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The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-12-19

Quotations on ears show great flunc-
uations on the New York market. The
man who recently sold his ear for S.
600 to wealthy western mine owner
is offering $1,000 for an ear to take its
place, with the hope of clearing $4,-
900 in the speculation. This looks like
easy money, but it is a shame to cut
the market to pieces in that way.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-12-19

The annual report of the attorney
general of the United States calls at
tenticn to the naturalization frauds
disclosed during the last year in every
section of the country, and says that
every honest citizen is deeply con-
cerned in repelling and preventing dis
honest claims to that high right. He
therefore recommends for the consid-
Grafton of congress the enactment of a
drastic new law.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-12-19

Holland, which knows more about
waterways than any other nation, has
appointed board of engineers to
make plans for canalizing the Zuyder
Zee at cost of $14S,0O0,O0O. The en-
terprise calls for sea wall twenty
five miles long and the diking of a
river and its tributaries, giving Am
sterdam nearly 200 miles of bikes for
the benefit of Dutch commerce. That
is what the country with the most wa
terways thinks gilmore waterways
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-12-19

st. Louis has just learned that
thieves officially connected with its
poorhouse have been carrying 166 fic-
titious names on the rolls as basis
for robbery, and that hospital patients
are cheated in the weight and quail
ty Of food, while the medical internes
are forced to the point of revolt by
the inadequacy of their only recon-
pense-the food they eat
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-12-19

Secretary of Agriculture Wilson re-
ports that in seven years the produc-
ton of beet sugar in the United States
has increased from $4,000 tons to $780,
600 tons, and that the industry is now.
we'll established. 1t ought to be as
successful in this country as in Ger
many and France, which grow more
beet sugar than is needed in the home
market
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-12-19
Activity in Delta Lands.

A great many northern people are
visiting the delta now for the pur-
pose Of investing in delta lands.
Gentlemen from the delta say there
never was greater activity in delta
lands than right at this time. They
are bringing good prices, and people
both in and out of the State are buy
ing them for the reason that they
present an attractive form of in
vestment.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-12-19
no Increase Stock.

The Corinth Wooden Mills have
applied for an amendment to their.
charter, giving them the privilege
Of doubling their capital stock. The
stock of the mill is at present $52,-
600 and the directors want to in
crease it to 100000. This increase
Of capital stock is. to be used in
doubling the capacity of the plant,
which is at present too small to
accommodate the business, which is
of late fndingsa place upon the order
sheets of the company.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-12-19

State Factory Inspector Elm Of
Galesburg, Illinois, recently caused
warrants to be served in forty-four
cases in which the child-labor law is
alleged to have been violated. Most of
the employers pleaded guilty and paid
fines of $3.50 in each case.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-12-19

A fine of 500 now goes with the sale
or loan of a toy pistol in Chicago. The
dissemination of lockjaw on the days
We celebrate is an evil that ought to
receive general attention. The exam
pie of Chicago is worthy of emulation
hv other cities
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-12-19
AceldentaIly Shot taimseIf.

R. 3. Avent, one of the best
known cotton buyers in Indianola,
accidentally shot himself last week
while returning from a hunt. He
had stopped his buggy to lift in his
dog, when, in some manner, his shot
gun was discharged, the entire load
entering the right side Of his body
just below the nipple, tearing off the
top of the lung and coming out at
his back. His condition is very Sc
rious, but his physicians think there
IS hope for him.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-12-19

Christian Science may be of no avail
in. either saving souls or curing dis
ease, but it is a fact that Mrs. Eddy
recovered all the valuables recently tax
en- from her house by burglars through
communication advising her to hunt
in the Concord woods.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-12-19
To Be Remodeied.

The department at Washington
has determined to remodel the
quarantine station at Ship Island,
and few days ago awarded the con-
tract to a Biloxi firm. The consid-
Grafton is $4,000.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-12-19

In Herbert Spencer's death the world
has lost leader in the very fore of
thought, one of it's pre-eminently great
men; yet to the world there is the sat-
isfaction, consoling for all but the sem
timental loss, that Spencer had wholly
performed his work.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-12-19

Boston authorities announce that
graft" has ceased to be slang. Slang
is usually supposed to possess more or
less of a humorous significance, and
graft has become very serious matter
indeed.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-12-19
overcome BY Ga. ana pies.

