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The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-13
DOINGS Or 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.
WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
GIVEN IN THE PRESS DISPATCHES
FROM WASHINGTON.

In an interview in Washington Sen
ator Carter, of Montana, said that in
his opinion the war in the Philippines
would be ended by January I.
President Schurman, of he Philip
pine commission, made comprchcn-
sive statement of the situation on the
islands at meeting of the presidents
cabinet.
On the 5th the amount of net gold in
the United States treasury was $249,-
246. 254, exceeding all records.
The president and party arrived in
Washington from the grand army en-.
campmcnt.
On the night of October Admiral
Dewey will be given his real home-con.
ing welcome at Washington.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-13
bridge erirm to Blame.

Chicago, Sept. 6.-The Pittsburgh
Bridge company and Charles NJ. Peas
lee, superintendent for the company,
were held responsible by a coroner's
jury Tuesday for the death of the II
men who were killed in the fall of the
Coliseum arches August 2s. The YER
dict charges gross carelessness and
neglect, and recommends that the mat
ter be referred to proper authorities for
full inye tipa inn
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-13
sheridan I'm Port.

San Francisco, Sept. S.-The trans
port Sheridan with the Thirteenth Min
iments and 200 discharged men on board
arrived from Manila via Nagasaki and
Yokohama Thursday night. The Sheri-
dan equaled the transport record of Is
DAYS in the run from Yokohama. Al
though nearly 1000 men were on the
steamer, but 60 were on the sick list
and most of them are nearly well. Three
men died on the. trip, two of them be-
ing discharged regulars and one mem
her of the Minnesota regiment.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-13

Ex-Speaker Reed, who has resigned
his position in congress and gone TO
New York city to practice law, is 60
years old, having been born in 1899. He
has been continuously in politics since
1869, serving without interruption in
congress for % years of that time. and
having been last year elected for anoth-
er term. He says he has had enough of
politics, and in this alone he shows
that he is great man, for few men who
have been in the political arena as long
as he ever get enough.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-13

Many inquiries have been received Of
late concerning the unlawful trust or
combine" law passed by the Mississippi
legislature in March, 1896. Here is a
sample from firm of bankers and
Financial Agents, Chicago:
1. At that session what political party
controlled the legislature?
Answer-Democratic
,. Were party lines drawn when the
legislation was enacted?
AnSwer-Party lines were drawn, but
they were all on one side of the ques-
ton.
3. What was the total vote for, and
the total vote against the bill on its
final passage?
Answer-ln the senate, yeas %, nays
nays /; absent So.
1. To what party did the author of
the bill belong?
Answer-The Democratic. The au-
thor is a leading attorney.
Here is the full text o. the Act. 1t
should be extensively published and
rigidly enforced:
IAN ACT to amend Section 4,440 of the An
notated Code of 1892, so as allow per-
sons affected by any trust or combine
to recover an absolute penalty of five
hundred dollars and actual damages.
Section |. BE it enacted by the legisa-
ture of the State of Mississippi, That see
ton 4,440 of the Annotated Code of 1892 be
amended so as to read as follows The pro-
Queer and owner of any commodity whose
cost or price is affected by any unlawful
trust or combine, may recover the sum of
five hundred dollars and all actual dam
ages, and he may maintain his action there
for against one or more of the parties to the
trust or combine, their attorneys, officers
or agents, and that whether or not all the
parties to the trust and combine be known,
or whether or not the trust and combine
were made or shall exist in this State.
This remedy is also extended and granted
to any person whose cost or price of service
is affected or who in any other way is in
jured or damaged by any unlawful trust or
combine. In all cases for the recovery of
this penalty, evidence that the cost of any
commodity or that the price of any service
was intended to be unlawfully affected by
any trust or combine shall be conclusive
proof that such trust and combine did af-
feet the cost of such commodity or the price
of such service. The above penalty and
damages may also be recovered by affected
or injured person from any railroad, ex-
press, telegraph, telephone or other trans
portation company which may be a party
to any unlawful trust or combine, or which,
because Of any unlawful trust or combine.
may refuse to transmit any message, or
transport any commodity. for one place in
this State to another
Sec. 2 That this act be in force from
and after its passage"
Approved March II, 1896.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-13
The editor offbe FIRST Amer

The editor ofshe first American news
paper published in Cuba recently re-
turned from Havana. To a friend he
: told an amusing story of his trials at
gathering competent staff of news
paper writers. This is specimen OF
Cuban reporting" "A man killed a
dog belonging to another man. The son
of the man whose dog was killed pro-
ceeded TO whip the man who killed the
dog of the man he was the son of. The
man who was the son of the man whose
dog was killed was arrested on COM
plant of the man whose dog the man
who was assaulted had killed"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-13
Don't Bar CHRISTIAN scientists.

