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The leader., 1905-10-21
DUEL OVER POKER GAME.
Both Duelists Were Killed one Ac.
cused other Of Cheating.

Tchula, Miss, Oct. 17.--W. A.
Spratlin of Memphis and Jake Glenn Of
Greenwood, Miss, fought duel on the
street here at noon today, both being
killed; Glenn instantly and Spratlin dy-
ing twenty minutes later from his
wounds.
1t was deliberate affair, provoked
by a poker game Spratlin accused
Glenn Of cheating, and Glen denied it.
"You are liar and q -, -
replied Spratlin.
Glenn told Spratlin that he would
have to take back the vile epithets, and
Spratlins answer was, 'Go arm your
self and prepare to fight it out. !"
They both came down the steps of the
hotel, talking of their quarrel in ordi-
nary tones. Glenn went to a hardware
store and purchased revolver, and
Spratlin returned to his home in the
hotel and secured his pistol They met
on the street in front of the Wilson
House, and Glenn again asked Spratlin
to recall his ugly words. There was no
menace in his tones that any of the
bystanders could detect, but he spoke
with determination, and with courage
to enforce his demand.
Spratlin had his gun out by the time
they met, and as soon as his antagonist
had spoken he began to fire, shooting
four times. Each of the bullets entered
Glenn's body. and death was almost in
Simultaneous. Before he fell he managed
to draw his gun and fred twice, infict-
ing mortal wounds on his slayer, who
turned and ran into the store of Roby &
Jones. Mr.. Roby, who had witnessed
the duel, went up to him and tried to
catch him as he went down. Spratlin
handed him his private papers, and
asked him to telegraph to Mrs. Spratlin
in Memphis that he was dead man.
Further than this he spoke not, and in
twenty minutes he was in the presence
of death.
The leader., 1905-10-21
Mai. Taeeart,s Dilemma.

Wooster, Ohio. Oct. 17.-Although
the decree-of Judge Eason places the
Taggart children under the guardian
ship of their father, Maj. Taggart may
find it difficult to get Culver into his
possession without actually going to
Mrs. Taggart's house and tearing the
boy away from his mother. Mrs. Tag
gart will prepare Culver to accompany
his father, but to force him oleave her
is an act she is not equal to, Culver
seems determined to resist the Majors
authority. Maj. Taggart's attorney
says if Mrs. Taggart will cooperate in
managing the children she will eventu-
ally have them almost entirely with her
The leader., 1905-10-21
CONFEDERATE BADGE
Will Be Pinned on Roosevelt by Ad-
miral Semmes' Niece.


Birmingham, Ala, Oct. 17.-In COM
pleting arrangements today for the re-
ception on Tuesday of next week of
President Roosevelt plans were made
to give the members of the two Con-
federate Veterans camps and the Sons
of Confederate Veterans a prominent
place in the parade. 1t was also an
nounced to the arrangements committee
by a delegation from Camp Hardee,
United Confederate Veterans, that the
camp had in preparation handsome
Confederate badge and medal which
would be presented to the President.
Miss Sophia Wittichen, sponsor for the
camp, has been selected to present him
with the token and pin it on the lapel
of his coat. Miss Wittichen is a grand
niece of Admiral Raphael Semmes,
the great Confederate naval officer and
commander of the famous ship Ala
bama, which played so much havoc
with Federal commerce during the civil
war. The Confederate organizations
will escort the President from the pas
senger station to Capitol Park, where
he will speak to the people.
The leader., 1905-10-21
RAISED FROM A DEATH-BED.
Mr.. Pitts, Once Pronounced Incurable,
Has Been Wen Three Years.

E. E. Pitts, so Hathaway ST., skow-
hogan, Me-, says: s'Seven years ago
my back ached and I was SO run down
The leader., 1905-10-21
AMERICAN ARMY AND NAVY
A German Newspaper Delivers Itself
of an Opinion of the Quality of
Uncle SANS War Dogs.

