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The leader., 1905-05-06
AN AGGRAVATED OFFENSE.
The Reasons For Calling Minister
Bowen Home From Caracas
Diplomatic Changes.

Washington, May Secretary
Taft has received instructions from the
president to call Minister Bowen, now
at Caracas, to Washington; also to
send Mr.. Russell, now minister to Co
lombia, to Caracas, and Mr.. Barrett,
now minister at Panama, to Colombia.
1t is thought that Mr.. Bowen has
been recalled to explain first, why he
furnished the Loomis charges for pub
LEGATION, and second, what grounds he
has for believing them to rest upon
any other foundation that the malev.
olence of President Castro.
Bowen's alleged furnishing of the
charges to the New York Herald is
held to be an aggravated offense, be-
cause when he mentioned to Secretary
Hay some time ago the fact that sto-
ries affecting the integrity of his pre-
decessor as minister at Caracas were
in circulation at the Venezuelan cap
ital, he was admonished to beware Of
the stories, as they had already been
INQUIRED into and found untrue.
The leader., 1905-05-06
AS THE PARsoN TOLD IT.
Equib Sounded All Right When He
Heard It, But He Got It
Twisted.

r. r. Robinson, Of Elmira, N. Y, told
the Kansas City Star the following story
on minister who is friend Of his:
EnaoSa mne f basx nn = not ban
way, or at least his Sc use Of humor does, =
said Mr. Robinson. "a few days ago
man at little dinner propoundcd the
following: why is tin can tied to
a dogs tail like death?
.@The answer was: Because it is bound
to occur
''This made quite hit with the rec
tor, and a few days later when he was
ries Of conundrums were passed around.
1.-The divine saw his chance, and he
asked the same question: Why is tin
can tied to dogs tail like DEATH?
No one knew the answer, and the
propounder Immediately spoke up: Be
cause it is sure to happen.
And he looked disappointed when the
squib didn't break laugh"
The leader., 1905-05-06
A Great Discovery.

Clayton, Tex, May lst.-(Speciall =
That genuine cure for Diabetes has been
discovered. is the opinion Of Mr.. J. II.
matter Mr.. Bailey says:
q believe Dodd's Kidney Pills is the
best remedy for Diabetes and the only one
that has ever been discovered that will
cure Diabetes"
Il have a genuine case of Diabetes. ]
have taken seven boxes of Dodd's Kidney
Pills and am still taking them. They have
helped me so much that | am now up and
able to work some. / believe that if
had conformed strictly to Diabetes diet
] would now have been completely cured. .
Dodd's Kidney Pills have cured hun
dreds Of cases of Diabetes and never once
failed. 1t is an old saying that what will
care Diabetes will cure any form of Kid
my Disease and that's just exactly what
Irodds Kidney Pills do. They cure all
kidney diseases frcm Backache to Bright's
disease.
The leader., 1905-05-06
STARTLING REVELATIONS
Bankers Staggered BY Revelations
ID the Bigelow Case.
The DefauIting Bnnlx President Now
Confcsses to Indebtedness OF
Three Millions.

Milwaukee, Wis, April g. The rev.
Citations as to the system Of Frank 9.
Bigelow in conducting large affairs are
such as to stagger the belief Of bank
ers, to whom method in such transac.
lions Is as second nature.
The defaulting bank president has
confessed an Indebtedness to banks.
commercial institutions and estates OF
which he had charge which will aggre-
gate between $2,OOO,000 and $4,000, 900,
and, based on his confession, a volun-
tary petition in bankruptcy has been
filed in the United States district court
which contains the names OF rs many
of Bigelow's creditors as he can re-
member, together with list Of assets
on which Bigelow's valuation is ST.
419, 900.
BY his own admission his creditors
extend all over the United States. One
estate has been looted, his indebted
ness to the Broadhead heirs being
100000. The debt is unsecured. 1t ia
also believed other trusts held by tho
former banker have suffered.
Those familiar with the situation and
with what information they can CLEAN
from the former banker, fear his LA
bilities will run up 70 considerably
more than his present estimate, as they
believe subsequent revelations will
uncover transactions Of even more
startling nature.
The revised schedules show total
liability on the part of Mr.. Bigelow Of
$3,277 900, of which 1875, 900 is wholly
or in part secured OF the remainder,
$1,1O0000 is a secondary liability on
notes and bills, discounts in which
Bigelow figures as indorser. It is re-
ported that Bigelow is heavily indebt-
ed to several Well-known Milwaukee,
ans, whose names do not appear in the
schedules.
The leader., 1905-05-06
WOULDN'T FILL THE BILL.
Had Wart on His Trigger Finger
and Was Not the Man for
the Place.

