The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-05-31

On Dcu nearby WAe the uout VI
woman with her skull crushed in and
on another bed the dead bodies of q
boy of 1s and girl of ten. their heads
also being crushed. IIurrying out OF
the tent the boys stumbled over the
headless body of a girl about four years
old. The dead mans name was James
f. Moss and 1t was believed that he
had murdered his wife and children in
fit of dependency.
THE navy department Is laying in cx-
tcnsiye new stocks of naval ordnance.
One of the effects of the recent war has
been to build up a large num-
Der of small factories capable
of producing war supplies. Fac
tories which have heretofore been
engaged in making bicycles, rivets,
castings and tubings learned
that the making of war materials was
profitable employment by slightly
adding to their plants they are able to
make shells, projectiles, etc.
TIE Samoan commission arrived at
Apia the other day and held sitting.
Nothing was disclosed regarding the
deliberations. but it was reported that
IneN upneiu inc dCtlOn VI hululIdi
Kautz, the American naval commander.
GEN. MACARTHUR and Gen. Funston,
with the Kansas and Montana regi-
ments and Utah battery, dispersed 800
Filipino insurgents who were in
trenched on the railroad near Santa
Arita. Gen. Funston led the charge at
the double-quick.
The feature of the second day of the
national peace jubilee at Washington
was the civic parade. 1t was over an
hour passing the reviewing stand where
President Mckinley and distinguished
company were seated. There were
many floats decorated by the leading
firms at the capital.
TWENTY thousand people attended
the sham battle at the state G.. A. K.
encampment at Terre Haute, Ind, the
other day. Six companies OF state
militia and two light batteries partici-
pated. A fort had been constructed
and part of the militia were ordered
to defend it. They were supposed to
be Spaniards. The invading forces
stormcd the brcastworks and tore the
Spanish flag from the fort. while the
| Oiu veterans S1Outeu JIltHlStlNtS hOdlSt.
THE Mexican Central depot, which
was built across the Rio Grande at Ell
| Paso, Tex, 10 years ago at cost of
| SAC. 900, was entirely destroyed by fire
| the other morning. The origin of the
| fire. it was said. was a lighted cigarette.
THE Kansas state treasurer on the
23d stamped warrants in the sum of
S47. so, mot p1id for want of funds. "
| When the treasury opened that day
| there was SO, 900 in the general reve-
nue. fund. 1t did not last an hour.
A LONG dispatch was received at
Washington on the 23d from President
Schurman, of the Philippine commits
sion, giving the results of the meetings
| thus far held with the Filipino commits
sion sent by Aguinaldo to treat with
| the Americans. President Mckinley
was much gratified at it's contents, but
the text OF the dispatch was not made
public and will not be.
| WASHINGTON on the 2}d inaugurated
three days peace jubilee. The city
was gaily decorated with bunting and
! the day opened with the boom of guns.
the ringing of church bells and tae
blowing of whistles. In the afternoon
there was parade of military and
naval organizations stationed in and
around Washington. At night a grand
display of fireworks and realistic
production of the battle of Manila were
given
A BIG strike of gas was made on a
farm at Tiffin, O.
The national Baptist convention
opened at San Francisco on the 9th.
THE fertilizing@ plant of Walker,
Stratman e Co., at Pittsburgh, Pa,
was destroyed by fire. Edward Probst,
an employe, was missing and it was
| feared that he was burned to death.
| The loss was about 500, 600.
THREE white men, James HUMPHREYS
and his two sons. were lynched the
other night near the village of Alley,
Tex. The HUMPHREYS were farmers
and We're accused of harboring "A man
who had murdered q constable. The
mob was composed of Is neighborS.
TIE first spike in the track of the
Fort Dodge II Omaha railway was
driven at Council Bluffs, Ia, on the
| 24th.
THE tuberculosis congress opened at
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present. of whom 200 were delegates
from Germany and foreign govern
ments. Surgeon Boyd, who represents
the medical corps of the nited states
navy at the congress, made an address
| and was elected chairman OF the Amer
| lean delegation.
Two persons, IA man and woman,
persisted in a fire that destroyed a
lodging house in West Forty-seventh
street. New York. Mrs. John Roath-
berg, 81 years old, also was fatally
burned in trying to escape from y
burning tenement at Rivington and
Pitt streets, in the same city.
TIE oil tank of the gas company a,
Macomb, H.. was struck b. lightning
and the oil was ignited and caused a
fire which required seven hours OF
fighting to subduc. 1t was finally con-
quered by the and of chemicals. The
tank contained Is. 600 gallons of oil and
all but / 900 gallons was burned.
A HURRICANE visited Hastings, Neb.,
on the 25th. demolishing the st. Joseph
& Grand Island railroad sheds and
blowing down 20 houses. No lives were
lost.
AN agreement was made at a secret
meeting at Columbus, o., on the 24th
to consolidate the stoncware potteries
east of the Mississippi.
AN automobile started from Cleve-
land, o., for New York the other day
in an attempt to break the horseless
carriage time record between the two
cities. The route selected was about
800 miles.
Ir was stated on good authority at
Chicago on the 18th that the Diamond
Match consolidation with the indie
pendent factories will be accomplished
within a fortnight.
A SPECIAL from Miles City, Mont, on
the 23d stated that there were indica-
tions of Cheyenne uprisings Armed
Indians had driven Mrs. Lorain and
child from home, burned haystacks and