Springfield, ILL.,, Sept. 9.-Attorney
General Akin has rendered an opinion
that the medical practice act of 1899
does not prohibit the treatment of dis
ease by mental or spiritual methods by
Christian Scientists, CIR others where
no medicine is used, and that where
Il person dies during such treatment, it
is not an oifense under the criminal
cod, of Illinois.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-13

Another ''crisis" is reported from
Spain. Trouble is brewing because the
young king is nearing his majority and
in three years win be is, that being the
age at which the constitution of the
country permits him to take up the
reins and rule. He is neither mentally
nor physically strong enough to rule,
however, and the people desire that the
present queen regent continue to rule
ia the kings stead. In the meantime.
nou Carlos is looking over the back
fence and with wink of the eye says
he may have something to say about the
kingship himself when the time comes.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-13

There are 400 George Deweys in New
York city. Every one of these babies
has been named for the hero of Manila
paw No other American, with the pos
sible exception of George Washington,
has been so universally recognized by
having babies named for him as Ad-
miral Dewey. At one time the merry
game went on at the rate of ten day.
There are no distinctions. Rich and
influential parents apparently have as
great delight in honoring Dewey as the
poor and unknown. Many girls have
sbeen named Georgiana Dewey, and a
few have been called Dewiana.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-13

Everything in Paris is nov a~'omo-
bile, and the vehicle is used for many
purposes for which it is at present un-
known in this country. For some two
months past an automobile hose wagon
has been in use by the Paris fire depart
ment. The machine with its equipment
weighs over three tons and runs at an
average rate of Is miles an hour The
department is having fire engine and a
ladder truck constructed, and it is be-
lieved it will soon be entirely "horse-
less"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-13
Only .yyO Saved,

Detroit, Mich, Sept. s.-A Tribune
special from Mackinaw City, Mich.
says: The steamer Case, passing up
Thursday evening, had on board Capt.
Freeman and one sailor, Nelson Allure.
the only survivors of the Canadian
barge Lisgar, which foundered in Lake
Huron at one o'clock Monday afternoon.
They had drifted in the yawl boat 81
hours, when picked up Thursday morn
ing 20 miles below Thunder Bay island.
Capt. Freeman thinks the rest of the
crew all persisted.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-13

Z A New York lawyer has been in
formed by decision of the supreme
court that he must pay his wife's dress
maker for making silk dress, for
which he insisted his wife alone was
liable, on the ground that he provided
his wife wita a weekly allowance, be-
sides paying the household expenses.
The presiding justice said that notwith-
standing the statutes which allow a
married woman to make contracts, etc,
as if she were unmarried, the husband
was liable for such articles as she might
purchase for herself, if they were suit
able to her husbands means.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-13

A Boston electrician says that the
days of the underground wrought and
east iron gas, water and steam pipes are
about numbered. and he ventures the
opinion that within seven years nothing
will be used for underground piping
except glass pipes. He says that cleo
trolysis is playing hob with the kind
of pipe now used, and that there will
soon come time when every city in the
country will be suffering from bursting
mains of all sorts.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-13

Des Moines, Ia, Sept. 9.-The funeral
OF Samuel Merrill, governor of Iowa
from 1865 to 1872, was held here Friday
afternoon. Senators Allison and Gear
and nearly all the Iowa congressman
and state officers attended. Gov. Mer-
rill commanded the Twenty-first Iowa
regiment with gallantry during the
war, served the state in the Legislature
was one of its wealthy men, and died in
California q few DAYS ago, aged II.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-13

A dispatch from Rome says that Sig.
Marconi, the inventor OF the wireless
telegraphy system, is soon coming to
America for the purpose of endeavor-
ing to establish communication be-
tween this country and England by
means of his newly invented apparatus.
How ridiculous such an announcement
would have sounded five, three or two
years ago, or, for that matter, this time
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-13

Having read in the Bible that pas
sage which says: "Out of the stem Of
Jesse there shall come forth a branch,
JOHN b. Branch. of Waterville, Me-, now
asserts that he is the Messiah and is to
effect the evangelization of the world
in ten years. He already has 25 follow
ers. who were baptized secretly because
of threats of riding him ca a rail.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-13

New York, Sept. s.-Richard B. Leech,
of Brooklyn, died suddenly Thursday
night just as he finished his address at
banquet of the Forty-eighth New York
volunteers at Brighton Beach hotel
He was 81 years old. During the civil
war he was in the service of the United
States as paymaster's clerk in the At
lantic squadron under Admiral Du-
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-13
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Victims of Lightning.

