— »
THE LEADER
_B^T. HOBBS, Ivditor._
BROOKHAVEN i MISSISSIPPI.
There is no episode in the Bible
that young John Rockefeller likes to
expound to his Sunday-school class so
well as that of the foolish virgins who
found themselves short on oil. It is
a subject with which he is particularly
familiar.
A cable from Constantinople says It
Is believed Austria and Russia will send
an ultimatum to Turkey. If true this
settles the question. In cases in -which
Turkey is a party an ultimatum is a
notice that the ultimate is indefinitely
postponed.
Secretary Hay has recognized M.
1 hillppe Varilla as the minister pleni
potentiary and envoy extraordinary of
the new Republic of Panama to the
United States. When Uncle Sam makes
up his mind to do a thing he does not
stand upon the order of doing, but
does it.
Gov. Hickey of Nebraska believes
that a public officer should have ra
tional amusement. When he tires of
executive affairs he dons a pair of
overalls and spends a few days in the
country feeding a steam thresher or
pushing on the handles of a low-geared
prairie plow.
Some persons on the other side of the
Atlantic see certain things on this side
of the water pretty clearly. The Lon
don Morning Post, for example, says
it is “in the interest of the world and
of civilization that Panama declare its
independence and hoist its flag under
the shelter of the guns of the United
States navy.”
A French-Canadian paper at Mon
treal argues against annexation, but
holds that Canada should have a diplo
matic representative at Washington.
Ambassadors and the treaty-making
power would be practically indepen
dence for the Dominion, a subject on
which English opinion has not yet
been expressed.
Fire has once more devastated Coney
Island, causing a loss of $1,500,000, and
rendering 500 families homeless. The
island is, however, still there, and be
fore the next season opens the town
will have risen, Phoenix-like, from its
ashes, and be in readiness to accom
modate the legions of pleasure-seekers
from the great city.
Canadians should understand that
the people of the United States are not
hankering after the annexation of the
Dominion. No effort will ever be made
to take their country by force, nor will
much effort be made to persuade them
into the Union. If they want to come,
a welcome hand will be extended—only
that and nothing more.
Many years ago the settlers in In
dian territory around Tulsa often saw
the Indians put hollow weeds into the
cracks of the earth and set fire to the
gas which escaped through them, and
the fire sometimes burned for days, and
even weeks, before it would be extin
guished. This fact led to the discovery
of gas and oil in Indian territory.
He who filches from a bank its rep
utation for integrity and solvency is
worse than the burglar who at night
breaks into the vaults and carries
away the treasure. The first is the
greater enemy of society because he
needlessly excites distrust and often
brings loss upon the depositors and
stockholders of other banks as well.
Although the event had been ex
pected, the people of the world will be
none the less grieved to know that
Prof. Mommsen, the noted German his
torian, is dead. Had the professor
lived till November 30 he would have
reached his eighty-sixth anniversary.
The world is richer in knowledge and
better in morals from the professor
having lived.
The New York Sun, in an editorial on
the result of the municipal election in
that city says: “Mr. George Brinton
McClellan has been elected mayor of
New York. We pledged to Mr. MeClel
lan our earnest and hearty support of
every act of his administration of
which we shall approve; and in re
spect to such acts as we may elect to
condemn—may the Lord have mercy
on Mr. McClellan’s soul!”
The iniquity of long delays and the
practical certainty of being able to de
feat justice at last offered by the ap
pellate system—the knowledge that
the judicial miscarriage has bred wide
disrespect of the law and has encour
aged lynching—are preparing the pub
lic mind for a frank hearing of such
considerations as Justice Brewer ad
duces in favor of an abridgement of
the right of appeal in criminal cases.
Reports from Washington indicate
that Gen. James N. Tyner, former at
torney-general for the post office de
partment, recently indicted for com
plicity in the post office frauds, is like
ly to die before his trial can be
rvched. If the general is guilty his
death would be a blessing, but those
who know the man best believe him to
be the victim of misplaced confidence,
and that his trial will vindicate his
honor.
If the operation performed upon the
German kaiser for trouble of the throat
w s immaterial, what was the use of
reporting it? When it is remembered
that his father died from throat dis
ease, this operation will create con
siderable uneasiness with reference to
the emperor’s actual condition. The
world recognizes that, notwithstanding
the kaiser’s idiosyncracies, he is an able
ruler, and would regret his premature
taking off.
