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The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15
Southern VS.. Frisco.

The movements of the Frisco and
the Southern in Mississippi will be
watched with the keenest interest
from now on. There is no doubt
that the strongest antsgonism exists
between the tive systems, and the re-
cent consultations and railroad
changes in this State have brought
the two systems into competition.
In its efforts to get to the gulf the
Frisco projected the New Orleans &
Mississippi Midland road, which was
to run from Pontotoc to New Or
leans, paralleling the Illinois Cen
trail and going right into competition
with the Central.
To cheekmate this scheme the Il
linois Central Immediately projected
the Memphis & Mobile line, which
was to run from Grenada to Hatties-
burg and connect with the Mobile,
Jackson & Kansas City. At this
crisis the Frisco and the Central ev-
identity came to terms and the Cen
trail made over its interests in the
Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City line
in consideration of the abandonment
of the New Orleans & Mississippi
Midland project by the Frisco.
No sooner had the Frisco taken
over the Mobile, Jackson & Kansas
City and the Gulf & Chicago than
the Mobile & Ohio passed into the
hands of the Southern. When the
Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City is
completed to Pontotoc the Frisco
will be connected with Mobile and
will have a line paralleling the Mo-
bile & Ohio through this State.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15
Legal Status of Indians.

Attorney General McClurg re-
ceived an inquiry from justice of
the peace in Southeast Mississippi,
in which the justice wanted to
know if an Indian could be sworn
as a witness or tried and convicted
before any of the courts of the eoun-
ty. He wanted an Immediate an
swer, as he had an Indian in durance
vile. The attorney general replied
that an Indian possessed the right
of trial in the courts of the State
and also had the right to testify as
a witness if he believes in supreme
being.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15
Frisco Must Incorporate.

The st. Louis & San Francisco
Railroad Company, better known as
the Frisco system, will have to in
corporate under the laws of Missis-
sippi and become domesticated if it
desires to operate the Kansas City,
Memphis & Birmingham railroad
and the Mobile, Jackson & Kansas
City line with the Gulf & Chicago.
That the Frisco will take out a
charter under the laws of this State
there is no doubt. In fact, Attorney
General McCfurg has issued his ulti-
matum to this effect and has advised
the attorneys for the road that they
will have to incorporate on the plan
by/which the Southern railway re-
Gently became domestic corpora
ton. The general solicitor of the
Frisco road now has in his hands a
certified copy of the incorporation
papers recently filed and recorded in
the office of the Secretary of State
by the Southern, and the attorneys
for the Frisco in this State have adj
vised that they comply with the de-
mands of Gen. McClurg.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15
vIcERoY TAo-MU IS DEAD.
He Had Been Forced Into Private
Life BY the Bitter Attacks
of the Palace Clique.

Hong Kong, Oct. 11.-Tao-Mu, vice
roy of the provinces of Kwang- Tung
and Kwang-Si, is dead.
Advices brought to Tacoma, Wash,
September lobby the steamer Victoria,
were to the effect that Tao-Mu had
been forced to resign and retire to
private life by the bitter, deter
mined attacks made upon him by the
eunuchs of the palace at Pekin, whose
hatred he had incurred.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15
Good Citizen Gone.

John A. Gwin died near ByhaIia
last week. He was born seventy
seven years ago in Middle Tennessee,
and moved to Mississippi when quite
young. He was one of the best cit
liens of Marshall county, and leaves
wife and two sons, besides many
other relatives and friends, to mourn
his death. He had been consistent
member Of the Methodist church and
the Masonic fraternity for fifty
wears.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15

The richest mans son may be a
spendthrift, the soberest mans son
may be drunkard and it appears
that novelist's son may become a
destroyer of novels. The son of the
great Daudet is calling for law
against fiction, believing it should be
as much forbidden as morphine or
cigarettes. He asserts that it warps
the mind, breeds crime and causes
unlimited unhappiness,
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15

''It will be positively necessary for
the poor TO get coal by stealth during
the coming winter" said a Buffalo
judge the other day in discharging a
poor woman who had stolen so cents
worth of coal from a railroad cor
poration. The Coal trust is demoraliz-
ing in various ways.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15

