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The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-10-27

be done that day, in anticipation
Iof the visit of a track investiga-
tion party of officials and that be
bad received orders to complete a
certain stretch that day. After
hearing Zeagler's statement Off
Ger Pridgen notified him to call
of his hands and quit work at
once, remarking that if The Him
ois Central could not contrive to
have such work done in the six
days allotted under the moral as
weIl,as the civil law, he as an off
GER of the law would not see them
make a convenience out Of the
Sabbath day. 1t may be stated
that Foreman Zeaeler rather well
coined the interference, as he
himself was Of the same way of
thinking, but could not quit the
work Of his own volition. The
last that Plidgen saw of the party
they were on their way to the Sec
tion house with handcar full Of
tools, and the foreman was declar-
ing that he was going to wash up
! for church service. Special to
Vicksburg Herald.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-10-27
In Honor of President Davis and
DAUGHTER.

An interesting and rather pa
thetic event is scheduled for Sat
urday next in this city, the dedi-
cation of memorial windows plac-
ed in the Church of the Redeemer
by Mrs. Jefferson Davis in honor
of her distinguished husband,
President Davis, of the Southern
Confederacy, and Miss Winnie,
their daughter. The event is
made more pathetic IN that on the
eve of its celebration death claims
the donor of the windows and adds
to the significance of the occasion.
Distinguished prelates of the
Episcopal church will be present
to oficlate on this OCCASION and it
is expected that gentlemen promi-
nent in affairs of State will also
be on hand. Bishop Bratton will
ofhciate principally and an inter-
esting program of song and music
will be had for the event. The
windows are things Of beauty and
art with appropriate and sugges-
tive notices inscribed upon same.
Biloxi Review.
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Railroad Employees Glad the Sunday
Law Was Enforced.

jackson, Miss, Oct. 25. Peo-
pie along the line of the Illinois
Central right Of way ID the north
ern part of the city,. we're rather
surprised Sunday to see foreman
with gang Of negroes at his com
mand, busily engaged at track
work, and so much were they
surprised at the unusual spectacle
that one of the spectators found
Police PatroIman j. e. Pridgen
and apprised him of the fact.
Officer Pridgen Immediately re-
paired to the scene, and there
found Foreman Il. zeagler with
ten men at work ditching along
Iside the track. Inquiring as 10
the Whgfore Of Che procedure, the
cflicer was informed that it was
fextra work that was expected to
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-10-27
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION.
The President Names Thursday, Nov
goth as the Day.

Washington, Oct. 23.-The text
of the Presidents Thanksgiving
proclamation, issued today, is as
| follows:
"The time of year has come
when, in accordance with the wise
customs of our forefathers, it be-
comes my duty to set aside a
special day of thanksgiving and
prayer to the Almighty, because
of the blessings we have received
and of prayer that these blessings
may be continued. Yet another
year of widespread well-being has
passed. Never before in our his
tory or IN the history of any other
nation has people enjoyed more
abounding material prosperity
than is ours; prosperity go great
that it should arouse in US no
spirit of reckless pride and, least
OF all, spirit of needless disre-
gard of our responsibilities, but
rather a sober sense of our many
blessings and a resoiute purpose,
under providence, not to forfeit
them by any action of our own.
Material we'll being, indIspen-
sable though it IS, can never be
anything but the foundation of
true national greatness and happ1-
ness. If we build nothing on this
foundation, then our national life
will be as meaningless and as
empty as a house where only the
| foundations have been laid. In
our material well-being must be
built superstructure of individ-
ual and national life, lived in
accordance with the laws of the
highest morality, or else our pros
perity itself will, IN the long run,
turn out curse instead of bless
ing. We should be both reverent-
Fly thankful for what we have re-
ceived and earnestly bent on turn
ing it into a means of grace and
mot Of destruction. Accordingly,
Z hereby set apart Thursday, the
Goth Of November next, as day
of Thanksgiving and supplication
ON which the people shall meet in
their home or their churches, de-
lyoutly acknowledging all that has
been given them and to pray that
they may in addition receive the
power to use these gifts Alright.
In witness hereof, / have
1hereunto set my hand and caused
1.-THE seal of the United States to be
affixed.
] Done at the city Of Washing
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-10-27
THE |. c. PRESIDENCY.
Mr.. Fish to Retire Yice.President G.
]. Grammer Agreed on as
His Successor.