When Senator Knox was attorney gen.
eral vacancy occurred in judicial pc.
sition in the far west, and famous Penn.
sylyania congressman hastened to submit
the claims Of constituent, relates the
Philadelphia Record.
''I'd be glad TO help you, if you have
the right kind Of man" said Knox,
s'What we want IL a KAN who has no
fear, and will do his tuty. He must
have nerve enough to defend himself, for
he may be shot at even while he's on
the bench, and he must hold the respect
Of his community by his ability to de-
fend himself"
He's just that sort--just that kind Of
D man, broke in the congressman, eager.
". He will fight the whole bar, il
need be-"
And besides" continued Knox, "he
must be able to stand daily temptations.
Somebody is apt TO offer him $4,000 as
he steps off the car, and $4,000 before
he has dinner. That's the kind of at
mosphere he will live in, and that's the
sort Of men he viii meet; viii your man
ill the bill?"
Now / think of it, z said the congress
man, rising abruptly, he won'e fill the
bll-hes got wart on his trigger finger,
unless I'm mistaken"
The leader., 1905-05-06
TRAGEDY AT FORT DOUGLAS.
Capt. w. A. RnibOrne, Twenty-Ninth
Infantry, Wounds Lieut.. w. H.
Point and Commits Suicide.

Salt Lake, Utah, May Capt. w. A.
Raiborne, Twenty-ninth infantry, U. S,
A., committed suicide at Fort Douglas.
Sunday morning, after making MUIR
derous assault on Lieut. William H.
Point, also of the Twenty-ninth infan-
try. Point was shot twice by his SUI
perior officer, one bullet penetrating his
left thigh and another inflicting deep
flesh wound in his right leg. After
Lieut.. Point had fallen, Capt. Raiborne
turned his revolver upon himself, send.
ing bullet into his head about threa
inches behind his right ear. He died
almost instantly.
Capt. Raiborne had been drinking
heavily and the tragedy was an out
growth of his arrest, on Tuesday last,
IN charge of drunkenness.
The leader., 1905-05-06
MUST WE'D WITHIN A YEAR
Otherwise Marry or Bust League"
Members Are to Forfeit
500 Each.

Louisville, Ky.-Reeognizing that
true happiness is to be found only in
the marriage relation, 10 Louisville
of Marry or Bust" each one pledging
himself to take wife within the year
or suffer expulsion from the league and
to pay fine of $500. Charles ]. Hesse
was chosen president of the league,
Joe D. Bradburn secretary and Stephen
Cassidy treasurer. Other members will
be accepted in the league, the only OBJ
ject of which is to prevent race suicide
and encourage matrimony in young
men,
While others were making the accus-
toned New Years resolutions, swear
ing to remain on the waterwagon for a
year, not TO smoke or use tobacco in
any form, etc, Mr.. Hesse and his friends
decided that if man chose the right
kind of a wife all inducements to COM
nit sins would be lost, and by agreeing
each man to find wife within the year
1906 they believe they have prepared
themselves to lead lives that will be
examples for their fellow citizens to
profit by.
The most stringent constitution and
bylaws were adopted by the League OF
Marry or Bust. Every man who fails to
marry within the year will be fined
500, dishonorably expelled from the
league and will be ostracised by all TIE
members who have. kept their VOWS.
He is to be regarded as man without
honor and without intelligence enough
to do that which is hest for him after
taking oath to do it. No excuse will be-
accepted not even If the bachelor at
the end of the year presents an affidavit
setting forth that he has been unable to
find a woman who would have him for
a husband. That fact in itself, it is
maintained By the league, will be sufii-
Client reason for his being Stunned and
the bansof the society will fall on him.
The fines, IL there are any. are to be
used for fitting out the homes Of those
who marry within the year.
The leader., 1905-05-06
Women ln