Berlin, Oct 1.-THE leading con-
servative newspaper, Neue Preussische
Kreutz zeitung, prints what is calls an
expose of the claims of the United
States to be great military power.
The article asserts that the American
army is rotten" and that 10 per cent.
of the soldiers deserted during 1904.
''The army is made up of miserable
material says the newspaper, "and
the Russian army is superior to that
of the Unitetd States.
Americans are patriotic with their
mouths; but they are unwilling to be-
come soldiers in behalf of their own
country, and they despise soldiers as
class.
THE United States possesses guf-
ficient wealth to build 100 new battle
ships, but it is impossible to man them,
as neither officers or crews exist
The leader., 1905-10-21
TAGGART GRANTED A DECREE
Judge Eason, MT wooster, o., Rem
ders His Verdict in the Fa-
nous Divorce Case.

Wooster, O., Oct. 14.-Judge Eason,
who heard the divorce case of Capt.
Elmore r. Taggart against his wife,
has rendered his decision. The court
grants Capt. Taggart the divorce and
the custody of the two children, Culver,
aged IL, and Charles, aged Z. Al
though Mrs. Taggart is denied posses
sion of the children, she will be permit
ted to see them. Capt. Taggart was in
court during the reading of the deci-
sion. Mrs. Taggart is i'll and was not
present.
Judge Eason, before giving his deci-
sion, reviewed the petitions, cross-pe-
titions, answers and aff1dayits. In the
course of his statement, Judge Eason
said that the testimony was deeply
touching. The charge of drunkenness
against Capt. Taggart, the court said,
was not sustained
The trial lasted seven weeks. The
case went to the court a month ago.
The suit was first started in July, 1904,
by Capt Taggart, who filed petition for
divorce, charging his wife with conduct
unbecoming woman and alleging the
excessive use of intoxicants. Mrs.
Taggart heard of the proceedings in
San Francisco several weeks later, and
Immediately started for Wooster, the
home of the Taggarts, where she filed
a counter petition for divorce against
Capt. Taggart on grounds of cruelty
and neglect. The case has been of ex-
ceptional interest because Of the state
ment during the trial by Capt. Taggart
that the use of intoxicants in the army
was SO common as TO be almost the Gus
tom. A number of prominent army
officers were named in Capt Taggart's
petition as having been more or less
the cause of the domestic troubles be-
tween Capt. Taggart and Mrs. Taggart.
The leader., 1905-10-21
KENTUCKY COTTON.
Seed Brought From Mississippi Ma
lures Early With Good Fruit.

lures Early With Good Fruit.
Hickman, KY, Oct. 1.-THE Dodds
Brothers cotton gin is in active opera
tion and eighty-five bales of superior
quality of cotton have been turned out,
and either shipped or are awaiting
shipment, representing mercantile
value of S4,25O. Last year Sydney
Dodds of Clarksdale, Miss, sent from
Mississippi cotton seed which matured
much earlier in this latitude, and if gem
orally planted, will make distinct type
of cotton that will not only be valuable
to the grower, but to the buyer and
shipper as well. That which is now
coming to the gin is of excellent quality,
there being only one drawback to its
bringing the best price obtainable for
the commodity. Care in picking is lack
ing, leaves and husks from the stalk
and boil being mixed with the cotton,
which depreciates it's quality. The bot
toms up and down the Mississippi river
here are ideal for this kind of agricul-
tuFe, and the cotton grown on Kentucky
soil is said to be superior to that grown
in Mississippi and brings better prices
in Memphis and Southern cottor mar
ketS,
The leader., 1905-10-21
EIGHT LIVES WERE LOST
IR Addition Thirty-FIve Are I'm Hos.
pitaI as the Result of the Cam
pnnia's Tidal Wave Mishap.