Camargo, III, Sept. s.-A fash of light
ming terrible in its consequences struck
among body of men on the grounds of
the Fair association here at seven
o'clock Thursday evening while the
fair was in progress. Ten persons were
thrown to the ground, two being in
stantlY killed.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-13

Omaha, Neb., Sept. THE extreme
heat of the past week has done eonsid-
erableu damage to the corn crop in Ne
braska, Iowa and northern Missouri. 1t
is safe to say that there will be fall
ing off in the expected yield of one week
ago of from ten to fifteen per cent. !.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-13

Four thousand of the Smith family
held a reunion at Peapack, y. j., the
other day. All of them trace their an
cestry to a certain John Smith, who
came to that part of the country as a
boy 100 years ago. Whether he was a
relative of John Smith of the Pocahon-
tas love affair is not known.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-13

Again comes a quiet intimation that
town lots in Jerusalem are about to eN-
perience a boom, but it will be well not
to get excited over the rumor. There
has been a great deal of money lost in
Jerusalem in the last 1000 years.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-13
Hack unM,,,. successor.

Black River Falls, Wis.,, Sept. by
general consent of the Winnebago In
dams, Thomas II. Roddy, formerly OF
this city, now a resident of Chicago
Will succeed TO the craftsmanship under
the title of white Buffalo" He sue
ceeds the late Chief Black Hawk, who
died near this city last week.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-13
Mrs. Barnard Thanks
MRS. PINKHAM FOR HEALTH.
LETTER TO MRS. rINKHAM NO. I8,99sI


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The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-13

Richard ]. Calling, the famous in
ventor of the machine gun which bears
his name. has turned his attention from
designing guns to the perfecting of agri-
cultural implements.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-13
Peru,s New President.

Lima, Peru, Sept. 9.-Senhor Eduardo
Romano. former senator for Arequipa
was on Friday inaugurated as president
of the republic of Peru for the term
of four years, in succession to Senior
Nicolas Pierola. The city is quiet.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-13

II may be Of interest to know that
the average duration of yellow fever is
a week, but in graver cases the attack
may be precipitate and prove speedily
fatal
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-13

II Miss Helen Gould were to appear
in public decorated with all the badges
and medals she has received since the
beginning of the Spanish-American war
she would rival the commander of the
German army on gala day.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-13

An Indiana minister who has married
1900 couples has invited the entire lot
TO attend a reunion at his home. II is
probable that most of them will send
regrets"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-13

Scientists declare that the physical
deterioration of the human race, which
has been going on for centuries, has
ceased and gradual improvement COM
r,op,,1
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-13

Mose--Why am yo' sech a rabid anti
expansionist?
Pete-'Cause is forever opposed to
any kind ob game dat hain't got a
"anty" in it.-Judge.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-13
Discovery of Life p,.

:. Science has discovered plant - e.,
HE that II one OF its leaves be bTollui y
and merely pinned to warm val iioksn of
plant VIII grow from it. 1t is tbss mother
vitalizlng PRINCIPLES which enable q ans
ters stomach Bltters TO arouse 10 Iio inset .e;
auty tne 9verW9rked stomach, the w sea
d RrSOe sha s or snn .e The ro%
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Sc needs
private Revenue Stamp covers The mat mat q
the bottle. '''e neek Of
A glLl o. 10 should remember how soon "a
ison Globe. Atch.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-13

The Greenville Democrat gives Gov.
McLaurin lO5 instructed votes for sena.
tor, and lis votes if Mr.. Aliens name
is placed before the legislature
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-13
East Mississippi Insane Asylum.

The editor of this department being
in Meridian on the 31st ult., was in
vited by DR.. J. NJ. Buchanan. superin-
tcndent of the East Mississippi Insane
Asylum to visit that institution. A
trolley ride of nearly two miles took US
to the beautiful asylum park, that sew
enteen years ago was an ordinary for
est. The buildings, though not so
large as those near the capital city, are
very imposing, and the entire equip
ment is very complete. There are 3l5
patients, all white, and about equal as
to sex in numbers. Scores OF applica-
tions are registered for admission when
vacancies occur, as is the case at Jack
son. A brick building has Just been
completed that will accommodate fifty.
and the brick has been burned for a
similar building at the other end of the
main building. These will be known
as the convalescent cottages. There
will be no bars to the windows, and
the lower story will have gallery
around where the patients can sit and
chat and read and imagine they are on
the way to recovery. This plan has
been adopted in several other States.
and with splendid effect.
DIR. Buchanan's only medical assistant
is DR.. T. l.. Dobson. Mr. r. E. Moody
is steward, and Miss Sallie Murlev is
supervisoress.
1t takes lot of money to support an
institution of this kind. Here are some
OF the items of biennial supply: 5,.44
barrels flour, 1896 pounds bacon, TO-
O59 pounds pork, 1864 pounds coffee.
23,llI pounds suga", 1856 pounds tea.
l5,609 pounds rice, 20 barrels grits, 81
sacks salt, 915 bushels corn meal. 4.1s2
gallons molasses, 500 pounds leaf lard
1924 pounds fresh beef, 4,547 lus shells
Irish potatoes, s. bushels sweet pota-
toes, G.S95 gallons buttermilk, a.. O5O
tons ice, LII tons coal, etc. The farm
and garden products of the place are
valued at So, 331,36; butter and milk at
s2,4s6.50. Mississippi may be in the
rear in some things but her benevolent
institutions are up to date.
The A. and NJ. college, at Starkville.
and the Alcorn A. NJ. college, for col.
ored youth, received from the Morrill,
fund, for the year ls99-19OO, the sum of
1000. This is divided between the
two colleges on the basis of the educa-
BILE population of each race in the
State according to the census Of 1890.
the whites numbering 1862, $50: colored
lS7,7S5. The A. and NJ. college gets
Sll,6l7.29; Alcorn A. and NJ. gets
S13,3S2.
Nearly all the Mississippi newspapers
are now being received and filed at the
Office of secretary of State, where thew
can be seen by visitors to the capitol
The secretary feels quite ''at home in
the company of his old exchanges, and
is delighted to have the weekly visit of
SO many new and bright ones.
The Greenville Democrat gives Gov.
McLaurin los instructed votes for sena-
49,. Il
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-13

