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The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-30
NOT ESTABLISHED
Relationship Based on Rem
son"Ees Was Difficult to
Prove.

There is young lady not far sw.
has little private school and the otbsy VINO
she overheard the following copvsrsa gay
among her pupils: eisa'ion
1t was Monday and one of them h,a
IDENTIFY been much impressed with b nSu S ev'
day school lesson OF the day before. for 1 =.
soon as another little girl came in sba ' as
founded her by the announcement; "y a.
are my sister" lou
I'm not" said No 2.
You are, said No. l, haven't vou o.,
Father in Heaven" 'ou gotta
Yes" grudgipgly.
We'll, so have /. Don't that make Won ~
sister," !ou my
No. was entirely nonplussed at tb.,
No. CORRESPONDENCE victorious: 60 w Saa
another little girl arrived upon tho s "nen
she thought she would try the same tb;n D.e le
her, too, and walking up before the n.y.. "a
conner announced as before: you are UNIV NV
sister" 'ie my
Now No. happened to be young lady =,
a very determined disposition and she ~ ~
clared just as firmly that she was notb;D,
of the sort, and the I'm nots" and "Voess
ares flew very fast for minute until N"
! brought out her knockdown arg,ms Nv
Haven't you got Father in Heavenso
and stood awaiting the answer with vie.
torious smile. VIZ
But imagine her chagrin and the teacher.
amazement when the other sputtered forth.
mo, j haven't, and you know it. I've met
got one grandfather up there" and strobe on
to her seat, leaving the enemy vanouisbed
behind her.-Cleveland Plain Dealer
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-30
THE WEATHER BUREAU.
Interesting Facts Regarding Its
work-Report of Chief Willis l..
Moore TO Secretary Wilson.

Washington, Nov. 2a-The doings Of the
weather bureau during the past fiscal year
are set forth in some detail in a report re-
Gently submitted by Chief Willis l.. Moore
10 Secretary Wilson. The most prominent
event chronicled IN Mr. Moore's report Is
the extension OF the bureaus field Of opera
lions to include all OF the West Indies and
the shores OF the Gulf OF Mexico. The
weather service has also been extended In
our own country by the establishment OF a
climate and crop center In Alaska, and
new observing stations in Montana. Idaho,
california, Arizona, Utah, Colorado. Texas.
Mississippi, Georgia. Kentucky, West Vir-
ginia and Michigan. These additional sta
tons will assist quite materially In the
development of agricultural and Industrial
interests in the immediate localities where
in they are located.
1t is yet too early, the report concludes.
to express an opinion as 10 the value IN
practical weather forecasting OF the OBJ
servations secured by kites.
Forecasts of several atmospheric dis
turbances, including foods in rivers, frosts
and freezing weather in Florida, Califor-
ala and the truck growing regions OF the
gulf and south Atlantic states were
promptly and accurately made. There were
no unusually disastrous storms during the
year. and few cold waves, although un-
usually cold weather prevailed in the fruit
floods during the year, the floods in Ohio
and Indiana In the latter part of March OF
this year being the most detructlve.
over 23,COO,000 forecasts were distributed
during the year exclusive OF those printed
In the daily papers. Ohio received the
greatest number. 2.l57.3O0; New York the
next greatest, 2.033 400. followed by Mlchi-
gan, 1,530.o00: Illinois, sl.iS5,0OO; Missouri
l.392, 600. and Pennsylvania, l,2l9.2W.
A line of new work recently undertaken
by the bureau is the collection through the
cooperation of agents and adjusters Of
farmers mutual insurance associations,
and many private persons, of statistics
of loss of farm property, including stock In
the fields. by lightning. The farmers mu-
tual insurance associations, of which there
has been a large increase in some states
WITHIN recent years, insure a large amount
of isolated farm property. One Of the most
prolific causes of damage is lightning. The
number of lightning strokes fuctuates
within rather large limits year by year;
thus. in Michigan, there were $50 cases one
year and 1869 the following year. 1t is
hoped that the statistics collected will in
the course of time enable those interested
20 determine the relative frequency of
lightning stroke throughout the United
States.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-30
AN ASTHMA CURE,
A Most Unexpected Result of Get.
ting Mixed Up with Cy-
clone.

