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The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19
THE EAST.

Robert c. Billings, the wealthy Bos-
ton merchant, left in his will s1,600,O00
to charity.
In Trenton, n. j., the Distillery Com
pany of America, with an authorized
capital of $l25,0C0,OoO, was incor-
porated.
in n tenement building in New York
fire resulted in one death and in fatal
injuries to four persons.
z In the county Jail at Harrisburg, Pa,
Albert Smith, a middle-aged negro,
was hanged. II -....s 4.......-
In the last fiscal year 314,611 immi-
grants arrived in this country, an in
crease of nearly 100000 over the pre-
ceding year. ,fs E4k A
Flames in the Ritter Coney manufac-
turing plant in Allegheny, Pa, caused
loss of $15O,O0O.
The consolidation of the wrought
steel, iron and tube Industries of the
country was effected in New York with
capital of sso,0Oo,0Oo. ,tu s.-
While Respondent Mrs. Chauncey Tai
bot, aged 2S years, the wife of a we'll
known business man OF IL utndHl, IOnH.,
drowned herself and her two-year-old
boy in the river.
Fire caused by lightning destroyed
3cne-half the business portion of Frews
burg, n. y ~. a. -
Fire destroyed the magnificent coun-
try residence of William c. Whitney in
Wheatly hills, two miles from West
bury, L. /.
In Brooklyn dry dock No. at the
navy yard caved in, causing q loss of
over 100000.
+ Mr.. and Mrs. John d. Davis started
from New York for a trip to San Fran
cisco on gasoline automobile.
The wages of 10000 men, employees in
the American tim mills, are to be in
creased Is per cent.
At Reading, Pa, four boys died of
loekjaw caused by injuries received on
the Fourth of July.
Massachusetts republicans have
named October 6 as the date for holding
the state convention in Boston.
In New York 81 deaths from lock jaw
have occurred, due to Fourth of July
pistol wounds. H
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19
warrants for Executioncrs.

Antlers, l. T.. July 15.-Deputy Mar,
shall Bert Brown and n posse left Ant
lers Friday afternoon for Alikchi, with
warrants for the arrest of 81 persons
for contempt in refusing to grant a
stay of execution on writ of heabeas
corpus issVed by Judge Thomas
Wednesday, in the case of William
Goings, better known as Walla Tonka
who was shot Thursday, under sen,
tence of the Choctaw court, for the
murder of his uncle some time ago
The warrants are for the sheriff OF
Wolf county, the district attorney OF
the Third Choctaw district, the judge
clerk and number of deputies.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19
WEST AND SOUTH.

At Lisbon, o., 500 employees of the
tin mill struck for recognition of their
union.
In the mountains west of Anaconda,
Mont, forest fires destroyed thou
sands of acres of valuable timber.
After searching IS years for her
baby boy, stolen by kidnapers, Mrs.
Emma Smith, 60 years of age, of Bir-
mingham, Ala, found him in Cleve-
land. o. ~ .--'E,z-,
In Los Angeles, Cal, the thirty
eighth annual convention of the Ma
tional Educational association opened
with 10000 teachers present.
In Texas the loss to the cotton crop
by the flood is placed at s5,O00,000.
The noted desperado, Elias Hatfield,
son of the leader of the Hatfield-Mc-
Coy feud that cost 141 lives. surren-
dered to Gov. Atkinson, of West Vir-
ginia. %rE t
Shields Irwin and +, A.. Tarleton shot
each other to death at Crawford, Miss.
The new military post near Spokane,
Wash, has been named Fort Wright,
in honor of Gen. George Wright.
A mob shot Bud Brake to death at
Corning, Ark for completely in muir.
der. ~ --l
The customs receipts at the port of
Havana for June were 81 .012,S 500.
While going from his store to his
home in Lacross Henry Singletery, a
member of the Georgia legislature,
was assassinated.
On. the Colorado & Southern railway
a passenger train was robbed by four
men five miles south of Folsom, n. NJ.
The original Swiss bell ringer and
harpist, William II. Peak, died at Belvi-
dere, H., aged 6s years.
In Topeka, Kan..~ l.. NJ. Crawford,
manager of the Crawford opera house,
filed petition in bankruptcy with liza
bilities OF $a4s, $50.
The transports Newport and Ohio,
bearing the Oregon volunteer regiment
from Manila, arrived at Sap Francisco.
Because Of family trouble Frank Tep-
ley, well;to-do farmer near Stanton,
Neb., killed his wife and then commit
ted suicide.
At pubic auction the. Indianapolis
News was sold 10 Charles n. Williams
and Delavan Smith for 1896, GOO.
/ At the funeral of the six members of
the Reinhard family killed by the cars
at Columbus, o.. there were 5000 per-
sons present.
At Pana, ILL.,, Frank Crager, aged SO,
a saloonist, and Charles Pope, aged 81.
a miner, were drowned while bathing.
D. T. Corson, of Columbus, o., was
elected president of the National Edu-
cational association at the annual
meeting in Los Angeles.
At Alikchi. /. T.. William Goings
(wsIla Tonehka). the Choctaw Indian,
was shot under sentence of the Choc-
tag eourf, for murder.
pInRichmond, Va. the Baptist Young
Peoples Union OF America met in
ninth annual convention.
The attorney general of Michigan
says that the one cent per pound state
beet sugar Law Is Unconstitutional.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19
Resigns the Officc.

