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The leader., 1905-05-27
BANQUET TO GEN. PORTER.
The Retiring American Ambassador
the Guest of Honor at NOta-
BILE Banquet in Paris.

Paris, May 17.-Gen. Porter, the re-
firing American ambassador, was Civ
en- notable farewell banquet, Wednes-
day night, which for sumptuousness OF
appointments and the distinguished
character of the guests present has not
been exceeded by anything of the kind
held in recent years in Paris.
Practically the entire diplomatic
corps was represented. The American
guests, who numbered several hundred,
included Henry Watterson, ]. Pierpont
Morgan and President Dalliba of the
American chamber of commerce, the
latter acting. as presiding officer.
The leader., 1905-05-27
Rack al WORK Arain.

Buffalo, N. Y, May 22nd.-(Special-
Crippled by Kidney Disease till he could
not stand on his feet for the hours re-
CURED at his trade, F. R. Mclean, 90
East Ferry St., this city, had to quit
again and he does not hesitate to give
the credit to Dodd's Kidney Pills.
"Yes," Mr.. Mclean says, 81 was too
bad, l had to quit. l could not stand on
my feet for the necessary hours. 1t was
Kidney Disease ! had, and a friend ad-
did so and after using six boxes am com
pletely cured and am working as steadily
as before l was sick recommend Dodd s
Pills to anyone afflicted with Kidney
trouble"
There is no form of Kidney Disease
Dodd's Kidney Pills will not cure. They
always cure Bright's Disease, the most
advanced and deadly stage of Kidney
Disease
The leader., 1905-05-27
KAISER WILLIAM is ANGRY
Czarina Falls Into the Hands
of German officials.

Manchester, England, May 1S.-Ac-
cording to the Despatch, a letter from
the czarina, written to- friend in
Darmstadt, Germany, has fallen into
the hands of the German officials. In
the letter the czarina blames the
grand dukes for the disasters which
have overtaken Russia She also bit
terly criticises the action of Germany,
in endeavoring to profit by the mis-
fortunes of her neighbor.
The kaiser is said to have read the
letter, and much unpleasantness has
been caused between the two courts
as result of the free expression of
opinion by the czarina.
The leader., 1905-05-27
GEORGE H. WOOD CONVICTED.
His Plea of Not Guilty Withdrnwn
and Plea of Murder in the
Second Degree Accepted.

someryille, N. J.. May 2O.-After
building up and supporting with ex-
pert testimony the wierdest theory Of
double personality for their client. the
lawyers of George H. Wood, on trial
for murder, asked permission to re-
tract the plea Of not guilty and enter a
plea of murder in the second degree.
which was granted. Wood was SEN
fenced to 80 years in prison.
The leader., 1905-05-27
PRISONER ROCR WILL HANG.
The "Modern Bluebeard" Found
Guilty Of Wife Murder.
Jury, at Chicago, Find That He
killed Marie WelcIser-Hoch and
Assess Death Penalty.

Chicago, May 90 Johann Hoch,
murderer OF his wife, Marie Welcker-
Hoch, was yesterday afternoon sem
tenced to death by Chicago jury,
which decided his fate in less than
half an hour after retiring from the
courtroom
The leader., 1905-05-27
NAVAL ATTACK ON CAPITAL.
.'HostiIe Fleet to Ascertain weak
nesses of Fortificatfons Pro-
tecting Washington.

Washington, May 1S-A hostile"
feet, under command of Rear Admiral
Francis W. Dickens. will next month
attempt to force an entrance to Chesa-
peake bay and attack Washington and
Baltimore.
For the first time since the civil war
the defenses of the capital city are to
be thoroughly tested under conditions
Of the greatest secrecy, and it is ex-
pected that as a result many important
changes in the Notifications of Chesa-
peake bay and the Potomac river will
be made.
The leader., 1905-05-27

A reward of $25 cash is being paid
by the New York State Cancer labora-
tory for small animals-mice, rats,
guinea pigs or rabbits-with cancers.
These animals are required for expert
mental purposes, and any specimen
proved to have case of cancer will
call for the amount specified. A cir
cular to this effect has been issued by
the cancer laboratory of the empire
state, and distributed among the prom
inent dealers in this sort of stock
throughout the country. AS a conse
uuence all sorts of diseased animals
have been sent to the institution.
The leader., 1905-05-27
Agricultural and Horticultural Col
onies on the Kansas City
Southern Railway.

