoon.
John Shields, boiler inspector, was
found in the ruins with the top OF his
head blown off and another man was
missing and his body was thought to
be under the ruins. About 20 people
were also badly cut with glass.
THE three remaining business build
ings spared by the FIRE which devas-
tated the little town of Willow Springs,
Ill, short time ago were almost to-
tally destroyed by another fire while
the members of the fire department
were attending a dance.
AN unknown negro was killed by
lynchers near Black Shear, Ca, the
other afternoon, his body being liter
orally riddled by bullets. He had as
saulted 17-year-old girl.
j. PIERPoNT MORGAN e. Co., the New
York bankers, are said to be backing
up a consolidation of all the sewer pipe
manufactures of the country into a
gigantic trust.
THE warehouse of the Ravenswood
Distillery company III North st. Louis
burned on the esd. 5000 barrels of
spirits going up in smoke. Loss. 500,
COO; insurance about rs per cent.
THERE was q row over cards among
some negroes at Batesburg, &C.. which
ended in three being killed, two des-
perately wounded and two others ar
rested.
FIRE broke out in the dormitory of
the Tougaloo tMiss.) Negro university
the other night and $40. 900 damage
was done. Students saved the other
buildings Forty-three students and
six. teachers lost their Personal ps5p-