Once more there are reports that
Castro's days of power in Venezuela
are getting short. Some of the recent
stories of victories by his troops
seem to have been erroneous. The
stories came through his literary bu~
reau, and were contradicted as soon
as the real facts became known. The
situation for him is dark, according
to the latest reliable news.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15

The verdict of five years in the pen
itentiary for Robert NJ. Snyder, the
promoter, will show the country that
the bribers in the st. Louis boodling
cases are not to escape. 1t is not
worth while to attempt to establish
any moral difference between the bri-
bers and the bribed. Both belong to
the same infamous group. They are
parts of the same scheme of villainy,
since one could not exist without the
other
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15

From the ambitious, energetic south
and southwest, which contain some
of the richest and most fruitful of
commemorative. come daily more
agreeable and authoritative tidings of
agricultural development. Reports
from all sections of this immense
territory are laden with golden prom
Use, of its coming greatness and inn
nOrfaDoa
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15

A result of the coal famine that has
not been thought of will be very
large exodus of northern people to
the south this winter, and particul-
LARRY to that section below Charles
ton and through Florida, where the
risk of uncomfortably cold days dur
ing the average winter is very slight.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15

The last horse car has just disap~
peared from the streets of Berlin.
New York is now almost the only inn
portant city in the world that still
clings to those Anticipated vehicles,
and it seems likely to do so for long,
long time to come. 1t is curious
sight to see the chief city of the new
world made the last home of worn
out devices.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15

The Halifax Nova SCOTIA Chron-
icle says: Eve are now, however we
may try to glind ourselves to the fact,
subjects of our fellow subjects in the
old country. We occupy, therefore,
degraded and most degrading posi-
ton. We must proceed to get out of
it in some way at the earliest posi-
BILE moment. Six millions of Canadi-
ans in contented dependency is pitt
full sight. The longer it continues the
more pitifuI will it become"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15

If there is any one property in
which the public has an interest it is
the coal mines. The interest is not
only specific, but vital. Upon the
steady supply of fuel at uniform
prices depend the comfort of the
masses during winter, and during the
whole twelve months of every year
the prosperity of the nation itself is
directly connected with the coal sup
ply and directly influenced by it.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15
Railroads ried Up at Larado. Tex

Laredo, Tex, Oct. 1.-THE strike Of
the Texas Mexican railroad and the
National railroad fremen is still on,
and with one exception not a wheel
has turned over either road out of
the city. Passengers from the north
remain around the hotel corridors
anxiously asking when a train win
move southwark. s5ov. Sayers sent
State Adjutant III mas Scully here
with party Of rangers. United.
States Marshal William Hanson also
has arrived, and BE, together with the
adjutant and raHgers, will AFFORD the
railroad all assistance necessary.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15
SIOUX CITY MYSTERY SOLVED.
The Body of Mrs. II. f. Burns, Miss
ing Since Friday Last, Found
In the Sioux River.

Sioux City. Ia, Oct. 1O.-The mys-
terry which surrounded the strange
disappearance of Mrs. T. F. Burns,
leading Sioux City musician, on last
Friday night, has been solved by the
finding of her body in the Sioux
river. Mrs. Burns took boat from
the Riverside Boat club, last Friday
night, and had not been seen since.
It is believed death was accidental.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15

England's task in the reconstruc-
ton of South africa is hard enough
under the best of conditions, but
some of the continental European pa
pers are endeayoring to throw addi-
tional obstacles in the way of the
reorganizers by urging the Beers to
demand more favorable terms than
were agreed to in the peace treaty.
This advice, to the extent which it
may be acted on, will hurt instead
of help the Beers, by obstructing re-
construction.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15
Central Fair AssocIatIon

The annual fair and races Of the
Central Fair Association was held
at Grenada October s, 9 and 10.
The fair district embraces nine coun-
ties Of the north central portion Of
Mississippi, but there were several
events open to the world. Great
preparations were made to have a
successful exhibition of live stock,
farm products and various other ar
ticles. The promoters Of the fair
succeeded beyond their expectations.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15

