The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1905-07-08
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

LaI6 reports from OQeSSa say InaI
the Kniaz Potemkine had sailed away
to the Roumanian coast and that the
crew of the Georgi Pobiedonosetz had
repented of their mutiny and were
ready to surrender, asking forgiveness
of the car
The Drago palace in Rome. one of the
handsomest buildings erectedS in the
seventeenth century, is being renovated
and its beautiful garden put in condi-
ton for the use of United States Am
bassador White.
The Paris Journal says of Secretary
Hays death: "He was the noble vic
tim of an active life and passed away
when he was most needed
Gen. W. w. Blackmar, commander
in-chief of the Grand Army of the Re-
public, is i'll at his summer home in
bingham, Mass.
President Roosevelt officially an
nounces that Count Muravieff, ambas-
sador to Italy, and Baron Rosen, am
bassador to Washington, have been
named by Russia, and Baron Komura
and Kogoro Takahira, minister to the
United States, by Japan the plenipo-
tentiaries to negotiate treaty of
peace.
Both the government and Mrs Hay
have been literally overwhelmed with
messages of coincidence and sympathy
following the death of Secretary Hay.
They indicate that not we alone have
suffered loss, but that the world at
large and humanity has been deprived
of one of its brightest lights.
Lee Reynolds, 19-year-old boy, of
Whiting, Ind, was instantly killed,
and Mrs Rose Manning and Mrs.
Charles Brown, of Chicago, were Sc
verely injured in an accident on the
scenic railroad at White City amuse-
ment park, Chicago.
Secretary Taft, interviewed at Oma-
ha, on his way westward, disclaimed
any expectation of becoming secretary
of state. His orders to proceed on his
journey to the Philippines, he said, did
not look much like it.
The town of Guanajuato, Mexico is
reported to have been swept away by
flood and several hundred persons
drowned
August Otto, German. 68 years Of
age, has confessed to killing his wife
in Cleveland, o., because she was an
invalid and he was tired of supporting
her.
Thousands of Chicagoans have
joined in petition to President Roose-
welt to recognize the government re-
Gently set up1by the Norwegian people.
John d. Rockefeller has subscribed
81, 100000 to the endowment fund for
Yale university, and member of grad
yates have pledged another million.
Grant G. Gillette, the erstwhile cattle
king of Kansas, who disappeared sew
eral years ago, leaving numerous heavy
creditors disconsolate, has brought joy
to them by returning from Mexico,
where he has been very successful In
mining ventures, and settling up all
old scores.
A Washington fishing company has
received an order for 1000 tons Of
smoked dog salmon for the Japanese
army.
Chief Justice Melville w. Fuller of
the United States supreme court, Har-
ward IS, was re-elected president of the
Harvard Law School association.
President Roosevelt attended the
twenty fifth anniversary reunion Of the
Harvard class Of so, and had good
time with the boys, upwards Of 1870
Of whom were present. The presiden-
tial dignity was laid aside for the time
being, and he was just Theodore Roose-
welt, a Harvard alnmnus.
Arrangements have been completed
Ter national reciprocity conference.
10 be held IL Chicago some time dur
Ing the month Of august
After next fall the Missouri Pacific
railroad IN Kansas viii operate motor
cars on the Topeka-F Fort Scott ana
Larned- Winfield branches.
Invitations have been fled ID wash
ington from Denver and st Paul to The
peace plenipotentiaries to meet In
those cities during the heated term.
Assistant Secretary OF the Interior
Melville WI Miller has resigned and
Jesse Wilson Of Indiana. has been
named as his successor