A lie is always in hurry, but the truth -
willing to wait.-Chicago Daily News
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-04-05
Through Tourist Cars to Kansas City.

The action Of the Northern Pacific
and Burlington railroads in estab-
fishing a twice-a-week tourist car
line between Seattle and Kansas City
Is a step in the right direction. 1t
means that 1t Is now possible TO get
aboard a a at any point in Wash
ington, Idaho or Montana along the
main line of the Northern Pacific and
go through to Kansas City without
changes or delays OF any kind.
Cars leave Billings every Wednes-
day and Sunday, arriving at Lin
coin, st. Joseph and Kansas City fol-
lowing Thursday and Monday. Close
connections are made at Lincoln with
solid vestibuled trains for Omaha,
Peoria, Chicago and st. Louis.
Berths can be reserved and tickets
secured at any Northern Pacific ticket
office, or by addressing II. B. Segur,
Cont Agent, Billings, Mont.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1899-04-05

A nlspatcn rom washington says
that Adjutant General Corbin cabled
Major General Otis at Manila that
the department desired to at once re-
turn the bodies of soldiers to their
homes, but General Otis replied that
it would be impossible to do so for
six months, owing to- climatic
conditions. Doubtless all of the
dead will eventually be sent home.
Letters received from members of
Company | recently, state that First
Sergeant Barton was, at the time
these letters were written, acting as
second lieutenant OF Company A 1.-THE
Great Falls company to which
vacancy he has been promoted by
Col. kessler, subject to coniirma-
ton by Gov. Smith. Sgt. Cheadle
had taken Bartun's duties and Sgt.
Stoddard those OF Sgt. Cheadle, the
officers below each gaining one
number in consequence.
During the engagements OF the
past week near Malolus, eighteen of
the Montana regiment have been
wounded but none killel ]. Among
the injured are two of Company !,
Corporal Joseph Lorenz, back, severe;
Ed. Weaver, forearm, slight. The
former was a partner Of !. l.. Nelson
in the tailoring business, and had
served an enlistment in the regular
army, while Private Weaver Is a
brother of James and Sam Weaver
OF this city.
DR.. Cliff Lindsey returned Sunday
from Glendive where he had attend
ed the trial of his brother-in-law,
Joseph Hurst. on the charge of
murder. The doctor says the yerdict
OF guilty was a great surprise as
such a result had hardly been con-
sidered possible, considering the
evidence adduced. A motion for a
new trial will be made in afew weeks
and seems likely to prove successful.
On his return home, DIR. Lindsey
sojourned for a few days at Hunters
Hot Springs.
OF course the ARGUS makes no
claim that the matter which appears
in its columns has been copyrighted,
and il at all times glad to see extracts
appear in siournals,
but, nevertheless, ii would seem only
right that credit should be given
when an entire column is clipped and
republished. We refer to the republi-
cation in our contemporary last
week of the account given in the
ARGUS, Of October %, of the appre.
hension of the murderers of McRea
and Allen.
ID. j. Kane completed his duties as
enumeration of the proposed town OF
Lewistown last week and Monday
submitted his report to the county
commissioners, Messrs. Phillips and
Corbly meeting In special session for
that purpose. The total number oi
inhabitants IL located by Mr.. Kane
was 800, which is an Increase Of more
than one hundred over the return
made by w. Il. Mcfarland, who took
the last census in the closing days OF
1897. Considering thar fully 100 more
people live Immediately adjacent tn
the town and are a part thereof,
though not included in the proposed
corporate limits, Lewistown may be
said to be u town Of 100 inhabitants
not at all bad for a point 100 miles
from a railroad.