Evansville, Ind, Dec. 14.-0vercome
by gas while working in drip we'll
at the gas plant Saturday morning.
George H. Menke. aged 20, and mar
ried. fell to the bottom and was killed.
His home was at Holland, H.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-12-19
Fire in a Ginnery.

The ginnery Of the Refuge Cotton
Oil Company's mill at Columbus,
caught fire last week. The fire was
extinguished before any considera-
bic damage. Loss estimated at about
$4,000, fully covered.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-12-19
Railroad Rivalry.

Down in the southeastern corner
Of the State there seems to be some
lively sparring for position going on
between the Mobile & Ohio Railroad
and the Mobile, jackson & Kansas
City line. The former road is stead
lily pushing out little feeders into
Mississippi all along its main line,
evidently with a view to contesting
every bit of trade of that section
with its new rival. That part Of the
State continues to play lucky in the
way of railroad facilities.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-12-19
wan oppose the Removal.

The removal of the Confederate
monument erected by the women of
Mississippi to the memory Of the
Confederate soldiers who served in
the States regiments during the
civil war and to the memory Of JEFF
ferson Davis, the only president Of
the G onfederacy, bids fair to become
an important question before the
next legislature. It has been dis
cussed at some length BY the Com
Tolerate soldiers throughout the
Stat, and they will oppose it
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-12-19
Chicago Police Arrest Counterfeiter,

Cedar Rapids, Ia, Dec 14.-Tom
Clark, a member of the Belknap gang
of counterfeiters. which has neadquar-
ters in Chicago. and wanted at Rock
island, Galesburg, Rockford and other
places in Illinois, was arrested by fed
eral authorities here. Clark has con-
fessed.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-12-19
Much Money for Education.

About three-fourths Of all the rev
enues of the State of Mississippi is
annually expended for education.
This will no doubt prove surprise
for the vast majority of the people
of the State. In the absence of the
figures to support the statement, the
average citizen would not believe
it possible that three-fourths of all
the available moneys collected by the
State from all sources, is paid out
for educational purposes.
Auditor Cole has just completed
neat condensed table of receipts
and disbursements of the States
revenues for the four fiscal years
just closed.
These figures show that the total
amount of money paid into the State
treasury in the past four years was
So, 426, 400.57. All of this money
has been expended, as the treasury
is now empty and has been empty
for the past six or eight weeks.
Something eoyer 81 100000 of this
amount was paid out for building
the new capitol, so that the total
amount spent for the ordinary ex-
penses Of State government was
about 81, 100000. Out of this total
there was spent for schools and col
leges the magnificent sum of $4,621,-
1889, or about so per cent. But
this is not all. These figures only
represent the money that was paid
out of the State treasury alone. In
addition to this sum there was also
spent for schools $1,250,000 Of poll
tax collections that were retained in
the county school funds and not
paid into the treasury, thus swelling
the total sum spent for schools and
colleges to the enorlnus aggregate
of $5,871, 1889. This does not in
clude the money spent for the main
tenance of the deaf and dumb insti-
tute and the blind institute, which
are educational institutions, and for
the support of which the State spent
$158,000. If we include this item
in the gross educational sum we
have total of over 81, 100000 spent
for schools in the past four years,
as against $3,112,136 for all the
other expenses of the State govern
ment, including the item of 1914
149 for pensions.
Besides the receipts from regular
revenue sources, there was a cash bal
ance and some other items which
swelled the total amount of money
paid into the treasury and disbursed
during the past four years to the to-
tai Of 1891, 899.56.
After deducting from this sum
the money spent for schools, as
shown above, the 81 100000 for the
new capitol, the expenditures for the
various charitable institutions, the
pension fund and the 100000 for
redeeming of bonds, we find that the
great State of Mississippi has spent
less than 100000 for the executive,
legislative and judicial departments
of the State government.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-12-19
Nerro veteran Frozen to Death.

Leayenworth. Kas.. Dec. IA Will,
lam billiard, negro veteran OF the
soldiers home, was found frozen to
death Saturday evening. billiard was
slightly demented and he wandered
from the hospital early Saturday morn
ing and found his way into cemetery
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-12-19
Secretary nav Improvtng.

