The leader., 1903-06-03

90 years Ola.
The Mississippi Chautauqua AS
sembly meets in Crystal Springs
July 10 to Aug. End. -
Yazoo'sss postmaster will here
after receive a $4,000 salary, be-
cause of increased receipts.
The fire chiefs of the State will
have their annual convention at
Natchez June 18th and 18th.
DR.. Frank Griffin has retired
from the race for Floater Repre-
sentative in Jackson and Harrison
counties.
Another water works plant will
be built at Vicksburg, because of
recently raised rates on Adams
ale.
Rufus Majors fled the scene of
his crime, after killing negro at
Mendenhall last Saturday. No
cause assigned.
The Yazoo City Library, the
finest of it's kind in the State
added to it's number a hundred
volumes last week.
The University Base Ball team
will play jackson today, tomor-
row and next day. Warren Nc
Nair, of Brookhaven, is short
stop.
In the case of Arthur Abram
against the l. C. 81, 5OO.was award
ed the plaintiff for damages, in
the Madison circuit court last
week.
Mateo Marento, a stevedore,
age So, was killed at Gulfport
while loading a ship with lumber.
He was struck by a piece of
timber.
The third annual meeting of the
Mississippi Compress Association
will be held in jackson tomorrow,
in the Senate Chamber of the old
Capitol Building.
81 of the 80 applicants for the
profession of dentistry received
certificates. Less than so per
cent. of wouId-be doctors of med
icine we're successful applicants.
The Houston Brothers, of
Vicksburg, are said to be prepar-
ing the greatest display of timber
for the st. Louis Exposition ever
placed on exhibition by the South.
At the A. & NJ. College, Bishop
Gambler, of Georgia, preached
the commencement sermon and
Hon. 3. H. Edmunds, of Balti-
more, delivered The annual adj
dress.
Judge McKimbrough adjourned
court at Greenville, in order that
those who so desired might attend
the laying of the corner stone to-
day at the capitol. The grand
jury had returned 24 indictments.
Because her husband did not
wish to prosecute the case in court
Mark Smith, the negro sentenced
for entering the sleeping apart
ments of Mrs W. w. Thompson,
at Meridian, was released from
custody.
By the sale of the site of the
East Mississippi Female College,
the buildings of which were
burned recently, $4,000 will go
into some Mississippi Methodist
institution. it having been Meth
odist property.
The Oder of the Mystic Shrine
met at Hamasa Temple, Merid-
ian, on the 2Sth. Covers for $50
were laid at the banquet. S. l.
Solomon, of the Queen City, was
appointed Grand Lecturer, to sue
coed Hon. j. L. Spinks.
Murderer James Burns, SEN
fenced to hang June 9th, was re-
leased from the jail at Williams
burg on May Both. Jailer Magee
is confident the locks were secure
ly fastened. Prisoners state that
thee men unlocked the Jail after
midnight and the birds flew. A |
reward is offered for their recap
ture.
Rev. Jean Skyles, alias Mason
Lane, the bigamist, has been pro-
nounced insane by a jury of six,
who took eleven minutes to de-
eide the matter. He has ex-
pressed a desire to die and is crit
ically i'll in Port Gibson, at pri-
vate house under guard. His pa
rents, who reside in Memphis, are
paying his expenses.
Vicksburg has organized Pro-
gressive League, with power to
consider any and all matters per-
tanning to the welfare of the city.
The permanent officers are B. w.
Griffith, president; Frank H. An
dreWs, secretary. The former
is president of the First National
Bank and the latter is secretary
of the Board of Trade.
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