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The leader., 1898-03-09

The earth apparently holds no at
fractions for Andree, and, after waiting
all these months, an expedition is being
fitted out in Sweden to search for the
missing explorer. 1t is feared that An
dree will be harder to find than the
north pole, but the expedition will start
in that direction, and make the dis
covery of the pole an incidental feature.
The whole subject is so bewildering
that the average person is becoming
totally Indifferent to the existence of
anything north of the flagstaff at Daw-
son Civ
The leader., 1898-03-09
Increased Rewards for the Lake Charles "a
CD Murderers

WASHINGTON, March 5.-An hour Oh
more of the time of the cabinet meet
ing was spent in the reading of long
report from the special agent from
the post Office department on tn,
killing of the postmaster at LAX.
Charles, s. C. In view o.
the peculiar circumstances connect
ed with the murder and the enormit,
OF the crime, IL was decided to increas,
the governments reward to $500 II
each case. Every effort will be mad,
by the federal authorities to bring TIL
guilty parties TO justice,
The leader., 1898-03-09
Attempted Assassination.

Solomon Chambliss was stabbed by
an unknown party one night last week
while returning to his home from Pauld-
ing. Chambliss had been attending
circuit court at Paulding, where four
murder cases were docketed for trial.
He and a friend were riding home in
buggy, when Chambliss, feeling cold,
got out to walk. Suddenly a man
jumped from behind tree and sta bbed
Cham bliss in the breast. Before assist
ance arrived Chambliss came near freez-
ing to death. There is no clew to the
identity of the assailant.
The leader., 1898-03-09

A New York judge has granted wife
q divorce from her husband for six
months. Notwithstanding all the cry
against "plutocracy' this is an age when
the necessaries and comforts of life
were never more within the reach of the
masses. Divorces on the installment
plan are one of many of our modern
developments which were unheard of in
the so-called good old days"
The leader., 1898-03-09
National Quarantine.

The Vicksburg cotton exchange has
adopted a resolution requesting the SEN
ators aud representatives from Missis-
sippi in congress to advocate a national
quarantine, and hoping that, through
the general welfare clause of the con-
stitution congress win find some way to
protect the lives of the people of the
various States, besides contributing to
the maintenance hereafter of repub-
lican form of government in such States
where epidemics may prevail, and which
form of government ceased to exist
during the late epidemic.
The leader., 1898-03-09
Heir Apparent to the Belgian Throne on
Tour to America.

WASHINGTON, March 5.-Prince AL
bert of Belgium, who, it is expected,
will arrive in New York next week on
the North German Lloyd steamship
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse. will not be
guest of the nation. The prince is
travelling incognito under the title of
Count De Rethy, and such being the
case, the government and it's officials
must not recognize him as a
prince. Count De Rethy comes to this
country to study political economy and
to see something of our manufacturing
and other industrial interests.
The leader., 1898-03-09

Latest advices from Akassa are that
"two French expeditions are advancing
of Sokoto, on the Sokoto river, north of
the Haussau states" and that French
troops have arrived at Argungu and
Tagga That advice man in Akassa
earns every cent of his salary every time
he locates his advice.
The leader., 1898-03-09
APnstonee Rnhhed.

The postoffice at Greenwood was
robbed one night last week. the burg
lars securing about $500. Deputy Post
master Crenshaw was in the Office about
11:40 o'clock, when masked man sud
denly entered and ordered him to keep
quiet" Mr.. Crenshaw reached for his
pistol, but the robber was too quick for
him and fred. He responded with one
shot, after which his pistol failed to
work. The burglars, two in number,
then secured the amount above stated,
and departed. They left no clew by
which they may be apprehended.
The leader., 1898-03-09