Apropos of the Lynchehaun case it
may be said that it is not always easy
to distinguish in law between political
and felonious crime. But the English
speaking race under whatever governi
n'jut has never refused refuge to po
litical exiles. England herself has
sheltered men guilty of the most das
tardly crimes on this ground, and she
has no right to complain if the Amer
icans follow her example, which is, on
the whole, humane and salutary.
The United States.of Colombia, as a
result of its short-sighted policy in re
lation to the Panama canal, has on its
hands a revolt among its own people
and can look for sympathy nowhere ex
cept among those who are opposed to
any isthmian canal. The United States
will take no part in the revolution, but
■will perform its duty, assumed long
ago, of preserving order along the Pan
ama railroad and at its terminal ports.
When the proper time comes Panama’s
independence will be recognized, and
Colombia will probably get for the ca
nal strip just what it deserves, and
that is nothing.
11. Jl —
^ — ■
SEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary of Important Events.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
[Ia Special Session.]
Senate—President Pro Tem. Frye called
the senate together, on the 9th, In ex
traordinary session: the proclamation of
the president was read. Roll call showed
70 members present: a committee of two
appointed to join house committee to no
tify the president. On motion of Mr. Alli
son, the senate adjourned at 12:15.
House—The Fifty-eighth congress con
vened in extrordinary session, on the 9th,
in accordance with the proclamation of
President Roosevelt, for the purpose of
enacting legislation necessary to make
effective the Cuban reciprocity treaty. Mr.
Cannon, of Illinois, was elected speaker,
and he appointed a committee to join
senate committee to notify the president.
On motion of Mr. Payne, the house ad
journed at 3:30._
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
An expert examination of the books
of the Bank of the Chickasaw nation,
at Tishomingo, I. T., which failed re
cently, showed liabilities of $100,000,
of which nearly $50,000 was due to de
positors. All efforts to locate Kirby
Purdom, the missing president of the
bank, have failed.
Gov. Peabody of Colorado issued or
ders, on the 6th, to Companies A and
K, First regiment, to proceed from
Cripple Creek to Telluride, Col., as
guards at the mines which the oper
ators will reopen with non-union
forces.
On the 7th Sir James Richie was
sworn in as lord-mayor of London,'
with the usual quaint ceremonies, suc
ceeding Sir Marcus Samuel.
Former Treasurer Charles L. Conine
of the harness makers’ union of Kan
sas City, Mo., who embezzled $5,000 of
its funds, was sentenced, on the 7th,
to two years in the penitentiary.
On the 7th Col. C. M. Watson, C. B.,
C. H. G., commissioner for Great Brit
ain at the St. Louis World’s fair, sailed
from Boston for Liverpool on the
Ivernia.
The republican members of the house
of representatives, in caucus, on the
7th, unanimously chose Joseph G. Can
non, of Illinois, as the candidate of
the majority for speaker of the house.
On the 8th Frank Hickox, a veteran
of the Mexican war, died at his home
in Farina, 111., aged 92. He was pres
ent at the capture of Gen. Santa Ana.
He was a personal friend of President
Lincoln.
capt. ueorge Wellington Streeter,
of district of Lake Michigan fame, who
is under penitentiary sentence for
manslaughter, was, on the 7th, at Chi
cago, granted a petition for appeal to
the United States supreme court.
Gov. Yates of Illinois honored a
requisition from the governor of Kan
sas for the extradition of Bert March,
who was under arrest in Chicago and
wanted in Atchison, Kas., on a charge
of grand larceny.
Former General Superintendent E. P.
Broughton of the Chicago & Eastern
Illinois railroad, fell dead in the cafe
of the Alta Vista hotel, in Colorado
Springs, Col., on the 7th. Heart disease
was the cause of de^th. He was 60
years of age.
On the 7th H. M. Bacon, chief clerk
to the third assistant postmaster-gen
eral, was appointed temporary chief of
the classification division of the post
office department, succeeding William
H. Landvoight, whose resignation was
recently asked by the postmaster-gen
eral.