Lockesburg Colony in Sewer County,
Arkansas, containing about 80 900 acres, and
Loring Colony in Sabine Parish, Louis,
lana, containing about $4,000 acres, are now
open for settlement. Lands range in price
from 500 to $500 per acre, and are sold
on easy terms to actual settlers. Lockes-
burg Colony is well suited for General
Farming, stock raising and commercial
fruit growing. Loring Colony lies in a
splendid fruit, truck and tobacco region,
and is good for corn and cotton also Both
arc situated in beautiful country, with
healthy climate and excellent water.
Write for books concerning Lockesburg and
Magazine TO S. G. Warner, G.. P. & T. A,
X. G. S. Ry., Kansas City, No.; F. E.
Roesler, Immigration Agt., K. G. S. Ry.,
Kansas City, Mo.
The leader., 1905-05-27

The great question of selecting an
inkstand for Vice President Fairbanks
use has been settled. Mr.. Fairbanks
has approved design costing $500, to
be paid out of the senate's contingent
fund. Great care was required in thu
disposition of such matter, for at
the expiration of the vice presidents
term the inkstand becomes his pri-
Nate property.
The leader., 1905-05-27

The largest diamond ever found was
recently unearthed in the Premier
mine, in the Transvaal, South Africa.
1t was discovered by Fred Wells, su-
perintendent of the mine. He saw it
glistening in the wall of the excava-
tion and dug it out with a pocket
knife. The stone weighs 3,02434 carats
(about 1a4 pounds); its general di-
mensions are 4x21Ax1h inches, and it
forms a good-sized handful for the
average man. 1t is the purest of al
the big diamonds in existence, being
water white and having no defects.
It's commercial value is variously esti.
mated at from $5.OOO,OOO up.
The leader., 1905-05-27
a rkfIIing nf snIrxer. Z. 4.

Ardmore, 1. T., May IS. Following
d quarrel at Sawyer William Dunn, q
business man, was shot five times and
died within short time Lon Davis.
q merchant, who also is postmaster at
Sawyer, has been arrested BY the fed
eral officers. Both men are prominent-
Is. connected.
The leader., 1905-05-27

Numerous as are the members of
the Smith family, they do not occupy
as prominent a place in European di-
rectories as they do in those of Eng
land or at home, though they take up
much room in the Berlin directory,
five thousand Schmidts being regis
tered. They have to give room, how
ever, to the Schultzes and Mullers. In
Brussels the Jansen family is the most
numerously represented, while the
greater space in the Paris directory is
given over to the Martinets.
The leader., 1905-05-27
The difference.

st. Louis, May IS. Managers of sum
mer gardens say that their profits are
materially decreased by the enforce
ment of the Sunday closing law. "a
man who formerly drank fourteen
beers during an afternoon now drinks
one sarsaparilla," said one proprietor,
rnournfuIly.
The leader., 1905-05-27

There is no trouble in London
over whether a street car will stop or
where it will stop. At certain points
along the streets are posts painted
white. The cars stop at these posts.
They do not run past them or slow
down when they reach them-they
ctnrn
The leader., 1905-05-27

mlco Counby,
says: 6 suf-
fered with kid
ney complaint
for eight years.
1t came on me
gradually. l
felt tired and
w e ak, w a S
short of breath
and was trou-
b e d w t h
bloating after
eating, and my
The leader., 1905-05-27

some Facts 81 Industrial Niagisgippi
The leader., 1905-05-27
aid. ON sunday Nevspapers,

Fairmount, w. Va. May 49, AN or
der has been issued against the selling
of newspapers in this city on Sunday.
Agents will be allowed to deliver pa
pers on Sunday to regular subscribers.
The newsdealers say they win keep
open on Sunday and test the law.
The leader., 1905-05-27