A tiny girl of seven OF thereabout.
Q dinner party the other day. for ,r ave
II covers. were laid, and that uumb snie .,
small maidens sat down to dine. II VT. o.
real little girls dinner. and the little bo.s va
herself presided, sitting at the head If ,hs
ward to il, to do everything as Il sbnpIidI q Or
done. De
Mamma" she asked, shall we 81.
gracey we say
INC" said mamma, at will be verv 4.
formal dinner, and think you need mo-, y, a.
that" "o' 20
That meant one less ceremony TO no ,o,.
through, and was relief, but the E,, Ie
lady was anxious to have all her small
gathered about the table, she exnls;ra~Jg.te
Mamma says that this is sneh any
fernal dinner that we need not have gu IN ln'
to-day."-N. Y. Times. grace
The leader., 1898-03-09
Knocked Down by a Footpad.

At Meridian one night last week as
Walter Burt was going home he was
knocked down by some unknown negro
footpad, who dealt him several blows
with heavy stick and left him uncon-
scious, after robbing him of about SIS.
No clew has been found as to who the
negro was.
The leader., 1898-03-09

A clever Cleveland girl claims to have
discovered the secret of perpetual life
and offers to disclose it to ten men. If
she wants to scatter the information
around she ought to tell it in confidence
a. one xrop,op
The leader., 1898-03-09

Mrs. Marilla NJ. Kicker, of Dover, an
nounees her intention to run for con-
gress in the First (Dover) district of
New Hampshire. She claims the honor
of being the first woman who ever tried
to vote in the United States. That was
2s years ago. She is woman suffragist
as well as practicing lawyer.
The leader., 1898-03-09

The promoters of the State baseball
league are trying to form six club
league with jackson, Vicksburg, Merid-
ian, Natchez, Greenville and Yazoo
City. 1t is believed if such league
was conducted on business principles
that it would support good baseball
properly managed, and it is thought
that the other towns would do the same.
The leader., 1898-03-09
Blood Humors
Spring is tbe Cleansing Season.
Don't Neglect Your Health.
You Need to Take Hood's sarsa.
parilla Now.

Spring is the season for cleansing and
renewing. Everywhere accumulations Of
waste are being removed and prepare.
tons for tho new life OF another season are
being made This is the time for cleansing
your blood. Winter has left the blood i'm.
pure. Spring Humore, Boils, pimples,
eruptions are results. Hoods Sarsaparilla
expels all impurities from the blood and
makes it rich and nourishing. 1t builds up
the nervous system, overcomes that tired
feeling, creates an appetite, gives sweet,
refreshing sleep and renewed energy and
vigor. 1t cures all spring hunors, boIls,
pimples and eruptions
The leader., 1898-03-09
A Comfortable Windfall.

BURLINGTON, Ia, March 5.-Peter H.
Christensen, bookkeeper in an under
taking establishment here, received in
formation through newspaper dis
patch of the death of his wealthy uncle
near Stockton, Cal, of whom he had
been searching for a clew for eight
years BY his death he becomes pos
sessed of 100000 estate.
The leader., 1898-03-09
DAUNTLESS HELD UP.
Clearance Denied the Vessel Pending Pro
ceedings Now In Progress.

ceedings Now In Progress.
WASHINGTON, March 5.-The treasury
department has received two messages
from the collector of customs at Jack
sonville, stating that the master of the
filibuster tug Dauntless, now under fed
eral surveillance at that port, desired
to clear his vessel for Fernandina.
Assistant Secretary Spaulding replied
by telegraph that the permission could
not be given from the treasury depart
ment, as the inquiry into the conduct
of the Dauntless during her absence
from Florida waters last week, anG
the week before is now pending in the
department of Justice.
The leader., 1898-03-09

Eight of the most remarkable mar
riages on record took place recently in
the parish of St. Marie, Quebec. Two
neighbors named NORM and Rheaume
have each eight children, four sons and
four daughters. Rheaume's four sons
have married Morin's four daughters
and Morin's four sons have married the
daughters of Rheaume.
The leader., 1898-03-09

AS a solution of the difficulty at the
yer, Col, where there have been of late
numerous violent outbreaks among the
inmates, it is proposed to hypnotic the
incorrigibles, and while they are in
that state suggestions will be made
which may influence them toward bet
ter lives
The leader., 1898-03-09
Ammunlllon for Che AsIatle SQUADRON.

