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The leader., 1904-09-10
THE STATE SHORT OF FUNDS.
The Treasurer has Struck the Bottom
Of the Meal Barrel.
Trouble Due to Hitch in The Bond
Delivery.

jackson, Miss, Sept. I. 1904.
Today at noon the State Treasur-
er had in the vaults the sum Of
$1.5O, but this afternoon before
he closedup forth night be had
several hundred dollars. Treas,
nref Miller expects that several
thousand dollars will be received
at the Treasury tomorrow, which
may tide it over for the present
month, though on this point there
is nothing certain. The officials
hope for the best.
Nothing has been heard from
Harris & Co. in regard TO their
intentions in the bond matter. 1t
is supposed that these gentlemen
have until Saturday to pay the
money into the Treasury, but if
they have any intention of doing
so no one around the Capitol
seems to know anything about it;
or if they know, they are not i'm
parting this knowledge to others.
There is an utter absence of news
regarding the bond muddle. The
hitch, as pointed out in these dis
patches some days ago, is on the
payment of the cost of transfer
ring the money from Chicago to
Jackson. The buyers of the bonds
insist that the State pay the car
|rying charges, while the law says
that the money for these bonds
shall be paid into the State Treas
uly in the city of jackson. 1t will
cost something like $500 to send
the money from Chicago to this
city by express.
State Superintendent Whitfield
is receiving many pleading let.
ters from school teachers all over
the State who have been waiting
for theil money, asking that it be
hurried up, but Mr.. Whitfield is
powerless to give them any aid in
the premises. Nothing can be
done towards the school distribu-
tion until such time as the Treas
ury is replenished by the bond
sale.
While no announcement has
been made to this effect, it is be-
lieved that the Administration
will not wait much longer than
this week on Harris & Co., and
that if the money is not paid into
the Treasury other arrangements
will be made elsewhere. If the
Chicago firm fails to take the
bonds, the State will no doubt try
to collect the certified check for
$50, 900 which was put up when
the firm entered it's bid.
The leader., 1904-09-10
The Way it is Done in Atlanta.

The impression is growing that
Atlanta, Ca, is one Of the best
governed cities in this country.
In this city there is very little if
any gambling. The other night
the police caught half a dozen
prominent society men in pri-
vate house playing poker. They
were arrested and taken to the
barracks, where they gave bond.
The next day the facts we're given
to the papers, with the right
names of the parties, and were
printed. The recorder fined each
man $500 and gave him sentence
Of thirty days on the chain gang,
the sentence being suspended pro-
yided the mon ceased their poker
playing. This is certainly a good
way to break up gambling. Jack
son Evening News.
The leader., 1904-09-10
.ng.h from a foot Lo eighteen

length from a foot to eighteen
inches.
Recent specials allege that the
people of Giles and other counties
have become afraid to eat cabbage e
now, as the snakes are so attenuat-
ed and stick so close to the cab
bage leaves, or are so cleverly
concealed in the heart of the cab
bage that it is difficult to detect
their presence. One man, it is
alleged, who had become afraid
to eat cabbage, took a wagon load
of them to q town some miles
away, where be tried 10 sell them.
He found that he could not even
lgive away bis wares because of
The general alarm existing there
in regard to the cabbage snake.
Things have reached that pass.
now where fellow doesn't know
what to eat OF drink. The scion
fists have managed to invest near
lIy everything with the heaven of
danger, and If all they claim be-
ltrue, then it is really unssfe TO
live at all existence is dangerous
land should be avoided insofar as
possible, The Carthagenian.
The leader., 1904-09-10
There's Death IN The Pot.


And it seems to have taken up
its place Of abode in the kale pot
this time, if the reports which
reach us from several Of the
ESouthern tier of counties in Mid
Idle Tennessee are to be relied on.
THE first account of this trouble
appeared in print several weeks
lago. II appears that some mem
bers of q family which had eaten
bOIled cabbage for dinner became
lin and showed symptoms Of hav-
ling been poisoned. Ihe negro
ico0k was accused of having placed
poison in the cabbage of which
they partook. This she siren
Iuously denied, and to show that
1.-THE cabbage was harmless she
Edrank d lot Of the pot liquor which
lcame therefron. The cook died.
An investigation Of the cabbage
Twas then Instituted, with the re-
EsnIt that q snake Of about the
thickness Of number forty
Thread, and foot or more ii
llength, was discovered. Since
THAT time other accounts have
lcome from other counties of Mid
Idle Tennessee relating instances
lof where sickness or death has re.
lsuIted from eating boiled ca hbage
The leader., 1904-09-10
NEGRO Killed and Burned.