"Did the climate out there benefit your
asthmaW asked a man on the boulevard Of
his next door neighbor who had lust re.
turned from a new resort in the northwest
Say, it makes me short of breath to
think about it. / was sitting out in sort Of
an arbor the first afternoon after reached
there. | was in the shadow OF trailing
vine through which the sunbeams sfted
in mellow light. The air was balmy and
freighted with the odor OF roses"
Must have been delightful
Simply charming! Suddenly there was
sort of gigantic zip athwart the heavens
darkness enveloped the earth like pail,
and before | could cover three rods to the
hotel on the dead run, there were SIX inches
of snow on the ground. ] never put in a
wheeler night than the one that followed"
Mighty sudden, wasn't til"
Eyes, but that's the way things 20 out
there. One morning l started to the near.
est town, carrying a twig of cherry bios.
SONS and wearing white tennis suit. Out
ON the trail it turned cold quicker than you
could wink your eye, and l would have
frozen if native hadn't wrapped me up
in horse blanket, big wire nail serving
as shawl pin"
Got through all right, did YOU"
eyes, providentially. A cyclone struck
me, turned the blanket inside out and blew
me for a mile. | don't know what did it,
but I'm free from asthma. Detroit Free
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-30
THEY GAVE THANKS.
Thanksgiving Day ut the white
House-Ceiebrateds at Santiago
Banauets Given Abroad.

Washington, Nov. 25.-Thanksgiving
day was observed In the usual manner.
A snow and rainstorm kept people off
the streets and reduced attendance at
the churches. All the executive depart
ments and business houses were closed.
The president, accompanied by his
brother. Abner Mckinley. attended d.
vine service at the Metropolitan Meth
odist church and listened to a sermon
by Rev. DIR. Bristol. The remainder Of
the day the president spent at home.
He ate his Thanksgiving dinner with
Mrs. Mckinley and his brother. Abrer
Mckinley, and wife. who are visiting a I
the white house. Most OF the members
Of the cabinet are in the city and spent
Thanksgiving day quietly at their
homes.
Santiago de Cuba, Nov. 2s.-Santiago
celebrated its first Thanksgiving sfi,ce
the American occupation. All the ships
in the harbor were decorated with
bunting and the officers entertained
friends at dinner. The day was prac.
tically unobseryed by the Cubaus. ex.
cept those employed in the government
offices. A football game which had
been arranged between teams from the
Fifth regulars and the Fifth volunteers
was postponed until Christmas day.
the weather being still too warm for
such sport. Several officers stationed nj
Guantanamo and Manzanillo, who had
secured leaves Of absence, spent tbs
day with friends here. All the repi.
ments celebrated as we'll as possible
under the circumstances. TURKEYS were
few. but hopes are entertained by the
Americans that their friends in the
north will shi p turkeys TO them in time
for their Christmas dinner. The Gu.
ban papers make practically no allu.
sion 10 the day.
Berlin, Nov. ga Thanksgiving din.
ner attended by 200 Americans was
given at the Kaiserhof Thursday even
ing. John Is. Jackson, secretary Of th,
American embassy. presided at The
banquet, and proposed toasts to Presi.
dent Mckinley and Emperor William
both of which were received with
cheers. President H. F. Gates. of Am.
herst college. made an address upon
the significance of national holidays
after which Mr.. Jackson introduced
Maj. Gen. Frank Wheaton, U. s. A
(retired). Gen. Wheaton in his adj
dress said he hoped congress now re.
allied the fact that the United States
needed an army commensurate with
the requirements of great nation.
London, Nov. 25.-The THANKSGIVING
banquet Of the American society IN
London. which was held at the Hote,
Cecil Thursday evening was gloriti.
cation Of Anglo friendship.
Three hundred Americans and their
English guests sat at table under the
entwined flags of the two nations. Two
notable speeches were made, one BY Mr.
Henry White, the American Charge
d'afraires. and the other by Sir Edwin
Arnold. who was supposed to be nearly
Of the point of death from paralysis. but
who dragged himself into the banquet
hall against the orders Of his physi.
clans, leaning on the arm of his Jap.
anese wife and supported by cane.
Paris, Nov. 25.-Gen Horace Porter
American ambassador to France, he'd
a brilliant Thanksgiving day reception
at the embassy, at which many persons
were present.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-30
WEST AND SOITH