WASHINGTON, March 5.-The navy
department is making preparations to
replenish the supply of ammunition Of
the United States warships on the
Asiatic station. To this end, orders
have been sent to the training ship Mo-
hican, now Mt Mare Island, to carry
ammunition.
The leader., 1898-03-09
A Fresh Spanish Squadron for Cuba Being
Organized at Cadiz.

LONDON, March "a letter just re-
ceived here from Madrid says it is def
nitely reported there that fresh Span
ish squadron, destined for Cuba, is be-
ing organized at Cadiz- 1t consists of
four ironclads, the Carlos ", Pelayo.
Alfonso XIII. and another, several
gunboats and transatlantic steamer
Active work is also proceeding upon
the torpedo boats Destroyer, Pros
perina, Audaz and Ozada, and upon
the torpedo boats Habana, Retamosa
and Barcelo, which form the second
torpedo boat hotilla.
The leader., 1898-03-09

Edison claims patent on the moving
picture apparatus, in spite of its so
names ending in scope" "trope" and
graph" The inventor should get up
something to arrest the raid upon the
English language.
The leader., 1898-03-09
A French Captain Punished.

PARIS, March 5.-Capt Degouen, of
the general staff, who wrote an out
rageously insulting letter to ex-Minis-
ter Tarieux, one of the witnesses at the
lola trial, has been punished by being
transferred to the staff OF the Sixth
army corps.
The leader., 1898-03-09

Events move fast in these times. A
year ago Chillkat was lonely mountain
barrier in an arctic wilderness, and
now 1t is spanned by an aerial trolley
line open for freight and passengers.
The leader., 1898-03-09
Case In which Judgment is Invalid.

New YORK. March 5.-Justice Rus
sell, in the supreme court, has decided
that where Judgment is confessed by
an insolvent corporation, for the pur-
pose of favoring some particular credi-
tor and the proceedings are kept secret,
the Judgment is invalid.
The leader., 1898-03-09
INSANE WOMAN'S DEED.

Murdered Her Four Year-Old Child and
Tried to Kill Her Husband.
COLUMBUS, o., March Sat 3 a. m.
Mrs. Olga Demorest, at Grove City, IL
miles from here, took the life of
her four-year-old son, Arden, with
razor, and was proceeding
to murder her husband, who
was too ill to resist, when servant
reused the neighbors. and the insane
woman was overpowered. Her hus-
band was teacher out of employment,
and the wife recently showed evil
dence of approaching insanity.
The leader., 1898-03-09
Hanged at East Cambridge. Mas.

EAST CAMBRIDGE Mass, March.5 -
Lorenzo Barnes was hanged here to-
day. His neck was broken by the drop.
Barnes murdered John Dean, farmer,
about rs years old, near Acton, on
December II, 1897.
The leader., 1898-03-09

Secretary of Agriculture Wilson says
there are ten beet sugar factories in
operation in this country and ten more
under contract. He has no doubt of the
profits of the industry to the American
farmer as well as manufacturer.
The leader., 1898-03-09
BURNED COTTON.

