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THE LEADER
_B. T. HOBBS, Editor.
BROOKHAVEN, : MISSISSIPPI.
The most curious paper weight in the
world belongs to the prince of Wales. It
is the mummified hand of one of the
daughters of Pharao.
A Chicago man who was in the act of
committing suicide by drowning came
ashore when reminded that his proced
ure was contrary to law, rather than be
shot at by a policeman for violating the
law. Some people are very particular.
The Jamaica hurricane has advanced
the price of bananas in the east. Any
old thing is all right to advance the
price of something to eat nowadays.
Everything has gone up—except air
ships.
If the gentleman who wants everybody
to have the privilege of attending the
world’s fair in St. Louis at government
expense is a fair example of the Oklahoma
legislator the boom territofy can hard
ly be ready for statehood. It needs more
asylums for insane.
Texas promises to be the banner state
for big crops this year. It Is said her
corn will be 113 per cent, better than
last year, her winter wheat crop 65 per
cent, better, and her cotton crop 17 per
cent, better. And the Lone Star state
will not be alone. There will be others.
With the ripening of the good hickory
nut crop that is predicted for this year,
Saturdays are going-to seem farther
apart than ever to the boy whose parents
have an absurd notion that ho ought to
go to school five days in a week and dress
up in his good clothes on Sunday.
Secretary Wilson has received the
first hank of spun oilk made on Ameri
can machines from the cocoons of Amer
ican silkworms, and now talks hopefully
of the time when we shall be able to
save most of that $75,000,000 that we
are now spending for foreign silk.
Now Canada raises objection to re
ceiving members of the religious orders
driven out of France. There are plenty
of Broad lands in the United States to
be had cheaply and where they will be
welcomed. We can much better afford
this class of immigrants than some we
are getting.
Summer schools and "Chautauquas”
everywhere seem to have been attended
by more people this season than ever
before. A vast number of Americans de
cline to take their recreation in the form
of complete idleness, but insist upon
learning ' something useful while they
are "resting.”
That a German actor should be found
guilty in Berlin of lese majeste because
of some jokes he made in Holland about
the kaiser, and sentenced to nine
months’ imprisonment, doesn’t look
just exactly right from our point of
view, but possibly the kaiser knows bet
ter than we how fragile his dignity is.
About all that championship honors
In the ring are worth hanging to, in
these days, is because of the big end of
the purse and gate money. They also
give their possessor the advantage of
position in the jawing matches that are
much more frequent than any other
kind.
Here is an estimate of the average
age attained by men in various European
countries: Norway and Sweden head
the list with 50 years. Then come Eng
land with 45% years, France 44%, Prus
sia 39, Wurtemberg 38, Bavaria and oth
er parts of Germany 36. In Austria and
Spain the inhabitants have the shortest
lives, the average age being only 33.
The British admiralty has decided to
build three new battleships of 18,000 tons
each, thus materially strengthening the
Btrongest navy in the world, and Kaiser
William has decided to ask for an in
crease of 39,000 men in the already
enormous German army. The dream of
universal disarmament is not to be re
alized right away.
Stuyvesant Fish, president of the Illi
nois Central railway, thinks railroad
mergers are as inevitable an evolution
of the laws of trade and competition as
trusts are, and that it is useless to try
to stop them. He says they are aimed
to secure greater economy and should
bring about lower rates. “The right
way to do,” he thinks, "is to let the
railroads consolidate or merge all they
want to, then let the people look after
the tariff rates and taxation.”
The Minnesota state board of control
for institutional supplies has contracted
for a considerable quantity of chewing
gum for the patients of the insane asy
lums and state hospitals. The board
claims, to have discovered that chewing
gum often has an excellent effect on the
patients in enabling them to concentrate
their minds on various forms of work
and soothing them during violent spells.
Every person must have noticed that
habitual gum chewers often appear
to be in deep thought. Yes, ap
pear to be, but they are not studying the
Ingredients of chewing gum.
There is one spot where the vast tide
of immigration that is setting in towards
the United States is viewed with envy.
South America is not discussing exclu
sion laws, it is discussing how to turn
the incoming hordes of Europeans to the
south. The Buenos Ayres Herald not
ing that Americans are urging more
stringent regulation says: “For our
part, provided that we could divert the
influx to our shores, with the prospect
of finding profitable occupation for it in
the varied channels of productivity, we
could afford for a time to be less par
ticular.”
By means of a system now being in
stalled in the new government building
in Chicago every act of every employe
of the money order, registry and mail
ing departments of the post office will
be subject to scrutiny by a force of spies
or inspectors. Suspended from the ceil
ings of the three departments and con
nected with each other are lookouts in
the form of inclosed observation plat
forms, from which, unobserved by the
employes, officials may watch what is
going on. It is said to be the most thor
ough system of espionage ever installed
in a public building.
The Suez canal is a big thing, but the
American "Soo” Is a bigger. The Suez
|» operated the year round, for it is lo
cated where frost and ice are unknown.
The "Soo” is navigable only a little more
than half the year. But it does more
business than the famous waterway from
Europe to the orient. The figures for
1902 have just been made public. In that
year the “Soo” had a tonnage of 35,961,
146, against 11,248,413 on the Suez. The
freight on the Suez was carried in 3,708
vessels, while that of the ''Soo,” open
only seven months, was carried in 22,
(59 vesso}*,
What Has Happened Throughout
the Civilized World.
