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The Leader,
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BROOKIIAVKN. > i MISSISSIPPI.
CURRENT COMMENT.
It cost* Illinois 82,000.000 annually
to punish criminals.
Tna United States consumed last
year more than 4,000,000 bunches of
Jamaica bananas.
A Br*i!iic** firm in Stanford, Ky.,
always opens the day's business with
prayer—proprietors, messengers and
porters all kneeling together.
The statement haa been made on
high authority that more poetry is
written by the inhabitants of Indiana
than by those of any other state in the
union. _
A rBoPHKCT of Mr. Edison, the in
ventor. is reported to the effect that in
three years those of the blind whose
optic nerves are in good condition will
be able to see.
Both houses of the Tennessee legis
lature have passed the bill prohibiting
the sale of cigarettes or cigarette paper
in the state or the giving away of a
cigarette or cigarette paper.
As item of interest in connection
with the recent collapse of the steel
rail pool is the fact that the Cleveland
Rolling Mill Co. has been receiving
8100,000 per annum for refraining from
making steel rails.
A mokster “sky-scraper’’ is to be
erected at Broad and Beaver streets.
New York, at an estimated cost of
88,000,000. The plans call for a build
ing at least 80 stories high, and it is
said that many novel features will be
Introduced.
As Atlanta, Oa., paper recently re
ported an epidemic of diphtheria
among the dogs of that city. The
disease was said to be In a virulent
form and to be killing the animals off
rapidly, the veterinary surgeons being
unable to effect a cure.
Toledo labor unions will hold meet
ings on Washington’s birthday, Feb
ruary 22, in advocacy of the eight-hour
work-day. On the day before, which
is Sunday, the preachers of Toledo will
speak on the same subject. This is on
recommendation of the Pastors' union.
in nis tnirtl annual report to the
embassy at Washington British Vice
Consul Burrough makes the statement
that more foot! stuffs, including live
stock and packing house products,
grain, flour, etc., are annually export
ed from Kansas City's British consular
district than from any other district in
the world.__
TifE obituary addresses delivered
upon the occasion of the death of a
member of congress cost the govern
ment a good deal of money. Usually
18,000 copies are printed, with a steel
plate portrait of the deceased, 50 of
which, bound in full morocco with
gilt edges, are for the family of the
dead congressman.
Rev. W. L. Lawman, in the Metho
dist church at Cadillac, Mich., recently
preached on the evils of tobacco. To
illustrate the deadly effects thereof he
had two cats in his pulpit. Before the
congregation he placed nicotine on the
tongues of the animals, and both died
very quickly. The preacher was going
to kill more cats with alcohol on the
following Sunday.
The estimate that the present famine
in India will involve 70,000,000 people
before running its course is based on
former calamities of the same kind.
Famines in Asia during the last 50 or
10 years have been very destructive.
In the drought of 1877-78 in northern
China 9,500,000 persons perished. The
famine in India of 1875-77 resulted in
the loss of 5,500,000 lives.
Owing to the fact that the empress
9f Austria was treated some time ago
for her neuralgia ailments, of long
standing, and cured by certain strains
of sound repeated at very frequent in
tervals, the “music cure” boom has
grown in such strength that it has, at
last, been deemed advisable to estab
lish a “music cure” hospital in Munich.
The discoverer of the “music cure” is
Dr. Paul Riverra, a learned physician
in Munich.
Thomas A. Edison is soon to startle
the world with another wonderful dis
covery. He now proposes to make the
human body transparent. His experi
ments have been so successful that he
can discount the revelations of the
best X ray photograph and the proba
bilities are that physicians of the fu
ture, by the aid of certain crystals in
connection with the fluoroscope, will
be able to see the exact condition of the
internal organs of their patients and
to tell at a glance whether or not a
man is in good health and free from
bone formations, cancers, tumors and
the like. _■_
From a report of John D. Connolly,
United States consul at Auckland, New
Zealand, it would appear that that
country has just claims to be consid
ered as the most democratic in the
world. By law the government ad
vances to farmers money at four per
sent, interest and has no direct system
of taxation, except for local purposes,
and even In such cases no taxes are col
lected from persons who are worth less
than 82,500. Besides this it has grant
ed unlimited suffrage to women. The
consul declares that “the country is
more prosperous than it was under the
old regime.”
A Washington correspondent of the
Qlobe-Democrat says that the Grand
Army is dying at the rate of a hundred
a day. Every 15 minutes of the 24
hours the final taps sound for some one
who wore the blue. Each year puts
under the sod more old soldiers than
there are in the entire United States
army. The war lasted four years. In
those four years 84,000 men fell in bat
tle on the union side. But now be
tween 35,000 and 40,000 die in the course
of nature each succeeding 13 months.
And for every three union veterans
who died two confederates ore num
bered withthe dead
The extensive shipments of frozen
poultry recently made from New York
to Europe suggest the vastness of the
scale on which the improved arrange
ments for feeding the world are car
ried out. Last year England actually
consumed 188,000,000 dozen eggs, pay
ing 00.000,000. Ten millions of them
came from America. In lNtfG England
imported 070,000 hundred-weight of
frozen beef from Australia, and over
three times that amount from the
United States The refrigerators re
invested have confirmed the
fat the United States as the
i’a greatest provider.
Tw>r. JOHSf Mii.xe. the eminent seis
mologist. has set afoot a project to es
tablieh earthquake stations all over
the world. He has for years been the
greatest earthquake authority in the
world. He can tpll you when the
earth is quaking IrfTeru, and predict*
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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
01«an«d By Telegraph and Mall
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
An open letter to the women of the
United States, urging them to use all
means in their power to further the
passage of the arbitration treaty with
Great Britain, has been issued from
New York. It is signed by a number
of well known women.
The lower house of the Nebraska
legislature killed the bill providing for
a constitutional amendment for woman
suffrage by a vote of 50 to 36.
