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The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-06
WEST AND SOUTH.

Twenty-Five persons were poisoned bG
eating ice cream at picnic near Ladora,
Ia, and fatal results are feared in sew
eral cases.
In a railway wreck on the Rock Is
land road near Keets, Kan, eight per
sons were injured.
Near Barnard, Mo-, train was
wrecked and Engineer Crisis was killed
and Conductor Mather and Fireman
Smith were fatally hurt.
The spring wheat crop of Minnesota,
North Dakota and South Dakota will
amount to 200, 100000 bushels.
In Cleveland rioting broke out in
connection with the strike on-the lines
of the Big Consolidated street railway
and four cars were demolished.
In the Eighth Missouri district Dor
sey w. Shackelford (dem.) was elected
| to congress.
At Charleston the new Eastern Illi-
nos normal school building was ded-
| icated.
The republicans in the Sixth Ne
braska district have nominated Moses
p. Kinkaid for congress.
People in Lincoln and those from
| towns near by gave an enthusiastic re-
| ception to the First Nebraska regiment
when it arrived from Manila.
Joe Choynski whipped Australian
| Jimmy Ryan in the twentieth round
in fight in Dubuque, Ia, for the light
heavyweight championship of the
world.
The transport Grant, which left Ma
Mia August l with the Idaho, North Da-
kota and Wyoming volunteers, has
arrived in San Francisco.
At Atlanta, Ga, Joe Carol (colored)
was hanged for the murder of Josie
| Alexander, negress.
Fire wiped out ten buildings in the
business portion of Trio, o.
President and Mrs. Mckinley are
| for the first time in nearly a year in
Canton, o., for few days rest.
In convention in Des Moines the Iowa
peoples party nominated Charles A.
Lloyd, of Muscatine, for governor.
Democrats of Ohio in convention at
of Cincinnati, for governor. The plat
form favors Bryan for president; free
coinage of silver at sixteen to one; de-
nounces trusts and Imperialism; IA
vors independence of Cuba and the
Philippines, and recommends consti-
tutional amendment providing for the
election of president, vice president and
United States senator by direct vote
of the people.
Flames destroyed a store at Yuma, A.
T., causing a loss of s150000. and six
| persons were burned to death.
Gustave Gunderson, Frank Crosdale
and William Radtke, while working in
a silo at Wausau, Wis.,, were overcome
with carbonic fumes and killed.
Flames destroyed go acres of timber
land near New Pittsburg, Ind.
In Cleveland. o.. street railway strik-
ers blew up a car, and five of the six
passengers on board sustained broken
legs.
At Key West, Fla, yellow fever has
broken out.
In railway wreck at Rossville. IT,,
Engineer Tilton, Fireman Hollis and
Air Inspector Kellogg were killed.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-06

/ The Iaquis are industrious and law.
abiding, but IA Mexican regulation re-
curing all men to wear trousers has
| always been particularly obnoxious to
them. When they visit Il so-called civ
ilized village to sell their pottery,
woven mats and baskets they do not
put on their trousers until they are
about to enter the corporate limits, and
on the homeward journey they take off
the hated garments as soon as they are
clear of the town and carry them in
little bundles on top of their heads.
The only strangers with whom they
are on friendly terms are the Apaches
of Arizona, and scores of these murder
GUS savages, outlaws from United
States territory. have found safe ref
| uge in the Iaqui country.
DR.. w. j. Magee, of the bureau of
ethnology at Washington, d. c., who
has made researches in Sonora and is
familiar with the Yaquis, describes
them as a pastoral people, somewhat
skilled in the arts in rude way. They
are ruled by their own laws, follow
| their own customs, and are deeply
| rooted in their ancestral pagan faith.
They have towns, which are often asy-
| lums. A refugee having sought safety
among them will never be surrendered.
DIR. Magee found them faithfully at
| tached to their native forms of worship,
and by no means entirely submissive
to the priests. Among themselves they
have their ancestral ceremonial RICH s
| of birth, marriage and sepulture, as
well as feasts and festivals. They have
| a government of their own, and crave
independence. They are also hos
pitable race. The men are kind to
| their women and children, and the
women WELD great influence. About
| their bravery there is no question. The
women do some fine weaving in cotton
and the fiber of the agava
The men are employed as herders,
farmers and miners, and do their work
well. They know the value of a dollar
quite as well as white traders, and can
drive shrewd bargain. Their houses
are matched huts with earthen floors,
usually standing in the midst of small
bean patches.
AS TO the number of Yaquis there is
a great diversity of opinion. Some es-
innate the strength of the nation in
Sonora at $4,000, others at 10000. Fiji
teen thousand is probably the right
figure. In 1920 the Yaquis numbered
10000, but thousands were killed in
their wars with Mexico and thou sands
of others were degraded into poems.
On the other hand, the government of
Mexico has sacrificed 5000 soldiers and
many millions of dollars in fruitless
endeavors to subdue the Indians and
restore permanent peace. How many
of the $4,000 remaining Yaquis are now
capable of bearing arms cannot be told
with any degree of accuracy, but 5000
might be taken as conservative esti-
mate. And 1900 mountain men fight
ing in a mountainous country for home
and liberty is mighty host. That
every soldier will readily concede.
/ WILLIAM WALTER WELLS
California produces about one-third
of the almonds consumed In the United
Gfafaa
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-06

