The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-12-08
MISEELLANEOTT1.

fl of jealousy, brutally beat to death
Mary Bennett member of the same
tribe. The tragedy occurred near
Shawnee, Ok, at dance.
THERE were $50 business failures in
the United States for the week ended
the Sd, according to Bradstreets re-
port, against $50 for the corresponding
week last year.
PRESIDENT BECKER, CT the Nation
al Anti-Spiritualist association, at
Adrian, Mich, has issued an invita-
ton to the National Spritualist asso-
citation to join in appointing a commit
tee to meet q similar one from the
Anti-Spiritualist association, to in
vestigate thoroughly the phenomena
of modern spiritualism.
THE annual report of Commissioner
of Internal Revenue Forman to the
secretary of the treasury shows that
in Kansas there are 2,269 retail liquor
dealers, ~ wholesale dealers, brew
ers, 2G4 retail dealers in malt liquors
and IS wholesale dealers in malt
liquors. In Missouri there are 1915
retail liquor dealers, f73 wholesale
dealers, 80 brewers, 415 retail dealers
in malt liquors and 237 wholesale deal
ers in malt liquors
IN cooking supper at her home at st.
Louis the other night Mrs. Caroline
Merton got her dress on fire and was
burned to death.
A SHARP earthquake shock was felt
at Galena, H., at $3.50 a. m. of the Sd.
Houses shook and windows ratified
violently. A shock was also felt at
Black Earth, Wis.
A LIFEBoAT, belonging to Margate,
Eng, containing IA men on theic way
to rescue the crew of the steamer Per-
sian Empire, capsized and ten men
were drowned.
THE Interstate Association of Live
Stock Sanitary Boards adjourned their
meeting in st. Louis on the I'd to meet
at Fort Worth, Tex, October 2, 1898
They recommended to the department
of agriculture that nine additional
counties in Tennessee, six in Missouri
and all of Arkansas be placed below
the southern fever quarantine line,
the line of 1896 through Indian terri
tory and Texas to remain undisturbed.
TIE steamer Egyptian burned to the
waters edge on Lake Huron, off Stur-
geon point, Mich, the other night.
The crew was taken off by barge
j. A. K. ELLIOTT, of Kansas City,
Mo, ex-champion wing shot of Amer
lea, was defeated in 100 bird shoot at
Omaha, Neb., by Frank Parmalee, of
Omaha. Parmalee, killed 81 birds
while Elliott brought down only 81.
A FIRE the other day destroyed the
home for aged and infirm colored wom-
en- at Chicago. Several of the aged in
mates came near being suffocated by
smoke before being rescued.
A PRAIRIE fire did great damage in
the northern part of d county, Ok, a
short time ago. A number of persons
lost their homes and it was feared
some had persisted.
. BY vote of 5,731 to 1923 Kansas City
on the I'd extended her limits, almost
doubled her area, and the historic city
of Westport was annexed as portion
of what is now Greater Kansas City.
THE bicycle rim factory of E. J. Lob
dell at Marietta, o., has been burned
to the ground. Loss, $50. 900; insur-
ance, $50, 900.
A TRAIN on the Santa Fe railroad at
Supai Hill, N. NJ, got beyond control
of the engineer and two big mountain
engines and &c cars few the track and
what was left of them was destroyed
by fire. Three trainmen also lost
their lives. The air brakes failed to
hold the train going down hill. 1t
was one of the most costly wrecks in
the history of the road.
FIRE was discovered in the Sawyer
paper factory at st. Louis at $3.50 p. m. on
the LIST and within an hour the estab-
lishment was in ruins and a number
of adjoining buildings were badly
damaged. The general loss was esti-
mated at over 100000.
A COMMITTEE of the Georgia house of
representatives was held up in freight
car in the Okefnokee swamp in that
state and forced to give up consider
able sum of money.
ABOUT 1900 miners in Walker coun-
ty, Ala, struck on the LIST because of
the failure of the operators to restore
the 10 per cent reduction in wages
made last spring and promised to be
restored November /.
MRS CAROLINE NORRIS and her
grandson were found burned to death
at their home near Piney Plain, Md,
the other day. 1t is believed that
three tramps. now in Jail, perpetrated
the crime.