Mrs. Rebecca Mitchell, of Idaho
Falls, has been elected chaplain of the
Idaho legislature.
A special to the New York Herald
rtated that a Spanish column in Cuba
raided an insurgent hospital in the
swamps in Matanzas. There were 22
ill and wounded soldiers in the hos
pital and they were all killed by the
Spaniards.
TnK executive committee of the na
tional reform party has issued a call
for a state conference at Harrisburg,
Pa., on June 3, 1897. for the purpose of
uniting all reformers and preparing
plans for the calling of a national con
ference in 1898. Reformers from all
parts of the United States are invited
to be present and participate in the
conference or send communications.
Marion, the youngest of the three
daughters of President and Mrs. Cleve
land, was christened at the white house
on the 11th. Ur. Byron S. Sunderland,
the pastor of the First Presbyterian
church, officiated.
TnE board of trustees of Washington
and Lee university at Lexington, Va.,
on the 11th unanimously elected Post
master-General Wilson president in
place of G. W. C. Lee, who recently re
signed. It was understood that Mr.
Wilson will accept the position and
enter upon the duties of his office on
July 1 next.
A complete canvass of the Ohio as
sembly was made by Joe Smith, the
confidential secretary of the president
elect, The result was that the sup
porters of National Chairman Hanna
were convinced that if a special session
of the assembly is called to elect a suc
cessor to Senator Sherman Hanna will
be elected by a large majority.
Lincoln's birthday on the 12th was
celebrated by republicans with ban
quets at Zanesville, O., Chicago. In- .
dianapolis, Ind.. Grand Rapids, Mich.,
St. Paul. Minn., and many other places
throughout the country.
A dispatch from Canton, O., stated j
that Chauncey M. Depew, the noted I
New Yorker, had been practically de- j
cided upon as ambassador to Great !
Britain.
President and Mrs. Cleveland gave
their annual reception to the army and
navy and marine corps at the white
house on the night of the 11th. It
was the final state reception of the of
ficial term of Mr. Cleveland.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Fire at an early hour on the 12th
caused a loss of S100.000 in the building
172 and 174 Madison street, Chicago.
Schimpferman’s wholesale liquor store j
r.nd Coster's uniform factory were the |
heuviest losers.
The Pittsburgh and western selling
agencies of the window-glass man
ufacturers will advance prices 2'o per
cent, beginning March 1 in the central
and western districts.
Joseph Hii.debrandt died at Chicago
recently from cancer of the throat. He
was formerly a farmer near Marysville,
Kan., and his wife poisoned her eight
children and then strangled herself,
on account of her husband's sickness,
only one child surviving.
Morton Shephard, residing near
Muncie, Ind., had his barn burned
down and 40 tons of hay, 73 head of
sheep and lambs, 18 head of hogs, two
mules, 700 bushels of wheat. 1.000 bush- ^
els of com and oats and all his farm
implements burned. The insurance
policies had recently expired.
Georoe V^.k and his brother, An
drew, of Wanatah, Ga., were instantly
killed by being struck by a Pennsylva
nia accommodation train. Two ladies, I
who were in the vehicle with them, es- |
caped with slight injuries, but the
team was killed.
Monroe Johnson was hanged in the
jail at Charlotte, N. C., on the 8th for
burglary in the first degree.
A farmer went down into his potato
pit near North Branch, Minn., and was
overcome by the deadly gas; two sons
and their mother also went in, one at
a time, to rescue the others, and were
likewise overcome. IVhcn help arrived
they were dead.
George Fowee, aged 13, son of Squire
Joseph Fowee, blew up his father's
home at Vincennes. Ind., by putting
gunpowder into the stove. The stove
was blown to pieces and the house
shattered, but no one was killed. The
son said he wanted to kill his father
and stepmother.
The livery stable of F. M. Gilbert,
Jr., and the blacksmith shop adjoining
at Jeffersonville, Ind., were burned.
The contents of the stable were entire
ly destroyed, and eight horses per
ished. The fire was supposed to have
been incendiary.
The 21st annual encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic, depart- |
ment of Nebraska, opened at Hast- j
ings on the 10th. Norfolk was chosen '
us the place for holding the encamp
ment of 1898. Senior Vice Commander j
John A. Ehrhnrdt, of Stanton, was '
unanimously chosen department com- j
mander.
The steamer Angloman, from Boston
for Liverpool, was reported ashoae on
the Skerries, off the coast of 'Ireland.,
All her passengers were safely landed.
The steamer had a cargo valuedtat
$400,000, w-hich will probably be lost,
but it was fully insured.
xue. J«ri uuuu uuui ltv l w ct u uwrgB
Lavigne, the lightweight champion,
and “Kid” McPartland xt New York
on the 8th resulted in favOr of the for- i
mer, although McPartland made a won
derful showing. ~
Brigham t'irr,Ttah, was visited by j
a heavy earthquake shook. It was so
severe that the bell in the courthouse
tapped five or fcif times.
Patrick K. Brjcxnas, aged 50 years
was found dead from starvation in hi$'
home near Yardley, N. J.t on the 8th.
Sitting beside his body was his aged
and insane wife, who was dying from
the same cause.
Eharvei. LowzkbtsDL manager of
the Interstate Live Stock Commission
Co., of Kansas City, was found dead in
bis room at a New York hotel on th«?
8th from the effects of escaping illumi
nating gas. 'It was believed his death
was the result of accident.
The safe in the Clearfield, Pa., post
office was blown open recently and
11,000 worth of stamps and SbOO in cash
stolen.
The most malignant type of measles
has been epidemic for over a month
throughout Jasper, Clark, Cumberland
and adjoining conntles in Illinois and
was reported on the 11th as growing
more serious. The public schools at
Toledo and many country schools had
been closed.
Commissioner \Vbight, of the bnrean
of labor, has transmitted to congress,
in obedienoe to a Joint resolution dl*
reeling the Investigation, a report rela
tive to the employment of men, women
and children in the United States.