CargOes of Twelve Vessels Involved In this
Fire at Kobe, Japan.
LONDON, March 5.-The cotton burned
in the contiagration of the dock shed,
at Kobe, Japan, reported Thursday
was from the cargoes of IL vessels, one
of which was the British steamer
Braemar, Capt. Porter, from Tacoma
via Yokohama, February "a. The only
American cotton in the lot destroyed
came from her cargo, in respect to
which the loss amounts to about e., 900
The leader., 1898-03-09
A FRiGHTFUL ACCIDENT.
Emmett Centennial Celebration Married
at Frankfort, KY.

at Frankfort, Ky.
FRANKFORT, KY, March Sin &C
cordance with the orders of the legis-
lature, the Emmett centennial was eel
ebrated here by firing 100 guns. Viii
liam Overton, who was assisting Ar.
senal Keeper Dixon in firing the cannon
was fatally injured by the premature
explosion of the cannon. and Armorer
Dixon was badly hurt. overton's arms
were both blown off, his eyes blinded
and his body frightfully mangled.
Dixon had one hand blown off.
The leader., 1898-03-09
OPINION ALL ONE WAY.
What a Cleveland (O.) Doctor Heard at Key
West.

CLEVELAND, o., March, 5.-Dr. III. +.
Biggar, one of the most prominent ply
sicians and surgeons of Cleveland, has
just returned from Key West, where he
was in the midst of the excitement
which followed the blowing up of the
battleship Maine
He found that all of those who were
willing to discuss the matter at all
were convinced that the explosion had
been caused by an outside force, prob
ably a torpedo.
The leader., 1898-03-09

The Atchison (Kan.) Globe thinks
that because a man was on the streets
of that city wearing blue patch on
yellow pair of pants his wife must have
moor taste.
The leader., 1898-03-09

SALT LAKE, Utah, March 5.-Acting
under orders from department head
quarters, the entire command at Fort
Douglass has been inspected for mAreh-
ing orders.
The leader., 1898-03-09
The LEAnER.
Published Every Wednesday Evening.
BRooKHAvEN. MISSISSIPPI.

The biscuit trust has q capital of
$4,000, 900, and yet there are people
who seem 10 fear that there will be q
shortage In biscuits.
The leader., 1898-03-09

The new woman is not likely to be
very prominent in the new navy, al
though her talent might very properly
be utilized in trimming sails.
The leader., 1898-03-09
A Grecian Gag.

Virgil occasionally INDUCED in bumor =.
the expense of his friend, Maecenas NJ n.
made at one time pilgrimage TO the oracie
at Delphi, and on his return said TO Ma,
cenas:
81 was awfully bored while was awav /.
$50" said Maecenas, "and what was :,
that bored you, amicus mens!" ' "
'The augurs, of course" was Virrp.
quick response.
This incident goes far to prove tbs n
ventive genius of the Greeks and Romans
since even at that early date augurs and
gimlets had come into use.-Detroit Frea
Press 'N0
The leader., 1898-03-09

The latest thing to attract lovers OF
indoor pastines is poker pool, which
combines some Of the mysteries and sx-
|citement of the great American card
game with the beauties of pool.
The leader., 1898-03-09

FRANKFORT, KY, March 4. - The
house Of representatives has passed, by
party vote, an act to prevent the maxi
ing Of contract payable in gold, and
making all such contracts null and
void.
The leader., 1898-03-09

Az rule, "cheap incidence Is inert, worthless or
dangerous. In Zeilin Co. q answer to our bill they
said the packages enjoined were designed as eheaP
negro medicine for the negroes Of the MISSES ppi
Valley" Nov, as Zeilin g. o. 'sndvertsements say,
which they make 10 made by the same formula, Is is
not conclusive evidence from their sworn testimony
and advertisements that all the liver eme n
atiag from them is Cheap Negro Medicne?" Cues
ton: Do the sick of Amer ca desire Cheap Negro
Medcine?'' Let the adj cted answer by their
future purchases. DR.. NJ. A. Simmons Liver
Medicine, established IN 1910, Is not cheap medi-
cineo It is mo cure all '" ard IS only recon-
led for those indisposti ons caused by inactivity
OF The liver.
The leader., 1898-03-09

1t is his own most vigorous and noble ac
ton that man feels within himself. as il
were, the very pulse of the divine energy
George s. Merriam.
The leader., 1898-03-09