A negro named Albert Minor
was killed and his body almost en-
tirely consumed by fire Saturday
night. It occurred about six miles
west of this place on the line of
the new railroad building to this
place. All parties concerned were
negroes and belonged to the rail-
road camp of Lovelace & Make,
located near Fair River and close
to the Wesson road.
Saturday night, Ernest New
man, Doc Williams, Jake Lee and
Albert Minor, after being paid off.
for their work on the grade, left
the camp and went to cotton
house on Mr.. Julius Tyler's place,
where they began matching dol
lars. A low ensued between
them, and in the encounter Minor
was knocked in the head and kill
ed. Williams and Lee say that
Newman alone did the killing,
while Newman says they we're
all scuffiing and be didn't know
who done it. I" AT any rate, it
was done, and they (or rather
Newman, as the other two saw
then set FIRE to the house, and the
three struck out for Brookhayen.
near which place they were found
Monday morning BY Mr.. Love-
lace and two other gentlemen.
| whose names we did not learn.
They were arrested and at once
brought to Monticello and placed
| in Jail.
An inquest was held over the
body of Minor Sunday afternoon,
presided over by Justice Jno. w.
Steen, who lives near this place,
and a verdict was rendered bY tbe
jury to the effect that The deceased
came to bis death at the hands 81
1.-THE parties above named. In the
meantime, the three negroes will
lie IN jail until Circuit Coult con
yenes, when some disposition will
be made oftheil cases. Law EeAcs
County Press.
The leader., 1904-09-10
Murder and Prosperity.

A distinguished English hlstO-
rian of the philosophical school
asserted an essential connection
between the yield of the corn crop
of his country and the number Of
marriage licenses granted annual
", as we'll as many other interest
ing relations between clearly diff
ferentiated facts. It has, how
ever, remained for a Mississippi
Judge to determine one more i'm
portant still. In the course of
his charge to the grand jury few
days ago he expressed the opin-
ion that the prosperity prevailing
in his State was responsible for
most of 200 killings that had oc-
cured from Jan. / to April Is of
the presen5 year. OR as the re-
port from our jackson CORES
pondentsputs it: 1.-The Judge told
the jury that, in his opinion, they
were generally due to the fact
that money was plentiful among
the class who do not know how to
use it. Negroes with more money
than their necessities require,
spend it in gambling, buying whis-
ky and carousing, and the usual
result comes about Moreover,
the value of labor has never been
so high as now, and the negro
feels that he can kill another
member of his race with impuni-
! ty, because his boss needs his la
Dor and will help him out Of the
trouble. The Judge admonished
the jury to be thorough in their
investigations of the gambling evil,
and said that the large per cent Of
murders and crimes of a similar
nature among the negroes was due
mainly to the crap table. z
/ One reasonably familiar with
negro character, the character of
the simple, impulsive, unreasona-
BILE, immoral millions that make
Iup the bulk of our African popu-
lation and not of a few exception
al members of the race, will rec
Iognize Immediately the truth of
/ the judges inference. ProspeTi-
ity, instead Of inspiring the pride
Of ownership Of property, and the
desire to still further better their
condition, has quite the opposite
effect on most of them. Until the
money is got rid of the thought Of
continuous labor is more than irk-
some. The plan adopted BY TOO
many of them to disslpate their
surplus and pave the way for dill
gence in frequent indulgence in
liquor and ip the excitements pi
the crap game, tWp forms Of
amusement that seldom fail TO
| spell q killing on two In Mississip-
pl when resorted to il combina-
tion. And, in this connection, il
lmay be stated that nothing SO Ill
lustrates the curiously immoral
nature of the average negro that
is, bis lack Of recognition of any
sort of moral restraint as the
readiness with which be kills one
Of bis own race In these brawIs.
There is usually small hesitation
about tile deed. An insignificant
quarrel IS All that is needed to il.
cite To homicide.
The leader., 1904-09-10
The CeOr6ia Horror.