Yaqui, 1000 miles northwest from the
City of Mexico. which had been cap
tured by Cortez in 1921. The missions,
protected by the army, prospered, and
in the course of time the Iaqui terri
tory was added to the Spanish domain
in America. In 1875, however, the In
dams revolted against Spain. The in
vaders were defeated in battle, but
made up for their failure in arms by
artful duplicity. The Yaquis revolted
again in 1925, and again in 1882, against
Mexico, when, armed with bows, battle
axes and spears, and led by their cele-
brated chieftain, Banderas, they put
up a noble fight, although finally over
come. They made another revolution
airy attempt in 1s41, and defended their
mountain Businesses with rare yalor,
and for years held the Mexican troops
at bay. Order was finally restored by
compromise. The present conflict
will be still more sanguinary; because
to-day the Indians are well armed. The
bows and battle axes have been sup
planted by winchester repeating rifles
and field guns.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles, who is an au-
thority on everything pertaining to In
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-06
AN EXCITING JOURNEY.
BOer Policemen Twice Boarded the Train
on Which the Correspondents
Were Escaping,


LONDON, Sept. 3.-The Morning Post
publishes the following dispatch from
its special correspondent now in New
Castle, Natal:
Il left Johannesburg on ascertanlng
that it was the intention of the govern
ment to arrest every one who had taken
leading part in advocating the claims
of the Uitlanders. There were hun
dred warrants out. 1t was an exciting
journey. Boer policemen twice boarded
the train. At every station saw trucks
loaded with commissariat stores anu
ammunition ready to start. The Beers
declare their intention soon to rush 10
the Natal border. The chief officials
at Pretoria consider war unavoidable
and they have prepared to strike De-
fore the British are ready.
THE following gentlemen escaped
with me: Messrs. Moneypenny' HULL
Hoslxin, Niven, Quinn, Orr, Ferguson
and Currie."
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-06

Prof. r. III. Thurston, of Boston, rises
TO explain that the automobile, or self
moving carriage, for street purposes,
antedates the locomotives and was sug-
gested by Sir Isaac Newton as early as
1850. Of course all the early self-pro-
but over 20 are said to have been run
ming in London in 1883, and it seems
that they were quite common for sew
eral years, until the fierce opposition of
the stage coach proprietors brought
about overmuch legal regulations of
these vehicles, which finally regulated
them out OF use.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-06
Mr.. William j. Brown, Sr.
Notable Anniversaries.

Bishop Charles b. Galloway cele-
brated the fiftieth anniversary of his
birth, and he and his good wife cele-
brated the thirtieth anniversary of
their marriage, at their residence in
Jackson on Friday, Sept. /. The Bishop
was born in kosciusko Sept. /, 1910.
His wife was Miss Hattie b. Willis, of
Vicksburg. They We're married on his
twentieth birthday. He was stationed
at jackson in 1874, at the age of "a.
Their jackson friends, of every faith,
called in great numbers to express
their congratulations, and the wires
conveyed many kind wishes from
friends in this and other States. Bishop
Galloway is one of the great men of
the South, and if he were not a bishop
he would be governor, a senator or a
president. His capacity is equal to the
most exalted station in civil or eccle-
siastical life. In all the councils of his
church he is great among the greatest,
and one evidence of his greatness is
that he gives his wife the credit for his
present position in life-that ''her
faith, constancy and wise counsels have
been strength and inspiration to
him."
When Rev. c. b. Galloway closed his
last pastorate in jackson this writer.
in reporting the occasion, said he had
bishop timber in him." and this was
perhaps the first hint of the honor that
in due course was conferred upon him.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-06

An unusual application was made to
the United States district court at Pitts
burgh. William Bowling, of Titusvlle,
asked permission to withdraw his for
mer petition in bankruptcy, his wife
having paid his debts in full. One of the
receipts submitted was unique, mas
much as it is dated back to Genesis. 1t
reads as follows: Received of William
Bowling, by hand of Ann Bowling, the
sum of $500, in full settlement of all
claims from the beginning of the world
to and including the date of this re-
ceipt."
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-06
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.