New York, Oct. 16.-Six passengers
swept into the sea, two dead from in
juries and 35 in the Long Island Col
lege hospital was the result of the tidal
wave which struck the Cunard liner
Campania 1 100 miles from Sandy Hook
last Wednesday All those killed and
wounded were steerage passengers
John Graham was carried overheard
with a four-mouths-old baby in his
arms He left behind him on the ship
wife and seven children Two of the
others swept away were young women
from Tipperary, Ireland, who were COM
ing over to be married
The leader., 1905-10-21

king Solomon's mines are not in
Rhodesias where popular rumor has
been placing them for a good many
years, according to the conclusion OF
an expert who made his report to the
British association recently. A scien-
tist, Randall MacIyer, was sent there
last April by the association and the
Rhodes trustees. He examined the
mysterious ruins at ZimbabWe and
other places in that district After
careful investigation he decided that
none of the ruins in southern Rhode
sia are older than the 18th or 10th CEN
tury.
The leader., 1905-10-21
CLOSE OF PORTLAND FAIR
President GOode Announces That
Stockholders Will Receive 80 to
40 Per Cent. On stock.

Portland, Ore, Oct. Saturday,
1Officers' and Stockholders day. at
the Lewis and Clark centennial expo
sition, was the last of the exposition
period. To-day the work Of wrecking
the immense exhibit palaces and state
buildings will commence, and in few
months all that will remain of the ex-
position will be memory of its sue
cess success as expcsitions go-for
President Goode has made public an
nouncement that the stockholders will
receive a dividend of from 80 to 40 per
cent. on their stock, a record said to
excel any exposition of like character
ever held in the world.
The leader., 1905-10-21

A halt is to be called in the mar
riage procession in Nebraska, if the
Nebraska Homeopathic association
has it's way, and all applicants for
marriage licenses, either man or WON.
an, must undergo a thorough physical
examination before they, will be per-
mitte6 to we'd "A bill to this effect
will be introduced into the next state
legislature, and the homeopaths of the
state will use every effort to have it
passed. The homeopaths believe that
the spread of disease is due, more
than to any other cause, to diseased
persons who marry.
The leader., 1905-10-21

A. S. Gafford, a farmer Of VoltaiFe
township, Sherman county, Kan, was
stunned by a meteor few evenings
ago. Just as he stepped from his
house the sky became as light as day.
He saw the approaching streak Of
light AMI turned toward the door, call
ingas he did to the rest of the fam
iIy to come and see the meteor His
hand had hardly reached the door
knob when he sank down, overcome
by an electric shock He regained
himself ii a moment hut for half an
hour he was pale and his sight was
very much affected
The leader., 1905-10-21

A lake 20 miles long and from three
ito FIVE miles wide has suddenly sprung
Tito existence in the sand hills of Cen
tral Nebraska. Where six months ago
there were wastes of mud is now a
body Of water 10 to so feet deep and
constantly rising. The overflow has
found an outlet and started down the
valley toward the Missouri river, form
ing a stream the length of which no
one can imagine. 1t has been known
for years that almost the whole of the
central, if not the entire western,
part Of the state had an underfow of
water.
The leader., 1905-10-21

A project is under consideration in
Vienna for the construction of rail.
road system connecting European
cities with the Far East and rivaling
the great Siberian railway. By this
new route Vienna would be brought
within eight days of Peking and
Shanghai instead of 18 days by the
present Siberian route. The chief pro-
moter of the new scheme seems to be
one DR.. Spatzer, of Vienna, who has as
sociated with him some prominent
capitalists and financiers.
The leader., 1905-10-21
The Lutheran Church on Divorce.

Milwaukee, Oct. 1.-THE General
Council this afternoon settled the mar
riage and divorce question by the addi-
tion of canon as follows:
That pastors shall decline to marry
any person who has husband or wife
living unless such person shall have
been divorced from such husband or
wife for the cause Of adultery or wilful
desertion, and that in that case they
consent to marry only the innocent par
ty to such divorce, and then not until
the expiration of a year after the di-
Yorce. shall have been granted.
The leader., 1905-10-21
Mrs. Duncan Captured.

Asheville, N. c., Oct. 17.--Mrs.
Robert Duncan, the woman who is al
legged to have smuggled in the tools
used by eleven prisoners in the county
jail in cutting their way to freedom
last night, was caught here this even
ing. Bob Duncan, said to have been
the ringleader in last nights delivery,
and husband of the captured woman,
has long record as a jail breaker, and
was the leading spirit in the jail de-
livery at Hendersonville, N G., sew
sral months ago, when twenty-three
prisoners got away.
The leader., 1905-10-21
COFFEE NEURALGIA
Leaves When You Quit and use
Postum.