A. WEEK’S NEWS CONDENSED
A Complete Review of the Happenings
of the Past Seven Days in This
and A11 Foreign Lands.
GIVEN IN THE PRESS DISPATCHES
FUOH WASHINGTON.
The public debt monthly statement
shows that at the close of business Aug
ust 31, 1903, the total debt, less cash
in the treasury, amounted to $923,924,
357, which is a decrease for the month
of $<5,098,951.
Excessive rainfall has retarded the
maturity of crops in some sections. The
abnormally cool weather is unfavorable
for the advancement of corn. The
spring wheat harvest is practically over.
The president and Secretary Hay in
dorse the activity of Minister Beaupre
in pushing the canal treaty with Ci
lombia.
THR RAST.
In the pulpit of St. Paul’s church, at
Inwood, L. I., Rev. Gilbert Combs
stopped in the middle of a prayer. One
of the congregation hastened to his side,
and found the minister, who was 79 years
old, dead from heart failure.
In New York city a jury in the case of
Charles Jackson, the negro accused of
the murder of Charles W. Roxbury, in
River avenue, the Bronx, in July, re
turned a verdict of guilty of murder in
the first degree.
Society of the Army of the Philippines
in session in St. Paul, Minn., selected
St. Louis as the place for the next an
nual reunion.
Veterans of the Army of the Philip
pines ended their reunion at St. Paul,
Minn., with a parade and campfire. Gen.
Charles King, of Wisconsin, was elect
ed president.
At Baldwin, L. I., Deputy Sheriff
Louis J. Cook shot and killed one bur
glar, probably fatally wounded a second,
and captured two others. He discov
ered them trying to break into a va
cant house.
In New York Henry Townsend Edson,
son of ex-Mayor Edson, killed Mrs. John
F. Pullen in the presence of his wife
and then committed suicide. The re
jection by Mrs. Pullen of a proposal to
elope with Edson preceded the tragedy.
It is said that William Tucker, a well
known club man, of Baltimore, has
been absent from that ciy six weeks,
and his mother, with whom he was co
trustee of his father’s estate, finds
more than $500,000 is missing.
The salmon product shortage on the
Pacific coast is now said to amount
to 2,000,000 cases, and prices have con
siderably advanced.
At Newark, N. J., the indictment for
manslaughter against directors and offi
cials of a New Jersey trolley line, the re
sult of a fatal accident, was dismissed by
Chief Justice Gummere, who held that
the deaths were due to the carelessness
of employes of the road.
Half a dozen persons were killed and
20 injured, one fatally and two seriously,
in a wreck on the Southern railway near
Yprkville, S. C.
The third straight race for the Amer
ica cup was won by Reliance in the fog
off Sandy Hook. Shamrock III. was
beaten ignominiously after missing the
finish line. Sir Thomas Lipton declared
that he was grateful to the American
people for their generous treatment of
him.
WEST AND SOUTH.
Lou Dillon broke her former record
to wagon, at Cleveland, going a mile in
2:04%. Her former record was 2:04%.
Near Otsego, Mich., Duncan Swan, a
well-known farmer, accidentally shot his
daughter, Mary, and she died from the
wound. She was gathering corn for din
ner, and her father mistook the rustling
of the stalks for presence of crows, and
fired into the field, killing her.
The grand commandery Knights
Templar, of the state of Illinois, opened
its forty-seventh annual conclave in Pe
oria with 2,000 knights present. The pa
rade in the morning was a magnificent
pageant
In Milwaukee, Wis., three men lost
their lives by asphyxiation in a sewer.
Democratic state convention of Penn
sylvania nominated a state ticket by ac
clamation headed by Senator Joel G.
Hill, of Wayne county, for state treas
urer.
It was decided that the Illinois grand
commandery, Knights Templar, shall
hold its 1904 conclave in Chicago.
Judge Belden refused a new trial at
Hamilton, O., for Alfred A. Knapp, the
self-confessed murderer of two of his
wives and three other victims. The
court fixed December 12 for his execu
tion.
The boiler of a threshing engine work
ing on a farm near Geneva, the county
seat of Kane county, 111., blew up, kill
ing one and injuring a score of others.
The death, at Munich, Mich., is an
nounced of Rev. Dr. James Leonard
Corning, the celebrated pulpit orator and
historian and dlplbmat. Dr. Corning was
72 years old, and was an intimate friend
of President Lincoln, Gen. U. S. Grant
and Henry Ward Beecher.
An insane man named Henry Weil
brenner, with a loaded revolver, made
three attempts to interview President
Roosevelt, at Oyster Bay, and was ar
rested. He was afterwards declared
insane by experts.
At Peoria, 111., Superintendent
Bauer, of the Glucose Company of
America, announces that the company
will begin the manufacture of sirup
within three months, and will erect
the largest sirup plant in the world.
In Victoria, B. C., Alfred E. Lyford,
alias B. C. Miller, ex-deputy county
treasurer of Rock Island county, 111.,
has been arrested on a telegram from
Rock Island, 111. Lyford is alleged to
ha,ve absconded July 5, 1902, with $12,
000 of county funds.
A convention of milk dealers at Pitts
burg, Pa., has perfected an organization
which practically places the trade of
Pittsburg and Allegheny in the hands of
a combine.
Output of sweet wine for southern
California for the season of 1903 will ex
ceed 1,300,000 gallons. The output of
brandy is estimated at 40,000 gallons,
tax paid, and 250,000 gallons, free If
tax, for fortifying purposes. Prices for
grapes range from $12 to $18 per ton.