9S luDeQS6 agony anu
great mental depression. / was unable to at
tend to my house work ,and life became bur
den to me. Twas confined for days to my bed
lost my appetite, my courage and all hope.
Z" / could not bear to think of an operation,
and in my distress tried every remedy which
thought would be of any use to me, and
reading of the value of Lydia e. Pinkham's
to give it a trial. felt so discouraged that
had little hope of recovery, and when began
to feel better, after the second week, thought
it only meant temporary relief; but to my
great surprise found that l kept gaining,
while the tumor leSsened in size.
'The Compound continued to build up my
general health and the tumor seemed to be
absorbed, until, in seven months, the tumor
was entirely gone and a well woman. l am
SO thankful for my recovery that ask you
to publish my letter in newspapers, so other
women may know of the wonderful curative
powers of Lydia e. Pinkhams Vegetable
Compound"
When women are troubled with irregs
ular or painful menstruation weakness,
leucorrhHa, displacemento or liberation
of the womb, that bearing-down feel
ing, inflammation of the ovaries, back
ache, hatulence, general debility, indi-
gestion and nervous prostration, they
should remember there is one tried and
true remedy. Lydia e. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound at once removes such
| trouble.
No other medicine in the world has
received such widespread and unquali-
/ fed endorsement. No other medicine
has such a record of cures of female
troubles. Refuse to buy any other
medicine:
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women
m xxyTita haT fOI. advice She has ol1i5ed
thousands to health. Address, Lynn,
Mass.
| Health is too valuable to risk in ex.
periments with unknown and untried
medicines or methods of treatment.
Remember that tits Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound that is curing
women, and don't allow any druggist
to sell you anything else in its place.
The leader., 1905-05-27
resting oiled Roads.

Topeka, Kas., May 90 The road
commissioners Of Finney county have
contracted for the construction of a
mile of oiled road in the sandiest part
of the county, and if the experiment
proves a success, road making in this
state will be revolutionized.
The leader., 1905-05-27
Two KfIIed In Indiana wrecIx.

Lafayette, Ind, May 1SA west
bound Lake Shore train ran into an
open switch at Montmorenci and was
wrecked. The engineer and fireman
we're killed, and six persons were in
jured. The dead are H. G. Haller. en-
gineer, and Warren Bass, fireman.
The leader., 1905-05-27

Among the most backward and saw
age tribes great attention is often paid
to the children. The toys and play
things used by the savages in all parts
of the world are often surprisingly well
mAda
The leader., 1905-05-27
Rrolke . Leg kicking.

st. Louis. May 20 Grandma" Hes
lllp, aged So, while teaching children
to dance, kicked so high she broke her
leg. You don't do that right, she
said. Now: One, two, three!'' and
kicked. She is in the hospital.
The leader., 1905-05-27
Lnmned Er1m NyKindorr.

Woman jumped From sSVindow.
Des Moines, Ia, May 49, Seeing the
face of a man whom she supposed to
be burglar in her mirror, Mrs. Mark
Hayes jumped from her bedroom win
dow and was caught uninjured in the
boughs of shade tree. Neighbors, at
tracted by her screams, rescued her.
The leader., 1905-05-27