Editor of Richmond Times Dispatch
Sir, Whom the gods wish to
destroy they first made mad.
This old Greek saying is forci-
lbly brought to mind BY the most
dastardly and infamous crime
against the laws Of both God and
man just enacted at Statesboro,
Ga. What follows is not an in
dictment of the State of Georgia,
but is directed solely to those
who participated in that fiery
tragedy.
j am a stakeholder, Democrat
and a SontherneF. ! know as much
about the negro character as any
man south OF 'Mason's and DIX.
on's line and ] am no negro
phiIe. Yet when / read of and
coutemplate that awful holocaust
at Statesboro, | cannot refrain
from expressing ny indignation
land my sympathy for the best
people of Georgia, who ! know do
not approve the blackest act which
ever stained the fair history of the
Empire State of the South.
Mr.. Editor, am not accust0m-
ed to writing for the public what
/ | feel, and /, as a Vlrginian and
slave holder, Democrat, and
beyond all an old Confederate sol
dier, call upon you in the name of
the whole South to denounce with
your facile and gifted pen this
worse than brutal outrage.
| You and !, as Southerners, who
bore the banner of our beloved
lConfederacy, Owe it to our chill
dren and to the world at large to
express our horror of that awful
crime, and to place the seal of our
utmost condemnation upon that
instance of barbarism in our be-
loved country. Why and where
fore2
The victims deserved death.
But they were already condemned;
there was no escape for them. The
question is, therefore, why should
those barbarians, who in no sense,
represent the true, chivalrous
Southern sentiment, by brute
force sully the fair name and fame
of our dear Southland? This
much from a humanitarian point
of view.
But what shall be said of the
dastardly act from political
standpoint? We are upon the eve
| of presidential election. The
Republican party in its platform
has declared war upon the South,
upon negro disfranchisement, and
threatens us with reduction of
congressional representation. The
Democrats have declared for non.
interference on the negro ques-
tion. And it is well known that
the accident" who fills the ex-
ecutive chair is playing the ace of
spades, the negro, for all he is
worth. Why, then, shall lunatics
in Georgia give him aid and COM
fort?
1t behooves every Southerner,
every newspaper in the South, to
come out boldly and denounce this
great outrage upon Southern hon
or and Southern civilization.
The leader., 1904-09-10
Board Of Supervisors.

The Board uf Supervisors adj
iourned yesterday afternoon, af-
ter a FIVE days session. The full
proceedings will appear in next
w ednesday's Leader. The Board
spent a good deal Of time dispos,
ing Of the road question and the
contract with E. B. Smith e Son
was cancelled apd will be re-let.
The following tax levy was made
0eneTal county, 5 5mills; schools,
u mills; Roads, 1 mill interest on
jail bonds, u mill; sinking fund,
|1S mill; making in all 8A mills.
To this is to be added the 6 mil
State tax, making a total of lazl
mills.
There are 5,Sl0 polls assessed,
the poll tax being fixed at $500,
The leader., 1904-09-10

Ioners charged with white capping
by taking the court and people
here unawares. It is rumored
that this may be attempted today,
or at the next regular tenn Of the
Circuit Court. IF such an at
tempt is made, the lawabiding cit
izens will be prepared for it, and
there will be sure enough trouble
for those who try it.
The trial Of the Franklins will
begin at 10 O'Clock today at the
Court House.
The leader., 1904-09-10

more come there would be the
consolation that the adversity had
its uses and would, Ut least, re-
.duce the crime calendar consider
ably. Times-D Democrat.
The leader., 1904-09-10

IF you are not taking The Lead
|er you are not getting The county
and State news. The Leader re-
ports both fully, promptly and
cQpQisely, and for ~. 90 per year
YOU can get II twice q week, oF
we will send it once 4 week for
l:s0.
The leader., 1904-09-10

Miss Margaret In0Ris, 81 Paris,
KY, Is I'd take the stump for Par.
ker and Davis
The leader., 1904-09-10

a negro who murdered white
woman at Bronson, Fla, was
hanged BY q mob after his ears
were cropped aud be was other
wise mutilated,
The leader., 1904-09-10

Hamilton Fish viii be the Res
publican candidate fol Governor
Of New York.
The leader., 1904-09-10

/ Labor Day broke tlae record for
attendance at the Worlds Fair.
207 ,454 persons vent through the
gates
The leader., 1904-09-10

A government expert has gone
to Shreveport, La, to Investigate
tho presence of the boil weevil.
The leader., 1904-09-10

Seven prisoners sawed their
way out Of the county Jail at Menl-
phis.
The leader., 1904-09-10

