The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-07-30
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In the Columbus university sch0oA OK
mines scholarship has been estab-
lished In memory Of the late Marcus
DAILY, OF Montana. BY his daughter.
Mrs. James w. Gerard, Of New York.
1t is to be awarded on competitive
basis
On the I'D Wilson Barrett, the Well
known actor, died in London. He un-
lierwent an operation for cancer, July
90, and the doctors said that after q
few weeks rest Barrett would be all
right and able to carry out his inten-
ton Of producing d now play in Sep
TENDER.
The heirs Of Louis Etzel, who was
killed by Chinese soldiers near New
Chwang, are dissatisfied with the
amount Of indemnity $4,000 Next
CAM paid by the Chinese government
on account Of the affair, and have
complained to the state department.
Carrie Nations career was tempo
rarily but violently interrupted, on the
22d, when "A. r. Neighbors, a saloon
keeper Of Elizabethtown, KY, struck
her twice with o chair. knocking her
down and producing scalp wound.
The assault occurred at Neighbors' sa-
loon, after Mrs. Nation had berated
Neighbors
The Colombian Republic is again to
como into full diplomatic relations
with the United States. and the Pana-
ma matter win be closed incident be-
tween the two republics. The state de-.
partment has received cordial letter
from the Colombian minister for for
eign affairs, announcing that DR.
Thomas Herran had been given full
letters Of credit as Colombia's envoy at
Washington.
Judge Parker is to be formally noti-
field, at Esopus, N Y, of his NOMINEE
ton for the presidency on August 10.
Mrs. Mary Nixon, of Byrn Mawr, a
suburb of Philadelphia,who last Christ
mas celebrated her one hundred and
third birthday anniversary died on
the. oath.
The resignation of Cardinal Merry
Del Val, papal secretary of state at
Rome, has been rendered, owing to the
hostility of the cardinals, who are said
to accuse him of rendering impossible
an accord with France 1t is said the
pope has refused Is accept his resigaa-
ton.
Goaded to desperation by the action
of his wife in instituting suits aggre-
eating $4,000 against saloonkeepers
who sold him liquor, and, it is believed,
partially unbalanced as the result OF
protracted dissipation, John P. Lilly.
publisher of the Weekly Herald of
Sullivan, ILL.,, aud one of the best
known newspaper men in eastern lille
nois, committed suicide, on the gath, by
taking morphine.
After several years litigation Ad-
miral Dewey and his men who fought
the battle Of Manila bay are to re-
ceive their prize money on account at
the capture of the Don Juan de Asturia
and other Spanish property.
From a trustworthy source it is
learned that the fortune left by the
late Paul Kruger. former president Of
the Transvaal, is between ef50,000 and
e1,0Oo, 900. It consists chiefly of Eu-
ropean securities.
The remains of Wilson Barrett were
buried at West Hampstead, London; on
the 25th. Seventy-five carriages fol-
lowed the hearse. while wreaths sent
by theatrical people filed a setord
hearse and several carriages. Most Of
the leading members of the profession
were at the grave.
President Roosevelt win visit the
Worlds fair in St Louis in October,
instead of November, as originally
planned 1t will be officially, as the
PRECEDENT of the United States, not as
Theodore Roosevelt, candidate for the
presidency, that he will make the visit.
Ex-senator Henry G. Davis, of West
Virginia, democratic candidate for vice.
president of the United States, aged 81
years, and Mrs. Katherine Reynolds,
aged 70. the sweetheart Of Davis young
days, are, it is said, to be married in
the fall.