President Frank W. Tracey of the
First national bank of Springfield, 111.,
and a member of the committee on
uniform laws of the Bankers’ associa
tion, died at his home in that city, On
the 8th, of a complication of diseases,
aged 69 years.
President Roosevelt, on the 7th, en
tertained at luncheon John A. Sleicher,
editor of Leslie’s Weekly, and Victor
Gillam, the cartoonist. Fully a dozen
senators were received by the presi
dent and twice that number of repre
sentatives. Consul-General Gudger,
who sailed for Panama, on the 8th,
said good-by to the president.
On the 9th John Alexander Dowie
called at the executive office in Wash
ington and was received by President
Roosevelt.
Lord Rowton, the famous philanthro
pist and founder ofthe Rowton Houses
of London, which provide respectable
lodgings for the poor, tlied on the 9th.
President Roosevelt, on the 9th, par
donode J. R. Milby, convicted in Ken
tucky of using the mails to defraud,
and sentenced on October 22, 1901, to
imprisonment for 15 months in the
United States penitentiary at Atlanta,
Ga.
un me am a aaugnter was Dorn to
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.,
in New York city. Mrs. Rockefeller
is the daughter of United States Sen
ator Aldrich, of Rhode Island. It was
their first child.
The name of Col. Clarence Edwards,
chief of the bureau of insular affairs,
is under consideration for promotion
to the rank of brigadier-general, to fill
a vacancy which will be created by the
retirement of Gen. Young, in January.
King Edward VII. of Great Britain,
who was born November 9, 1841, cele
brated his sixty-second birthday at
Sandringham, where there was the
usual dinner to the tenants of the es
tate, at which the king and queen and
other members of the royal family
handed round the dessert.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Severe hail, rain and wind prevailed
at Bryan, Tex., on the 6th, doing much
damage. The hail broke windows and
beat crops into the ground. The hail
was from two to six inches deep in
places and banked against fences a
foot deep. The damage in cotton was
heavy.
On the 6th Justice Pritchard, of the
supreme court of the District of Co
lumbia, issued four "alias” bench war
rants for the arrest of State Senator
George E. Green, of New York, who is
under indictement by the grand jury
of the District of Columbia for com
plicity in the postal frauds.
A south-bound Chicago-Cincinnati
Monon train, which left Chicago, on
the 6th, passed through a severe snow
storm 80 miles out of Chicago.
Supplemental warrants were issued,
on the 7th, for President Bacon and
Cashier Butler, of the Lockpprt (111.)
bank, and new bonds were required.
Survivors of the union forces who
participated in the battle of Belmont
held their forty-second annual re
union in Carbondale, 111., on the 7th,
being the ahaiversary of-the battle.
MINERS OF COLORADO IDLE
Strike of the Coal Miners in Colo
rado Is Widely Extended.
Almoat to a Man Have the Mlnera of
Dlatrlet Fifteen Obeyed the
Order to Go Oat.
Denver, Col., Nov. 10.—Information
received from the coal fields of Colo
rado indicates that the strike of coal
miners will be more extended than an
ticipated. It is reported that the order
of the executive committee of the
United Mine Workers of America de
claring a strike in District 15, for Mon
day, has been obeyed in Colorado al
most to the man. At certain mines
where it was confidenly believed a suf
ficient number of men could be re
tained to operate them, It appears that
not enough men reported to make a
showing. In the northern fields where
the men decided to strike upon their
own referendum vote.because they have
not been granted an eight-hour day,
the walkout is complete. It is said
that several of the independent minee
will make efforts to contiue in opera
tion, but, it is understood, with little
hope of success.
Unusual precautions have been taken
by the sheriff of Las Animas county, in
southern Colorado, where it is fearec
trouble may break out at any time. It
is reported that strikers have threat
ened violence if they are ousted from
the cottages of the Victor Fuel Co.,
and the Colorado Fuel & Iron Co. The
state troops are being held in readiness
to respond at a moment’s notice to a
call from the governors. Already the
effects of the strike are being felt in
this city. Practically all the dealers
announce that they have no coal tc
sell. The prospect is favorable for a
serious coal famine in Denver and at
other points in the state.
FOREST FIRE IN CHICAGO.
An l'nn>oal Spectacle Witnessed by
Hundreds of Chicagoans
Sunday Wight.