Gen. Corbin says there is no founda-
ton for the report that three more reg
] iments of volunteers will be organized.
A large majority of the men who held
commissions in the volunteer army in
the war with Spain are again applicants
for service in the Philippine campaign.
The president has issued proclama-
ton calling for census of CUBA.
The secret service has discovered a
new counterfeit two-dollar treasury
note of the series of 1891, check letter
portrait, Mcpherson.
New laws for Porto Rico have been
prepared by the insular commission
which submitted its report to Secretary
| Root.
Because of the revolutionary move.
ments in the Dominican republic the
navy department has practically de-
cided TO send more war vessels there.
In an elaborate report to the war
department on prevailing conditions in
| the territory in Cuba under his juris-
| diction Gen. Fitzhugh Lee takes strong
| ground for an independent government
| for the Cubans under an American pro-
| tectorate.
In the United States treasury the
amount Of net gold on the LIST was S247,-
| sO,601, being the largest amount on
hand at one time in the history of the
department.
Col. II. Clay Evans, commissioner of
pensions, in his annual report for the
fiscal year, says the number of pen
sioners was 991 $40, and the total ex-
penditures were $13S, 355,052.
All the minis are turning out dimes,
quarters and half dollars as rapidly
as they can be produced, the demand for
fractional currency and silver dollars
being unprecedented.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-06

The town of Hartford, in Oxford
county, Me-, has custard pie associa-
ton, which meets annually in hem
lock grove on the margin of Swan pond
and gorges itself with custard pie. 1t
grew out of a custard-pie eating contest
between two residents of the town on
the annual fast day 80 years ago. The
match was adjudged to be tie, the as
ISOLATION was formed and everybody
in it now strives to beat everybody else
eating custard pie. Secretary John d.
Long, who was born in the nearby
town of Buckfield, is an honored mem
hap
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-06

..R,.. and shine For De Light An Censs"
As the following sermon" IL going
the rounds Of the press, its origin may
as we'll be traced. A few summers ago
4 party of friends who were stopping
II Allison,s Well, near Ways Bluff, In
Madison county, attended preaching at
.'cullud" church nearby. Among the
un-lookedfor visitors was Miss Kate
Markham Power, who reported the SER
non. She repeated it to Western
lady. and wrote it out for her, and this
IS not the first time that q secondhand
reporter has claimed and gained the
credit of another's production. The
sermon was delivered in Chicago to a
large audience in order to raise money
for Southern missionary work:
II takes my tex FUN de sixty-tif chapter
oh de Prophet Isirah, an de fus vus.
".Rise an shine for de light am cum
Now my brudders an my sisters dey Is
to- kines er light which is going to display
to your sanctijun vision dis mite. Fus dey
is de light oh de sun er-shinin' In de day
time on de cotton an de corn; secondly
dey is de light OBJ de moon er-shinin' IN de
mite; and thirdly dey is de light OF de stars
er-shinin' to kepe de moon comp'ny and
forthly, well, my breddin' de forth light
Amt cum to yet, but hits dar. l amt tellin'
vet whut hit is. nur whar it shines but
say de light is dar. An now to perceed
wild de werification oh de scripter.
I'm dem days dere wus three fellers as
mostly run together. Desc here fellers wus
named Isariah, Danel-yes, brudder, dat
same Daniel and de lions den, and den dere
was Jerry. Now, my congregation, l is
got to give you de true story OBJ dat dar
man named Jerry.
Some folkes as you knowsis so hifalutin'
dat dey is sorter discontempshus OBJ de
name er jes plain Jerry, SO dey sticks on
de miah part and calls him Jeremiah. Ole
Jerry he got to telln' dem folks as how de
Lawd in de fullness of his wrath wus
gwine ter stroy EN- an as dere amt no
folkes, neither white folkes, nor black
folkes as lacks ter be tole bout deTe mean
nesses, wy desc here folkes dey tuck en-
catch Jerry an put him in hole an built
up high wall round i'm. Now, dis here
wall whut dey built round Jerry, was jes
fo' brick walls an nebber had no flo nur
no top to hit an bein's how Jerry wus one
desc here ballhaided felleTs he felt mighty
oncumferbal when der brilin' sun scotched
down on he ballhaid. An den rain cum en-
de flo to Jerry's prison got muddy an
miry. But do rain it KEEP er comm an de
mud it KEEP er rizin an hit riz, an hit riz'
twell hit WIS up to Jerry's knees. An hit
riz, an hit riz, twell hit clar up to Jerry s
wais an den when he seed dis here mud
bout to swamp i'm ole Jerry commenced
ter calm on de Lawd An he called: oh
Lawd, cum help me outen dis here mire.
An every time Jerry called on de Lawd,
de Lawd dun cum down from heben an lif
i'm outen dat mire. An Jerry called an
de Lawd lift twell Jerry dun got clean
outen de mire, an dats why some or desc
here heightened preachers thinks jerry got
de intitle to be called jeremiah
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-06