On the property of the Riverside Iron
company at Steubenville, O., gold has
been discovered.
BY the falling of scaffold four men
were killed at the electric power house
at CoyingtCn, ny.
Ex-Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii ar
rived in San Francisco.
In the cotton mills at Augusta, Ga,
5000 operators struck on account of a
reduction in wages.
Pana, H., has been placed under mar
tial law.
On street in Chicago A. Quimby. a
leading business man of Des MOines, Ia,
dropped dead.
Near Rochester. Ind. Josiah Bowers
fatally shot his son-in-law, William
Carr, and then killed himself. A quar-
rel was the cause.
In Tennessee the anti-cigarette law
passed by the last legislature has been
declared constitutional.
In the lake region and throughout
all the western states one of the most
terrific storms in years was raging and
the temperature had fallen from As to
60 degrees, nearly reaching the zero
point in some places.
In Cleveland, O., the post Office was
robbed by sneak thievesof s1,1Oo.
Joshua E. Dodge. of Milwaukee. has
been appointed a justice of the supreme
court of Wisconsin.
Fire swept away a large portion of
the business section of Perry, Ia. the
loss being over 100000.
Ed and George Cotter. married farm
ers. were found frozen to death near
Ash Grove. Mo.
Flames in Princeton. Mo-. destroyed
the new opera house and three other
business buildings on the public square.
Sam Carr lcolored) while drunk shot
and killed John Fedoveo and John
Sfefancin in Cleveland. o.
White caps killed John SMART. a
welI-to-do and peaceable negro at Chap
eitowp. Tenn.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-30

Chicago, Nov. 25.-The factory of
Allen b. Wrisley & Co., makers of soap.
at 479-sS Fifth avenue. was completely
destroyed by fire Thursday evening.
IL is generally supposed that spon-
taneous combustion was the cause of
the fire. which broke out upon the sec
nnd floor of the building. which is six
stories in height. Owing to the i'm
mense amount of oils, tallow, glycerin
and other infiammable articles in the
building it was impossible for the fire.
men to stop the progress of the fire,
and they were obliged to content them
selves with keeping the flames confined
10 the Wrisley building. The structure
burned with great rapidity. and inside
of 40 minutes from the outbreak of the
flames it was mass Of ruins. The loss
is estimated at S105.000.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-30

Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. 26.-The fail
ure of Grant C. Gillett, the cattle man
CT Woodbine, Kan, was not generally
known in Kansas City at the close of
business hours Friday evening, though
it was already known and had created
a slight furry in financial circles cen
tering at the stock yards. 1t is stated
that over 100000 of Gillett's paper is
held in Kansas City, distributed among
a score or more of commission firms.
Through these firms some of this paper
has reached the local banks, but as to
the amount Of the holdings of any of
the firms or banks no definite informa-
ton could be obtained.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-30
THE SANTIAGO CAMPAIGN.
Complete Returns Show That tn,
Killed Numbering 267 and the
Wounded 1,43S.

Washington, Nov. 23.-Complete re-
turns have been received of the casual.
ties of the Santiago campaign. The adj
jutant generals office has divided the
campaign into different dates and
periods. The statement shows:
La Guisima, June 24-Killed, one Officer
and Is men; wounded. six officers and 4
men.
San Juan. July l to skilled, II officer,
and 134 men: wounded, So officers and 81
men.
Ell Caney. July KILLED, four officer,
and "a men; wounded, "a officers and 49,
men.
Aguadores, July and 2-Wounded, tive
officers and ten men.
Around Santiago, July 10 to 12-Killed
one officer and one man; wounded, one
officer and IL men.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-30

The new Maine, whose keel is now be-
ing laid, will be larger, more powerful
and better in every way than the ILL.,
fated namesake blown up in the harbor
at Havana. She will be ~, $50 tons dis
placement and will be rated as a first
class battleship equal to anything
afoat. Her speed will be IS knots an
hour, she will have a main battery of
four Pinch and IA 6-inch rapid fire
rifles, and secondary battery of 1G g.
Founders. four 1-pounders, one Colt,
and two field guns; her complement will
be 500 men, and her cost 81. Ss5 900. The
Maine will be finished in two years.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-30
Ordered Back to jail.