A lady who unconsciously drifted
fnto nervous prostration brought on
by coffee, says:
II have been a coffee drinker all
my life, and used it regularly, three
times day.
"A year or two ago became sub
ject to nervous neuralgia, attacks Of
nervous headache and general nery-
Gus prostration which rot only in.
capacitated me for doing my house
work, but frequently made it neces.
sary for me to remain in a dark
room for two or three days at time.
Il employed several good doctors,
one after the other, but none Of them
was able to give me permanent relief.
Eight months ago a friend sug.
gested that perhaps coffee was the
cause of. my troubles and that try
Postum F'ood Coffee and give up the
old kind. am glad took her adj
vice, for my health has been entirely
restored. have no more neuralgia.
nor have I had one solitary headache
In all these eight months. No more
Of my days are wasted in solitary con-
flnement in dark room. l do ali my
own work with ease. The flesh that /
lost during the years Of my nervous
prostration has come back to me dnr.
ing these months, and am once more
q happy, healthy woman. enclose a
list Of names Of friends who can vouch
for the truth Of the statement. Name
given by Postum Co. Battle Creek.
Mich.
There's g reason.
Ten days trial leaving OF coffee and
using Postum is aufacisnt. All gro
csrs.
The leader., 1905-10-21

Are the Japanese the lost ten tribes
OF Israel? The Jewish World reyives
this old theory, remarking that it was
probably inevitable that they should
be sought in the Japanese in view OF
the fact that the museums of Japan
contain numerous engravings pllrport-
ing to show the landing Of Jews in
Nippon. One of the pictures cited is
said to show procession in which the
ark is discernible and in which the
priests wear hats Of Biblical pattern.
Another depicts Solomon in the act of
receiving gifts from, the queen of
Sheba.
The leader., 1905-10-21
Tax Law SUSTAINED.

Austin, Tex, Oct. II. Judge Brooks
this afternoon rendered aa opinion sus-
tanning the State law recently enacted
requiring railroads to pay per cent. of
The gross earnings in the way Of taxes.
The railroads fought this additional
tax levy on the ground that the rail-
roads were now paying three different
sets Of taxes, and this additional tax
vas contiscatory and in violation Of
;he constitution Judge Brooks over
.uled all the objections OF the railroads
ind decided in favor of the law. The
lase win be appealed.
The leader., 1905-10-21

Old mining men and prospectors in
this region did not need to be told by
DR.. Ami, of the geological survey, that
great diamond wealth lay hidden in
that part of Canada between the Great
Lakes and Hudson bay. In the Rainy
river district and in the auriferous
valley of the Seine many diamonds
have been obtained from Indians and
French-Canadians voyagers, who had
picked them up in their wandering
without any idea Of their character
and valna -.
The leader., 1905-10-21

Living across the Willamette from
Corvallis, Ore, at a distance of mile
or so, is boy who, in the past six
months, has shown such abnormal
growth that he has doubled in weight
In this period of only half a year he
has made the transition from a boy
of IL to the stature and weight OF
manhood. The beginnings of growth
of beard complete the sudden and swift
change in which this lad, though still
boy in years, is man in everything
else. The case is said to be without
parallel in medical annals.
The leader., 1905-10-21
WRECK ON IOWA CENTRAT
Five Trainmen Killed and Two Los
cOmOtives and "a Number of
Freight Cars Destroyed.