Washington, July 14.-Charles G..
Dawes, comptroller of the currency.
has resigned the Office of treasurer of
the Lafayette memorial commission,
because of his inability, in the pressure
of official duties, to supervise the sale
of the $4,000 of souvenir coins voted by
congress in aid of the Lafayette mem
orial monument, and which will soon be
i'm the hands of the commission. +. A.
Potter, president of the American Trust
and Savings bank of Chicago, has been
appOiptPd
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19

When Capt. Dreyfus arrived in France
be was ignorant Of The fact that the
old chiefs Of the army whom he so VEN
eruted. admired and joved were the
ones that had sent him TO exile, and the
disclosure was a great shock. He has
been kept 10 ignorance of what has
been going on IN the world. and was
surprised 70 learn Of the many things.
sl1.i have happened In i've years. He
dld not know fkst the interest and SYM
srnshy Of tbe whole world had been
4 roukesl for him. and eoald not under
,sand low The people Of America knew
6oythIpe about him.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19

Persons apply to the courts for queer
things, aud often the courts grant queer
requests. In Texas, a man having ac-
cused another of alternating his wife's
affections and having brought suit
for 100000 damages, epetitioned the
Judge to enjoin The man whom he had
sued from communicating with his
wife. The Judge granted the petition,
but the defendant declared that it was
an invasion of his right of free speech
and communicated with the woman.
whereupon the defendant was fined
500 and sent 10 jail three days for con-
tempt of court
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19

Cleanliness As an excellent habit. Il
is not. however. an essential 10 good
health and mental ACTIVITY. The health-
lest man writer in medical journal
ever saw is alive and well to-day at "a,
and he took a bathlonly occasionally
once In the Mersey atLiverpool in 1888,
and again in the North river in 1878.
both of which were accidental. the gen.
iiemap being slightly intoxicated when
be fell. Almost all people who live TO
~ extreme old age are found TO be
those who are NOT overload Of ablutions.
but who otherwise are careful in their
manner Of living.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19
Justice In the West.

Heard couple of good ones on this
trip" announced one of Detroit travelling
men. "At little town in Oklahoma court
was in session. and dropped in while wait,
ing for the train. The prosecution mad
aiken the testimony of stationary, en-.
gineer, and the attorney for the deiehlss
took hold. where were you the day tMs
thing happenedY he inquired.
A" Runnin' injun.'
"'What tribe did he belong to?
"The day before a case had been tired ID
which a man had climbed to the top Of
freight car laid up on siding, he mao
no business there, but loosened the brake;
The car started down grade, gained speed
rapidly for five miles, and then turned
somersault over an embankment' MS S ~
lar bone was broken and he got verdict
for $500 because a smart lawyer convinced
the jury that the railroad was guilty Of con-
tritutory negligence Detroit Free fress'
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19
No Parole for Spaulding.