Houston, Tex, Nov. 30. - Thomas
Tinsley, a New York millionaire who
has been for two years in Jail for con-
tempt of court in not producing the
books of the Glenwood Cemetery com
pany, and whose incarceration has been
affirmed by the supreme court of the
United States. Tuesday made another
effort to secure his release on the
grounds that the books were not in his
possession. The judge promptly or
dered him back to Jail, where he will
probably spend the rest of his life. 1t
is a case without parallel in the state.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-30

Capt. Ernst Andree, of London, the
brother of Prof. S. A. Andree, has re-
ceived a letter from the Waiter Wellman
expedition that went in search of his
brother, the lost Arctic explorer. Ac-
cording to this letter the expedition has
discovered deserted camp and foot
prints in the snow and ice at Cape
Tegethoff. These traces are unaccount-
able, says Wellman, unless Andree
crossed the pole in his balloon and then
landed. There can be no hope of find
ing Andree and his companions alive,
however, for they carried ratons for
but 100 DAYS.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-30
DOINGS OF A WEEK
What Has Happened Throughout
the Civilized World.
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
A Complete Review Of the Happenings
of the Past Seven Days In This
and ALI Foreign Lands.
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
GIVEN IN THE PRESS DISPATCHES
WAR NEWS.

In Paris the American peace commits
sioners delivered to the Spanish COM
missioners the final terms of the United
States. They demand the cession of
The entire Philippine archipelago, offer
Spain an indemnity of s20,00O,O0o for
her pacific expenditures in the islands,
and require that an answer be given not
later than the 2sth inst.
On the steamer San Augustine the
ashes of Christopher Columbus left Ha-
vana for Spain.
The president has decided that the
Spanish ordnance captured by the
American army and navy shall be d.
vided between the two branches of the
service.
A cable message from Gen. Otis at
Manila announces the arrival of the
transport Vigilancia with all well on
board.
The steamer Bratten left Savannah
with 700 tons of provisions for the starv.
ing people of Cuba.
With 100 cavalry Gen. Carpenter took
possession of Porto Principe. The city
was formally surrendered to him by
Gen. March, the Spanish commander.
A note from the Spanish evacuation
commissioners says that it will be pos
sible to turn the city over to the mill
tary authorities of the United States
by December 20.
Advices were received in Madrid that
Gen. Rios, governor of the Nisayas is
lands, had been killed by the insurgents
at Iloilo.
The complete returns show that in
the Santiago campaign 267 Americans
were killed and 1,43S wounded.
In Havana the members of the
colonial cabinet rendered their resig-
nations to Gen. Blanco.
Advices from Madrid say that the
cabinet has authorized Senior Montero
! Rios TO sign the treaty Of peace
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-30
Post Once Robbed.

Cleveland, o., Nov. 23.-One of the
boldest robberies committed here in
years was perpetrated Tuesday. when
the post office was robbed of II pack
ages containing 500 each. or ST, 100 in
all. The money was in pigeon hole
at stamp window presided over by
Miss Mary Berry. She left the window
for few seconds and during that brief
time the money was taken. Four
wo en- were seen acting in a suspicious
manner in the corridor of the post Of
fee just before the robbery and the po-
lice believe one of them to be the thief.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-30

The immigration to the United States
during the past year was the smallest
in IS years-229 ,299. A strict enforce
ment of the laws against the admission
Of paupers and criminals and de-
pendent persons of all sorts has cut
down the number of foreign mendi-
cants, but that the great majority of the
immigrants have little or nothing is
evidenced by the fact that of all those
over 20 years of age rs per cent, bad
less than $50. The people stand for a
continued strict enforcement Of those
immigration laws.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-30

Gold Bible hill. the mound where Jo-
seph Smith the founder of the Mormon
faith claims to have dug up, under
celestial direction. the golden plates on
which were inscribed the Mormon Bible
is situated on the farm of Admiral
Sampson. near Palmyra, n. Y. The
mormons tried to buy the mound in
1893 to erect upon it memorial chapel
Bat the admiral refused to sell it.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-30

The various State banks are settling
up with the revenue agent for back
taxes due under the recent decision of
the supreme court declaring the legis-
lative exemption of solvent securities
unconstitutional. The FIVE Nicksburg
banks have paid over sums aggregating
IS, 70S. All the other State banks are
expected to settle promptly without
further litigation.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-30
Distribution of the Morrill, Fund.