ness, fa:ntness, lassitude, excitability,
irritabilitJ, nervousness, sleepless-
ness, melancholy, "all-gone'' and
want-to- be-left-alone@ feelings, blues
and hopelessness, they should remem-
Der there is one tried and true remedy.
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound at once removes such troubles.
No other female medicine in the
world has received such widespread
and unqualified endorsement. No other
medicine has such record of cures of
female troubles.
The needless suffering of women from
diseases peculiar to their sex is terrible
to see. The money which they paw to
doctors who do not help them is an
enormous waste. The pain is cured
and the money is saved by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Elk.
perience has proved this.
It is well for women who are i'll to
write Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass.
In her great experience, which covers
many years, she has probably had to
deal with dozens of cases Just like
yours. Her advice is free and conf
Dental.
The leader., 1905-05-06
"ENoLlsH' OF AMERICANS.
Forms Used Which Are Not Alto
gether a Corruption of the
Old Language.

American is by no means always a
degradation of English, as many sup
pose. In some respects, says T. P.
Weekly, the new" country is more com
servative than the old" one. 1t retains
forms which we have forgotten. Got
ten," for example. When the professor
says he has gotten cold, one is back in
the times of James l., when He hath
hoIpen his servant IsraeP' was COLO
duial, and longs to ask aSwife across the
breakfast table if she will holpen a sec
ond time to backon. But the preserva-
ton of the subjunctiye mood is the most
remarkable instance of American CON
servatism Here is one instance from
the teIegraphic note of a reporter sent
to write up lynching case: sThe
crowd demanded that he promise not to
send the negroes to Savannah Is
there a reporter on any English pro-
vincial paper with such reverence for
the delicaeies of language when in a
hurry with the wire? On this side we
have almost dropped the subjunctiye; II
lives in the new country. Many fine
old words live in their fine old signif
canoe across the Atlantic jostling the
new ones. AS an instance of the jost-
ling. may mention the two girls from
Kansas City who We're coming up the
stairway to the sun-decl1 of an Atlantic
liner. Hurry UP! said the one be-
hind, showing There was friendly
struggle. From my deck chair | lazily
remarked that there was a feud brewing.
eWell, said the girl in front. IF any
one tries to boss me get spunly She
was talking English literature and
American slang in breath.
But America has developed some fine,
swift. short and effective expressions OF
its own to atone for the unnecessary
length Of its elevator. The railway
train is athe cars The permanent way
is the track, and the non-alcoholic
beverages you take on the way are soft
drinks. For the Latin pavement is
substituted the English sidewalk, and
q splendid triumph OF brevity GENES
with grip, which is the bag in which
you carry your nights kit on the cars.
The two people who invented the one
3 lift and the other a grip" should
Be- one IN language and love.
The leader., 1905-05-06
Columbus EAR.

At a meeting Of the directors of the
Mississippi and West Alabama Fair
Association, held in Columbus last
week, it was decided that the annual
fall fair and festival will be held in
Columbus beginning October "a, and
lasting through and including October
%. The association. which is com
posed of leading planters and horse
men Of this State and Alabama, has
conducted three most successful
meetings in Columbus the past three
years, and they announce that the
gathering this year will be planned
and conducted in such aSmanner that
it will be larger and better than ever.
The leader., 1905-05-06
Fixing Up Memorial Park.

Robert A. Smith Camp, Confederate
Veterans, has gone to work to fix up
Memorial Park, in the south end o.
the old capitol grounds. The citizens
have contributed a goodly sum Of
money to make the improvements,
and it is the idea of the park trustees
to make the park one of the beauty
spots of Jackson. Not enough money
is in hand to do sll that the veterans
desire in this regard, but it is be-
lieved that other funds for this WORK
will be forthcoming.
The leader., 1905-05-06
LaureI's sixth School BuiIdino.