Springfield, ILL.,, July 15.-The state
board of pardons has continued for
one year the application for parole
for Charles w. Spaulding, the Chicago
banker who is serving term in Joliet
penitentiary for embezzlement. The
application for pardon was continued
on motion of Mr.. Spaulding's attor-
new, until October. The action of the
board means that Mr.. Spaulding will
be retained in prison for another year.
The board does not deem that the
parole law has been fulfilled by one
wears Imprisonment in this case.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19

Prof Dewar, whose success in lique-
flying hydrogen and other gases startled
the scientific world, has made another
discovery which may be ofAyide-reach-
ing importance. 1t is new process of
casting steel, by which he says the
metal will be rendered much harder
and stronger than by present processes.
The principal feat ure of thesprocess is
that the metal is 10 be cast in vacuum.
If the plan is successful it is said ''the
air bubbles that now cause flaws and
weakness will be done away with and
metal will result such as the world has
never seer"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19

Huron, S. D., July 13.-The intense
heat of the past four days was broken
by splendid showers Wednesday over
most of the Jim river valley. Small
grain, especially wheat, has been great
ly damaged by heat and drought. Some
fields are beyond recovery, though not
wholly ruined. Indications are that
the wheat yield will average about the
same as last year. Rye and barley are
about ready for harvest and will DE
a fair yield. Corn is making good prog
ress and is not injured by drought or
heCt
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19
Supnr ROunty LAW Void.

Lansing, Mich, July IA. - Attorney
General Oren Thursday advised Aud
itor General Dix that the one cent per
pound beet sugar law is unconstitu-
tional. Under this opinion, the auditor
general will refuse to allow the claims
of beet sugar factories for $24,00c
claimed to be due for sugar manufac-
tured in January and February of this
year, and the question of constitutions
ality will be settled by the supreme
court
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19
VIII Postpone Trip.

Washington, July l3.-The president
has decided to postpone his trip to
St. Paul until October if Mrs. McKin-
ley's health will not permit him TO go
earlier, and he does not desire to go
without her. In October he has made
positive engagement to attend the
Chicago celebration, and if his St. Paul
trip is postponed until that, time he
will extend his journey from Chicago to
the Twin cities.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19
Cashier Wrecks q hank.

New York. July 15.-George NJ. Val
entine. cashier of the MiddleseX County
bank of Perth Amboy, \. j., which was
closed Friday, has surrendered him.
self, and is now in Jail on account of a
shortage in the banks funds, which has
been variously estimated all the way
to $165,00O. The affair caused con-
sternation and dismay among the bust
ness men of Perth .Amboy, where the
Middlesex County bank was considered
as strong as the eternal hills.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19

!, The jackson electric railway sent its
first car from the power-house to the
capitol on the 18th inst. As soon as the
capitol street bridge is completed the
entire system win be operated. On the
north line it extends to the lunatic
asylum gate.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19
Murdered and Ito ID bed,

Elbow Lake, Mimi, July 1.-THE
body of an unknown man was found
night seven miles east in a
wheat field with the skull crushed. He
had been murdered and robbed. The
body was so badly decomposed identifi-
cation is impossible. He apparently
had been dead two weeks. The coroner
thinks he was a stranger seeking work.
At the inquest no clew was found.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19

The government of Trinidad has de-
cided to adopt Marconi's system of
wireless telegraphy for communication
with the dependency of Tobago. To-
bago is an island in the Windward
group of the West Indies. The distance
through which the system will have to
operate will be "a miles; If a man had
could be established and regularly
maintained between those points with
out the use of wires he would have been
considered a candidate for the insane
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19
Not Very Hopeful.

ST. Johns, n. f., July 13.-Reliable in
formation received here indicates the
indefinite postponement of the discus
sions of the Anglo-American high joint
commission appointed to consider mat
tiers in dispute between the United
States and Canada. Sir James Winter,
the premier, does not expect to be sum
moned to Quebec before the new year
in any event
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19
A Pair of Lynchinxs.

Houston, Tex, July IS. Specials to
the Post tell of two lynchings in Texas
Friday. Abe Brown, negro. who
murdered and outraged Bohemian
woman Monday, was shot to death
near Gilead. and an unknown negro
was lynched near lola, Grimes county,
for numbering white boy, Lemuel
Sharu
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19
More victim. Of pi,,.,.