The trustees Of the Alcorn Agricul-
tural and Mechanical college have filed
their application for the portion of the
Morrill, fund allotted to that institution
This fund is distributed monthly to the
agricultural colleges of the country on
a basis of the number of educable chill
dren. Mississippi gets $4,000. The
Alcorn college for negroes gets s13, 900,
all told, and the Starkville college for
whites gets $1,000. This fund is a
government appropriation which was
to be increased each year until the share
of each State should be So, 200.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-30

There were $50 sail and steam vessels
loading or awaiting cargoes at the port
of New York the other day and they
were loading for SO foreign ports! The
total tonnage of the vessels loading was
over 100000 tons. These facts are still
further proof that all the old world is
hungry and the United States has the
only considerable surplus of foodstuffs.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-30

The commissioner of internal rev
enue decides that city merchants who
receive on deposit money from country
merchants who are their customers but
not from the public generally are not
subject to the special tax as bankers,
Also that the receiving of employees de-
posts on interest does not involve a
company or firm in special tax liza ability
as bankers. Also that the lending OF
money on household goods or other
chattel property is not the business of
banking contemplated by the law.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-30
State Industrial Exposition.

The Mississippi press is agitating a
big State industrial exposition to be
held in 1900. The scheme is to get each
county to work up an exhibit of it's
own resources and unite in making the
exposition complete in every particu-
lar Committees are to be appointed
and efforts made to get the railroads to
cooperate SO as to run cheap immigra-
ton excursions from the North and
West. The Legislature is to be asked
also for liberal appropriation.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-30

The United States bureau OF stats
tics announces that the demand for
American corn is steadily increasing;
that the exports of corn from the
United States for October were 5,O00.-
900 bushels larger than for the same
month last year; and that the exports
of corn for the ten months of this year
amounted to 170.0S6 sos bushels
against 156,356373 bushels during the
first ten months of 1897
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-30

The avowal by the new japanese min
lister, Mr.. Komura, while on his way to
Washington, of the friendship of his
country to the United States, and bis
declaration of its thorough sympathy
with the United States in its demand for
the Philippines" will be received with
satisfaction from one end of this coun-
try to the other. There is no nation in
the far east whose friendship the
Americans more highlyappreciate than
the progressive Yankees Of the
Orient "
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-30
Blind Tigers Raided.

After employing an expert detective
for several days and making the proper
locations, number of business men,
accompanied by officers and ministers,
raided the blind tigers and gambling
houses of West Point last week and
made very creditable catch. The
movement was backed by many of the
wealthiest and best people of the city.
The spectacular parade of the crusaders
caused considerable interest, anxiety
and amusement.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-30

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The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-30
Army Promotions.

The governor has commissioned S. l.
McCantz as second lieutenant of Com
pany /, First Regiment, to fill the va
cancy caused by the promotion of
Lieut.. jacobson. The governor has
also commissioned b. A. Pope as second
lieutenant of Company A, Third Missis-
sippi, Mr.. Pope having been elected by
the company to fill the vacancy caused
by the promotion of Lieut.. Edgar
Gwin to succeed First Lieut.. w. C.
George, resigned.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-30
A Real Prise.

"If l had such a wife as Mrs. Negley
think could be supremely happy
"Why, don't consider her especially g sot
looking, and it is easy to see that she Ism '
very clever"
II know, but when her husband starls .t ~
tell funny story she doesn't assume . rbe
iect Cleveland Leader.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1898-11-30
Meanness Pcrsonifed.

"Did ! understand you to say that dress s.
you admired SO much to-day was dream:
Yes" answered his wife hopefully a
"Well," he proceeded very kindly, you
keep your mind on it when you are to seeP
tonight and maybe you will dream one Oh
your own" Washington Star.