|
Chicago, Oct. 14.-It is said
tonight on high authority that for
consideration of $10,O00,O 900 for
his holdings and assurance that
the control of the railroad will
pass to an administration that has
never been identified with the
speculative interests in Wall
street, Stuyyesant Fish has agreed
to retire as president of the Hin
ois Central in favor of a successor
to be selected by stockholders
representing equally himself and
Mr.. Hartman.
This is the information CLEANED
today from men whose standing
has never been questioned. 1t is
said that at a meeting in New
York on Monday afternoon the
last chapter in the bitter fight
waged for control of the Illinois
Central between Mr.. Fish and Mr..
Hartman was completed, and by
a vote of all concerned 1t was de-
cided to offer the presidency to
Capt. George j. Grammer, vice
president. of the Illinois Central,
at salary Of 100000 annually,
on ten-year contract. 1t is fur
ther said that the action taken at
the New York meeting was rati-
fed today at meeting of stock
holders friendly to the Fish ad-
ministration held in the Pullman
building here.
One of the Chicago conferees,
who is represented as a prominent
Chicago banker, voted the senti-
ment of capital aggregating $27,-
100000 as advocating a continu-
ance of the policy promulgated by
Mr.. Fish.
This informant did not conceal
his regret that Mr.. Fish had con-
Isented to retire from the presi-
dency, but commended Mr.. Fish's
Judgment in the selection of his
successor, who, According to the
speaker, would be acceptable to
all the warning interests.
The fnancier said the chief OBJ
lection Of Mr.. Fish to relinquish-
ing control of the railroad had
been founded upon the belief that
the system would eventually pass
to the control of Wall street gam
blers, who would handle it for
speculative purposes, and not for
the interests Of many stockhold-
ers. Hundreds of Southern peu-
pie, for instance, have all their
savings invested in Illinois Cen
tral. They are small holders, and
Mr.. Fish had always treated them
fairly.
Admitting that release of con-
troll was of vital interest to the
stockholders, the banker express
ed the opinion that the earnings
of the system as dividend paying
investment would not suffer at the
hands of Capt. Grammer, who,
he said, was distinctlvely traffic
expert and not an agent of Wall
street. 1t is. said the selection of
Capt. Grammer was made after
the opposing interests had taken
careful measure of each others
strength, and realized that the
best man must be chosen.
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What Lincoln Said.

To The Commercial Appeal:
Having reference to the riots in
Atlanta, the Charleston News and
Courier editoriaIIy commented
upon the race question and quoted
Mr.. Lincoln as having declared
it was impossible for two diverse
races to live together on the same
soil upon terms Of equality. Y
This brought from the Washing
ton Star the following structure:
How monstrous to use Mr..
LlncoIn's name IN support of such
a cause! Why, if MIR. Lincoln set
the negroes free. believing that as
free people they could not live in
this country, he committed in
signing the emancipation proela-
nation the greatest crime in the
history Of the world. Is that
what the News and Courier meansz
Is that its real opinion Of an act
which ranks among the greatest
of achievements and stamps ifs
author one Of the greatest Of
menlD
A few days ago you editorially
referred to this discussion, and, if
my memory serves me. ! GU said.
whilst sidlng with the News and
Courier's opinions, you did not
know whether ii had or had not
correctly quoted Mr. Lincoln.
Under date OF October 4, the
News, and Courier. editoriatly,
replies to the Washington Star.
The authorities for its statements
are recited. and as they cannot fail
to be Of historical interest TO you
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-10-27

Lincoln said:
II do not speak of emancipa-
tion at once, but of a decision at
once to emancipate gradually.
Room in South America for colon
ization can be obtained cheaply
and in abundance, and when NUM-
bers shall be large enough to be
company and encouragement for
one another the freed people will
not be SO reluctant to go" +"
In his proclamation of emanci-
patton, Jan. ], 1858, Mr.. Lincoln
declared that this action was taken
as fit and necessary war meas
uTe for suppressIng said rebel
lion." GEO. III. TUCKER.
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and your readers, | take the liber-
ty Of calling your attention there
TO.
The News and Courier ftly says
to the Washington Star, with ref
erence to- Mr.. Lincoln, that be
must be judged by what he said,
interpreted in the fight of what
he did. z In reply to Douglass at
their first meeting IN Ottawa, ILL.,,
August 81, 1858, Mr.. Lincoln
said:
4 have no purpose either d.
rectly or Indirectly to interfere
with the institution of slavery in
the States where it exists. | be-
lieye have no lawful right to do
so, and have no inclination to do
SO. | have no purpose to induce
political and social equality be-
tween the white and black races.
There is a physical difference be-
tween the two which, in my iudg-
ment, viii probably forever for
bid their living together upon the
footing Of perfect equality. and
in as much as it becomes a neces-
sitg that there must be a differ
ence, 8 as wellas Judge Douglass,
am in favor OF the race to which
belong having the superior posi-.
ton. "
Again, il his reJoinder to Judge
Douglass at Cbarlestown, Ill,
Sept. Is, 1853, Mr.. Lincoln said:
/ tell him very frankly that ]
am not IN favor of negro citizen.
ship
ln bis appeal to the border
States to accept compensated
Emancipation, July 12, 1862, Mr..
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-10-27