The condemned strangler, Alfred A.
Knapp, was taken to Columbus, O., by
Sheriff Bisdorff to await his execution in
the electric chair December 12.
The city of Detroit, Mich., will be the
mecca for the Disciples of Christ when
the international missionary convention
of the Christian churches of the world
convene there October 16-22 inclusive.
James J. Jeffries is matched to fight
Jack Munroe at Los Angeles Ocober 16,
the latter to get all the proceeds if he
stays 30 rounds
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.
Death of an Old River Mat.
Col. Thos. 0. Hall, a veteran Bteam
boat man, and one of the best-known
river editors in the south, died sud
denly at his home in Louisville, Ky.,
of heart failure- Col. Hall was 63 years
old, a confederate veteran, and for
many years had been in charge of the
river column of the Louisville Post.
Teiaa Pecan Crop.
It is reported from San Antonio,
Tex., that a blight has struck the pe
can trees of that section, due to the
very wet weather, and that the crop of
nuts will be cut short. Reports from
the other pecan counties show that the
crop will probably prove a good one
this year.
Killed Girl and Himself.
Herbert B. Bates, a clerk in the First
national bank at Richmond, Va., shot
and killed Miss Rena Gentry, who had
refused to marry him, and then turned
the weapon on himself, inflicting a fa
tal wound. There were no witnesses
to the tragedy.
Want, a Patent. Court.
The American Bar association in ses
sion at Hot Springs, Va., adopted a
committe report recomending the es
tablishment by congress of a patents
court. The association elected officers
and adjourned to meet next in St.
Louis.
Lightning Rnlna a Conrthonae.
Lightning struck the courthouse at
Hazard, Ky., killing John J. Baker,
who was standing in the doorway, and
stunning six other men in the build
ing. The courthouse was fired and
practically consumed.
Woman Charged With Harder.
Mrs. William Cox, of Benton, Ky.,
was arrested on the charge of poison
ing her husband, who was supposed to
have committed suicide. W. R. Bur
tram was also arrested, charged with
complicity.
Safe Blown at Hernando.
The safe in the Illinois Central de
pot at Hernando, Miss., was blown at
an early hour, the burglars getting
away with a small sum of money
without leaving a clew. The depot
was almost wrecked by the explosion.
Bank President Arrested.
Rod Oliver, president of the defunct
Citizens’ national bank, of Beaumont,
was arrested and put under $10,000 to
answer to the charge of misappropriat
ing $57,000 of the bank’s funds.
White Han Killed by Negro.
W. S. McCase, a resident of Truss
ville, Okla., fought with a negro and
was killed with an ax. At last report
a posse was in pursuit of the black.
Negro Shot for Stealing Corn.
At Vicksburg, Miss, John Williams
shot and seriously wounded James
Clarke, a negro, for stealing corn. The
wounded man is in the hospital.
Killing In Mlaalaalppl.
Near Raymond, Miss,, Marion J. Har
rison shot and killed J. P. Redding,
and then gave himself up to the offi
cers. Harrison used a shotgun.
Fnker In Trouble.
Jacob W. Geist was arrested at
Louisville, Ky., on the charge of ob
taining money by false pretences in a
gigantic fake directory swindle.
His Fifth Wife.
George W. Houses, a farmer, aged 75,
and Mrs. Martha Sherman, aged 33,
were married at Bristol, Tenn- Mr.
Houses has buried four wives.
Amateur Minstrel Killed.
A ten-year-old member of an ama
teur minstrel company performing at
Birmingham, Ala., was killed by a re
volver thought to be empty.
Fire at Nashville, Tenn.
Fire started in the Timothy Dry
Goods Co.’s building, at Nashville,
Tenn., and spread to adjoining build
ings, causing a heavy loss.
Negro Shot in Mississippi.
Dave ixive and Joseph Forest, ne
groes, fought at Crystal Springs, Miss.,
and the former was dangerously
wounded. Forest escaped.
Went Texan Drought Broken.
The recent rains in West Texas have
thoroughly broken the drought which
prevailed there, and which had become
alarming to the cattlemen.
Negro Brute Executed.
Anderson Finch, a negro, who at
tempted criminal assault on a white
woman, was legally executed on the
scaffold at Boydton, Ya.
Will Appeal to Britinh Government.
A. B. Barker, a British subject, was
driven out of Oklahoma by a mob and,
it is said, will seek redress through
his government.
Publicity Deplored.
Gov. Jelks, in his message to the Ala
bama legislature, deplored the publicity
eastern newspapers had given to the
peonage cases.
Vardanian the Democratic Nominee.
Maj. J. K. Vordaman defeated Judge
Frank A. Critz for the democratic
nomination for governor of Mississippi
by over G,000.
New Bank at Silver Creek, Mitts.
The Merchants’ & Planters’ bank,
with $15,000 capital, has been estab
lished at Silver Creek, Miss., by local
business men.
Mob Kills a Negro.
A mob broke Into the jail at Mayers
ville, Miss., and shot a negro named
George Jones, who was charged with
arson.
Fatal Fight on a Train.
Jefferson Van Horn and Bud Clarke
fought on a train near Cardova, Ala.
Clarke was thrown off the train and
killed.
Fire at Selma, Ala.
Mrs. Helen Sullivan’s boarding-house
was destroyed by fire at Selma, Ala.,
enteiling a loss of $4,o00, partially in
sured.
Fell From a Tall Building.