1t cost the promoters of the Central
Traction bill about $25O,0OO to buy
enough members of the st. Louis mu-
nicipal assembly to pass that meas
ure. The franchise was afterwards
sold for $1,250,000, making clear profit
of a million dollars for the promoters
and incorporators. Yet no man will
face the honest scorn of his fellow
men even for such prospect.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15

1t is painful to think of convicted
briber being torn 'from his home,
his family, his business and his wife"
But how is crime to be prevented or
the public protected if every man
with business or a family is to eS-
cape the consequences of lawbreak-
ing? Of all men, the man of family
should keep within the law.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15

That part of Gen. Funston's annual
report for the department of the Col
orado, which relates to the effects of
the abolition of the army post can
teen, as he has observed them, will
revive discussion of an act of the ma
tional legislature which was due
wholly to strange yielding to pres
sure from a small, well-meaning, but
misinformed and prejudiced minority
of the people of the United States.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15
rha axten4 10 which tbe

The extent to which the persence
of American soldiers in Cuba steadies
values in that island, as shown by
Intelligence from Havana, has lesson
for both Cnbans and Americans. On
certain day recently it was am
nounced that the administration at
Washington was about to order the
immediate withdrawal of the Amer
lean troops from the Notifications of
Cuba, and on that day stocks dropped
on the Havana exchange to such an
extent that panic in the island was
narrowly averted.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15
The Chicaro Lake Front case.

Chicago, Oct. Montgomery
Ward has won his long fight for the
preservation of the entire lake front
for park purposes, the supreme court
of Illinois having denied a rehearing
of the case. Attorneys for both sides
consider the question as settled and
the litigation as ended.
The whole tract from Randolph
street to Park Row and from Michi-.
gan avenue to the harbor line or
breal1water, is thus secured perma-
nently for park, and the erection of
any building in the area is prohibited.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15
A LONG CONFERENCE.
Roosevelt and His Advisers Meet mt
the White House,

Washington, Oct. Flor long
time Friday afternoon and night
President Roosevelt discussed the coal
strike situation with members of his
cabinet. After Office hours Secretary
Root, Attorney-General Knox and
Postmaster-Genera Payne went over
to the White House and remained
with the president until nearly six
o'clock. Further than to admit that
the coal strike was the subject which
brought them together, the members
of the cabinet will not talk, except to
say that nothing has been done.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15
Convlcted OF murder.

Austin Pulpus, charged with con-
spring with Alex Pulpus, Arthur
Orr and Isaiah Gelaspie in the muir
der of George Anderson, on January
10, 1901, in Chickasaw county, was.
convicted in the circuit court at
Houston last week.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15
Rallroads as Taxpayer.

The new railroad assessment,
which has just been footed up BY
Secretary Webb Of the railroad CHM
mission, shows that the railroads will
contribute this year total Of $15,-
600 more taxes to the expenses Of
the State than they contributed last
year. This increase is due to the in.
crease in the valuation Of the milo.
age Of The roads made by the copss
mission.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15

The highest membership of the
Grand Army of the Republic was 4o9,-
4s9, in 1890. The number of members
now is 263,745, showing an average
annual loss of 14,574. Every year
full division passes over to the silent
majority.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15

Companies to manufacture peat bri'
quettes have been organized in sew
eral counties of Massachusetts and
will soon be turning out 5000 tons
daily each. The machinery for the
purpose was made in New York, Pitts
burg and Detroit.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15
The school Teacher,s victi ms.

Winnipeg, Man, Oct. 1l.-An Al
toona dispatch states th"t one of the
girls shot by the school-teacher,
Toewes, has since died. Toewes is
alive, but according to the reports of
the doctors in attendance he and the
two Keller. children and Trustee REM
pell can not recover.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15
County Fair.