Some Facts of Industrial Mississippi
State Auditor 7. M. Henry, by re-
quest, read his paper on NSome Facts
Of Industrial Mississippi, Z on the boat
excursion given last week by the citi-
zens of Greenville to the members Of
the State Press Association and a
party of homeseekers from the North
and West, in charge of Capt. Merry,
of the Illinois Central railroad, thus
catching not only the newspaper men
but also the one hundred and fifty
homeseekers visiting Mississippi with
the object of making investments in
Mississippi's rapidly advancing real
estate. Owing to the subject and the
manner in which the same was handled
it proved especially interesting to them
and just fit the occasion. These home
seekers are practical men from Iowa,
Illinois and Wisconsin, and expressed
themselves as greatly pleased with
what they had seen in Mississippi.
They are making an extensive tour of
the State.
The following extracts are made from
Mr.. Henry's address:
With your kind permission would
like to make a statement showing
some of the industrial advancement
along some of the principal lines, only
touching the subject in the high spots.
In 1894 Mississippi's total assess
ments of realty, personality and rail-
roads, express and sleeping car COM
panies, amounted to $177,311, 1863.
In 1897 the assessment of personality
increased to $44,994,791, the realty
and railroads standing at about the
former figures.
In 1899 these items showed an in.
crease of $10,505, ,266, standing, separ-
ately, as follows:
Total
Assessment
for 1900.
Realty .$113,21o,931 $1s1. ,S21
Personally 4S,258,651 57,400,338
Railroads,
express and
sleeping
cars ...... 26,S47,S5S 27,O49. .7SS
The leader., 1905-05-27

Chicago bears the eminent distinc-
ton of being the greatest focal point
for railroads in the world. There are
"a trunk-lines, besides numerous small
roads, centering there, with a total
mileage of 10000, or SO per cent. of
the railroad mileage of the United
States. Nineteen hundred trains ar
rive and depart every day from the diff
ferent stations.
The leader., 1905-05-27
Jap steamer sunk By Mine,

Toxic, May 1S.-The steamer Chuyet
Maru, while on her way to New
Chwang, struck a mine near the Mao
islands, in the Gulf of Pechili, May IA.
This is the third ship sunk by floating
mines within the past fortnight.
The leader., 1905-05-27

Austria has succeeded in raising the
wind by enforcing cleanliness upon its
people. Under a penalty of $50 Aus
tria demands that every householder
shall have his chimney swept by the
government sweep at least once a
month for fear of age. She found
the measure most lucrative, as she
charged a tax of 40 cents for every
chimney cleansed.
The leader., 1905-05-27

Peoria. ILL.,, May 2O.--After months
treatment at Hot Springs, Bishop
Spaulding is in Peoria, and is under
going treatment at st. Francis hos.
pital. While slightly improved, the
bishops condition is very unsatisfac-
tory. He is suffering from paralysis.
The leader., 1905-05-27
yVhfre yVtth strange Womnn.

New York, May 20-In room with
a Mrs. Dona Miller, Herbert Leon Keep
Ter, Of Delands Fla, committed suicide
by taking morphine. Mrs. Miller says
she and Kepler ned from Deiand two
weeks ago.
The leader., 1905-05-27
Letter Imports More WorIxmen,

zeigler, ILL.,, May 1S.-On hundred
and twenty-five Hungarians have been
imported here to work in the Letter
mines. This is the first importation
of workmen since several weeks before
the disastrous explosion.
The leader., 1905-05-27

The word "tip'' originated in the old
English coffee houses. At the door OF
these coffee houses was a box made
usually of brass, with lock and key
1t had engraved upon it the letters ct.
/. P" observed the stops between
the Ietters) ITO Insure Promptness. "
Customers, as they passed out
dropped a coin in for the waiter
Hence the word Tip"
The leader., 1905-05-27

If you feel like starting a little argu.
ment at home just spring that statisti-
clans views about a woman being able
to elothe herself with $65 year.-Albany
Times. Union.
The leader., 1905-05-27
undiat,,rhad.

.Do you feel at all worried over the
yellow peril?"
''Not now" replied the man who has
hay fever. II don't borrow trouble. The
goldenrod won't begin to blossom for
two or three months. Chicago Record.
Herald.
The leader., 1905-05-27

Married eight years. a German
named Drew has seven sons, all of
whom he has pledged to the German
army The kaiser has written him a
letter strongly commencing his pa
friotiSm.
The leader., 1905-05-27

The San Francisco police arrested
the other day three women in what
they said was shoplifting school. It
had counters and shelves and the WON
en- were being taught to steal.
The leader., 1905-05-27