Maj. Charles Wheelock, of Birming
ham, Ala., fell from a tall building and
received injuries that may p ove fa
tal. _
Is It Mexican Weevil!
Cotton bolls have been discovered
near Hazlehurst, Miss., suspected of
having Mexican, weevils in them.
Fire at Westpolnt, Miss.
The Mobile & Ohio freight depot,
offices and sheds at Westpoint, Miss.,
were destroyed by fire.
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Killed by a Negro.
At Maysville, Ky., David Daily was
killed by a negro in a quarrel over a
trivial affair.
Mississippi Telephone Service.
A telephone Is In operation between
Ocean Springs and Vancleave, Miss.
Admited to Ball.
Heg Evans, charged with murder,
was admitted to ball at Cleburne, Tex.
School Terms.
State Superintendent of Educa
tion Whitfield last week sent out
a circular to the boards of super
visors of all the counties jn the
State urging upon them the addi
tional tax levy for the purpose of
extending the school terms.
Superintendent Whitfield has just
finished a thorough campaign of the
State, made for the purpose of
sounding the sentiment of the peo
ple on the subject of school exten
sion by additional taxation. He
has had an able corps of educators
in the field with him for several
months, and the question has been
thoroughly discussed in all of its
phases in nearly every county.
Many counties have acted by order
ing the additional levy necessary to
maintain the schools for a longer
term, and Mr. Whitfield hopes to
have all of the white cpunties, at
least, follow this example.
In his circular to the boards of su
pervisors, just sent out, Superin
tendent Whitfield sets forth in brief,
succinct paragraphs the reasons
upon which he bases his appeal for
the additional school levy.
1. That the people are in favor of
the movement, in his judgment. He
bases this opinion upon the splendid
success of his recent campaign, in
which he says a vote was taken in
every audience on the question and
not one single vote was cast against,
while over 40,000 votes were cast for
the levy.
2. Schools are of supreme impor
tance, and should have precedence
over roads, bridges and other county
improvements. History shows that
the development of a State is the de
velopment of its schools.
3. The movement is in general fa
vor all over the South. Last year
twenty-four counties in Mississippi
voted to levy school taxes, and fifteen
others will fall into line this year.
Six counties submitted the matter to
the people, and it was carried by a
vote of 7 to 1 in all of them. Coun
ties having the longer terms will at
tract the best teachers, and the oth
ers will suffer accordingly.
4. The records show that the aver
age attendance is better in counties
with long terms than in those that
have short terms.
5. The longer term does not inter
fere with farm work. If the larger
boys have to stop in the plowing sea
son, they should have a better school
while they can attend. All the girls
and smaller boys have.a full term,
and they have more education when
they have to stop to go to work.
5. The negroes do not get one cent
of this tax paid by white people. If the
negroes be given credit for the taxes
they pay, plus their share of the taxes
paid by corporations, it will more
than pay for their schools on the
present basis.
Weekly Crop Outlook.
The Mississippi department of the
climate and crop service has issued
the following general summary for
the week ended August 31:
The'temperature throughout the
week was somewhat above normal
and the weather was very favorable
for all growing crops. Local show
ers occurred the first and last of the
week, being rather heavy in the
southern part, but light elsewhere.
The following table gives the rain
fall for the week in inches and hun
dredths at twelve stations:
Brookhaven ......20
Greenville . T
Greenwood ..00
Hazlehurst .15
Jackson .75
Kosciusko .. T
Lake .26
Meridian .84
Natchez .1.35
Port Gibson .1.10
Vicksburg .95
Yazoo City .07
Cotton has made good growth in
the northern and delta counties.
Eust, shedding and some worms are
reported from all parts of the State,
but are not damaging the crop se
riously, except in southern counties
where the condition of cotton has
deteriorated for the last two weeks.
The crop continues from three to
four weeks late and requires favor
able weather and a late fall to make
a good yield. Open bolls are re
ported in almost all counties and
picking has begun as far north as
Kemper county, but is not general
yet. The weather has been very fa
vorable for fodder pulling and hay
ing, which have progressed rapidly
in all parts, and much fodder and
hay have /been saved in fine shape.
Corn, both old and young, is fine.
Pastures, peavine hay, cane, pota
toes and turnips continue to be very
promising.
Actress’ Rash Act.
Mattie Austin, a beautiful young
actress, who went to Meridian as a
member of the chorus of the Boston
Opera Company, tried to commit
suicide last week at the Grand Ave
nue Hotel by taking laudanum. All
day physicians were at her bedside.
Her condition is somewhat improved
but there are still grave doubts of
her recovery. Despondency is the
only cause assigned for the young
woman’s rash act. Her home is in
Texas.
Gone Again.
Brooks Story, the noted express
robber and desperado, has consum
mated his fifth escape from the Mis
sissippi penitentiary. Story’s fifth
escape was made last week from the
Rankin prison farm. He was at
work with a squad of other white
prisoners in the field, and walked
away. Story’s - disappearance was
the signal for a general scouring of
the woods in the neighborhood, but
no trace of him could be discovered,
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Moore Granted Bail.
Chancellor Stone Deavours al
lowed bail for young Dan I. Moore
last week in the sum of $5,000.
Moore is charged with killing Ellis
Poole in Meridian several weeks
ago. _
Committed to Asylum.
Henry King, the alleged counter
feiter, who was recently captured at
Meridian, was last week adjudged
insane, and will be committed to the
East Mississippi Insane Asylum,
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Killed by His 8on-ln-Law.