Chicago, Nov. 10.—A forest fire was
the unusual spectacle enjoyed by hun
dreds of Chicagoans Sunday night.
Four companies of firemen fought the
blaze for hours. The fire started in the
barns of the Graceland cemetery. In a
few minutes the hay sheds were blaz
ing fiercely. After destroying the build
ings and wagons, the fire spread to the
shrubbery growth and trees which cov
ered a tract of almost four square
blocks. The loss will exceed $50,000.
The tract combines almost virgin
forest, with carefully cultivated shrub
bery. Rabbits, squirrels, gophers and
other small animals abound in the in
closure. Scores of animals were killed
as they ran among the crowd, while
others were captured and later turned
loose. Two frame buildings, three
greehouses, 20 wagons and many tons
of hay were destroyed, while the large
growth of shrubbery and trees was al
most consumed
THE KBATZ CASE MAY DRAG.
The Fugitive Is Entitled to Defend
Himself on Three Grounds Un
der Mexican Law.
Mexico City, Nov. 10.—The Kratz
case is expected to occupy some time
before a definite settlement is reached.
He is entitled to defend himself
against extradition on three grounds
only, namely:
1. That the requisition is contrary to
the provisions of the Mexican extradi
tion law.
2. The defendant is not the person
whose extradition is asked. And,
3. That the extradition is illegal be
cause if granted some one or more of
the rights secured to all persons under
the constitution of the republic shall
be violated.
These questions will be argued be
fore the district Judge at Guadalajara,
and 20 days are allowed to present
proofs to sustain the ground of the de
fense. Then, on a decision by the dis
trict judge, the matter is referred to
the department of foreign relations,
and the record will be examined by the
executive of the nation to decide
whether or not the extradition shall
be granted.
SIGNOR ROSANO A SUICIDE.
Tile Italian Minister of Finance
Take* His Own Life With a
Pistol at Naples.
Naples, Italy, Nov. 10.—Minister of
F.nance Rosano committed suicide by
shooting during the night. He was
found dead Monday morning in his
room, a revolver at his side.
Signor Rosano was given the position
of minister of finance in the New
Italian cabinet, the formation of which
was only announced last Wednesday.
DID HE FEAR THE LIGHT.
Rosano Had Been Charged With
Corruption hr Socialists.
Rome, Nov. 10.—Since the formation
of the new cabint the socilaists had at
tacked Signor Rosano, the minister of
finance, charging him with corruption
during his political career, challeging
him to disprove the charges,and adding
that otherwise they would bring the
matter up at the opening of the cham
ber of deputies.
An Unldeatlfled Suicide.
St. Louis, N«v. 10.—The body of an
unidentified man was found hanging to
a tree, a little south of Jefferson bar
racks, by a soldier at that place. He
had improvised a rope cut out of his
clothing. He was about 35 years old,
and dressed as a mechanic.
-{
Frank P. Sargent Improving.
Washington, Nov. 10.—Commissioner
General of Immigration Frank P. Sar
gent, who, on Saturday, was stricken
with paralysis of the left side, is re
ported as resting easily, with every in
dication of a quick recovery.
Mitchell Mar Not Ron Again.
Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 10.—The Dis
patch of Monday morning publishes a
story to the effect that John Mitchell
will not be a candidate for re-election
as president of the United Mine Work
ers of America at the January conven
tion.
Cruiser Baltimore Arrived.
San Domingo, Nov. 10.—The United
States cruiser Baltimore arrived here
Monday morning. The political situ
ation is unchanged. Maceris and Bani
are in the hands of the revolutionists.
A Disastrous Visit.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov. 10.—Andrew
McNeas, of Hickory, N. C., a veteran of
the Seventy-third Pennsylvania, who
came here to attend the monument ded
ication, fell from second-story window
of the Rossmore hotel, Sunday night,
and died within two hours.
Bubonic Plagne at Rio Jaaeiro.
New York, Nov. 10.—Eight new cases
of bubonic plague and one death oc
curred, Saturday, in Rio Janeiro, ac
cording to a Herald dispatch from that
city.
Mississippi State News
* >■■' ■ ■ «• . _, >
Geological Survey of the 8tate.