She What would you do. Georgs, q
you were left a widowerg
He-Oh, | suppose pretty much the
same as you would do If you were left
widow.
"0h, you wretch And you always told
me You could never love anybody else. p
Pick -Me-Up.
The leader., 1905-05-27

London, May ia dispatch to a
news agency from st. Petersburg says
that Ivan Kaleieff, who assassfnated
Grand Duke Sergius, February IL, at
Moscow. was executed Wednesday.
The leader., 1905-05-27

KuropatIxin Going to the Crimea.
st. Petersburg, May 20.-The news.
papers again say Gen. Kuropatkin is
returning from the front and going to
the Crimea to reeuperate.
The leader., 1905-05-27

In 1880 John Jacob Astor was the
only man In New York who was worth
$1,000O00. Now the entire Astor es-
tate is approaching the $1,000 ,O00, 600
mark.
The leader., 1905-05-27
INTERESTING LETTER
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Mrs. Sarah Kellogg OF Denver, Color
Bearer of the Woman's Relief CorpA
Sends Thanks to ndrs. Pinkham.

The following
letter was written
by Mrs. Kellogg,
of 1928 Lincoln
lave, De enver,
Colo. TO Mrs. Pink.
nam. Lynn, Mass:
l Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
4" For five years ]
was troubled with a
tumor, which kept
growing causing me
The leader., 1905-05-27
FamiIx,n Narrow Encane

Harrisburg, Pa, May Is. The resi-
denee Of Postmaster Francis Mullinaux
at Ledford was destroyed by fire at
midnight, the family barely escaping
from the flames.
The leader., 1905-05-27
ena Turna Tnto nj fsnr1er

Port Huron. Mich, May 49,. The
Port Huron bath house mineral we'll
has turned into a -barrel-p -per-day
oil gusher. The oil tested 80 per cent
nure.
The leader., 1905-05-27
Tornado n 0lxlahon..

Guthrie, Okla, May 20.-A tornado
in Roger Mills county destroyed one
dwelling, damaged several others, and
beat crops into the ground. Hailstones
as big as eggs fell.
The leader., 1905-05-27

Experiments justify the conclusion
that increasing the intensity OF light
100000 times does not alter its ve-
Iocity by as much as two feet "a second.
The leader., 1905-05-27

BY the Bergsoe process tferric chlor
ide) for the recovery of tin. 4O,pounds
of the metal is extracted from one ton
OF tin.plate scrap.
The leader., 1905-05-27

The Postof1ce Department has Civ
en- out a statement showing the growth
of the rural free delivery service. On
May 1, 1905, there were on hand await,
ing investigation 1886 petitions for ad-
ditional service, an increase of SIG
over the number pending April l, 1905.
Petitions pending for additional sery-
ice in Mississippi, 2OS; number of ru-
raj routes in operation in the State,
245; number in operation June l.,
1904, 153; increase, 90.
The leader., 1905-05-27
PREPARING FOR BUSINESS.
The Japanese Have Been Busy Re-
constructing the Railroad.

constructing the Railroad.
General Oku's Headquarters, Sunday,
May Ia, 3 p. M, via Fusan. The rail-
way has been completed and is being
operated as far as Telling, temporary
bridges replacing those that were de-
stroyed. Work is being rapidly
pushed north of TELLING and material
for permanent bridges is arriving from
Japan. Thousands of junks are carry
ing supplies on the Lao river between
New Chwang and Telling.
The leader., 1905-05-27
SIS. 7.S16.9s6 s215.765.9 .947

Total -. S1S7 ,Sl6,536 $zl5, ,f6o, ,94l
Increase for the six years from 1894
to 1900, about the first year, except
1899, in which a substantial increase
was shown, $3S,454,27S. 1t will be
noted that of this increase nearly one
half-$1S,318,047-was from person
atty.
In 1901 the total increase was ST.
0S1 ,57S.
The three items in 1903 showed a
total assessed valuation of $251 1,447,-
450 or an increase from 1894 of $74,-
13G,4S1.
The last realty assessment was
made in 1902 Under a general law
the assessment of realty is only made
once every four years.
In 1904 the personally assessment
showed an increase over that of 1908
of SIS, ,823, 800, being the largest in the
history of the State. am of the opin-
ion that had the realty assessment
been made, the increase would have
been relatively as great.
The personal rolls for the present
year have not been received, but it is
safe to say that they will show like
gratifying increase.
From 1900 to the present the audi
tor had granted exemptions to thirty
eight manufacturing concerns, ranging
all the way from hosiery mills to cof-
fin factories. This does not include
the thousand and one industries start
ed and not asking or being entitled to
exemptions. The aggregate of these
would be very much greater.
AS shown by the statistical abstract
The leader., 1905-05-27

