The leader., 1903-07-08
News Of the World

The London war Office reports
that government troops serving in
Somaililand had an engagement
May 81 with the Mad Mullah's
forces, killing 5000 spearmen and
capturing all their cattle, sheep and
1000 camels.
The Iowa republicans, in state
convention endorsed President
Roosevelt's administration, reiter-
ated the party's financial and
tariff policy and nominated the fol-
lowing ticket: Governor, A. B.
Cummings; lieutenant governor,
John Herriott; supreme judge,
Chas. A. Bishop; railroad commits
sioner, David J. Palmer; state SUI
perintendent of education, F. J.
Riggs.
Eight civil engineers and six
veterinarians from the United
States will be sent to the Philip
pines. The eight civil engineers
will be employed on road building
in all the islands of the archipelago
and the veterinarians will be en-
ployed in inspecting the imported
cattle which the civil commission is
arranging to bring in from Austria
liza and points on the continent. 1t
has been decided that 81, 100000 of
the 100000 appropriated by the
last Congress shall be used in build
ing roads.
Following is the record of lynch
ings for the month of June:
Benjamin German, colored,
Webster county, Georgia,
Robert Dennis, colored,
Greenville, Miss.
8-'Banjo" Peavey, colored, Fort
Valley, Ga.
S-Four negroes, Smith county,
Mississippi.
8-Negro woman, Smith county,
Mississippi.
11-Frank Dupree, colored, For
est Hill, La.
19-John Brown, Bad Lands,
Mont.
22-George White, colored, Will
mington, Del.
23-George Kincaid, colored,
Cleveland, Miss.
24-Case Jones, colored, Elk Val
ley, Tenn.
25-Jack Harris, colored, Clar-
endon, Ark.
26-Three negroes, Newton, Ga
25-Lamb Whitley, colored, Mon
terey Landing, La.
29-Andrew Digs, colored
Scottsboro, Ala.
30-Chas. Evans, colored, Nor
way, s. G.
Total, 21.
Assistant Secretary Of the Treas.
uary Keep has made a summarized
statement of the principal financial
operations of the government fol
the fiscal year, closed June 80
The revenue of the government fol
all sources for the year ending
June 80, 1908, is shown to have
been $558,8S7, 526. The sources Of
revenue were as follows: Customs
$3.50, 891,719; internal revenue
$23O,115,256; mi IS cellan Gus
sources, $44,8S0,551. The expen.
ditures for the year were $506,17
$50, as follows: Civil and miscel,
laneous, $125,918,312; war (includ.
ing rivers and harbors), $118,549,.
683; navy, $s2,696,8O3; Indians
$12,931, 1855; pensions, $13s,425,
618; interest, $28,556,618. The
surplus for the year is $52,71O,936
In comparison with the fiscal veal
ended June 80, 1902, the revenues
show a decrease of $3,500,707, anG
expenditures an increase of 1884,.
985,732. The surplus shows de-
crease of S3S5,676,439. The avail.
able cash in the treasury on June
80, 1908, was 31,545,O12, an in.
crease of $19,357,651 over the cor.
responding date in 1902. The tota,
amount of gold in the treasury or
June 80, 1908, was $631,639, 1896
an increase of $71, 439,598 ovel
1902. The outstanding gold Ger.
tifcates, less the amount of same
in the treasury, on June 80, 1908
were $379, 356,789 an increase Of
$72,957,780 over the net amount
in circulation at the beginning Of
the year.
Chas. Evans, colored, charged
with the murder of white man
was taken from Jail at Norway, S
c., and lynched by mob. Foul
other negro prisoners in the jail
were beaten into insensibility by the
mob. John T. Phillips, the muir
dered man, was one-armed ex-
Confederate soldier.