The Mississippi Agricultural and
Mechanical College has begun a geo
logical and industrial survey of the
State. This promises to be the most
important piece of work ever under
taken by that institution and it em
phasizes a function of the institu
tion that has not been sufficiently
prominent in the past, that is, the
college is intended not only to give
instruction to the boys and young
men of the State, but, through its
experiment station, its farmers’ in
stitutes, and its other industrial de
partments, to help in the material
development of the State. As an
object lesson to what should be ac
complished in every county of the
State, the board of trustees of the
instituion have authorized a geolog
ical and industrial survey of Oktib
beha county embracing the following
features:
By Dr. W. N. Logan, Professor of
Geology and Mining: 1. Physiog
raphy—The surface features, relief,
etc. 2. Hydrography — Streams,
lakes, wells, springs, water supply,
rainfall, etc. 3. Stratigraphy—The
geological formations, their distribu
tion, dip, relations, fossils, etc. 4.
Economic Geography—(a) Cements
—A report on experiments in the
manufacture of cements from the va
rious formations of the county, (b)
Building Material—The manufac
ture of brick, etc.
By Prof. W. L. Hutchinson, Di
rector of the Mississippi Experiment
Station: Soils and fertilizers.
By Dr. W. F. Hand, State Chem
ist: Artesian waters, and water
supply.
By Prof. Gleen W. Herrick, Pro
fessor of Biology: Grasses and live
stock.
By Prof. A. B. McKay, Professor
of Horticulture: Trucking and for
estry.
By Prof. J. W. Fox, Professor of
Civil and Rural Engineering: Dirt
roads and road materials.
The result of these investigations
will be published as a special report
to the legislature, and will furnish
facts that will enable the legislature
to determine definitely whether or
not such a geological and industrial
survey would be of practical value to
the State. It is the belief by those
who have studied the question that
this work must be done, if Mississip
pi is to be properly and intelligently
advertised to the world in her true
light as having the greatest undevel
oped resources of any State in the
Union.
Water Famine Is Critical.
The water famine in Mississippi,
caused by the long drouth, is daily
becoming more serious and a condi
tion has been reached that can be
considered as nothing less than crit
ical. Each day brings to Jackson a
long caravan of wagons from the
country, the sole object of their trip
to town being to secure water from
the river, and at any hour of the day
these wagons may be seen on the
streets wending their way homeward
and carrying from two to six barrels
filled with the precious fluid. From
all parts of the State comes the com
plaint of scarcity of water, and a
heavy burden has been added to the
expense of operating manufacturing
plants on account of the long dis
tance they are compelled to haul wa
ter. The famine is causing great
distress among the cotton ginners,
and many of these plants are closing
down each day, finding it impossible
to obtain water. In numerous sec
tions of the State gins are from ten
to fifteen miles away from available
water supply. For instance, the gin
at Flora, over twenty miles from
Jackson, is hauling water from that
city, and the expense thus incurred
has reduced the profit on operation
almost to nothing.
Contract for New Well.
The city authorities of Indianola
have awarded a contract for sinking
a second artesian well. The entire
water supply is furnished by one
well, and since the location of so
many industries at that place, the
pressure has at times been inade
quate. The water from the first
well is so heavily charged with soda
and sulphur that it is somewhat
undesirable for drinking purposes,
and the new well is being sunk al
most a quarter of a mile distant.
The old well is a little more than
1,200 feet deep and furnishes about
200,000 gallons a day.
Pearl River Traffic.
There promises to be considerable
commerce on Pearl river during the
winter and spring season. For
many years traffic on this stream
has been neglected, but last year two
small steamboats were placed in
service and handled large quantities
of cotton seed and cotton from inte
rior points. This year a new boat
will be placed in service from Jack
son to Carthage, and a new boat will
ply the lower river trade between Co
lumbia and Jackson.
Oyster Commission Report.
Auditor Cole has received the fi
nancial report of the Oyster Com
mission. The report shows that the
total collections of the commission
have been $14,025.45 and the dis
bursements have been $11,660.25,
leaving a balance of $2,159.93 in the
treasury of the commission. Five
thousand dollars of the amount ex
pended was allowed the commission
for the propagation of new oyster
beds by the last legislature.
Municipalities Are Growing.