Till! postmaster-general has issued
an order establishing the house-tO
house mail collection and sale of
stamps by carriers to patrons at Omaha,
Neb.
Malvern, Ark.* has been almost
Wiped olit by a fire.
The League of American Wheelmen
in annual convention at Albany, N. Y.,
on the 11th declined to admit profes^
sionals, no matter of what standing, to
either full or associate membership in
the league and also declined by a heavy
vote to allow local option for Sunday
racing,
Paul Wagner and his wife were
found asphyxiated by eoal gas at Mil
waukee on the 13th.
The medical institute at Lancaster,
O., burned on the 13th. Dr. Julius
Simon, of Jackson, W. Va., lost his
life.
An incendiary fire at Plano, Tex., on
the 11th burned nearly 30 buildings,
including the business part of the city.
The loss was upward of $100,000, with
practically no insurance, The post
otliee was destroyed, but the mails were
saved.
The boiler of Wyrick Bros.' sawmill,
near Magnolia, Ark., exploded niul
Calhoun Wyrick, white, and John
Lewis, colored, were killed outright.
John Wyrick. one of the owners, was
fatally scalded and six other mill hands
were seriously Injured. The explosion
was due to want of sufficient water in
the boiler.
The Wisconsin Odd Fellows’ Mutual
Life Insurance Co., at Milwaukee,
which was organized In 1869, made an
assignment for the benefit of its cred
itors. During the past year over 5,000
members dropped out, which crippled
the company so that it could not pay
its losses.
A telegram from Sitia, Crete, on the
11th reported that 18 villages were in
flames and that the Christians were
killing the Mohammedan inhabitants.
Two cavalrymen fought a duel w ith
sabers at West Point, X. Y., and one
was slashed over the lips and had to
be taken to the hospital. It was
caused by a blacksmith's daughter
favoring one more than another at a
soldiers' ball.
The Chadron (Neb.) steam laundry
was destroyed by an explosion of gaso
line and John Morris eame near being
burned to death.
George Davies, a commission mer
chant at Cleveland, O., was shot and
instantly killed by liis wife on the 9th
after a quarrel.
Andrew Wilson, Preston Hall and
Henry Brown were drowned on the
10th in the Big Sandy river in Pike
county, Ky. The men had been on a
spree for several days and started to
cross the river, which was frozen over,
on their horses.
Two men were found asphyxiated in
a room ata hotel at Grand Island, Neb.,
on the 9th, the gas jets being open.
They were identified as Hugh Palin
and Charles Lehman, merchants of
Scotia, Neb.
The touch-discussed fancy ball of the
Bradley-Martins eame off at the Wal
dorf hotel New York on the night of
the 10th. The costumes were exquisite
and the function eclipsed everything
of the kind that had ever taken place
before.
A committee of young men near
Clinton, Ok., took an evangelist named
Cogswell out of bed, rode him on a rail
several miles and gave him 24 hours to \
leave the country. In a sermon lie had
declared literary societies to be insti
tutions of the devil, and referred to
women who danced as “hell-cats.”
Fire early on the loth destroyed a
cottage at Detroit, Mich., occupied by
the family of Stephen Rogulski. One
child was burned to death, another
fatally injured and five other members
of the family were more or less seri
ously burned. The fire was thought
to have been incendiary, as Bogulski
was suspected of having killed a man.
By the negligence of a svvitchtender
the Fnion Pacific flyer was derailed in
the yards at Omaha, Neb., on the 9th
and Engineer Van Noy was picked up
unconscious and taken to the hospital
anil Fireman Krause was caught under
the overturned engine and scalded to
death.
While a freight train was running
at a high rate of speed on the Mobile
& Ohio road a car truck broke down
near Poe station, O., and nine loaded
ears were broken into kindling wood.
Brakeman Purcell was ground into an
unrecognizable mass under the engine
and the engineer and tire map seriously
hurt.
CONDENSEiTtELEGRAMS.
A German by the name of Alex Giger,
who had ju»t served a term in the Ar
kansas penitentiary for stealing hogs,
was arrested a few days ago for passing
counterfeit money.
James H. Weaver, who was secre
tary of State of Alabama provtous to
the war, died in New York in poverty
and almost friendless.
The clothing of Mrs. Will Dennis,
wife of a farmer living near Atkins,
Ark., caught fire and before assistance
came she was horribly burned, dying in
agony a few hours later.
A bloody fight, in which three men
were shot, two fatally, occurred near
Attala, Ala., on the 14th.
Hon. John Randolph Tucker died
at bis home in Lexington, Va., on the
14th.
The Missouri senate passed sn anti
trust bill, on the 12lb, which nullifies
all contracts for sales with trusts, and
provides that persons purchasing under
contract from trusts need not carry out
the cop tracts thus made.
A party of 150 men rode Into Vance
burg, Ky., on the 12th to the residence
ofthe county judge and informod him
that they bad traveled twecty-flve miles
of turnpike road and removed five toll
?ates.
At a meeting of Baptists in New
York, on the 12th, at the residence of J.
I). Rockefeller, the latter promised to
contribute $250,000 to paying oil tbe in
debtedness of $566,000 resting upon tho
Baptist Foreign and Home Missionary
societies.
In tbe case of Scott Jackson and
Alonzo Walling, sentenced to be hung
for tbe murder of Pearl Bryan, the Court
of Appeals of Kentucky on the 12tb
overruled the petition for a rehearing.
Tbe records were immediately trans
mitted to Uov. Bradley, who has thirty
in which to consider the case and fix tbe
date of execution.
The boiler of a saw mill belonging to
Wyrlck Bros., near Magnolia, Ark., ex
ploded on tho 10th, killing two men.