John A. Warren, a well known
end well-to-do farmer, who has re
sided for many years about twenty
miles from Kosciusko, was shot and
instantly killed by his son-in-law,
James Ferguson, last week, a dou
ble-barreled shotgun being the weap
on used. The killing is said to have
been caused by Warren’s remarriage.
He was a wiodwer and the female
head of his house was a single
daughter, about grown. He left
home last week to get married, and
instructed his daughter to prepare a
reception dinner for her stepmother,
who, instead, went to her brother-in
law. The old man came home with
his bride, found the house empty,
went to Ferguson’s in search of his
daughter as mad as a hornet, carry
ing a shotgun with him, tried to
shoot his son-in-law, but wasn’t
quick enough, and was himself
killed. It is said that Warren was
under the influence of liquor when
killed. Ferguson is at home await
ing arrest.
Biennial Reports.
Owing to the activity of the cam
paign, the State officials are some
what behind in the preparation of
the biennial reports to be submitted
to the legislature in January. Some
of the officials, it is understood, will
not commence the actual work of
compilation until they get into the
new statehouse, and if this course is
followed by all the officials it is more
than likely that the State printers
will be caught in the rush, and some
of the reports will not be on the
desks of the legislators until late in
the session. This happened at the
last biennial session of the body and
the prospects are good for it to hap
pen again. The auditor and treas
urer have their statistical data com
piled and in form for the printers,
and if the moving work does not re
quire too much time the other offi
cials can get their work well under
way next month. The biennial pe
riod ends on the 30th of September.
New County Officials.
Hon. Joseph W. Power, secretary
of State, is preparing a blank form
which he will soon mail to the
various chancery clerks, asking them
to fill them with the names and ad
dresses of all the newly-elected coun
ty officials. Mr. Power hopes to get
them all in in time to enter the new
officers in his forthcoming report to
the legislature. These officers will
not be elected until November, but
by getting them in now they can be
printed, and it will be a great con
venience to the people of the State,
as there is a constant demand for
the addresses of the county officials.
Hernando Depot Burglarized.
Last week the depot at Hernando
was entered, the safe blown open and
$10 in money and several express
packages taken. The railroad com
pany lost nothing, as the money be
longed to the agent, Mr. Sims. The
thief succeeded in getting away un
discovered, aided in his flight by a
horse stolen from Mr. Hudson. It
is supposed that he made his, way
into Memphis, as Mr. Hudson’s
horse was found the next morning
at his brother’s gate, and this broth
er lived only a few miles south of
Memphis.
Hill Gets Rural Routes.
Congressman W. S. Hill has been
notified by the postoflice department
that two rural free delivery routes
will be established in Webster coun
ty on September 15, one to start
from Eupora and the other from
Mathiston. He also secured two
routes in Choctaw, which were put
in operation September 1, one start
ing from Ackerman and the other
from Weir. Mr. Hill has assur
ances that several other routes will
soon be put. in operation in his dis
trict. _
Worked a Skin Game.
W. E. Johnson is lodged in jail at
Vicksburg for trying to work with
some degree of success a skin game,
by which he obtained over $700
from three business men. Mr.
Johnson worked his rabibt foot by
representing himself to be the bus
iness agent of the Cotton States
Bridge Company of Atlanta, which
has several bridge contracts in the
National Park, and his dupes, be
lieving his story, advanced him
money only to discover that John
son is only a local gang foreman.
Warped the Ties.
A remarkable tribute 10 the in
tensity of the hot weather in Missis
sippi was given on the Yazoo & Mis
sippi Valley road north of Jackson
a day or two since. The fierce heat
of the sun caused some new ties in
the track to warp until each tie, like
the Irishman’s stick, was so crooked
that it wouldn’t lie still. Traffic
on the road was delayed for several
hours, it being necessary to pull out
the crossties and replace them with
new ones. _
Reunion Postponed.
The reunion of the Eleventh Mis
sissippi Confederate Veterans at
Friendship church, Chickasaw coun
ty, has been postponed until further
notice, on account of sickness
West Point Fire.
The exact loss in last week’s Mo
bile & Ohio fire at West Point, can
not be correctly ascertained, as all
books and way bills were destroyed.
It is rougblv estimated, however, at
from $5,000 to $7,00.
Willis Chiles Dead.
Willis Chiles, son of the Hon. L.
F. Chiles, a young man who was
born and reared in Jackson, died at
Covington last week after a linger
ing illness with consumption.
Telephone Company Sued.
Messrs. White Bros.., of Vicks
burg, have entered suit against the
Cumberland Telephone and Tele
graph Company upon the charge
that the company discontinued a
’phone in their place of business.
Hearing Postponed.
The State board of education Mas
postponed the hearing of the charges
against Prof„ J. A. Kennedy, super
intendent of education of Simpson
county, until September 13. Su
perintendent Kennedy is charged
with several forms of 'misconduct in
office and a vigorous effort is being
made by those who are conducting
the prosecution to oust him from of
fice. _
Assessment Rolls.
Personal assessment rolls from the
various counties continue to come in,
and the figures all show a decided in
crease in the aggregate of personal
property over the preceding year.
The last roll to arrive is that of Co
piah county, which shows an in
crease of $55,000. The number of
polls increased 127.
Used a Shotgun.
Marion J. Harrison killed J. P.
