The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-31

mtnts OF the missouri, hanSaS " Texas
railroad at Denison, Tex, has been
shortened to three days of nine hours
per week.
NEAR Mount Gilead, KY. Amos Rigr.
shot and killed young Boyd and hi.
father. w. r. Boyd. Young Boyd had
run off with one of Riggs daughters
The two men were shot from ambush.
As the result of an old quarrel Blan-
chard Thomas was shot and instantly
killed at Lapaz, Ind, by Jacob Leeds,
who had previously been fatally cut by
knife in the hands of Thomas.
ROBBERS tried to derail train on
the Texas, Saline Valley Il Northwest
ern road on the 25th by piling iron on
the track, but the pilot of the locomo-
tive pushed the obstruction and the
plan miscarried.
A DETECTIVE at Chillicothe, o., made
the statement on the Goth that he had
located Kate and Jake Bender, two
members of the notorious family who
murdered nine people near Independ-
ence, Kan, over 20 years ago. He said
he would arrest them as soon as he
heard from the authorities in Kansas.
Hntu were DlOWn 10 dIOIuS anu
ten other persons injured by an explo-
sion of nitro-glycerine at the Repauno
chemical works near Gibbstown, n. J.,
on the Goth. The remains of the vic
Tins were gathered up in two buckets.
THE Denver Coli Republican said
that an association was about to in
augurate gigantic project for manu-
featuring beet sugar in Colorado. If
carried to successful issue, it will in
volve an outlay of from 100000 to
S., 900, 900. AS preliminary to plant
ing beets and building refneries the
projectors of the scheme have secured
control of the La Junta and Lamar
canal and of large tracts of land that
adjoin it.
THOMAS MARSHALL, for IL years may
or of keithsburg, ILL.,, won the fifth an
nual grand American handicap, which
was shot at Elwood park, New York,
on the 25th, having killed % birds
straight His nearest competitors
were DIR. II. c. Koegel, of Newark, and
DIR. w. f. Carver, OF Chicago, each of
whom lost one bird.
In the circuit court at Chicago Judge
Horton refused to dissolve the tempo
rary injunction against the telegraph
companies and the board of trade, re-
straining them from removing "tick-
ers'' and supplying market quotations
to a number of firms and individuals.
The decision was practical victory
for the bucket shops.
THE Colorado senate on the 25th
passed the bill for the abolition of cap
ital punishment. 1t recently passed
the house.
A DISPATCH from New York on the
oath stated that more than 5000 social
lists had rebelled against what they
term dictatorship. and the detection
threatened to spread. Four strong
union organizations had deserted the
socialistic trade and labor alliance.
THE house of Jacob AIDE was burned
at Paradise Ridge, Tenn, and in the
ashes were found the charred remains
of AIDE, his wife, his daughter and the
| daughter of a neighbor who was spend
ing the night with them. A ten-year-
old son was also said to be missing.
The deed was supposed to be the work
of tramps and officers had gone to the
scene with bloodhounds.
GEORGE DIXON, the featherweight
champion, was declared the winner in
25-round bout with Frank Erne, of
Buffalo, at New York on the oath.
THE plant of the Acme Bicycle works
at Reading, Pa, was destroyed by fire
on the cath with all the valuable ma
chinery, making the total loss about
$4,000 covered by insurance. The
building contained material for fully
5000 bicycles.
| THE five children of Frank Penrod
were burned to death at their home at
Laddsdale, Ia. 1t was not known how
the fire originated. The children were
all under II years of age. The parents
had left them alone while they attend
ed a religious meeting at the school
house.
GEORGE KELLY, convicted of murder
in the first degree for killing Edward
Paul and Jacob Hayes at Wyoming
while trying to rob them, and DR.. Fos-
ter, of St Paul, was hanged at 1886
o'clock on the morning of the esd on a
scaffold erected in an old shed adjoin-
ing the courthouse at Center City,
MINI.
JAMES CoLVIILE, of Boston, who was
Corbetts timekeeper in the recent con-
test at Carson City, New, is one of the
eastern syndicate who wants to back
John l.. Sullivan against Bob Fitzsim-
mons for the championship. Colville
said if the champion would fight Sulli-
van he can have chance for large
stake, that Sullivan had begun to get
himself into shape and that his friends
meant business and have posted for
felt
NORTH TEXAS and the Indian terri
tory was visited by heavy frost on the
night of the 2cd and it was reported
that the fruit crop was almost entirely
ruined.