Handsome increases have been
made in the municipal assessments
of the principal towns of the State
this year. Greenwood comes in with
the latest report, the realty assess-j
ment of the town having advanced
$342,000 over that of last year, and
a handsome increase is also made in
the personal assessment. The year
has been one of remarkable prosperi
ty in the cities and towns owing to
tbe establishment of new manufac
turing industries.
d
Exempt From Supervision.
The railroad commission of this
State has been permanently enjoined
by Judge Nile# from making rates
on the Gulf & Ship Island railroad.
The Gulf & Ship Island railroad,
ever since it was built, has claimed
that it was exempt from the super
vision of the railroad commission,
settitng up that its charter exempted
it from such supervision. Some time
ago the road secured a temporary in
junction preventing the railroad
commission from interfering with
the rates on this road. Last week
Judge Niles handed down an opin
ion in which he made the injunction
a permanent one. The charter of
the road was granted in 1882, and it
exempts the road from the supervis
ion of the commission. The Su
preme Court, in a case a few months
ago, decided that the commission
had no supervision over the road.
Judge Niles, in hi# opinion, holds
that the charter granted by the legis
lature is binding, and that the com
mission has no right to supervise
either the passenger or the freight
rates of the road, and makes the
temporary injunction perpetual.
Cotton Crop Prospect.
Fine headway was made during
the week just closed with the pick
ing of the cotton crop in Mississippi.
The dry weather has caused the sta
ple to open with astonishing rapidi
ty, and all available labor forces
have been constantly employed in
marketing the crop. There is no
longer any doubt that Mississippi’s
yield will be shorter than last year.
Less than half a dozen counties re
port a top crop, and this causes the
heaviest reduction in the prospective
yield. The delta crop will average
from 15 to 30 per cent, below that
of last year, although the bottom and
middle crop is about up to the av
erage. The interior movement to
the market towns continues quite
lively, and there is very little ten
dency on the part of the fanners to
hold back the staple.
Fine Stone in Rankin.
Prof. Echel, the government geol
igist who is making a survey in Mis
sissippi, makes a highly favorable re
port on Jhe Rankin county stone
quarries, near Star, which he finds
to be a good quality of fine-grained,
white sandstone, occurring in beds
of from ten to fifteen feet in thick
ness, separated by thin layers of
clay, and having a total thickness of
workable stone at least fifty feet in
depth. Prof. Eckel states that the
clay deposits found in Mississippi
are the equal of any in the country.
Tried to Kill a White Man.
Considerable excitement prevail
ed at Taylor, in Lafayette county,
last week, when a negro, Simpson
Barry, attempted to kill a white man
named Joe Tubbs. The negro used
a razor and it took effect upon the
‘throat of Tubbs. Tvfbbs is a highly
respected citizen and a lynching was
averted only by the vigilance of some
of the citizens who guarded the ne
gro until the arrival of the sheriff
from Oxford. Everything is quiet
now, but Tubbs is in a serious condi
tion.
Bureau of Statistics.
State Senator W. B. Walker of
Monroe county will introduce in the
legislature at the January session a
bill providing for the establishment
of a bureau of vital statistics. There
is hardly any doubt that a measure
of this kind will be enacted by the
body, as public sentiment seems to
be strongly in favor of it as the best
means of promoting publicity of the
State’s resources. i
Heavy Cotton Receipts.
For the months of September
and October the town of Newton has
received over 1,000 bales of cotton
more than it did for the same two
months last year. . During Septem
ber and October last year 3,612 bales
were marketed there, while for the
same period this year the town has
bought 4,667 bales. The yield in
Newton county will no doubt be
better than last year.
Fancy Price for Cotton.
A fancy price was paid at Green
wood last week for 308 bales of Ben
der cotton, this amount being pur
chased at 12 cents per pound, the
transaction amounting to over $19,
000. This section of the State pro
duces the finest cotton to be found in
any part of the cotton growing belt.
To Improve Pascagoula Harbor.
The Mississippi members of con
gress will make a strong fight at the
coming session to secure an addi
tional appropriation for the im
provement of the harbor at Pasca
goula. Chief Engineer Gillespie of
the government engineering force
has recommended an appropriation
of $225,000 for this purpose, and an
item for this amount will be offered
in the rivers and harbors bill, and
an esort made to secure the full
amount. _
Yazoo City Cotton Statement
Cotton receipts for Yazoo City for
the week ending October 31, were
4,056 hales, against 3,306 last year;
shipments, 3,135, against 1,759;
stock in warehouses, 10,880, against
9,534. Beceipts since September 1,
21,164, against 16,377; shipments,
10,411, against 7,182. The fine
weather prevailing for picking con
tinues, and cotton is being gathered
as fast as possible. The grades are
L running cleaner than usual.