Oskaloosa, Ia, Oct. 16.-Five train
men we're killed at Seaton, ILL.,, when a
heavy double-header freight train,
cast bound on the Iowa Central rail-
road, ran into cattle on the track at a
speed of 20 miles on hour Both To-
comotives and eleven freight cars load
ed with grain and lumber were piled up
in heap beside the track.
The dead:
George A. Caffal, engineer.
Harry Summers, engineer.
Harry Barr, fireman.
L. H. Briley, fireman.
P. T. Morgan, brakeman.
All the+men killed lived in Oskaloosa
except Briley, whose home was in Mon
mouth, Ill. The engineers lived sew
eral hours after the wreck occurred,
but the other three men were killed in
stant1s.
The leader., 1905-10-21

Under a treaty negotiated in 1903,
the United States agreed to relinquish
its claim to the Isle of Pines, off the
Cuban coast in the Caribbean sea, in
consideration of grant of coaling and
naval stations in Cuba. More than
two years have elapsed since the
treaty was drafted, but it still re-
mains unratified,
The leader., 1905-10-21

"Uncle Sam" is preparing to go into
the lumber business. Secretary Will
son will see to it that his interests are
protected. Congress will be asked to
organize on permanent basis the for
est service which has taken charge of
the numerous reservations that have
heretofore been controlled by the Sec
retary of the interior. Since the first
of July the forest reservations have
passed to the department of agricul-
turn
The leader., 1905-10-21

DIR. Werner Won Bolton, in a short
hote that appears in the Zeitschrift
fur Elektrochaemie, upon the hardness
of wrought tantalum, states that in the
earlier tests mass of metal raised to
a red heat, and then worked under the
steam hammer had shown degree of
hardness approaching that of the dia-
mond.
The leader., 1905-10-21
PORTLAND FAIR ATTENDANCE
and Clarke Centennial EXPOSE
tiOn Was 2,545,5O0.

Portland. Ore, Oct 16.-When the
gates of the Lewis and Clarke exposi-
ton closed at one o'clock Sunday morn
ing total attendance of $500 for the
day had been registered, making the
grand total for the entire fair period
2,545, 500. The attendance for the last
day ranks third in point of numbers,
Portland day and Fourth of July being
the only greater days.
The leader., 1905-10-21

1t is reported that the Highland
Seotchman is ceasing to drink whisky
A visitor to Scotland says that the
typical Highlander, as he saw him
this season, takes an occasional "nip,"
as before, but that beer is gradually
ousting usquebaugh from it's su-
nremacv
The leader., 1905-10-21
Guests of the President.

washington, Oct 1.-THE president
and Mrs. Roosevelt entertained at din
ner the secretary of war and Mrs.
Taft; the postmaster general and Mrs.
Cortelyou, the assistant secretary of
war and Mrs. Oliver, Joseph D. Bishop
and Mrs. Bishop, Gen. Dodge and Mrs.
Shepley. Gen. Dodge spent the night at
.he White House.
The leader., 1905-10-21
Cen. weston,s Assignment.

Washington, Oct. 14.-Gen. Bates,
acting chief Of stan, has detailed Maj
Gen. John F. Weston, formerly COM
missary general of subsistence, to the
command of the northern military divi-
sion, with headquarters at ST. Louis,
to succeed Maj.-Gen. George M. RAN
dali. retired.
The leader., 1905-10-21

Pittsburg, Kas., Oct 16.-Deeds have
been recorded with the county recorder
here transferring 4,657 acres Of land in
this vicinity to the Concordia Coal Co,
recently Incorporated IN Delaware.
George Gould Is believed 70 be back Of
the company.
The leader., 1905-10-21
Jeaaen suceeeda Tuclrer.

Washington, Oct. Is. The president
las accepted the resignation Of Eugene
A. Tucker, associate Justice of the SUI
preme court of Arizona, to take effect
the I4th inst. To succeed him the
president appointed Paul lessen, of Ne
braska
The leader., 1905-10-21
TO Dance In Church,

Cincinnati, Oct 16.- I'm the belief that
what is harmless in the home is harm
less in the church, hops and euchres
will be given weekly in the Vine Street
Congregational church. The congre-
CATION has voted for it, and the min
lister gives his approval.
The leader., 1905-10-21
Wavv Yorlx,a Wnter svatem.