Redding near Chapel Hill, in Hinds
county, last week, and came to Ray
mond and surrendered himself to
the sheriff. The weapon used was
a shotgun, two loads being dis
charged in Redding's face and
breast. Both were respected citi
zens. Harrison had warned Red
ding to stay off his place.
The Cook Case.
The State hoard «f education ia
still encountering trouble with Pro
fessor C. It. Cook, superintendent of
education of ltankin county, who
was before the board some time since
on the charge of misappropriation of
funds, etc. The ltankin county
grand jury since that time has con
sidered the Cook case, and it prom
ises to come before the State board
in a new form.
Large Land Sale.
State Land Commissioner Nall
made a large sale of Chickasaw
school lands last week, the total
anTtrunt received for several tracts
located in the northern counties be
ing $5,47(>.5(>. The purchase was
made by Messrs. Martin and Gill,
realty dealers in Memphis.
Alleged Corn Thief Shot.
John Williams shot and danger
ously wounded James Clarke for
stealing corn from his suburban
corn field near Vicksburg last week.
The wounded negro is in the hos
pital and the shooter is out on a
$100 bond for appearance at the No
vember term of court.
Free Delivery at Columbus.
Free mail delivery began at Co
lumbus in September, with Ralph L.
Dill, James H. Butler and Joel T.
Johnson as carriers, and Walton W.
Butler, substitute.
Treasurer Lampton Leaves.
State Treasurer Lampton is
spending a few days as the guest of
his brother in Chicago. The treas
urer can remain out of the State
just now tvithout losing sleep at
nights in worrying over the cash in
the vault, as the amount on hand is
hardly worth stealing.
August Land Sales.
The monthly report of Land Com
missioner Nall states that the sale
of swamp and forfeited tax lands
for the month of August amounted
to $7,126.85. _
Increasing Capital Stock.
An amendment has been filed in
the governor’s office to the charter of
the Capital Light and Power Com
riany of Jackson, increasing the cap
ital stock from $25,000 to $50,000,
the company having concluded to
establish a larger plant than origi
nally contemplated.
New Insurance Law.
The new insurance law of Missis
sippi has been found to work so sat
isfactory through the efficient man
agement of Hon. W. Q. Cole, the
State insurtance commissioner, that
new companies are constantly com
ing into the State for business. The
Niagara Insurance Company of New
York, has already made arrange
ments and will begin at once can
vassing the State for business.
War on Cotton Worm#.
Mr. Platt of the Cassell Drug
Company, of Vicksburg, stated last
week that his firm had sold within
the past few weeks over 20,000
pounds of paris green for sprink
ling worms in the cotton at Leland,
Nitta Yuma, Smede’s Station and
to planters in North Louisiana.
Tall Corn.
There is a stalk of corn at Sledge
sixty feet high, and it will grow
some yet. It has twelve big ears of
corn and a nubbin one foot long.
Killed by Fall From Mule.
Doc Smith, a young man'who lias
been living at Traynham, met with
a sad and untimely death last week
while returning from a visit to rela
tives in Quitman county by being
thrown from the mule upon which
he was riding and having the animal
fall over on him. Relatives took
charge of the remains, which were
sent to Clarksdale for interment.
He was a young man of sterling
worth, and many friends.
Small Majority.
The race for the district attorney
ship of the district composed of the
counties of Washington, Sunflower,
Bolivar and Issaquena, resulted in
the election of the Hon. S. D. Neill
of Sunflower by a majority of seven
votes over his opponent, the Hon.
Van B. Boddie of Washington. This
is the official result as declared by
the district executive committee.
Both gentlemen are well known in
every section of the State.
Historical Society Work.
In order to broaden the scope of
the work and to arouse a more gen
eral public interest, an energetic ef
fort is now being made by Dr.
Franklin L. Riley, secretary of the
Mississippi Historical Society, to se
cure hew members, and he hopes to
make a large number of additions to
the roll before the next annual ses
sion is held. All persons interested
in advancing the cause of Mississip
pi history are eligible^
WHY HE WENT AWAY.
STOREY’S WIFE WAS SICK AND
HE HAD TO 8EE HER.
COMES BACK AGAIN AND SURRENDERS
The Noted Miesleaippl Convict, Who
Took French Leave of the Rankin
County Farm a Few Days
Since, Returns, and Gives
the Reason for His
Going.
Jackson, Miss., Sept, 7,—*"I heard
that my wife was sick and just ran
down for a few days to see her,” apol
ogized Brooks Storey, the noted ex
press robber, who took French leave
of the guards on the Rankin convict
farm several days ago, and who has
given himself up.
He went immediately to Gov. Lon
gino and surrendered last night, giv
ing the above explanation of his ab
sence without leave from the dull rou
tine of prison life.
He stated that be wanted to “apolo
gize” to the State authorities for es
caping, and solemnly declared that he
had no intention of remaining away
from the prison, but that he had re
ceived word of the sickness of his wife
at Kosciusko, and, feeling confident
that leave of absence would not be
granted him if requested, he decided
to take a temporary leave without ask
ing his guardians.
Storey further stated that he made
the trip to Kosciusko and, after see
ing his wife, came on back to Jack
son He told a straight story of the
affair, and the governor ordered him
to return to the prison office.
At the sesison of the prison board
of control this morning the Storey
matter was brought up and Sergeant
David Puckett was called upon to ex
plain how the noted convict had es:
caped from the Rankin farm. Mr.
Puckett stated that Storey was kept
under the gun, but occasionally was
made a "half-trusty,” being allowed to
go out of sight of the guards, and he
took advantage of one of these oppor
tunities and escaped.