New York, July IA. = There were
eight deaths from iockjaw in and near
New York Thursday, making 81 in all
since the Fourth of July. Five new
cases were reported. All but one of the
fatal cases were due to Fourth of July
pistol wounds.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19

New York. July 12.-Qfticials of the
Manhattan Elevated Railway company
announce. that the executive committee
OF the company has awarded a contract
to the b. p. Allis company, oflNIilwau-
kee,' for eight steam engines of 5000
horse power each, capable of developing
in all 100000 horse power, The amount
OF the contract was said at the Man
haitian Office to exceed ST .of}0 sOO0
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19
Hatfield surrender..

Louisville, KY, July 12.-Elias Hat
field, the noted desperate and SON of
Devil Anse' Hatfield, leader of the
IIatfield-McCoy feud that cost 141 lives,
surrendered to Gov. Atkinson, of West
Virginia, in person Tuesday at Gray.
Hatfield shot Sheriff Ellis week ago
and has been holding off a posse in the
Kentucky mountains. Hatfield looks
for aequittal on the grounds of self
defense,
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19
Suicide of a WeIl-known Landlord.

Washington, July 12.-Charles f.
Gibbs, Al years of age, formerly we'll
known hotel man of this city, shot and
killed himself here Tuesday afternoon.
He was at one time proprietor of the
Ebbitt house and later of Wormsley's
hotel, but the latter enterprise proved
failure. Brooding over this and other
misfortunes, including the loss of his
wife some time ago, are the causes as
cribed for the rash act.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19

In the naval battles of Manila bay and
Santiago the American fleets, according
TO official reports, had but a slight
superiority in the number of sailors en-
gagged. Dewey commanded 1,743 men
and Montojo i.73i. At Santiago there
were 2,40o men on the American ships
and 2,125 on the Spanish.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19
v,.ttn, Of BicycIe Acctae.t

Breslau, July 1.-THE Schlesische-
Zeitung declares that the death of the
czarewitch, Grand Duke George, who
passed away July 10, was due TO a BIZ
cycle accident. While wheeling over
the billy country about Abbas Tumon,
in the Caucasus, the paper adds, mis-
hap caused him such loss of blood that
he died on the spot of the occurrence.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19
ThOusnnds of Emigrants Come.

Washington, July 12.-The stream of
immigration to the United States dur
ing the fiscal year just closed was
larger than during any corresponding
period since 1896, and was almost 100,-
900 more than during 1898. Commits
sioner of Immigration T. V. Powderly
has just concluded the compilation of
returns from the various ports of the
country, giving the number of aliens
who landed there during the last IL
months. The total was 314,611.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19
Dewey's Medal sent.

Washington, July 12.-The navy de-
partment has dispatched to Admiral
Dewey the medal awarded TO him by act
of congress to commemorate the battle
of Manila bay. The admirars medal is
identical with those sent to each man
in the fleet, with the exception of his
own name engraved upon the edge.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19
business to crow about

John Z. Swearingen, of Edgefield, S.
C., has just graduated from the Univer-
sity of South Carolina at the age of 20,
despite the fact that he has been to-
tally blind since a boy seven years old.
He has taken the full classical course
and has made the highest record dur
ing the four years of any man since the
founding Of the institution, He was as
sisted by a roommate, but only by the
reading aloud of his studies. JSk "a
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19
Filling the Gap.

The bright boy of fiction is playing WIN
his Noah's ark. l-ff".. Ia,n
what are these two chips OF wood'
asks the bright boys father: ., e..
1t is necessary for the bright boy OF nc
ton to have father, you know; there mas
to be somebody to draw him out :.,o,,
'"Them, replied the bright boy, wi'n0u'
hesitation, is the microbes" .r.
OF course, if We think minute, we p nj.
ceive that there must have been par Oh ILL
crobes on the ark.-Detroit journal.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19

A recent computation shows that,
counting only donations of $1,000 and
upward. partial list of gifts TO char
liable and educational institutions in
the United States during the last six
years gives an average of more than
S35. O00. 900 n year. fAs Ai.stk
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19

George f. Hamlin, who was state
senator from Linn county, Kap., in 1879,
had grandfather whose first name
was Europe, and this grandfather had
three brothers named Asia, Africa and
America. Vice President Hannibal
Hamlin was the son of Africa. Europe
was soldier in our recolutionary war.
Asia and America did not become noted
for ANYTHING.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19