(From St. Louis Republic. July 4, 1881
"The Supreme Court Of Tennessee on Juno 30 de-
cided tho most important trademark case that las
ever DO tried in that State and ono Of the largest
ever tried In tho Union, affirming and enlarging the
opinion Of the court below. The court he d;
compainant. by extensive ADVERTISING OF his cele-
bra.ed remedy known as "Smmons Liver Medi-
line" made Il standard remedy for liver diseases
long pri to the acquisition by j. H. Zeiln Co. OF
T. That the assignor of J. II. Zein & Co.. through
whom they claimed the right to mako tho trauduent
package enjoined, never derived any title from A. q
Sim mons TO mako the medicine nor to use his name
or picture, and that such use by Zeiin & Co. u .
B. Thit zein Co. purposeiy, frauduicnty la
beled their medicine In mutation OF comrlain!nts
rl,d.cine to unfairly appropriate tie trade O. tss
Simmons Medicine Com pany, and the execunon OF
this fraudulent purpose and act Is erIoined.
4. Enjoined zen G CO. from using their com.
limitations thereof to deceive the public and unfairly
appropriate to themselves the trade OF the q. "
Simmons Medicine Co..
praccing frau upon tho public by labelling their
packages In imitation Of the wrappers and trade
8, Enloined Zeiiin & Co. from the manufacture
and sale OF the medli uneer the sGme Oh ;Ta-
M meas nys' Giver ed Cine By A. snons
and from using the picture Of A. Q. Simmons In
connection herewith.
and employees from deceiyiag and practieing q fra a
upon tho public by the sale Of packages thus falsely
labeled either upon orders OF calls Tor the genuine
"Simmons Liver Medicine ~ OF complainant, or
In any package thus falsely labeled.
g. Tho court stated that 1t was the purpose OF the
court to entirely destroy tho frardulenty labeled
pac kages above described, ard cause their removal
from tho market, and ordered Zein 6 Co. to liver
to the CLERK to DO destroyed all cuts dies, elecro-
types, engravings and other paraphernalia used In
impressng either Of the above names or the picture
OF A. Q. Simmons.
g. Decreed that ZeiiIn & Co. pay all the damages
which have accrued to complainant by the sale OF
these fraudueatiy labeled packages. The damages
claimed by complainant were 5000.
10. Decreed that Zen & Co. pay oil the costs.
which amount to several thousand dollars The record
being one Of the largest ever filed In the Supreme
Gonrf
The leader., 1898-03-09
|Hood'sspp . s>iiia
Is Americas Greatest Medicine. q; six for IS
Prepared By C. /. Hood &-Co., Lowell, Mass
uood,, Dill, are the only pills to take
llOOu i lilS with Hoods Sarsaparilla
THE ERAuD ENJOINED.

Report of Dccrec-The Famous ESQ.,
900 Trademark Case Dectded-C.P II.
Simmons Medi cino Company, 81.
LOuts, Defeats j. Ii. ZcfItn q Co.,
phllcdovnhta
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-09
JEKYL WANTS A BIG GUN.
Suggestion Also to BE Made That One
BE Put on st. Simons.