At a meeting Of the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen of Laurel last
week plans for $4,000 school build
ing, were looked over and discussed.
Laurel ranks sixth in the State for
school attendance. and while she has
already five handsome school build
ings for white children. the need of
another building is badly felt. The
plans under consideration are for a
three-story brick and stone building,
with schoolrooms on the first and Sec
ond floors. On the third floor there
will be a large auditorium, sufficient
to seat 1000 or more. 1t is the inten-
ton of the board to erect a building
commensurate with the progress and
future growth of the city.
The leader., 1905-05-06
KANSAS OIL REFINERY BONDS
Into the Permanent school
Fund OF the State.

Topeka, Kas., April 2S.-The state
bonds for the Kansas Oil refinery will
not be sold direct to the people to the
highest bidder. Gov. Hoch has an
nounced he is in favor of turning them
into the permanent school fund of the
state. This disposition will probably
be made. The school fund has at pres
ent more than the $4,000 required to
take up the bonds
The leader., 1905-05-06
TRAGEDY AT HOT SPRINGS.
His Wife and Then Blows His
Own Brains Out.

Little Rock, Ark, April pa spe-
cial from Hot Springs says: A prob
able murder, followed by suicide, oc-
CURED in rooming house here, when
w. H. Wilder, of Kansas City, Mo-, ia
alleged to have shot his wife, the ball
entering near the left eye and pene
trating the brain. After the shooting.
Wilder blew out his own brains.
The leader., 1905-05-06
NARROWLY ESCAPED DEATH.
Fire in the Colorado Fuel q Iron Co.'s
Mine at Picton, CoI.-Severa1
Men Overcome.

Trinidad, Col, April 2S-Fire broke
out in the Colorado Fuel & Iron Co. IS
mines at Picton, shortly before noon
Thursday. A number Of miners mar
rowly escaped death, several being
overcome by smoke. The fire is still
burning fiercely. General Superintend-
ent J. T. Kebler has gone to Picton.
The mine employs ESQ men. and the
output Of coal is 300 tons daily.
The leader., 1905-05-06
CARNEGIE'S GIFT TO HOSPITAL
sixteen Thousand Dollars to Endow
Two Rooms for His Wife
and Daughter.

Pittsburg, Pa, April 2s.-Andrew
Carnegie has donated $4,000 to the Co
lumbia hospital now building at Wiki
insburg. The money is for the fur
nishing and endowment of two rooms
in the hospital, to be named respec-
lively fer Mrs. Andrew Carnegie ard
for Miss Margaret Carnegie, his dauga-
for
The leader., 1905-05-06
Yn,, Have No Friends

that viii not be interested in a remedy
that is being used extensively as a per
manent cure for Dyspepsia, Constipation,
Headache, Catarrh of the Mucous Mem.
brane, and all diseases of the Liver, Kid
neys and Bladder Only one dose a day.
Company, lie Roy, N. Y, and they will
cheerfuIly send you free, trial bottle
of Vernal Palmettona palmetto Berry
Wine1, to convince you Of the wonderful
results to be obtained from its use. Sold
by druggists everywhere.
The leader., 1905-05-06
After the Corporations.

Laurel authorities are after the rail-
roads and little corporations operat-
ing in that city under the rules and
regulations of the railroad commits
sion. City Attorney R. E. Halsell at
tended the meeting of the railroad
commission last week, and discoy-
cred that these corporations were not
assessing the. full amount of their
property in the corporate limits Of
the city. One telegraph company
had assessed no property whatever in
that city, and two railroads had given
in less than half of their property.
The leader., 1905-05-06
GuIfport,s Postotfice Receipts.