The members of the board instruct
ed Sergeant Puckett to administer a
reprimand to the guards, and the opin
ion was expressed that Storey had giv
en the prison entirely too much noto
riety with his numerous escapes, as it
seems that he takes his departure
whenever a notion strikes him to do
so.
FUTURE DELIVERY.
Georgia Planters Selling Their Cotton
in Advance.
Savannah, Ga., Sept. 7.—More farm
ers in Georgia are selling their cotton
this year for future delivery than ever
before. In the middle section of the
State thousands of bates have been
sold at slightly above twelve cents a
pound for delivery in October and No
vember. Mill men from all sections
of the country have representatives
here for the purpose of buying cotton
in this manner.
This is largely a new proposition to
the farmer who raises cotton. He has
been accustomed to finding out how
much he can get for his product after
it has reached the public square of his
market town, and to sell from forty to
sixty days in advance is a decided in
novation. Most of those approached
have been content to sell for twelve
cents or a little beyond that figure, but
12.38 has been a popular price.
Savannah factors advise the ad
vance sales. There is money in cot
ton at the figures offered for it. At
twelve cents a pound the farmer
makes at least $25 clear on each bale
marketed.
It is estimated that the farmers of
Georgia will receive $75,000,000 for
their cotton crop this season, against
about $50,000,000 last season. Labor
is plentiful and the cotton can be got
ten out of the fields in quick time.
DIED FOR SCIENCE.
Silent Tragedy Tells the Story of a
Young Chicago Martyr.
Chicago, 111., Sept. 7.—Sitting in a
pillow banked reclining arm chair,
with his hands folded, the uody of Dr.
K. O. Austin, a young physician, whose
future was promising, was found in
his office in the Stewart building this
morning.
On a desk within arm’s reach of the
heavy green plush chair in which the
physician died, lay three empty gela-.
tin capsules, a vial of hydrocyanic
acid, and a dropper such as is used by
physicians and surgeons.
At first it was thought to be a case
of suicide. The police state that the
young physician was using the deadly
drug for another purpose than to de
stroy life. They say Dr. Austin, who
was known to have been the victim of
a chronic affliction, was experimenting
in the hope of finding a cure, and bore
in mind the effect his hoped-for dis
covery would have upon the medical
profession in general.
Recently the physician stated to a
friend that he was experimenting with
some powerful and decidedly danger
ous drugs with which he hoped to cure
a chronic affliction which enslaved
hundreds. Dr. Austin was 38 years
old. He had been practicing in the
Stewart block seven months.
ELOPED WITH A LIVERYMAN.
Youngest Daughter of Congressman
Brownlow Marries Against '
Parent's Wishes.
Bristol, Tenn., Sept. 7.—Mark E.
Pritchett, a liveryman, and Miss Cloy
ette Brownlow, the youngest daughter
of Congressman W. P. Brownlow,
eloped from Jonesboro and were mar
ried here today. Her father objected
to the union. The bride made her de
but in Washington City last winter.
Railroads Angry.
Dallas, Tex., Sept. 7.—A report
reached Dallas from Houston this af
ternoon of a movement started there
for all the trunk line companies of
Texas to unite in a legal challenge of
authority of the State railroad commis
sion over traffic agreements, such as
that between the Rock Island and the
Southern Pacific, which the commis
sion vetoed.
The Rock Island is being urged to
defy the commission and bring on a
crisis. If the railroads conclude to
lock horns with the commission it is
said the attack will come through the
Federal courts within the next 30 days.
McCaa’s Murderer.
Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 7.—Will Da
vis, colored, who killed W. G. McCaa,
paymaster at the Seaboard Air Line
construction camp, near Trussville,
last week, has since been run down
and shot to death by citizens. Davis
was a laborer at the camp and became
very impudent to McCaa. A fight fol
lowed, during which the negro
knocked McCaa down and brained him
with an ax. McCaa’s brother shot and
wounded Davis as the latter was flee
in, and this wound, it is said, enabled
the posse to oVertake the negro.
PANAMA DENIAL.
Delegation Did Not Withdraw From
Congress.
Washington, Sept. 7.—Dr. Herran,
the Colombian charge, today received
the following cablegram from the re
tiring governor of Panama, dated Pan
ama yesterday, in reply to an inquiry
he sent last night:
“Nothing is known here regarding
withdrawal from congress of Panama
delegation. I have been informed that
Senator Obaldia has been appointed
governor and he is now on hjs way
with Representative Fasuoga.”
•HIPPING CATTLE TO AFRICA.
Larg# Number# of Animal# Leave
Tex## Port# for That
Country.
Washington, Sept. 7.—In a letter
from W. Stanley Halils, United States
consul at Lourenco Marquez, he en
closes a clipping from the Gold Field
News, on the cattle trade, which is as
follows:
“From the coast plains of Texas to
Delagoa Bay is a far cry, but applied
science has in these day# obliterated
distance and enables the astute man
of commerce to draw his supplies from
the ends of the earth, the mere ques
tion of mileage being one of the mi'
nor conditions in the problem of trans
port. Texas, as the State which'
ranks first in the Union in the breed
ing of cattle, naturally suggested it
self as the source of supply, and the
success of the first two shipments has
been so conspicuously encouraging
that the company are following up
their recent arrivals, numbering 4,050
head of cattle, with seven more con
signments, which will bring to these
shores 8,300 more. With a view to
indicating what is really the birth of
a new branch of the trade, the writer
paid a visit to Port Matolla, where the
steamship Cranley, a British vessel, is
now discharging a cargo of 1,500 hei
fers and a few well bred bulls.
