The leader., 1897-06-30

IL at Denver. 1nere VIII De three
races for bet of $1,000, the winner OF
two TO take all
TIE negro Moses. who killed Farm
err John Strong near Crystal Springs,
Miss. a few days ago, and was arrest
ed and placed in Jail for the crime, was
hanged by mob at $50 a. m. on the
25th.
THREE children of the family OF
Lewis Bloom. of Charleston, ILL.,, have
died within few days of black diph-
iberia and two others were stricken
and not expected to recover.
CHARLES c. BELL. of Boonville, Mo-,
visited the agricultural department at
Washington the other day and had a
conference with Secretary Wilson
about the beet sugar experiment in
Missouri and to make arrangements
for the test Of the crop under govern
ment auspices. Mr.. Bell was confident
that the beet sugar industry will be-
fore many years be great one in Mis-
souri,.
A RECENT Chicago dispatch stated
that 249 applications for charters for
branches of Debs' social democracy
had been received, the greatest mum.
Der coming from Ohio, next Indiana
and then Wisconsin.
ALL the window and flint glass and
o5 per cent. of the green glass facto.
ries, according to a Chicago dispatch,
will close on June 80 for a long mac
tivity.
Terrell HUDsON. n negro who was &c
have been hanged two weeks ago for
murder but was reprieved by Gov. At
kinson, was executed at Decatur, Ga,
on the 25th. Hudson killed Seaborn
Malcolm, another negro, in a quarrel
about a dog.
JOHN HAnTER, a farmer living IL
miles south of Mena, Ark, received a
Sunsgoke while in the harvest field
and died before he could be taken to a
shade.
PETER MAHER the heavyweight
champion pugilist of Ireland, and Tom
Sharkey, the sailor lad of San Fran
CISCO were matched at New York
on the cath to fight to finish. The
articles call for a bout to take place
within three months after the second
and final deposit is made on August .
A POLICY which will affect many
pension claims has been adopted by
| the interior department in ii ruling
/ just made by Assistant Secretary Web
ster Davis, holding that the showing
of the inclusion of a mans name on
the pension rolls is equivalent to the
production of an honorable discharge.
THREE colored men were drowned
near Clarendon. Ark. They were in a
small boat and it ran against bridge
and upset.
CRAZED with drink Fred Burgen rar
amuck in Harvey, near Chicago, stab
bling right and left Policeman Healy
was stabbed three times. Police Chief
Bates saved his own life only by put.
ting bullet into Burgen.
THE princess of Wales jubilee din
ners to the poor of London on the oath
were very successful, about so, 900 den
liens of the slums being entertained
at various centerS. At the Peoples
palace about 1000 crippled children
were served with good things to eat
At the Central hall, Holborn, about
ltrOVO pun PVoPAC P'ii tOolA VI inc 'oh
| quet served.
A POSSE, who had been after George
/ Bradley, negro murderer of Monroe
/ county, Ala, surrounded him after a
four days chase in the woods, when he
| deliberately fired bullet into his
| breast and died soon after.
! A LITTLE daughter of Mr.. Edward
Cunning, of st. Louis, got hold of !;
poisonous pills and ate them for candy
| She died soon afterwards.
An eagle swooped down from the
! clouds in Pottawatomie county, Ia,
and attempted to carry off Mrs. Nor
Jensen, who weighs 100 pounds and
was hoeing in her garden. The woman
fought the eagle as best she could and
finally sank down unconscious, when
the bird sailed maiestically away.
Mrs. Mortensen's shoulders and face
were badly lacerated and tufts of her
hair were torn out by the roots. TIer
condition was said to be critical.
Ii was reported at Paducah, Ky,
that Miller. who had assaulted a five,
year-old girl at Eddyville and was
taken to Princeton for safe keeping
was secretly lynched at the latter place,
The boiler in sawmill at Rockville
Ind, exploded the other day and Scion
Ferguson, the proprietor, was in
stantly killed, Edward Straughn
fatally injured and Walter Ferguson
/ seriously hurt.
ALBERT f. ELsToN, paymaster of the
f, +. Aver Post & Tie Co, was at
! tackled by four robbers at Chicago the
other night, beaten with revolvers
robbed of S45s and left unconscious be
side his buggy.
THE president has signed the ac'
amending the act providing for the en-
try of lands in Greer county Ok, so a:
| to extend until January next the time
allowed settlers toperfect their entries