The growth of Gulfport is indicated
by the following comparative state
ment Of the annual gross receipts OF
the postofiee: For the year ending
March 81. 1900, $2,56S.92; year end
ing March 81, 1901, S,4506S; year
ending March 81, 1902, $4,599. 8O;. year
ending March 81, 1908, $8,119.64; year
ending March 81, 1904, i $13,655.53;
year ending March 81. 1905, 17,4O7 !
OF
The leader., 1905-05-06
!. MISSISSIPPI MATTERS


A.. tho next monthly meeting Of the
Board Of Control Commissioner r. i.
Bradley will offer resolution pro-
viding for the purchase OF several
packs of good bloodhounds to be kept
on the various convict farms. The
State owns dogs used for the purpose
Of trailing escaped convicts, but they
are hardly more than mongrels ana
rarely do effective work. Mr.. Brad
ley believes that the State should own
the best bloodhounds available, and
several Of the members agree with
hlm in this view.
The leader., 1905-05-06
Win GET mo- Reductlon.

Jackson will not get a reduction O
fire insurance rates on the inspection
of the fire protection facilities made
by S. r. Lawton, representing the
Louisiana Fire Prevention Bureau
Mr.. Lawton's report reached the
Jackson fire department last week,
and it makes no change in the classt-
fication of the city.
The leader., 1905-05-06
cUTIcURA, THE SET, $1.Oo.
Complete Treatment for Every HUI
mour, from Pimples to ScrofuIa,
from Infancy to AEe-A Set
Often Cures.

Cuticura Treatment is local and consti-
trtional- complete and perfect, pure,
sweet and wholesome. Battle the affected
surfaces with Cuticura Soap and hot wa
ter to cleanse the skin Of crusts and
rseales and soften the thickened cuticle,
dry without hard rubbing, and apply
Cuticura Ointment freely to allay itching,
irritation and inflammation, and soothe
solvent Pills to cool and cleanse the
blood, and put every function in a state
Of healthy activity More great cures
Of simple, scrofulous and hereditary
humors are daily made by Cuticura rene
dies than by all other blood and skin
remedies.
The leader., 1905-05-06

The progressive cities and towns OF
the State are turning their attention
toward the securing Of factories, and
as q means Of getting these factories
business leagues are being organized
which will have charge of the work
Of attracting the attention of the out.
side world to these communities.
The leader., 1905-05-06
Jumped from 4 Window.

w. H. Mileham, purchasing agen;
of the Burlington railroad, was Sc
riously injured by jumping from the
window of a hotel in Hattiesburg last
week, while in a delirious condition
from fever.
The leader., 1905-05-06
Want No Japs in Theirs.

A prominent citizen of Crystal
Springs has received a letter in re-
gard to the establishment of a colony
of Japanese near that place, but tie
proposition does not seem to meet
with favor locally, and no effort VIII!
be made to get the colony there.
The leader., 1905-05-06
a TRAINED NURSE
After Years Of Experience, Advises Women In
Regard to Their Health

MIS-. MdftnH HOnlman
of SO Chester Avenue,
Newark. N. j., who is q
graduate Nurse from the
Blockley Training School,
at Philadelphia, and for
six years Chief Clinic
Nurse at the Philadelphia
Hospital, writes the letter
printed below. She has
the advantage of personal
experience, besides her
professional education,
and what she has to say
may be absolutely relied
upon.
Many other women are
afflicted as she was. They
can regain health in the
same way. 1t is prudent
to heed such advice from
such a source.
Mrs, Pohlman writes:
81 am firmly persuaded,
aftereight years Of experience
with Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, that it
is the safest and best medicine
for any suffering woman to
use.
ssImn1ediately after my
marriage / found that my
health began to fail me. Ibe-
came weak and pale, with So
we're bearing down pains, fear
full backaches and frequent
dizzy spells. The doctorspre-
scribed for me, yet l did not
improve. / would bloat after
eating and frequently become
The leader., 1905-05-06
a BIC T'ime M sfore,

The people of Greenyille are max.
ing big preparations to give the mem
bers Of the Mississippi Press Associa.
ton the biggest time they have ever
had when the association meets there
In May. All kinds Of entertainments
are being planned for the editors.
The leader., 1905-05-06
Cures Eczema. Itching Hnmors.