The average American has probably
overlooked the fact that our govern
ment has one warship in course of con-
struction in a foreign country. She is
the Albany, at Sir William Armstrong;
yards in England. This vessel was
purchased more than a year ago, or
about the same time that the cruiser
New Orleans was bought, but after the
early termination of the Spanish war
work on her was not fastened. She is
to be delivered before the end of 1899.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-06

Ex-Gov. Hogg, of Texas, says regard
ing the stories about his children's
names: 1.-The truth of the matter is
that my girls name is Ina Hogg. She
was named by her mother. Her mother
was reading book somewhere in which
one of the characters which interested
her exceptionally was named lima.
About that time the little girl came
along and she was named Ina. We
never noticed the play of the name un-
til it was called to our attention. The
boys all have rational names. They
are Tom, Mike and Will"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-06

Reading matter is a costly luxury in
the Klondike. Editor Harry q. Steele,
of Ashland, Pa, has arrived at Dawson
City and is about to commence the pub
LEGATION of the Daily News, the pioneer
publication of the kind in the country,
all publications in the past having been
"semioccasional." Editor Steele an
nounces that the paper will sell for 25
cents per copy, or $3.50 per week, and
that the advertising rates are to be rs
per inch for each insertion. We are in
clined to believe that the editor of that
new paper is well named
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-06
India Drouth Broken.

LONDON, Sept. S.-Lord George Ham
ilton, secretary of state for India mas
received dispatch from the viceroy Oh
India, Lord Curzon, asserting that in-
mediate anxiety regarding the crops III
the central provinces of India has been
removed by heavy rain, sweeping IN
from the Orissa coast and extending
into the Baghelkhand district ana '"0
eastern half of the northwestern prov
inces of Oudh
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-06

The new religious law which has gone
into effect in japan requires that before
beginning religious work propagators
Of faith must 60 before a governor
with full details. They must fully ex-
plain the scheme of faith, and if at any
time any change occurs in any of the
tenets the preacher in charge must go
to the governor for permission. The
lot Of the local japanese governors is
likely to be an unhappy one when the
missionaries representing the various
denominations of the Christian church
ask them to grasp the mysteries of all
the differing creeds.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-06

Forty years ago Henry A. Frazee, of
Plainfield. N. j., loaned William p.
Hedden, friend, $500 with which to
engage in business. A short time after
that Hedden failed and went west to en-
gage In the mining business. Frazee
gave up all hopes Of ever securing the
return of the $500, and had almost for
gotten about the matter when he re-
ceived letter recently stating that
Hedden had died and left him SIS. 900 be-
cause of the old loan. The SIS, 900 comes
10 Frazee at time when he Is In straits
Tor money. and be thinks that his old
fEiesd WAS pretty good fellow
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-06

When Senator George L. Turner, of
Washington, lost his fortune few
years ago there came to his law Office
some miners from British Columbia
who wanted some papers drawn up. As
they seemed poor, Mr.. Turner refused
to accept fee, wbereupon they insist
ed that he accept stock in their claims.
The claims turned out well and made
them all, including Mr.. Turner, million
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-06

The Star of Hope, newspaper print
ed by the convicts in Sing Sing prison,
New York, in a recent issue printed the
following pithy advertisement: Lost
A good character; the owner will give
all his earthly possessions for its return
and no questions asked. Address Con-
triton, Clinton prison"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-06
Personal Assess ments.