An ideal scheme to protect his check
from forgery is one peculiar to A. M
Griffen, a Plainfield, N. j., merchant.
Every check that Mr. Griffen writes
he signs in the usual business way,
but. in addition, he moistens his right
thumb with red ink and presses it
down upon the figures in the corner
of the check This covers the figures
with a light coating of ink, which
leaves the imprint of the lines of the
thumb clearly Outlined, and no figures
can be raised without the fact being
apparent. No two thumbs in the world
will leave the same imprint.
The leader., 1905-05-27

the same. and the other items showed
proportionate increase.
The last statement called for by the
auditor on the State banks and by the
comptroller of the currency on the
national banks showed, on March is
and IA, 1905, respectively, the follow
ing:
The leader., 1905-05-27

Governor vardaman has received,
through United States Senator H. d.
Money, two fac simile impressions
from the original seal of the Confeder-
ate States of America, one to be do
mated to the historical museum at the
Mississippi Agricultural and Mechan-
ica1 College and the other to the State
Department of Archives and History.
The presentations to the State are
made by Mrs Edward w. Ayres, a
former Mississippi lady, now residing
in Washington, who obtained them
from a firm of London engravers,
Messrs. J. B. & A. B. Wyon, engravers-
in-chief to Her Majesty, the Queen of
Great Britain Accompanying the fac
similie impressions are certificates
from this firm, stating that they manu-
factured the seal of the Confederate
States of America, and that the orig
inal die from which the seal was cast
is still in their possession.
The leader., 1905-05-27
fHE SIGN oF TnE ZACH.
IT'S Location AZ an Index Of the
Habits Of . Man Some
thing to Go by.

Mrs. Murray had advertised for . skilled
gardener to work by the day in her yard,
and, somewhat to her embarrassment, shs
was obliged to choose between two ap-
plicants who appeared at the same mo-
ment. As she stood on her doorstep, ques.
tioning first one and then the other, re-
lates Youths Companion, she became
aware that her mother-in-law, seated on
the porch short distance from the men
and directly behind them, was frantically
gesticulating.
The old lady, satisfied at last that she
had attracted her daughter-in atten-
tion, pointed unmistakably toward the less
prepossessing of the two men; and the
younger woman, supposng that her rela-
tive had some personal knowledge OF the
applicant, promptly engaged him.
Has that man ever worked for you,
mother? asked Mrs. Murray, when the
two women were alone.
..sNo,'' replied the old lady. IT never
saw or heard of either of 'em until now.
Then why in the world did you choose
the shorter man: The other had much
better face"
"Face!" returned the old lady, briskly.
"When you pick out man to work in
the garden you want to go by his overalls
If they're patched on the knees you want
him. If the patch is on the seat. you
don't"
The leader., 1905-05-27

A mans idea of a good summer vaca-
tion is where he can wear his old clothes
woman's where she must wear lot Of
new ones.-N. Y. Press.
The leader., 1905-05-27

1t is well enough to profit by our own
mistakes, but it is good deal more
profitable to profit by the mistakes of
others.-Puck.
The leader., 1905-05-27

Among the 1877 persons who offered
for examination to practice medicine
in the State. there we're eleven ne
groes, oneSof them being negro Wom-
an. During recent years negroes have
taken to medicine in larger numbers
than formerly, and there is hardly an
examination held by the State Board
of Health at which from six to dozen
negroes do not apply, and many of
them are granted license.