Washington, Dec. I4.-Secretary
Hay continues to improve satisfacto-
rily. He is resting comfortably and
transacting necessary business at
his home.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-12-19
Zero MT Omaha.

Omaha, Neb, Dec. 14-Zero wealth
er continued throughout the day in
Nebraska. with a slight moderation
Sunday night. The weather bureau
predicts higher temperature for to-
day.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-12-19
nesuIt of am EIectIon ounrreI,

Cairo, Ill.,, Dec 14.-In a quarrel
over the judicial at Harrisburg Sunday
James Stout stabbed and fatally
wounded Deputy Sheriff d. d. Lock-
wood. Lockwood was stabbed several
times near the heart
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-12-19

Evansville, Ind. Dec. 1.-THE Ar
gus. at Huntingburg. the republican
organ of Dubois county. was Saturday
sold by Postmaster j. w. Lewis to
Louis H, Kalter and Newton S. Seby,
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-12-19
Wants Name and Terminus Changed.

s, su S'''l'''Hs OT'a'ISeu'
The Pearl and Leaf Rivers Rail
road Company has applied to the
railroad commission for privilege of
changing its southern terminal from
Hattiesburg to Scranton and chang
ing its name to Mississippi Central
Railroad Company" This road now
runs from Hattiesburg in Perry
county, to Prentisss, in Lawrence
county. Being originally sawmill
line or logging road, it has suddenly
developed into a regular railroad,
and has taken on a new lease of hfe.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-12-19

"Telegraphing without wires is no
new thing" remarked the gray-haired
passenger Isn't, eh?" queried the
drummer. Not by jugful," contin-
ued the old man. Why, sir, when
published country newspaper forty
years ago / got nearly all my tele-
graph news that way"-C Chicago Dai.
w News.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-12-19

Would you still want me to be
your wife if my father was poor
man." asked the beautiful heiress.
yes" the duke replied, after a little
pause; ''in that case l would be
enough of a curiosity to get rich ex.
hibiting myself. &C Chicago Record
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-12-19
WIN Soon Be Governor.

A little over month and the
State Of Mississippi will have nev
governor. On the 10Th of January
the Hon. j. K. Vardaman will 60
into the Office. The indications arc
now that the Inauguration of Gov.
Vardaman is going to be a very quiet
affair. This is in accordance with
his wish. The only social feature
so far mentioned in connection with
the Inauguration is ball by the
Elks Of Jackson on the night of the
Inauguration day.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1903-12-19
Gratifying to the Delta.

The many friends of Congressman
Humphreys throughout the delta
are delighted that Speaker Cannon
has placed him on the rivers and har-
bors committee. For the people who
live behind the levees this is the
most important committee in con-
gress, and to have their congressman
on that committee is a distinct VIC
tory for the best interests Of the
delta. It is peculiarly fitting, too,
for Mr.. Humphreys has made a deep
study Of that problem.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-27
GORMAN IN THE LEAD
ACCORDING To CANVASS
"New York Times" Publishes Result of
It's Vote.

NEW YORK, Deco 6.-The New
York Times published today the result
OF canvass of the Democratic mem
bers Of Congress on the question of the
Presidential nomination
OF the thirty-two Democratic Sena-
tors, seventeen were non-committaI
twelve outspoken for German. two for
Parker. and one for Cockrell. All agreed
that the candidate supported by the New
York delegation would be the candidate
of the convention. OF the $50 Democrat
ic Representatives. sixty were non
committal. OF the others. thirty favored
the nomination of German, twenty-nine
were for Parker, fifteen for CockreIl.
three for Hearst, three for Gray. and
one for Governor Garvin OF Rhode
Island one for Bailey. and one for Nc
Clellan.
The total result shows German in the
lead, with forty-two votes Parker Sec
ond, with thirty-one, and Cockrell third.
with sixteen.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-27