James Billings, of Brookville, Pa, has
started a crow incubator, and is furnish
ing crow heads to New York milliner
for IS cents each. He places 125 crow
eggs in his incubator eachstime, within
Is days the little fellows have Matched
and eight weeks later they are behead-
ed. Billings has the only. crow hatch
cry in the world, but then ii is not much
of q business to crow about.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19

Since January 30 colleges, acade-
mics and seminaries and eight art gal
lerics in the United States. have re-
ceived gifts amounting TO S27 o72.35s,
not counting contributions Of less than
$1,000. The total for the. six months
is not less thar. s3o,COo,0oo, n showing
never before equaled in any country or
sA SEQ E q Hs5 Z
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19
ue,..re frou Dewey.

Chicago. July l5.-The Morning Rec
ord has received the following from Ad-
miral Dewey, dated Port Said, July ID:
Il am recuperating slowly, but hope
to gain more strength in cooler eli
mate. have made no plans beyond
Trieste. We shall arrive in New York
in October, as planned"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19
Alexanders Dewitt. who h;

Alexander Dewitt, who has lived in
Poughkeepsie, n. Y, for the past 80
years, practically on the bounty of.his
friends, is dead, and it is found that
he has left fortune of 10000 OF this
he has bequeathed $4,000 to a nephew
who once sent him SIS and who is the
only relative that ever manifested any
interest in his welfare. zs5 .sa s
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19

Providence, r. J., July 13.-The Globe
national bank wound up its affairs at
a meeting of the stockholders Wednes-
day. A liquidation dividend of 100 per
cent. was paid on each share. The capt.
tai stock to be liquidated is 100000.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19

1t is estimated that the ''bread-eat-
ing population Of the world will need
during the coming year 100000, 0o0
bushels of wheat. The best estimates
are that the total production for the
same period will be ESQ, oee, 600 bushels.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19

At Wichita, Kan, a bride of two hours
was killed and her husband and brother
seriously injuredas the result ofthatir
resistibly funny performances, the
chariyari party.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19
chtearo Reache. Cape Town.

Washington, July 12.-The cruiser
Chicago has arrived at Cape Town. Adj
miral Howison has remained inland and
is now al Johannesburg, whence he will
20 to Cape Town to join the cruiser.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19
HOLD STATE RALLIES.
Many Meetings Held by Baptistfoun
People at Richmond-Oni-
GERS Elected. s.--

Richmond, Va, July 15.-The dele
gates to the Young Peoples BAPTIST
Union of America Friday morning held
state rallies at the various churches
in the city. The topic address at
the morning session of the convention
was by DIR. p. b. Henson, of Chicago,
and was on Disciples Indeed" The
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19

Duluth, Mimi, July IA. - Reports
were received here Thursday morning
by grain men that vast clouds of grass
hoppers alighted on the fields in the
vicinity Of Rolla. N. D.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19

Washington, July g13.-rThe contribu-
tons received Wednesday to the Dewey
home fund amounted to sees, making
the total to date Sls.6ss.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19

II now appears that the so7called kiss
ing bug Is not a newly-arrived insect,
but an old bug with new habits, How
could it have learned them? tfEs 8
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19

Aeandidate for the legislature wants
to know the cost of holding the consti-
tutional convention Of 1890. The audi
tor reported disbursements on that ac-
count s55.7o6.s4. This did not include
printing, which was paid for out of the
appropriation for public printing.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-07-19
An excellent Combination.

An, Excellent COmbinatlOn'
The pleasant method and benetclsi
effects of the well known remedy,
SYRUP OF FIGS, manufactured by w
CALIroRNIA FIG SYRUP Co., ilius,ra.o
the value Of obtaining the hquid ZEN ~
tive principles of plants known ~
incidentally laxative and piesetthe
them in the form most refreshing VT II
taste and acceptable to the system, .x..
is the one perfect Strengthening , .s
tive, cleansing the system enee.ua ars
dispelling colds, headaches ana ies ons
gently yet promptly and enabiinR . Us.
TO overcome habitual constipation p,
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every Objectionable quality ana ans s
stance, and its acting on the kl ssn;ne
liver and bowels, without weas ;desi
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are used, as they are pleasant 70 The he
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known to the CALIroRNIA rLe nsfcial
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remember the full name OF the ooI aSsoe.
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