The Oktibbeha Fair Association
held three days fair at Starkville
last week. It has been over twenty
years since Starkville has held a
fair, and the 0ktibbeha Fair Assoc
citation had numerous obstacles to
overcome in reyiving interest in a
fair, but they have succeeded with
their venture beyond the expecta-
tions Of the most sanguine, and now
one will be held annually.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15
Fatal Heasf-on Collision.

Danbury, Conn, Oct. 11.-one per-
son dead and over a score injured, is
the result of a head-on collision on
the Highland division of the New
York. New Haven and Hartford rail-
road Thursday :ght directly in FROM
Of the station at Sandy Hook.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15

A dtsputant in labor controversy
who is willing to submit his case to
arbitration must be supposed to have
a better cause than one who balks at
the proposition.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15
Cotton MIL Products Rate.

Secretary Webb of the railroad
commission has sent out the follow
ing circular letter to general freight
agents of the various railroads:
''Dear Sir-We have complaint of
the rate on cotton mill products to
points within the State. We desire
to establish a line of rates that will
be fair to the mills and to the rail-
roads. as we'll. We propose the fol-
lowing maximum rates: When over
one line, 40 cents per 100 pounds ;
when over two lines, so cents; when
over three lines, 60 cents. Should
there be no objection to this, we will
order the rate established at our
next meeting, Tuesday, October 21,
1902. Should you find objection to
this suggestion We will hear you on
above date"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15
Made Good speed record.

Boston, Oct. Notwithstanding
the breaking of small steam pipe,
the new torpedo boat destroyed Law
renee eclipsed her required speed of
2s knots on an official Standardization
trial, Friday, and her speed will
henceforth be rated as 29.4 knots an
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15
Water in 1t,

"NIy dear" asked Mr. Keerful, as he
poked inquisitively at mass of something
on his plate, what in the world is this"
why" explained Mrs. Keerful, you
know the health authorities have ad-
vised us to boil all the water we use, and
that is the watermelon you bought for des-
sert. Baltimore American.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15
shnf MhiIe ResiaIInr nflcrr.

OskaIoosa. Ia, Oct. liza man
named Lewis Hyer was. fatally shot
at Evans, Friday afternoon, while re-
sisting arrest. He made an assault
upon an officer with a knife. He
claims Beatrice. Neb., as his home.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15
TWO Girls Drowned.

lola, Kas., Oct. 11.-Josie and Rosie
KlemicS, girls, were drowned in the
Neosho river, one mile from here, FRI
day, due to the capsizing ofsa row.
boat.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15

New York, Oct. 11.-"What do you
mean by politicians? want you and
all the other operators to understand
that am the governor of New York,
the chosen representative of 100000
people, and that am here in this mat
ter solely in that capacity and to re-
lieve if possible an intolerable situa-
ton. And what is more, intend to
use every power at my command to
do it,
Gov. Odell made this statement, Fri
day, to President Baer of the Reading
railroad in the presence of United
States Senators Platt, of New York,
and Quay and Penrose, of Pennsyl
vania. 1t was the elimination of a
rather heated interview in the office
of Senator Platt, s.nG the result of
the first meeting between Gov. Odell
and President Baer.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15
". c. T. U.

The nineteenth annual convention
of the State Woman's Temperance
Union convened at Oxford lastsWeek
with a large number of delegates
from throughout the State.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15

what became Of the young chap who
was writing How to Live on Ten Cents per
Day%" asked the caller He left" re-
sponded the publisher Why" Because
we refused to allow him 50 cents for dinner"
Philadelphia Record.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15

Fuddy-"There is one thing about Flan-
ders that | like. He never has anything to
say about his aches and palms, Duddy-
''No, but he's all the time Dragging about
his splendid health Boston Transcript.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15
Pardoned by GOV. Nash.

Columbus, o., Oct. 11.-Gov. Nash
has granted a pardon to f. ". Taylor
and daughter, convicted of kidnapping
little Margaret Taylor
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15

Too late to cure a cold after consump-
ton has fastened its deadly grip on the
lungs. Take DR.. Woods Norway Pine Syrup
while yet there is time.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15

It's mistake to imagine that itching piles
can't be cured; mistake to suffer a day
longer than you can help. Doan's Ointmen,
brings instant relief and permanent cure.
At any drug store. 80 cents.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15

You didn't dig any coal to-day, did you 2"
chuckled the striker. NO" replied the
non-union miner, good humoredly. 81
wasn't in the vein for t."-Phiadelpha
Press
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15
More APPROX ri at e.