Henry Strong, a negro indicted
for retailing, was shot and killed
By Man Causey, deputy sheriff III
Amite county, 4 few days ago.
The negro had been arrested once
but escaped, and when Deputy
Causey found him he resisted
arrest, and the officer was forced
to shoot him.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-10-27

Peter Mathison, a white man
convicted at Natchez on The charge
Of murder and sentenced to hang
March { and whose case was re-
versed and remanded by the Su-
preme Court, was acquitted on d
second trial, the jury being out
ten minutes. Madison shot and
killed A. q BfdWell and b.
stephen Jones, white fishermen,
|on the morning Of May 10, 1906.
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ton, this 22nd day of October,
Ammo Domini, one thousand nine
hundred and six and of the lnde-
pendence of the United States Che
one hundred and thirty first. !"
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-10-27

The Meridian Elks have begun
their annual movement for a
CHRISTIAN benefit for the poor.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-10-27

Hazlehurst has an active pro-
gressive league. A county fair
association is being considered.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-10-27

Mr.. and Mrs. T. j Brown are
visitors from Mt. Olive.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-10

Washington, Dec. 9.-Forncr United
States Senator Arthur Brown If ttah,
who was shot by Anna NJ. Bradley %
Salt Lake City, in his apartments AT
the Hotel Raleigh Yesterday AFTERNOON,
tonight lies in a very critical condition
at the Emergency hiSpill III" doctors
announced tonight tuat ht mas u
chance ~ recovery, LII Ills friends ad-
nit there has been Il change 1"r IN"
verse during the day "nd llHt his l"-
coVcry is extremely doubtful.
Nj. Brown has not given out any,
statement since he W"i!t on IN" ni'"f-
:.ting table ut til" hospital yesterday
ana the doctors Will Mt p"rIait amy one
to sac him.
Mrs. Bradley was taken from the
first precinct police station TO tn"
House Of Detention today. She was ny
sterical all day. She made frequent IN
Gui!icS US u the condition Of nrf VIC
TIM. Her attorneys; say shC is on inc
verge Of collapse.
According To the police z numhrr "i
r~omimcnt Western politicians hay" no
lifted her they are willing I" furnish
money for her defence. Several luca!
restaurants today tClephoned the ma l.
tron at the Hous" Of Detention that
they would gladly serve Mrs. Bradley
meals free of charge.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-10
SOME EVILS REMEDiED.
Com. Of Corporations Garfield Reports
On Standard Oil Methods.