The postoilice appropriation bill for
tbe fiscal year beginning July 1, 1897,
carries $93,611,711, or $3,040,130 more
than for tbe eurrent year, and $1,903,097
less than the estimate of tbe postmas
ter-general
BUREAU OF LABOR.
Statistics of the Employment of
Men, Women and Children.
Commissioner ffrlihl. In ObMilrnrr 1*1 a
Resolution of Cotigrrm. Transmit*
nn Interesting Report Met!
and Women Compared.
Washington, Feb. IS.—The Uih an
nual report of the bureau of labor,
just transmitted to congress by Com
missioner Wright, was prepared in
obedience to a joint resolution of con
gress directing an investigation rela
tive to the employment of men, women
and children, and is confined strictly
to a comparison of the extent of em
ployment and w ages of ls'jB-Ofl, or “pre
sent period” with the conditions in
what is termed “former period" ante
dating the present period by at least
ten years. The agents of the depart
CARROLL D. WRIGHT.
mem secumi miurmaiiun jrom 1 ,wu
establishments of various kinds,
located in 30 different states and em
ploying 148,307 persons—a number large
enough to insure that the data col
lected were thoroughly representative.
The complete data sought for, how
ever, were obtained from 031 establish
ments employing 04,560 persons in the
former and 108,648 in the present
period. Of this number in the first
period 26,749 were males of 18 years of
age or over, as against 43,195 in the
second, 4,175 males under 18 years of
age, as against 7,540 in the second; 27,
103 females. 18 years of age or over,
and 0,743 females under 18 yearsof age,
as against 45,182 and 12,571, respective
ly, in the present period. The male
employes 13 years of age or over in
creased in the present period over the
former period 63.1 per cent., while fe
male employes of the same age and
period increased 00.3 percent. Mule em
ployes under 18 years of age increased
80.0 per cent., while female employes
under 18 years of age increased 89.1 per
cent.
Out of the 238 instances in which
men and children (persons under 18
years of age) work at the same occupa
tion with a like degree of efficiency,
men receive greater pay in 182, or 79.8
per cent, of the instances and children
receive greater pay in 24 or 10.5 per
cent., while in 22 Instances or 9.7 per
cent, they receive the same pay for tho
same work performed with the same
degree of efficiency. The men receive
57.7 per cent, greater pay than the
children in the 132 instances in which
they are paid more, while the children
receive but 8.0 per cent, greater pay in
the 24 instances in which they are paid
the higher wages.
xne main reason given ior me em
ployment of women and girls is that
they are better adapted for the work
at which they are employed. Other
reasons given are that they are more
reliable, more easily controlled,
cheaper, more industrious, less liable
to strike and learn more rapidly. On
the other hand, the reasons for their
opinion, given by those who did not
believe that there was any tendency
for the employment of women to in
crease their industries, were that very
often women who were better adapted
and cheaper were unreliable; that
their physical strength was inadequate
for heavy work; that machinery was
gradually displacing them.
The department is now investigating
the effects of machinery upon labor
and the cost of production, a compila
tion of wage statistics in the leading
countries of the world, an 'investiga
tion of the liquor problem and eco
nomic aspects, in collaboration with
the state labor bureaus, the municipal
ownership of gas, water and electric
plants. _____
Alice 1‘latt Wet Free.
Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 13.—Alice
Platt was acquitted yesterday of the
charge of poisoning the two Mus
sey children. As she left the jail
building and walked up Missouri ave
nue with her father and sister she
waved her veil excitedly and shouted
to the great crowd that had gathered:
“Did you ever get left?" The jury was
out all night and until 9:25 this morn
ing. On the first few ballots the jury
stood seven for acquittal and five for
conviction._
Fair to Old Soldier*.
Washington, Feb. 18.—At the pen
sion bureau yesterday a delegation from
(}. A. 11. posts 88 and 41, of Allegheny
City and Pittsburgh, Pa., presented
resolutions of thanks to Commissioner
Murphy for his humane administration
of the bureau. The presentation speech
was made by Congressman Stone, of
Pennsylvania, who declared that for
the first time in the history of the bu
reau all old soldiers were satisfied with
its administration.
Sunday Racing Not Indorsed.
Albany, N. Y., Feb. 13.—The League
of American Wheelmen in annual con
vention yesterday declined to admit
professionals, no matter of what stand
ing, to either full or associate mem
bership in the league. They declined
by a heavy vote to allow local option
for Sunday racing.
Arkansas Town Swept l>y Fire.
Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 13.—The
town of Malvern, which was almost
wiped out by fire last July, was visited
by a conflagration yesterday which de
stroyed the rebuilt portion. The loss
will aggregate 8100,000.
Two Brothers Killed by a Train.
Valparaiso, Ind., Feb. 13.—(leorge
Volk and his brother, Andrew, of Wa
natah, were instantly killed last night
by being struck by a Pennsylvania ac
commodation train. Two ladies, who
were in the vehicle with them, escaped
with slight injuries, but the team was
killed.__
Nlauaine llorijeska stricken.
Los Anoei.es, Cal., Feb. 13.—Mme.
Modjeska is suffering from an attack
of acute colitis, necessitating the can
celation of her present engagement at
the Los Angeles theater. Her speedy
convalescence is considered doubtfuL
Wisconsin'!* General Shortage Large.
Madison, Wis., Feb. 18.—Gov. Sco
field has sent a message to the legisla
ture calling attention to the fact that
there is a deficit of more than 3300,000
in the general fund of the state and
suggesting that a sum sufficient to
make good the deficiency be raised by
tax._
A Capitol Building Unsafe.
SnniNG field, 111., Feb. 18.—The state
ment that the capitol is unsafe badly
frightens members of the legislature.
Arcdltects declare that the foundation
is weak and the dome is likely to fall
any moment.
GAGE'S VIEWS.
The Jtnt Secretary o" the Treasury Speak*
at a Farewell Olnner.