the rendezvous for the whole expedition.
The steam yacht Antarctic meanwhile
made her way TO the east OF Joinville
Island and entered Erebus and Terror
Bay There she was caught in the ice.
which finally crushed and sunk her.
Captain Larsen succeeded in saving all
on board, and the party took TO three of
the ships boats, which they equipped
with provisions. They dr1fted about for
sixteen days, and finally reached Pau
lette Island, where they established their
winter quarters.
In September DR.. Nordenskjold ac-
cOmpanied by Lieutenant Sobrai and
one sailor, had made a sledge journey
with two sledges and five dogs in a
southwesterly direction. Travelling by
the way Of King Oscar Land, a latitude
OF &C degrees was reached, the longitude
being G. degrees west. The party re-
turned TO Snow Hin in November, hav-
ing made a journey OF 400 miles, making
many discoveries and securing an i'm
portant collection of fossils. plants. and
animals. In the fan OF 1903 the Argen-
tine war vessel Uruguay found two of
the missing explorers at Seymour ISL
and: others at Snow 7iill. and then pro-
ceeded TO Paulette Island. where the
main body had wintered, and took them
on board.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-27
WILL BAR DOWIEITES
FROM CHICAGO SCHOOLS
All Pupils Required to Present Vacci-
nation Certificates.

CHICAGO. Dec. 26-An children Of
Dowieites Will be excluded from the
public schools of Chicago January 4 by
order Of the health department The
general overseer of Zion has made his
followers believe that vaccination does
not prevent smallpox. The health de-
partment has decided that all children
shall be vaccinated or be debarred from
the public schools.
The Zion children will be segregat ted
by requiring all pupils to present GER
tificates OF vaccination. The names and
addresses Of all children who fail TO
comply with the order will be forwarded
10 the health department
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-27
INTREPID EXPLORERS
ANTARCTIC TRAVELS
Many MisfortuneS Attend His Expedition, But
Nothing flinders Scientific LaborS

Advices which have reached Washing
ton announce that the Argentine war
ship Uruguay arrived in the port of Rio
GallejiO on November %. with the men,
bers Of the NOrdenskjOld Antarctic eX-
petition on board. The party was res
cued on Seymour Island and Louis
Philippe Land. The French expedition
which set out To relieve Nordenskjold
will now proceed on its journey and en-
gage in scientific research.
DR.. Nordcnskjold, before he started
on this expedition to the Antarctic. had
achieved fame as an explorer OF Terra
del Fuego, and as an Alaskan traveller.
His ship. the Antarctic. left Gotten
berg or October s. 1901. He stopped at
Buenos Ayres on December Is. on his
southern trip. this being the last port
touched On January Is OF the follow
lowing year he was compelled TO make
camp on one OF the small islands. From
the outset Of the voyage the expedition
met with countless difficulties. owing
20 the state OF the ice. In December
the vessel reached the northeast coast
of Louis Philippe Land. where DR.. Nor
denskjold, Lieutenant Anderson and
two sailors were left at Mount Brans-
field.
DR. NorGenskjold proposed TO proceed
20 Snow Hill On sledges. IL was ar
ranged that Mount Bransfield should be
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-27
KILLED BY SANTA CLAUS
AT CHURCH FESTIVAL

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Dec. 26.-News
reached here today from Cedar Bluff, in
a remote section OF this county. of n
tragedy last night at a Christmas tree
festival. given by a church, A. ]. Lock-
hart. a peace officer. who was acting
as Santa Claus. shot and killed John
Parsons. who was intoxicated and be-
came disorderly
The officer tried 20 put Parsons out of
the building Parsons attacked him
with a knife. cutting him severely. when
Lockhart drew a pistol and killed his
antagonist. Both are well-known citI-
zens.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-27
Fine Exhibit of Furs.