Washington, Dec. 9.-Thc annual re-
port Of Commissioner nf Corporations
James Il. Garfield. made public TO-DAY.
dcyolcS special attention 10 the in
vcsti9.tions Of the transportation Of oil
and tie operations Of the Standard Oil
90
During the investigation of the oil
industry" says the report. 1T was dis
covered that a very wide spread system
of railway discrimination existed in
favor of the STANDARD Oil Co, affecting
d very large proportion Of the country
ana resulting substantially in giving
to the Standard Oil 90. an overwhelm-
ing advantage in transportation in al
most Ill sections Of the country; thht
this system had been in existence for
a number Of years ana that largely by
virtue OF it the Standard had been
able to restrict OF eliminate competi
ton throughout many parts of the
country and thereafter reap the 3eneiitS
o. monopoly.
These railway Determinations took
various forms. often very ingenious in
their nature. ana 50 skiilfully conceal
! cl that til, il existence was Nc''y rarely
suspected even ~ the active competi-
tors If the STANDARD although such
competitors knew that in general they
weer doing business at 4 disadvantage.
During the fiscal year indictments
containing S1G3 counts were returned
| by the various grand juries, and the
result of this investigation.
a most striking and important re-
| SILT Immediately followed the inNeSu-
| cation of the bureau. the railroads cam
C.llcd subsequently all the secret rates,
| illegal or improper determinations. and
! in many cases the determinations III
| open rates. The shippers Of oil advised
| the bureau that for the first time If
MANY years they arc now rapidly OBJ
,aining equality Of treatment from the
| transportation companies.
"Work on the other phases of the oil
| industry and the investigation Of the
tobacco. steel sugar and coal indus
tries are we'll advanced: special reports
thereon will be made in due course. Ar
inquiry into canal and water transp"r-
latinn has been started.
Commissioner Garfield urges against
the necessity for the establishment O.
| federal inspection and supervision q
the greater industrial corporations en-
gagged in interstate ana foreign COM
ncrcc. He says it Will not Interfere
with the power ana authority Of inc
states over the corporations created
under state laws. and is not an inVa-
sion of private rights but merely vii
restore individual responsibility anC
prevent the corporations from being
the hiding place of the irresponsible
dishonesty or corrupt manager.
Denial Of the right to engage in inter
state commerce is suggested as tn,
penalty for proved violation Of the law
TIE report says that the work Of Tho
year strkingly demonstrates the value
Of efficient publicity for the correction
OF corporate abuses.
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SCANDAL Al SALT LAKE.
Charges Fad Been Preferred Against
Them BY Mrs. Brown.

Salt Lake City. Utah. Dec. ar
thar Rrown left mere for Washington
several days ago to argue = case before
the United S;tItrs supreme court.
Anna NJ. HraGley, Il widow, who has
C2urcd here in a sensational criminal
case in which she ANA Senator Brown
N,lo involved left the city two days
utt,r Browns departure. Her friends
announced that she had gone TO san
francisco.
About three years ago II charge in
vo!yiup immoral conduct was filed
Ia2ain>t Senator IiroWn and Mrs. Brad
Icy by Senator Browns wife. Bcfor"
the case came To trial Mrs. Brown
w:lndrcW her charge and Brown was
leased.
Mrs. Bradley pleaded guilty. Before
"nltcrcc was imposed. however, she
WAS permitted 70 withdraw her pea
WA the charge against hcr was dis
lnisS,u.
The wife Of Senator Brown died
about two years ago.
When the cases Of Senator Brown
ard Mrs. Bradley We're tried iii the dis
tri>t court iii Salt Lake City in 1903,
Ms. bradley, i'll entering her plea of
guilty. charged that Senator Brown
was the father of her child.
It is said that for several weeks be-
| fore the departure of Mr.. Brown for
Washington. Mrs. Bradley had repeat
oily called at his office. but he had re-
fused to talk with nor. Mrs Bradley
iisO went to Browns residence, and
4" annoyance became 50 persistent
that he locked his house ana went To
liNr II 4 hotel. While he was at the
hotel. it is said, Mrs. Bradley got into
H'nwn's house ana remained there TWO
Gays.
| Three days before Browns departure
for Washington he talked with Mrs
! BRADLEY, and she agreed to go to San
| francisco. Her ticket was purchased
| by Senator Browns stenographer. and
i!tr haGgag" was checked to san Fran
cisco. ii was supposed that She had
| some 70 that CITY.
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SOME INTERESTING FIGURES.
San Francisco Board of Trade Com
mittee Reports on Sig Fire Losses.

San Francisco Dec. ".-The report
Of the special committee or the Board
Of Trustees Of the Chamber Of Com
mcrce III insurance settlements after
the big fire says:
The total area burned was abkout
1900 acres. or aboUt A square miles.
containing $50 blocks and about 5000
buildings. Onc-half Of these We're
residences.
The amount of insurance covering
property in the burned district was APP
pr0xim2 tcly $235, o0O.00O (cstimatcd
The value Of buildings and contents
destroyed must have been about $3.50,
100000
In spite Of the ncarncss in time Of
the Baltimore and Toronto confiagra :
tons the companies Will finally have
paid undoubtedly in the neigfborhood
of so per cent. of the amount of insur-
ance involved. At Chicago there wa:
30 Per cent. paid, in Baltimore 90 pei
cent"
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A PLEASING GROWTH
Of American Export Trade Results
from First Years Canvassing.