Chtcaoo. Keh. 18.—Tlie Commercial
club last night gave a farewell dinnei
to Lyman .1. Gage, the next secretary
of the treasury, alxnit 1<K) men prom
tnent in htisineaa circles being present,
In the course of his speech Mr.
Gage said: “Wisely or unwisely,
I have pleaded for toleration,
for patience with ptisunderstand
ing, for a broad citizenship, not
limited to local surroundings: a citizen
ship which.welcomes business success,
because it lends power and influence
in the larger social life, to which duty
and true happiness stand in close rela
tions.” Mr. Gage said that the most
advanced scientists now recognized
that a very large number of so
called diseases found their existing
cause in that part of the physical
organization known as the emotional
center. These diseases could not lie
reached by ordinary means, but should
l»c addressed through mental impres
sions and suggestions. This, he inti
mated, was the source of trouble with
the social state, and continued: “It is
unwise to be blind to the dangers in
such a situation. Hysteria, though
functional in its operation, may induce
organic disease. Men of steady minds
and strong hearts must, with temper
nnce and charity and the exercise of
right reason find the true path which
leads to peace and safety. There arc
real mistakes to be corrected. Wo
have violated the natural laws which
govern in the realm of economics with
the same force and power that they do
in the physical realm.”
A CLASH EXPECTED.
Only Intervention by the I’owere I’nn Tro
vent Trouble In Crete.
Athkns, Feb. 18.—The warlike ex
citement here increased with the de
parture of troops for the frontier and
the equipping of additional war ve.s
scls for service in Cretan waters.
KINO GEORGE OF GREECE.
miuouy nccllln iu uimub uiov o
clash a; arms will occur be
tween Greece and Turkey unless
the powers intervene; but it is
believed here that Greece will
be given a free hand in Crete, and that
if she succeeds in annexing that island
her right to do so will not be ques
tioned by the rest of Kurope. It is
quite certain that King George has
not acted without consulting with his
friends in sending the torpedo flotilla
into Cretan waters, with instructions
to prevent, at all hazards, the landing
of Turkish troops in Crete.
DEPEW SLATED.
Th© Noted New Yorker Will Probably II©
Ambassador to (ireat Britain.
Canton, ().. Fob. 13.—Whatever may
be the decision concerning New York’s
representation in the incoming cabi
net, the Empire state seems likely to
gain the plum of the diplomatic ap
pointments, and Chauneey M. Depew
will, in all probability, be the next
ambassador of the United States to the
court of St. James. The appointment
of Mr. Depew, while not officially an
nounced, seems to have been practical
ly decided upon and probably will re
ceive authentic confirmation within
the next few days.
NO LEGAL AID.
Scott .Jackson and Alonzo Walling Must Die
for Pearl Bryan's Murder.
Frankfoht, Ky„ Feb. 13.—In the
cases of Scott Jackson and Alonzo
Walling, sentenced to be hanged for
the murder of Pearl Bryan, the court
of appeals overruled the petition for a
rehearing. The records were imme
diately transmitted to Gov. Bradley for
his 30 days in which to consider the
ease and fix the date for the hangings.
It is believed that Gov. Bradley will
give the case immediate attention.
Wool Interest* at Outs.
Washington, Feb. 13.—The Wool
Growers’ and Wool Manufacturers’ as
sociations have failed to adjust their
differences over the rates of duty to be
recommended to the ways and means
committee for the new tariff bill and
have separated. The growers were un
willing to const-nt to rates at which
they declare they could not continue
to produce wool with profit, and the
manufacturers held that the rates of
the growers were higher than proper
or politic.
Exports of Domestic Products.
Washington, Feb. 13.—According to
the tables of the bureau of statistics
the total exports of domestic products
during the seven months ended Janu
ary 81 last amounted to 8422,986,802,
ngainst $334,844,611 for the correspond
ing period in the preceding year.
Breadstuffs amounted to $121,938,243;
cotton, $169,4.36,003; mineral oils, $37,
223,217, and provisions, $75,806,903.
Warships Not Available.
Washington, Feb. 13.—Secretai'y
Herbert has been obliged to refuse the
request of a number of California’s
leading citizens for the assignment of
a naval vessel for the transportation of
u cargo of wheat and corn to the fam
ine-stricken natives of India. The
secretary finds that naval vessels of
the modern type are totally unfitted
for the purpose of carrying cargoes,
and that in the case of such a long voy
age as that from California to India
they cannot carry coal enough to take
them across much less undertake to
carry cargoes.
A Patient Burned to Death.
Lancaster, O., Feb. 18.—The Lan
caster Medical institute here was de
stroyed by fire early yesterday morn
ing. I)r. Simon, of Jackson, W. Va., a
patient for the Keeley treatment, per
ished. In attempting to escape, he be
came confused, crawled under a bed
and could not be found in time by the
rescuers._
Marquette Club Ranquet.
' Chicago, Feb. 13.—The Marquette
club last night celebrated the anni
versity of the birth of Abraham Lin
coln by a banquet at the Auditorium
hotel. About ttOO were present.
Wealthy St. Lout. Man Suicide*.
St. Louis, Feb. 13.—Richard L.
Sharpe, president of the Keystone lum
ber mills and a prominent mason, com
mitted suicide by shooting here yester
day. For two years Mr. Sharpe had
suffered from a malady which he be
lieved to be incurable.
Want to Form a T nut.
Louisville. Ky., Feb. 13.—A secret
meeting of distillers from all over the
state was held here late last night for
the purpose of forming a whisky trust
of all Kentucky distillers. Their ob
ject is to control the output and the
price of Kentucky whisky.
M18SIH8IPM MATTERS.
Yftlobaah*'* Illoodliounda.
The board of supervisors of Yalo
busha county Invested In * P*ir
trained bloodhound* for the use of the
ibertff In tracking eecaped prisoners,
the animals wore represented to 1*
fully trained, and it was decided to test
their qualities a* man-catcher*.