New York, Oct. 1.-THE city's new
water system will cost $161 So, 900, ac-
cording to q report made to the board
Of estimate by the commission headed
by ]. Edward Simmons. This is some
thing more than $7O,OOO,OOO above the
highest previous estimate.
The leader., 1905-10-21

Maysville. Mo-, Oct. 16-Martin
Paulsgroye, charged with the murder
of Miss Mary Newman, his sweetheart,
a school teacher in Andrew county,
Missouri, last January. was convicted
Of murder in the first degree The jury
had been out 4S hours.
The leader., 1905-10-21

A Virginia paper ventures the opin-
ion that "iots Of young girls who are
devotiag lots of time to music les
sons will learn after marriage that
cooking is a more valuable accom-
plishment than humping piano."
The leader., 1905-10-21
IN tlle Hnnda 81 ) Receiver

Chicago, Oct. 1.-THE firm of A. ].
Whipple & Co, stock and grain brok-
ers at las Monroe street, have volur-
tarily placed their affairs in the hands
Of receiver. The liabilities are placed
at 100000. with assets less than one
quarter that amount.
The leader., 1905-10-21
Priuon voIunteer Leaeue.

Joliet, ILL.,, Oct. 16. The tenth ami
versary of the foundation Of the Prison
Volunteer league was celebrated at
Joliet penitentiary Mrs. Maud Bal
lington Booth, founder of the league,
delivered an address to 1,4OO convicts.
The leader., 1905-10-21
Former WelI-Known Pitcher Dead

GarrolIton, Mo-, Oct. 16.-Frank j.
Parvin, once weII-known baseball
pitcher, died at the home of his father,
in this city, of tuberculosis, aged 35
years. Parvin's last work was with
the st. Joseph (Mo.) team in the West
ern league.
The leader., 1905-10-21
IA Morgan Contribution.

Rome, Oct IA The sum of SIC, 900
has been received from j. Pierpont
Morgan for the benefit Of the sufferers
from the recent earthquakes in the
province Of Calabria.
The leader., 1905-10-21
Increased Postal eRceipts.

Washington, Oct. 14The postal re-
ceipts for the SO largest cities in the
United States during September aggre-
gated $6,513, 500, against $5.9O7 ,2O3 for
the corresponding month in 1904.
The leader., 1905-10-21

indianapolis. Ind, Oct II ALBERT
Gall former state treasurer, and one
Of the best known citizens Of Indiana,
in which state he lived for more than
flfty years. died euddnnly Of heart fall
ura.
The leader., 1905-10-21

Ada, 1 q. Oct. 1e.- DR.. Davenport, q
physician Of Oakman, I T. was con-
vEcted Of manslaughter He shot and
killed William Gaines. a mail carrier,
Ii q quarrel over some neishborhood
gossip.
The leader., 1905-10-21

Toxic, Oct 16. The navy depart
ment has announced the seizure ol the
American steamer Centennial, October
10, In Soya strait She was bound for
v1adfvOstok
The leader., 1905-10-21

that I was laid up
four months. I
had night sweats
and fainting spells
and dropped to 90
pounds. The urine
passed every few
minutes with in
tense pain and
looked like blood.
Dropsy set in and
the doctors decided
/ could not live.
The leader., 1905-10-21

Pana, ILL.,, Oct. 16.-The Big -Four
depot at Nokomis was robbed by un-
known parties during the evening, and
$1,250 is missing. The money was IN
the care of the American Express Co.
The leader., 1905-10-21

A lion and lioness in the zoo at
Frankfort, Germany, roared in terror
and tremblingly croTched in a corner
of their cage because ferret had ac.
eidentally entered It.
The leader., 1905-10-21

My wife got me using Doan's Kidney
Pills, and as they helped me l took
heart, kept on and was cured SO thor
oughly that I've been well three years"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The leader., 1905-10-21

New York, Oct. IA The remains OF
Geo. w. Gail, ST.. the tobacco
prince. of Baltimore, who died in
Bremen. have arrived, accompanied BY
Mrs. Gail.
The leader., 1905-10-21

New Orleans, Oct 16.- The cruisers
West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Colo
RADIO, the fastest lighting machines of
their kind afioat, will escort President
Roosevelt from New Orleans to Nor
folk.