M " +, Ssavey spent Thurs
aay j. M0ntIEsIIo
The leader., 1904-09-10

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The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1904-10-27

ably elongated when informed they
were .one day after the fair the
marriage baving taken place on che
previous evening. The feast was ell
egant, the table groaning under the
weight OF provisions. And had 1t
not been for the disappointment of
witnessing the ceremony, scarce
a happier company have ever assem-
bled In the Rocky Mountains. After
the supper was over the company ad-
iourned to the dancing hall where
they we're kindly welcomed by the
bachelors, who were already assem-
bled. with James Hayden as master
of ceremonies. The dance continued
until 4 O'Clock next morning and all
were well pleased, and wishing that
weddings would occur more often"
"Among the many relies In the
immediate neigbofhood Of the copy
of the Gazette are pair of white
satin slippers which were part of
the wedding outfit of Mrs. Shoup. A
vest of checked black and gray.
which was worn by the future sen.
ator upon tnat suspicious occasion,
was at one side, while blue silk
dress hangs in a conspicuous place
in a nearby cabinet. 1t is now
trimmed with black lace, but the
bride of the Salmon City wedding
early in 'Gs appeared radiant In thu
blue silk with white trimmings"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1904-10-27

A Button Ind, man has fled a
petition in bankruptcy, In which be
claims to have been ruined by an au-
tomobile which originally only cost
him $500. He says that most Of the
money he owes was borrowed to mend
his automobile and keep 1t in running
order, and he asserts that he spent
more than 5000 for repairs. Now
his debts exceed his assets, which
are valued at 81 300.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1904-10-27
Wedd;ns Of Senator ShOuO.

The Boise Statesman OF the l9th
inst contains the following account
of the marriage of Ex-senator shoup
and wife. as taken from the first pa
per published In this county III Is
among the pioneer exhibits OF the
ter-Mountain Fair:
Zone Of the most interesting Vi
the remembrances OF the long ago u
a copy of the first number OF the sal
mon City Gazette, the hrst paper
nubjished within the limits OF what
Is now Lembi county. There was no
printing press nor type within nun
dreds OF mi les OF the little Mining
camp OF Salmon City and the pup
Usher wrote out, In bis quaint chr
oyrapny and on paper that Is ias'
yellowing with age, each OF the
copies OF his journal Of the camp.
The paper was issued on January
2s. 1868, and among the interesting
articles on its pages Of faded INK u
the account Of the wedding OF sen
aator and Mrs. ShOup. The account
is as follows:
"Married, in Salmon City, at tn
residence OF the bridegroom, OF
Tuesday evening, January, % 1888
by the Hon. Wilson Ellis, George J.
Sboup to Miss Lena Darnutzer, all o
Salmon City.
'cThe editor of the Gazette wa
kindly remembered by a large piec
of cake being LAID upon the table
his sanctum, and they not only nav
I the best wishes of all hands from TN
! devil to the editor but also Of the Ell
! tire community.
"a large company of ladies an
! gentlemen were assembled at the re-
idence of the bridegroom to wltne'
the ceremony on the following evei
q ing. And their faces were conside
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1904-10-27

Dr. J. NJ. woodburn made tour
of the county, us announced, speak
Ing at Carmen Thursday. Gibbons
vile f.Iday, q ssses saturday, Sal
mon Monday aud Geertson's Tuesday
evenings. lie Is a forceful eloquent
and convincing speaker aud was
greeted hy large audiences who wer,
greatly interested in the Mormon
question, which he presented 81 adj,
| fur their consideration. He left yes
terday for Junction where he wa
billed 10 speak In the evening.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1904-10-27

A man by the name OF Horton,
from Custer county invaded Lemhl
about tao months ago with Game
wardeus commission In his pocket.
Tie visited the camps of prospecters
always claiming 10 he hungry, and
appealing to hospitality. Whea the
poor prospector rustled to put the
best IN his camp before this spy, woe
unto him II There was piece OF hsh,
or grouse, OF yenisan, Horton would
raise up On the dignlty OF bis ot,iciaI
commission aud humiliate that host
as though he were political prisoner
before the Car, Horton would
threaten to eonhscate everything in
sight. II he could get no more how
ever, ne took dollar and the nlea
and went ON 10 hey a meal and de
nand a tribute from every man h
met. This Official spy earned a bullet
rather than fee from every man h.
imposed upon.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1904-10-27