A negro wa* found Who »greed to fur
bish the trail for th* test, llo was
liven an hour In adTance of the dogs,
and wa* instructed to travel five miles
by a difficult route. He followed his
instructions and took to a tree at the
tnd of his journoy. The dogs were
taken to the starting point and no diffi
;ulty wa* bad in making them take up
the trail. Thoy Opened np in full cry
after the manner of fox hounds, ahd it
was necessary for those in charge to
keep up an acllTe pice on horaes in or
ier to remain in sight of them, ^ot a
break was made during the race. The
bounds kept at it with relentless Tiger,
and as the freshness of the trail in
■reased the more rapid became their
progress. The man in advance kept
traveling until the dogs were in hoar
ng distance and then went to tbo pro
tecting arms of a tree. The ttcoing act
was done to perfection, and the test
nade was most satisfactory.
The sheriff is delighted with his trail
>rs, and it is expected that criminals
will give Yalobusha county a wide
jerth. _
A Good Womik Gone.
Mrs. M. E. McLirty died a few nights
lince whilo quietly sitting and talking
with her daughter and her grandchll
iron. Though she had been in very
aad health for some months and her
physician had told the family thatdeath
might be expected, yet she bad spent
;he day away from home and had been
ittending to some business, and was
loemingly in good spirits. .lust a few
moments before she died she had re
marked to her daughter that she was
feeling strangely, and sank back in her
:hair in an unconscious condition, and
by tho timo her sons, who were at their
stores, could be summoned she was
lead. She was one of tho oldest residents
jf Water Valley and one of the most
worthy ladies of North Mississippi. She
was activo in charity work and was ever
ready to do a good deed.
The Orphans* Home.
Tho agent of the orphans' homo, Mrs.
r. 15. Clifford, and Uev. J. A. Bowen,
jno of the directors of the homo, are
receiving contributions every woek
from different parts of the State for the
borno which the good poople of Missis
lippi are having erected on tho fifty
seres of land donated by Water Valley
It is expected that the home will bo
opened in May. Uev. T. B. Clifford,
icting as field agent for the homo, re
lumed home a few days ago with nearly
i hundred dollars subscribed by the
food people of Winona.
Will Render the County Some Service.
Sam White, colored, was turned over
:o tho convict boss of 'late county last
week, and ho will spend a short time on
the public works. Sain was tried and
ronvicted before'Squire Kusworm of In
lependonce for selling a pistol to a
minor, and fined $'J5 and costs, fie is
ihought to bo implicated in tho killing
>f Mr. Neighbors, in tho vicinity of
Memphis, and it is also stated that
ihore is an indictment against him for
murder in Marshall county.
Sale of Fine llogs.
The second annual sale of swine tin
ier the management of the Mississippi
Swine Breeders' Association took place
it Jackson last week. It was largely
ittonded and much interest manifested.
A total of seventeen head, composed of
Poland China, Berkshire, Chester
Whites and Duroc Jerseys, were sold at
i total of $t>85, being an average of
nearly $10 each. Two brought $100
Bach and one $88, which were taken by
Northern breeders, going to hords in
Illinois.
Mississippi Swine Breeders.
The Mississippi Swine Breeders' As
sociation hold an interesting meeting
at Jackson last week. Following were
elected officers for the ensuing year: J.
A. P. Campbell, Jr., president; H. W.
Brantley, secretary and treasurer. Tho
following wore elected vice-presidents,
their duty being to look after the breed
of hogs named: E. I*. Coleman, Chester
Whites; E. U. Lloyd, Essex; S. M. Ellis,
Duroc Jerseys; W. J. Davis, Poland
China; S. M. Tracey, Berkshires.
A Knitting Factory.
Uloster, Amite county, has plans on
foot to organize a knitting factory with
a capital of $5,000. The Record of that
town figures that this will bj ample
sapital to start with, and believes the
same can easily be secured from the
progressive citizens.
Resigned His Office.
Hon. William U. Elkin, member and
president of the board of supervisors of
Monroe county, has rosigned.
Leflore County Court.
Thirteen indlctmonts were found by
the grand jury of Leflore county at the
recent session of court for unlawful re
tailing of liquor._
Itarn Jiurned.
A fine barn belonging to Mrs. Tom
liodley, three miles east of Water Val
ley, was destroyed by fire recently. Ii
was a very large barn, in which was
stored a large quantity of peas, cotton
seed and bay, which was also destroyed.
Eleven fine horses barely escaped being
burned. It is supposed that a tram;
had spent the night in tho barn and in
tome way started the fire.
A Warns County Killing.
Jake White, colored, was shot and
killed last week by a white farmei
named Gaddis, on Oak Bond plantation
Warren oounty.
Captured a Big Still.
The finest distillery ever captured ir
North Mississippi was overhauled one
night last week twenty miles west o
Corinth, in the Hatcble hills. Deputy
United States Marshal N. M. Bynum,
assisted by J. L. Walker aod Revenue
Agent W. B. Cross, made tbe raid, cap
turing tbe still, 1.300 gallons of mash
and all the necessary vessels for run
ning a first-class plant of U0 gallons
capacity. _
Will Hava a Bank.
Terry is soon to have a bank with a
capital of $50,000.
A New dull.
The board of supervisors of Jaspei
oounty have adopted plans and specifi
cations for an up-to-date jail for tbal
county.
A good many folks will stop you to teli
you some great story, and when you hav<
listened a little while, yon find it is merely
a scheme to tell something about them
selves. _
Wbbn a man gives a gift with the requesi
that bis name be not mentioned, be alwsyi
feels a little bit chagrined to find his re
auest observed.—Atchison Globe.