HE calls his office dental parlor.'
Isn't that ridiculous?"
1T is, indeed. He should call it draw
ing-reom.' Philadelphia Record.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15

The highest exercise of charity is char
ity towards the haritable.-Buckmin
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15

Dyspepsia-bane of human existence. Bur
dock Blood Bitters cures it, promptly, per-
manently. Regulates and tones the stomach.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15

'THE COAL OPERATORS MAY
POSTPONE THIS MATTER UNTIL
TUESDAY, BUT / DON'T PROPOSE
TO POSTPONE IT. HEY ARE NOT
ACTING FAIRLY TOWARDS THE
PEOPLE. BELIEVE SHALL FIND
SOME REMEDY. Gov. Odell of New
York, after interview with President
Baer.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15

Is it burn? Use DR.. Thomas Electric
OIL A cut? Use DR.. Thomas Eclectric Oil.
At your druggists.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15

I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my life three years ago.-Mrs. Thos.
Robbins, Norwich, N. Y, Feb. II, 1900.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15

One trouble with white lies is that they
require too much whitewashing .-Ghicago
Daily News.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15

Putnam Fadeless Dyes color more goods,
per package, than others.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15
It MADE 6)V. ODEL HOT.
An Incident of the Conference on
the Coal Miners Strike In
New York City.
GOV. ODELL REBUKEs PRESIDENT BAER.

Baer Told Plainly That the Miners Have
the Same Right to Organize as Have the
Coal Operators Also That the People
Want Relief From the Present IntOler-
rbIe Situation.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-10-15
Baer in Bad Humor.

Mr.. Baer was not in the best of
humor when he entered Senator
Platt's office. The conference was be-
gun by statement made by Senator
Penrose that the situation was be-
coming so serious that some solution
must be found at once. He suggested
that the operators should incline to
some concessions toward a settle
ment.
"If you mean by that" said Presi-
dent Baer, that we are to recognize
the existence of a labor union, l tell
you right now that the operators will
consider no such proposition"
Gov. Odell vas on his feet in an in
slant. Holding half-burnt cigar in
his hand and white with excitement,
he said:
Are we to understand that no kind
of a conciliatory proposition will re-
ceive consideration at the hands of
the operators?"
Il did not say that" answered Mr..
Baer, "but do say, and reiterate it,
that we will not accept political adj
vice or allow the interference of poll
ticians in this, our affair"
Then it was that Gov. Odell made
the statement attributed to him at
the beginning of this article.
Begged Governors Pardon.
President Baer, evidently appre-
ciating that he had gone too far,
bowed to Gov. Odell, and said:
Governor, l beg your pardon. No
personal affront was intended, and we
will listen to any suggestions you may
have to make; but again / repeat
that we must refuse to recognize the
union as represented by Mr.. Mitchell"
Il believe said the governor, that
your position from a public view is
abso lutely untenable. If coal opera
tors, railroad men and other business
men can combine for mutual profit
and protection, there is no reason
why laboring men should not"
what is the proposition" said Mr..
Baer, coldly:
"Just this" said Gov. Odell. 81 am
sure that the labor organization of
which Mr.. Mitchell is head desires
him to be fair with the general pub
lie. If the operators will consent to
give the men five cents ton increase
will personally present it to the
miners, and / believe they will accept
it. 1t is fair proposition"
docs this mean, Gov. Odell, that
we are to recognize the miners
union?'' Mr.. Baer asked.
1T certainly does" answered Gov.
Oaell, quickly, land there is no reason
why you should not"
MIR. Baer and Mr.. Thomas rose to
go, Mr.. Thomas remarking that the
matter would be presented to the 9th
er operators, and that an early an
swer would be Forthcoming.