The grand democratic rally at
Geertson's Tuesday evening was by
far the largest crowd ever gathered
In the spacious ball, IL was estimated
that fully 80 people were present
Mr.. Geerston and DIR woodburn made
earnest appeals for the principles o.
democracy which were well received
The singing was greatly enjoyed
aud, after the speaking the hall wa
cleared aud all INDUCED In dancinl
10 line music for several hours.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1904-10-27

Mr.. Goodlng Is out with an evasiye
denial Of the report that he will APP
point George G. Parkinson to the Of
dee of Immigration Commissioner,
It Is a fact that he told an applicant
for the position while In Lcmhi coun-
", that white he had not promised
the Office to Parkinson, 1t was one OF
those campaign conditions over which
he, as candidate, had no choice,
The appointment was forced upon
him hy an emergency over which he
had no control. Now Mr.. Gooding
denies every charge in the same way.
lie says there have been no plural
marriages In Idaho since 1890 He
knows that hundreds VI Idaho people
have assumed the polygamous rela.
lions since that date and are doing SO
every month Of the yeal in the state
OF Idaho, The campaiguers all, even
Mr.. French, honest looking stuffed
kid" aud j. Ellen Foster, whose
crocodile tears run ut will for OF
against sir, say there is no polysamy
In Idaho They say this In the face
OF dozen confessions aud mountains
OF other facts, Their cousciences are
stalaced by the sophistry that polyg.
amy means marriage to plural wife
aud the ceremony is not celebrated
in Idaho, as there are no Mormon
temples yet in our state.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1904-10-27

DIED--At Ogden, Thursday Oct.
20, 1904 Mrs. Lidia Butler, wife OF
Dtlin butler and daughter Of Mrs,
George Smith, of this city, aged IL
wears. Death occurred from malig-
nant diphtheria tive days after the
birth OF her babe, and the child died
the next day after Its mother. The
deceased was sweet and loveable
gill aud had lived here many years.
Her untimely death under such cir.
cumstanccs Is peculiarly sad. liel
mother was with her during her III
ness. Her sister Florence and broth
err George are both III with diphthe
ria, but are improving.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1904-10-27

". ". 1T. Clair, Of Shoup, one OF
the forest rangers of the Bitter Root
Reserve, was Ia town last week at
tending to business matters aud pur-
chasing his winter supplies. while
In the city Mr.. ST. Clair made a
pheasant call at this office aud In
/ formed Us that the item published
In recent issue of The Recorder
relative 10 the lnehicieney OF the
rangers VAS erroneous, and that Ne
were mlsinfouned In the matter. lie
says that IL must be remembered th'
reserve eosers. an immense area ane
persons crossing II seldom realize
this fact. As to the hres which
wete reported 10 be burning, Mr., 81
Clair says they are all extineuishe'
aud that very little damage WIS dom
by then. aud while they were burn
, Ii ing he aud the other rangers wer,
using every effort TO keep them II
eheca and through their esilrieh
!. work they were kept In control, IL
a SAYS that under instruction from tn
/. department the rangers are not ca
= peeted TO mark any trails excep
such as necessary for their own us'
A Mrs. st. Clair was accompanied hei
by his son Herbert.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1904-10-27

After the Live Stock association
made u fight against the beef trust
before the Interstate Commerce
commission last week, the beef trust
fell In line aud contributed $500, 900
To the Roosevelt campaign fund,
The money was secured by Senator
Aldrich upon the plea that the trust
would be safe In Its practice of rob-
berry only In the event Of Roosevelt S
election. Is there Lemhi cattle
man so stupid rs to believe this con-
trihution did not buy immunity from
prosecution or any other interference
with the trust methods OF rohheryi
Does any one of them believe he |,
not confirmed as a victim Of Roose.
velt's election.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1904-10-27

At the last meeting OF the Com
mlssioners Sheriff Wright presented
a III Of 800, which he wanted the
county to pay for the reward he gave
to the Montana Sheriff for the capture
of Pressler, who escaped from the
county jail July 4th. After consider
Ing the matter for some time they
turned 1t aown on the advice OF
/ County Attorney Cowen.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1904-10-27

Gooding and his associates want
the grass Of Lemhi county Cur
ranges have been protected by the
two.mlie limit law. Gooding aud his
associates have nulitied that law by
appeals To the courts. Now this
grass has no protection, II Gooding
Is elected II will not have, lie says
he will veto any amendment, and
stands for the law as 1t Is. Our
mountains viii soon be rs bare a,
those of Eastern Oregon aud South
cru Idaho " this protection Is not re
newcd by the democrats,
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1904-10-27
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