A snoKT abseuco quickens mve, a long ab
eooekUis It,—N. Y/ Weekly. ^
SOUTHERN g^-tANINQ*.
filrunr'i View of Hew Orleeee.
bate been observing the splendid
»v»Um o< street ears la your city,
laid W. Wilfred, of Philadelphia, to a
reporter In New OrleaflSi 'i
the sigue on the cars that more
half of them run on ‘avenues,’ which,
If there le anything In the name. Indi
cates that there are a large number of
One, wide streets running from the
center to the suburbs of the city. In
fart I have seen several of them
arid bare been told that
there afe many like them,
btreets like St. Charles afenn*
and Tnlone avenue and Claiborne
avenue are something to be proud of,
and if the city authorities are wise
they will do all they <*en to improve
these streets and see that they are
properly paved and kept clean. 1 here
is nothing that develop* a city like
wide, Clean, well-kept streets. You
have some 6ne asphalt pavements
here, 1 see. You need more, There
are not many cities which have eneh
an area for development. It is a pity
the land is so wet, but 1 have dodoubt
that the city will succeed in draining
it.” _
Harried at Two In tile Morning.
Joseph Garmon and Miss Lou M,
Flowers,- from near Russellville, KjT.<
accompanied by friends, eloped to
Clarksville, Tenn., arriving about mid
night. They intended to marry at 8 a.
m., but several Louisville and Nash
ville drummers took the matter in
hand and arranged an after-midnight
wedding. The wedding party, who
had rotired, were aroused, and a
license was secured. Rev. G. \V. Shel
ton, of the Cumberland church, was
sent for, and wedding ceremony was
performed at two o’clock. The minis
ter was handsomely rewarded by the
traveling men.
Southern Mills Will Not Shut Down.
The recent action of the New En
gland cotton mills in deciding to close
down two days of each week will not
be followed by tho southern mills. Ex
Gov. bullock, president of the Atlanta
(Ga.) cotton mills and of the southern
cotton mills advisory committee, says:
“The New England shut-down is to
limit the output of the finer grades of
goods. Of the class of goods made in
southern mil is we liuve more orders
than we can fill, so that wo would have
toincrease our working capacity rather
titan cut down. We will run on full
time.” _
Left Her Fortoue to Her I-oTer.
Miss Mattie Leo Fennell, a young
lady of Huntsville, Ala., died recently,
and when her will was opened, it wal
found that she had willed her prop
erty, valued at 850,000, to her sweet
heart, Lcwllcu Jordan, of Washing
ton, 1). C. Miss Fennel had one sister,
Mrs. Ada McDonnell, with whom site
resided. The other day Judge Wil
liam Richardson, attorney for Misi
McDonnell, tiled grounds of contest
against the will, and demunded a jury
trial. Uudue iuflucnce is alleged.
The Louisiana Drought.
Fifteen parishes in Louisiana, prin
cipally in the hill districts, are affected
by the drought, aud, although the
state appropriated 865,000 for corn, it
was but a drop In the bucket so tar as
relieving the distress was concerned.
New Orleans lias sent money and other
contributions, aud Shreveport has
done the same. At present there are
committees busily at work, and ladies
are giving entertainments to add to
the relief fund.
Drove tlie fnmous Engine, "General.M
Jeff Cain, the veteran engineer, who
figured as one of the principal actors
in the thrilling episode of the late
war, died at Atlanta. He it was who
guided the famous engine, “General,’'
tvbich was carried away by the An
drews raiders on May 12, 1802, and was
recaptured by Cain and others at the
end of a most exciting chase on the
Western & Atlantic railroad between
big Shanty and Ringgold.
Over the Murphy Estate.
A suit in chancery for possession oi
the Murphy- estate, in Colbert county,
Ala., vaiued at 825,000, has been de
cided in favor of the Tucker claimants.
The case lias been twice to the su
preme court. There were claimants
from a dozen estates, and the proper
ty has been in litigation for years.
Newell Sentenced to Hang.
Pig Newell was convicted of murder
at Selma, Ala., and sentenced to be
hanged March 19. December 20 Wright
Crawford was murderod by Newell,
who, to cover his crime, put the body
on a brusbpile and cremated it. lie
confessed his guilt after conviction by
a jury.
Agulnst the Cigarette.
The Tennessee sennte has passed a
bill previously passed by the house,
prohibiting the sale of cigarettes oi
cigarette paper, or the giving away oi
cigarettes or cigarette paper to minors.
Yakeu from Prison and Whipped.
Tom Jones, charged witli running
an immoral house, was taken from Gu
station house at Cniou City. Teuu., bj
25 men and whipped so badly that li«
could not walk.
Krgardcd as a Good Mail.
Porter Rice, an old landmark, drop,
ped dead in his yard near Rockdale,
Tex. He was a Mexican veteran, ant)
was held in veneration aud esteem bv
all. _ *
Sound Sleepers.
burglars entered the residence oi
W. J. Foley, of Mobile, Ala., cooked
supper, filled their stomachs, and then
robbed the inmates, arousing no one.
A Strange Case.
Miss Mary, daughter of Mr. Joe
ETeritt, of Carmichael, Miss., died
from blood poisoning, the result oi
having a troublesome tcoth pulled.
President of Washington and Lee.
Hon. William L. Wilson, postmaster
general, has been elected president of
Washington and Lee university, Vir
ginia, succeeding Gen. G. W. C. Lee.
Shot In the Leg end Hied to Death.
Matt Brown, colored, was accidental
ly shot in the leg by a companion while
bird hunting near Sherman, Tex., aDd
bled to death in a few hours.
To Improve Ituail*.
A few of the parishes of Louisiana,
through local legislation, have levied’
a road tax for the improvement and
maintenance of public roads.
Not a Had Showing.
The street railroads of Baltimore
carried over 54,000.000 passengers in
1606, and paid 8243,000 taxes for sup
port of the city's parks.
Laid Aside Their Dignity.
Hon. Vk. K. Moore, millionaire, and
Hon. H. L. Binkley, capitalist, fought
on the streets at Memphis, Tenn. Both
were slightly injured.
Burned to Death.