Albert Sigmund & Son. Baltimore,
manufacturers Of distinctive garments
in fur. announce an extraordinary ex-
hibit of high-grade creations Monday 20
Thursday OF this week at Parlor A, the
Arlington. Messrs. Sigmund & Son are
extensive importers and manufacturers.
and their invasion into this territory
will be noted with pleasure by the smart
dressing women OF Washington Their
slogan. What Sterling is to Silver.
'slgmund's is to Furs." forcefully pro-
claims their commercial standing. Be
ing producers. they assure correct pric-
fnzs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-27

To all who call before January 10 at any
or our many institutions I'm this country
we VIII give our services free. our only
charge being for the Koch Tubercu-
line, which we will furnish at cost our
ofhces are at LBS New York ave, Wash
ington; 36l Boylston St, Boston; I46
state st. Chicago; 277 Franklin st. Buff
falo: South St, Rochester; sol North Eu-
taw St, Baltimore; 12S Garfield Place. Gin
cinnat; 32l Penn ave. Pittsburg. 90
West I'D St, New York; 1902 Walnut st
Philadelphia: 1927 State St, Erie: Al
toona, Pa.
Or. Edward Koch is the inventor Of
the apparatus that cures consumption
and asthma by spraying the lungs with
the curative oily vapors of the Koch In
halation 'Tuberculine." Call on or write
to the Office nearest your home.
der. "a. %, 30
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-27
No Outlet North From Thir-
teenth and Fourteenth
Streets Above Spring Road
and Mount Pleasant.
NOT A STREET OPENED
IN HUNDRED YEARS
Street Railway and Building
Expansion Simply Wait
ing on Action of Authori-
tles-Sale of Property.

In the scheme OF suburban expansion
and Improvement which has engaged
the attention of the Commissioners of
the District and Of the District commit
tees OF Congress for some years past
there has been. either accidentally or
Intentionally, q remarkable oversight
in failing 20 provide an outlet to the
north from that section of the city
bounded by Spring Road. Fourteenth
Street and Brightwood Avenue 1t is
true that prior to the advent of the
present form OF government for the
District the powers that were did moth
ing 10 provide such an outlet. but in
those days no attempt was made at
regular system OF urban, much less su-
burban. Improvement. 1t is surprising
however, that the same policy, or lack
of policy. should have continued under
the new disDensation. and it is alto
gether natural that the people residing
in that section of the District are clam
orous for a share Of those advantages
that are being bestowed so generously
upon territory to the west of them.
Held in Subsection.
"Brightwood and vicinity, or that sec
ton immediately north of and adj
jacent to Mount Pleasant, Columbia
Heights, and Hoimead Manor. is. and
has been for several years, held IN sub
lection and materially retarded in it's
growth and development" said Louis p
Shoemaker. president OF the Brightwood
Citizens Association.
Comparatively speaking, this admir-
able part of the District of Columbia
resembles in some respects a govern
mental reservation which has not vet
been opened for settlement. so to speak
by the action of the authorities. When
Thirteenth. Fourteenth, and Sixteenth
Streets are extended. this entire section
will be Immediately affected. and ex-
tensive private improvements will fol-
low the establishment of these public
advantages.
"A Chinese wall. so to speak. has ex-
listed north Of Spring Street. or Mount
Pleasant and Holmead Manor. because
OF the fact that there has not been in =
period of seventy-five or one hundred
years single new street opened for
travel or for the. development of this
section or for the expansion in this di-
rection Of Washington city, the Capital
OF our great nation.
Private Improvement DELAYED.
1T is admitted as a fact that public
improvement must to a certain and rea-
sonabie extent precede private develop
ment In other words, there must be
public streets established. graded. ana
regulated before private improvements
can follow along the lines thereof, and
II may be further contended that water.
sewer. and light facilities must be pro-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-27
HORDES OF CHINAMEN
CONE FROM MEXICO
Underground Railroad System Managed
by Americans Across the
Border.

AUSTIN. Tex, Dec. 26.-Another lot
Of Cinnamon who entered this country
from Mexico In violation OF the Chi
nese exclusion act are now in Jail at
different points in this Federal district.
and will soon be Eaken to San Fran
cisco by United States Marshal George
Seibrecht for deportation to China Mr..
Seibrecht makes about four trips Of this
kind to San Francisco each year. there
being from thirty to fifty Cinnamon in
each lot which he takes to the Pacific
port for deportation to their native
land.
This number is a small part Of the
whole number who cross the Rio Grande
into the United States in violation of
the exclusion law. The remainder are
successful in reaching points in the in
terror, where they are taken care Of by
their own countrymen, and lose them
selves IN the larger cities of the North
and East, so far as Identification and
apprehension by the Federal authorities
is concerned.