Washington. Dec. 9.-The results of
The first years efforts Of the govern
ment directly To promote American
export trade in export trades are por-
trayed III The annual report Of Mayor
JOHN n. Carson, chief az the bureau
IF manufactures in the department of
commerce ana merchants with names
Of parties throughout the world engag-
cd in the sale of Imported merchandise.
The report says i'll part:
Tho cotton piece goods trade of Chi
ina is large and constantly growing.
Tho exports of cotton cloths from
Great britain to China alone for 1898
were greater than those Of the United
states 10 all countries for that period.
The entire value Of shipments Of cot
ton piece goods from the United States
TO South America for the past hscal
wear was S334G. 56., while the shipments
Of Great Britain for the 10 months end
ed Octover. 1896. We're valued at nearly
SCI. Goa. 600 To Argentine alone Great
Britain in the SIX months ended with
jane. 1906. sold about $1.OOO,O00 OF cot
ton pieces goods or twice as much as
the United States sold for the entire
Iast fiscal year, to all South Ameri-
ca.
England dominates in the COM
norce Of South America. followed by
Germany. Neglect Of the South Ameri-
can nlarAets sby American manufac-
turcrs ana merchants, lack of direct
steamship communication and absence
81 i,ankirG facilities are contributory
causes to this condition and until these
.trc ol cree me the trade of the United
States with the countries of South
America will continueSto be relative OF
clnAA. ,rrnN.1 h
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a BUSY WEEK..
CONTINUED from Page One.)

Mitchell, Seth Low and others. Chlih
I,bnr will also be cOnSidcrcd.
The trial of the charges against the
raohing companies indicted for alleged
. combination in restraint Of trade VIII
tr6in in Chicago Monday
The japanese questions as affecting
san Francisco, will be the subject Of
an address by Congressman JuIius
Kahn Of California at q dinner Of the
New York Credit Mems Association in
New York Tuesday.
Sentence is to be imposed upon
Chester l.. Gillette for the murder Of
Grace Brown at Hcrkimcr, y. y, Nom
day.
IN investigation by the New YORK
SITE Democratic committee Of the
conduct of State Senator Patrick Nc
:'urrcn Of brooklyn, who is accused Of
opposing W. r. Hrarsts candidacy Tor
governor in the last state campaign,
VIII b. resumed at the Victoria hGtcl
i'll New York Thursday.
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'''hc Congo Crime" was the theme
Of q sermon preached by the Madison
Avenue Haptisl church. New York City.
ny Rev. Everett o. Burr. d. D., of Bos-
;on. III. Iurr presented Il forceful pic
ture Of the cruc!;i"s AMI prosecutions
which h" declared the nuives of Congo
Free State had suffered, and added:
We are responsible" fOr these cOndi
tons. If was under our i!ag that Hen
~ IT. Stanley told the natives of the
aInrics Of civilization. and we cannot
take rcfuG" behind the technicllity that
we have nothing % 40 with the atroci-
ties there because we did not sign The
Berlin act"
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WANTS VOTE OF THANKS.
Mark Twain Writes Characteristic
Letter to Speaker Cannon.

Washington, Dec. Shark Twain
has written Il letter to Speaker Cannon
asking that he he given tho thanks OF
Congress. 50 thai he can have access
TO the floor Of the House ana lobby
for il copyright bill. The letter is adj
dressed Dear Uncle Joseph and fol-
lows:
"Plcas., get mo the THAMES Of Con-
grcsG- rr5 next W"cn. but riahi ':NAy
it i, ;c.y necessary. 80 accomplish
this for Your aflrctionatc "ld friend
liSnt away; hy pcrSutSinn !! YOU can
by Violence if YOU must, for it Is lmpHr-
ativcly necessary that l set on the floor
for two or tnrcc hours and talk to the
members. man by man. in behalf OF The
support oncoura cement and protection
Of one Of the nations most valuable
assets ana inGustries-its literature. |
have arguments with me, also a barrel,
With liquid in it.
f. Give me i chance. Get me the
thanks Of Congress. Don't wait for
others; there isn't time. | have stayed
away and let Congress alone for Il
years, ANA | am entitled to thanks.
Congress knows it perfectly well, and l
have long felt hurt that this quite prop
er and earned expression and gratitude
has been merely felt by the House and
never publicly uttered. Send ne an
order on the sergcant-at-arms quick.
When shall I come With love and
benedictiOn.
MARK Twain"
Mark Twain, Victor Herbert, John
Philips Sousa and Oscar Solomon
Strauss. who will he secretary of COM
MERGE and labor when Sec. Metcalf be-