Mrs. Lemuel Harris, of Todd county,
Ay., was burned to death the other
evening, her clothing catching fire
from an open grate.
Explosion In a County JatL
The boiler in tbe county jail at
Frankfort, Ky.. exploded, injuring
eight persons, one, James Rogers, a
teamster, fatally.
Called Off.
The St. Augustine iFia.) Rifles in
tended to give a ball for I ho benefit of
t je Cubans, but Wuahiugtou author!
dea forbade it>
CHURCH AND Clergy!
Mr. Glad*ton* la dlrappotntad .< **_!
.ole of hl.udiUo^^^
lor, ©ply *.000 copica haring been *opf '
Her. Dr. Benjamin L. Agnew. p,tt_
pf the Bethlehem Presbytorl.o chj^
•4 PWUdelpWa, baa been elected
iATjr pf tba Presbyterian board of J!*
iaterlai relief.
Gen. Booth has announced that the
Salvation Army ia to extend Its opera,
tiona over the whole Malay archipelago*
The movement will be directed fTonrS*
srmy’s headquarters in Australia.
It la openly stated that the new Eng,
tish bishop of Peterborough waa nottpj
pointed for bis pa^t service* »0 ^
church, hia learnlag, pr his piety, but,
because "he had e.ough money in hia
pocket to repair the ant front of tha
cathedral."'
The cardinal arehbi«Uop of Paris ha*
appointed Per# Olllrler, the famous
Dominican preacher, to the poet of
Lenten preacher &t>hotrs Dame, vacant
by the death of Mgr. cfJInlat, there
by continuing the tradition which con
nects the great order of "Pre^Aiaa
Friars'’ with the ootbedrai pulpit .
The Gniveraity of Dublin has instb
tbted twd axnminatlons for diplomas ini
the art of teaching. The second, in tha
practice of teaching, can only be taker*
by candidate* who li*ve had 12 month*
of practical experience, nnd who have,
passed tho preliminary examination I*
theory.
Dr. Temple, says ti(t J3t. James' Ga«
zette, has started an official campaign
on ohurch reform. The new ofch
biahop of Canterbury declare* tlhatt
there are four subjects ripe, or nltnw*
ripe, /or legislation. In the first place,
the benefices bill of last session is to bo
passed, “is certain to bo passed,” next
year. In' fhe second place, a bill for
power to remote Incompetent clergy
men and put them on a retiring fund is
to be "dealt with next session.” And
the two questions of giving the congre
gations ft voice in the selection of npo*.
tor and the sort of service to lie used
"will probably come before parlii.Ynem
a couple of years later."
FOREIGN PICKINGS.
Copenhagen is to hard an elevated
railroad running nlong thd^hore from
the city to the woods atCharjottcnlnnd.
Tho motive power will bo electricity or
compressed air.
At Dolhain, on the Belgian frontier
toward Germany, tha whole population
went to the railroad station recently;
to hoot the count of Flanders, with his
son. Prince Albert, and his son-in-law.
Ihe duke of Vendome, because Jha
count had employed Germans on hi* es
tate Dear by.
Sweden will send an expedition to
Konig Karl’a I Anil, east of Spll/.bergenj
next summer, which will also explore*
the other islands nnd the undiscovered!
region between Spitzbergen and Franz
Josef Land. Last year’s rush to Spits
bergen shows that tho difficulties of
such an expedition are little more than;
those of a summer cruise.
An extraordinary story of the cred
ulity of Russian peasants corn's from:
■ slavyansk, in southern Russia, where
| n woman whose little ten-year-old girt
I bad sore eyes consulted with ft witob
Joctorand was told to apply gunpowder
: to the child’s eyes and touch it off with a
match. She obeyed, blinding the child
and injuring herself.
The Spnrtnn Vlrtne, Kortllndf,
Is severely taxed by dyspepsia. "Hut “food
digestion will wait on appetite, and health on
both,” when Hostetter's Stomach Hitters is
resorted to by the victim of indigestion.
Heartburn, flatulence, biliousness w ill cease
tormenting the gastric region and liver if this
genial family- corrective meets with the fair
trial that a sterling remedy deserves. I seit
regularly, not spasmodically—now and tlien.
It conquers malarial, kidney, nervous ana
rheumatic ailments.
Cause of the Deficiency.—"I think the pic
ture lacks atmosphere, ’ said the kindlv
critic. "Fact is,’ said the artist, I had
a hard time raising the wind while 1 was
painting.”—Indianapolis Journal.
Miss Dimples—“Well, I’m glad to begin
the new year right.” Miss 1’assay— And I
hate to begin it left.”—Cleveland I lain
Dealer. __
No-To-llac for Fifty Cent*.
Over 400,000cured. Why not IctXoTo-Bae
regulate or remove your desire lor tobacco.
Saves money, makes health and manhood.
Cure guaranteed, 50c and $1.00, all druggist*.
Mother (impatiently)—"I know
what will ever become of that child; noth
ing pleases him.” Father I serenely)— >' ell,
we’ll make an art critic of him. lit-Bits.
Money in plenty. Happiness for all.
Chance of a lifetime. Particulars free. Au
drees at once V. A im. Pox 1056, Lyons, .N*
1. This offer appears but once.
She—“Do you love me for myself alone,
dearest?” lie—“Of course. 1 do \0,i<lon t
suppose I want your mother about all tne
time, do you?”—Judy.
When bilious or costive eat a
candy cathartic, cure guaranteed. 10c,
Famous Author (who has been invited to
dinner, to himself)—“A\ hat a wl.e*c
menu! I shall take care not to make any
witty remarks.”—Fliengcnde Platter.
A timely ill.Kssay on Artichokes is sent out
free by J. Vissering. Alton, 111. I' rite him.
W«itt a man gives a gift with the irQuest
that his name bo not mentioned, he a • ■
foels a little bit chagrined to find his re
auest observed.—Atchison Globe.
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