Especially for old, chronic cases take
Botanic Blood Balm. It gives healthy
blood supply to the affected parts, heals
all the sores, eruptions, scabs, scales; stops
the awful itching and burning of eczema,
swellings, suppurating, watery sores, etc.
Druggists, 81. Sample free and prepaid
by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga.
Describe trouble and free medical advice
sent in sealed letter.
The leader., 1905-05-06
For ST. Louis rr,e Rridge.

Springfield, III, April n. In an eff.
fort to facilitate the passage Of the
proposed measure providing for a free
bridge over the Mississippi at ST.
Louis, Senator Dunlap has introduced
4 bill IN the senate, similar to the one
now pending in the house.
The leader., 1905-05-06

washington, May flames P. Dol
liver, Of Morgantown, w. Va, father
Of Senator John P. DolIiver. Of Iowa,
died at the residence Of his son here
Mr.. Dolliyer was 80 years old and was
in Washington on visit. He caught
q severe cold, which developed into
pneumonia.
The leader., 1905-05-06
SteeI.Layino Il Decatur

A number of cars Of steel for the
Mobile. jackson & Kansas City rail
road were received at Newton last
week and sent on north to tho end Of
the line. The steellaying crew has
reached Decatur with the track.
The leader., 1905-05-06
Ae1eep ~ ne Dead rather.

ST. Louis, May Il George Ehret,
as years old, was found dead in bed BY
his wife. His son, Emil, aged is, was
asleep in the same bed, and did not
know his father was dead.
The leader., 1905-05-06
KiIIed q widow and Himself,

Saratoga, Tex, April o. Mrs. Stella
Hambey, young widow, was MUIR
dered by Sam Watson, who immedi-
ately blew out his brains. Watson
sought to compel Mrs. Hambey to re-
ceive his attentions and to dismiss an
escort to d ball.
The leader., 1905-05-06
Rurna 10 peatl in wreeIz

Greenville, S. G., May LA special
train bearing a party of prominent
New Workers returning from Columbia.
S. O.. was wrecked near here. w. w.
Canning, a cook, was caught In the
wreck and burned to death. Several
were injured.
The leader., 1905-05-06
Senator stephens Dead.

Hon. ]. NJ. Stephens. member of the
Mississippi senate from Scott Snd
Newton counties, died at his home ID
Morton few days ago.
The leader., 1905-05-06

New Madrid, Mo. April 2s Albert
o. Allen. former state auditor, is threat
ened with appendicitis and has been
placed under liquid diet The symptoms
are not yet fully developed.
The leader., 1905-05-06
A RIGHT REGAL DONATION.
Andrew Carnegie Gives Ten MfIliona
in Steel Stocks to Provide An
nufties for College Teachers.

New York, April 2S.-A gift of $1o,-
100000 by Andrew Carnegie to provide
annuities for college professors who
are not able to continue in active serv-
ice was announced Thursday by Frank
A. Vanderlip, vice-president of the Ma.
tional City Bank of New York.
Professors in the United States, Can,
ada and Newfoundland will share in
the DISRUPTION of the income of the
fund.
The leader., 1905-05-06
stewart Johnson Acquitted.

Stewart Johnson. the negro charged
with assaulting Miss Mamie Marsh.
in Jackson, some time ago. was tried
few days ago, and, as expected.
acquitted.
The leader., 1905-05-06
Prominent AIienisf Dead.

Ann Arbor, Mich, April %. DR.
William Edwards, superintendent 81
the Michigan asylum for the insane, a
prominent alienist, died at the uni-
versity hospital here. from heart trou.
Bile.
The leader., 1905-05-06

There are not 40 many people leading
the simple life now, but there are whole
lot more talking about why others should
lead Chicago Tribune.
The leader., 1905-05-06
Antofn GfIIis.

Tulsa, /. T., May 1.Antoin ellis,
aged 81, died here. It is said that Mr..
ellis father, who was Delaware In
dian, once owned the ground where
Kansas City now stands. The ellis
theater at Kansas City was named aft
er the father of the deceased.