"Owing to an accident to her ma
chinery in the Gulf of Mexico, the ship
was delayed at Barbadoes, but not
withstanding the somewhat long voy
age of forty days she arirved at Lou
renco Marquez with a record of only
13 deaths among the cattle. There
Were, however, 16 "new arrivals” to re
port en route, so that the result may
be described as eminently satisfac
tory. The first shipment by the At
lantian, which brought the record car
go for South Africa' consisted of 2,500,
with 22 casualties, so that it would
seem that the company has in a meas
ure solved the question of cattle trans
port and put to shame those who were
responsible for the disgraceful results
attending many of the attempts to
bring live stock from Argentina and
elsewhere during the war.
“The Cranley’s cargo consisted en
tirely of breeding stock, all from the
hinterland of the port of Galveston,
Texas, and made up of Shorthorns,
Shorthorn-Herefords, Jerseys, Hoi
steins and pure bred Devons. As to con
ditions, it may be said that the vast
majority wer in far better condition
than most veldt-fed Africander cattle
after a moderate winter season. In
the hundreds of cattle seen in the Ma
tolla yards, the writer did not see one
showing signs of damage or hard treat
ment, and the manner in which the
newly released heifers skipped about
the kraals suggested anything but a
seven weeks’ confinement in a ship’s
hold, to say nothing of the long dis
tances traveled ere they reached the
port of embarkation. Most of the heif
ers are two-year-olds, and many are in
young. The bulk of the cargo is to
order of the repatriation department.
"All the animals go first to Machad
odorp, where they undergo the dip
ping process preparatory to being dis
patched to other distributing centers.
The importing company have depots
at Pretoria, at Yokeskey river, and
elsewhere, and it is to these places
where other than government stock
goes before reaching the ultimate pur
chaser. It may safely be said that
apart from the commercial aspect of
the case the company is doing useful
and beneficent work, and that the im
portation of such useful strains ot
breeding stock will eventually tend to
an all-round improvement in South
African herds. The promoters are to
be congratulated on their prescience
in selecting Delagoa as their port of
discharge, and the co-operation of the
Lingham Company is a valuable fac
tor in the undertaking.’’
CRUM SAVED HIM.
Negro Mitchell Denounced Roosevelt
for Appointment.
Thomasvllle, Ga., Sept. 7.—S. P.
Mitchell, the negro arrested here ac
cused of swindling negroes by induc
ing them to contribute money to push
the passage of Senator Hanna's bill
to pension ex-slaves, was released to
day because he had made a speech de
nouncing Dr. Crum, collector at
Charleston.
Several negroes swore that Mitch
ell had gotten money from them by
representing himself as Senator Han
na's agent.
Mitchell denied the charges, and
said to Judge Culpepper:
“Judge, I am being persecuted.
Why, I don’t like Roosevelt. I de
nounced him for putting Crum on the
white folks.”
Mitchell then showed Judge Culpep
per a copy of the speech denouncing
Roosevelt.
After reading it Judge Culpepper
dismissed the case, saying:
“The negro who denounced Roose
velt for appointing Crum can’t be very
bad.” _
WAR INDICATED.
By the Orders Received at Salonica
From the Turkish Government.
Salonica, European Turkey, Sept. 7.
—The latest orders received from the
Turkish government are regarded here
as a sure indication that the porte en
tertains serious apprehensions of war.
Sixteen battalions of Hustahfaz or
second reserves, have been called to
arms in the Salonica, Uskub and Mon
astir districts, and the artillery and
cavalry reserves of the Adrianople and
Smyrna divisions also have been mo
bilized. The commander of the third
army corps has been ordered to strict
ly watch the Servian frontier, where it
is thought revolutionary bands proba
bly •will cross.
ANOTHER CRANK ARRESTED.
Charged With Making Threats against
the President.
Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 7.—John Mil
ler, a German, was arrested this after
noon at his home, and is charged with
having Sireatenod to shoot President
Roosevelt during his stay in Syracuse.
He denies that he made threats against
the President’s life, and says a woman
through whom the police learned of
him, is lying. When questioned at po
lice headquarters he was unable to
give a clear explanation of his where
abouts since Sunday morning. He is
helw pending investigation.
Three Men Killed in a Row.
Somerset, K>., Sept. 7.—Three men
were killed and several wounded in a
battle in which Winchesters and re
volvers were used at a camp meeting
at Mount Victory. Pulaski county,
twelve miles east of Somerset. Serv
ices were in progress when William
Bolton, a constable, attempted to ar
rest two men named Richmond. A
fight followed in which Bolton, though
wounded, killed both of the Richmonds
and was himself killed by Columbus
Garrison. Several persons were
wounded by stray shots. Officers are
searching for Garrison.
. Dispensary Displeasing.
Sheffield, Ala., Sept. 7.—A consid
erable revulsion of feeling has taken
place in Sheffield the past few days
against the proposed dispensary sys
tem. A number of prominent citizens-—
have had their names taken off the pe
tition for the system and have signed
the anti-dispensary paper. ,The reason
for this is that the large concerns,
which are to promote the industrial
success and development of Sheffield,
are awaiting the result of the meas
ure’s presentation before the legisla
ture, as they believe that there will be
a scarcity of labor if the biU becomes
a law,