The personal assessment roll of Ian.
derdale county shows an increase OF
$4,000 as compared with last wear.
The total personal valuation for 1899 is
S2'l6l,Sl4. The county has s471, $50 in.
vested in merchandising and s6l7, 97s in
manufactures. The State tax will be
Sl4,o4S,54, and 6,576 polls were assessed.
fazoo county's personal property
valuation is 81 sos, 1914. The county has
s5Oo,6l5 invested in merchandise and
500, $50 in manufacturing. The State
tax will be s1l ,039.5s and the levee tax
S4'227.lS. Number of polls assessed,
Sab.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-06

Admiral Schley said in a recent inter
view that few officers in the navy took
much personal interest in politics be-
cause they were so often out of touch
with political affairs by reason of sery-
ice in ports at the other end of the
world. He himself, he said, had had
but one opportunity to vote for presi-
dent since he attained his ma ioritY.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-06
A Father I'm Israel.

o'd Uncle" Joe Robbins, of Union
county man of 81 summers, has. for
the past ten years, given his children
and grandchildren birthday dinner
AT the celebration last week there were
about 300 children, grand and great.
grandchildren. Uncle" Joe bids f.;r
to live his fourscore and ten. There
were present five men over so and nine
teen over 20 years old.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-06

Almost every nation, with the excep-
ton of Great Britain and the United
States, is oxertaxed to meet the ex-
penses of maintaining its army and
navy. France runs behind to the amount
of S100,000,000, Austria has an annual
deficit of $4,000, 900, Russia of s5O,OOO,-
900 and Italy of 30,000,0 900.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-09-06
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
NOTES OF PAST AND CURRENT EVENTS.
BY L. POWER.

party nominations of judges and chancei-
lors by districts Sections above named
are annulled for the time at which the leg
islature puts this amendment into opera
ton as hereby provided. Circuit judges and
chancellors may preside in any district a.
authorized or required by law.
IF ma jority of the qualified voters
shall have voted for the proposed
change, alteration or amendment, then
it shall be inserted by the next sue
ceeding Legislature as part of the
constitution" So that il the elective
judiciary proposition is approved by
the people. the first election of judges
will no, take place until the general
election, four years from next Novem-
Der. In the meantime the governor
will fill vacancies as they may occur, or
as terms expire.
In this connection it may be interest
ing to note the dates when the terms
of judges now in office expire;
The term of Judge Thomas IL. Woods,
First District, commenced May TO- 1891,
and will expire May 10, 1900. For this
place the names of c. ii. Alexander
and $. ). Calhoun are announced as
applicants. and r. H. Thompson is also
mentioned.
The term of Judge Albert II. Whit
field, Third District, commenced May
| 10. 1894, and will expire May 10, 1908.
The term of Judge Samuel II. Terral,
Second District, commenced May 10,
1897, and will expire May 10, 1905.
The terms of judges of circuit and
chancery courts is four years from date
of appointment, except that 1.-THE gov
ernor has no power to appoint Judge
to full term upon the expiration of a
preceding one during a recess of the
| senate"
| CIRCUIT JUDGES.
First District-E. O. Sykes, to March
1, 1901.
Second District-T. A. Wood, to May
10, 1901.
Third District-Z. NJ. Stephens, to
Sept. ~, 1900.
Fourth Districts. A. Montgomery,
/ to June %, 1900
Fifth District-W. F. Stevens, to
Nov. -, 1900.
Sixth District-.Ieff Truly, to Dec. 1,
| 1902.
Seventh District-Robert Powell, to
Jan. %, 1900
Eighth District-,Iohn r. Enochs, to
May 10, 1902.
Ninth District-W. X McLaurin, to
Feb. -. 1900
Tenth District-G. Il. Huddleston, to
Aug 3, 1900.
CHANCELLoRS.
First District-Baxter Mcfarland. to
Sept. I, 1899.
Second Dstrict-Nathan c. Hill, to
April .. 1900.
Third District-James Longstreet, to
Feb. /, 1902.
Fourth District Vim. c. Martin, to
Nov ,, 1902.
Fifth District-H. C. Conn, to Aug.
II, 1902.
Sixth District-A. NJ. Byrd, to Jan.
%, 1901.
Seventh Distrct-A Nee. Kim
brough, to April d. 1903.