Brunswick, Ca, March S-From what is
considered reliable sources the Morning
News correspondent LEARNS tonight that
delegation of Jekyl Islanders, headed by
Frederic p. Baker, secretary of the club,
are now en- route to Washington city The
object of their visit is to secure coast der
lenses for Jekyl Island and contiguous
places. The location of JekyI makes 1t
absolutely necessary that some protection
be given it in case of war with any foreign
nation. 1t is within easy range of guns
twelve miles at sea and could be destroyed
very quickly While Jekyl and st ST.
mons, in measure protect Brunswick
from serious bombardment they are them
selves at the mercy of an enemy The
delegation is expected to request the loca-
ton of a monster disappearing gun on the
south end of the island, and at the same
time suggest the necessity of a similar gun
on st. Simons. The distance be-
tween the two islands is only one
mile, and 1t is between them that all yes
sells must pass to enter Brunswick's har-
Dor. From the ocean bar to ST. Smons
sound 1t is seven miles, and from ST.
SimonS sound TO Brunswick seven miles
The Jekyl Island Club has large inter-
ests in this section. They own the island
and all the improvements thereon These
improvements represent about $500, 900. It
is the winter home of ninety-seven club
men, amongst whom are John d. Rookie
feller Howard Gould, Chauncey M. De-
pew, Cornelius Bliss, Joseph Pulitzer. W.
X. Vanderbilt Marshall p. Field, PIER
pont Morgan, N. K. Fairbank and others
equally well known in various circles they
represent.
Editor Ed Bingham, Jr.. of the Bruns-
wick Sun is missing. He has not been
seen since Sunday. His family are very
much distressed over his disappearance
and are anxiously awaiting news from
him.
Efforts are being made TO have a big
gun club shoot in Brunswick during May
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-09

of the town site, on the claim of Billia
Flint a life senator of Canada, an inn
mense quarry OF the purest white marble
ever found on this continent was discov-
cred. and at the suggestion OF the senator
the town of BridgeWater was practically
built Of marble, for It has to-day the only
hotel church, school, courthouse, and pri-
vate dwellings constructed entirely of
white marble in the world and a mile
north of the town are an abandoned AK
factory and grist mill, Whose foundations
are built OF the same beautiful material
During the building OF the town thou
SANDS of men prospected the entire coun-
try and shafts and tunnels were driven
some of them nearly one hundred feet
deep, but, strange as 1t may seem, there
was never enough gold found to pay the
cost of a single shaft or tunnel sunk or
run in the entire district. SO excited did
the farmers around Bridgewater become
that some of them actually hired guards
to keep men from going on their land to
pick up gold Pat Kehoe an old Irish
man, who owned one hundred acres of
rock-strewn, barren land, was offered $685.
900 for his holding, but held out for 800
COZ To-day you could puy the property
for probably $50.
zone rancher, whose farm adjoined
Aladdins Cave. the place where the ORR
ginal nugget was found, sold five acres to
an English syndicate for 100000, and 1t is
an established fact that the syndicate
spent as much more developing their
claim, as everything was very costly, all
material having 10 be hauled nearly fifty
miles, over rough roads; and they did not
get single ounce of free gold out OF their
purchase; but they mined some quartz
about one hundred tons-shipped it TO the
states and in return got bill from the
smelling company for $500 smelling
charges over and above the gold in the
quartz. This was the first, and l believe
the last, shipment Of quartz ever made,
as the cost Of hauling. shipping. and
smelling was $50 ton more than the
rock produced"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-09
A Room Town Built of marble.
From the Portland Oregohian.

fTOn the IOTliduu OfeBOHidu.
81 was assistant engineer on the Onta-
rio and Quebec Railroad, branch OF the
Canadian Pacific Railway" said an en-
gineer in Tacoma, land in running our
preliminary lines one of them touched
Bridgewater Ontario, deserted town,
that was the personification of Oliver
Goldsmith's Deserted Village Bridge
water was brought into existence by one
of the strangest gold finds and crazes in
the history of this continent.
Nearly twenty-five years ago far
mer's wife was searching the woods sur
rounding their farm for SOW that had
strayed, and, becoming thirsty, stopped to
get drink from spring. Slipping, she
fell against a small, loose rock, which
rolled to her feet. and which proved to be
twenty-pound nugget of almost pure
gold Bridgewater at the time was near
ly forty miles from the nearest railroad,
and the present site Of the town was moth
ing but wilderness, but the effect Of that
accidental find OF the farmers wife was
such that inside of six months what had
been burned-over, barren wilderness was
converted into a substantial city OF near
ly 5000 people.
I'm digging a shaft about a mile south