Atked to Name Delegatee.
The mayors of all the cities and
towns in Mississippi have been re
quested to name delegates to the
convention of the Mississippi Busi
ness Men’s League to be held in
Jackson on the 25th of November.
The convention will be of especial
importance on account of the fact
that it will discuss needed changes
in the fire insurance laws and the
proposed establishment of a State
immigration bureau
Makes Important Reoommendatlona.
State Superintendent of - Educa
tion Whitfield has commenced work
on the narrative feature of his bien
nial report to the legislature, which
will be one of the most important
documents of this kind submittted
to the lawmakers. Superintendent
Whitfield will make a strong recom
mendation for the establishment of
a State normal school, to be con
ducted under the supervision of the
department of education, and in
, urging this action he will have the
unanimous support of the school
teachers of the State. The superin
tendent will also suggest the estab
lishment of a rural high school sys
tem, better salaries for county su
perintendents, and the placing of
new subjects in the common school
curriculum, including the elements
of agriculture, vocal music and
drawing. _
Many New Banka.
Within the past month six new
banking institutions have been
launched in Mississippi, and the
next report of the auditor’s office on
banking institutions will show a
good increase in the amount of cap
ital invested in this branch of fi
nance. The latest bank to apply for
a charter is domiciled at Carthage,
to be known as the Leake County
Bank, with a capital stock of $30,
000.
Lumber Industry Booming.
With the completion of the branch
line of the Gulf & Ship Island from
Mendenhall to Columbia, a distance
of sixty miles, saw mills and lumber
manufacturing enterprises having
an aggregate capital of over $2,000,
000 will spring into existence. Al
ready saw mills are being started
along the line of the road and will be
in readiness for operation before
trains commence running.
A Chinese Farmer.
Claiborne county has the honor of
claiming the only Chinese farmer in
Mississippi. His name is Quong
Thomas, and the almond-eyed Celes
tial runs a farm of 100 acres near
Port Gibson, where he cultivates a
fine variety of cotton, all of which is
shipped to the Orient. Thomas has
been quite successful, and within the
past few years has accumulated a
snug amount in the savings bank.
Plney Woods Development.
The development of the piney
woods section of the State seems to
be in its infancy, judging from the
large number of new lumber manu
facturing enterprises that are being
chartered each week. The latest
charter of this kind to reach the gov
ernor’s office is that of Collins &
Co., who will establish a $150,000
plant in Marion county near Oloh.
A Peculiar Accident.
Jean Petit, a native of France,
and a well known resident of Scran
ton, was fatally injured last week at
the Farnsworth Lumber Company's
saw mill. He was working at the
edger when a sliver of a plank was
torn off and buried in his side near
the abdomen.
Fund for Superannuated Preacher*.
Rev. A. F. Watkins, of Jackson,
agent for the fund of $5,000,000
which is being raised for superan
nuated preachers by the Southern
Methodists, says that he is meeting
with much success in getting to
gether this large fund. Since his
appointment he has attended several
hundred conferences all over the
South.
White Boy Robbers.
An organized gang of thieves,
composed of white boys, last week
broke into two stores in the western
part of Meridian and succeeded in
getting away with considerable
booty. The police believe all of the
members of the gang belong to re
spectable families of that section of
the city. A number of arrests are
expected to follow.
Decapitated by a Switch Train.
A shocking accident occurred in
the Mobile & Ohio yards in Meridian
last week, when a man named Lewis
Dossett, about 50 years of age, was
run over and instantly killed by a
train drawn by a switch engine.
Dossett’s head and shoulders were
completely severed from the rest of
the body.
Sent Up for Kidnaping.
Traveling Sergt. Dodds of the
penitentiary brought in from Jack
son county last week three prison
ers for the penitentiary who were re
cently given prison sentences. One
of the number was convicted of kid
naping, and is the first criminal of
this class to be placed in the peni
tentiary in some time.
Delta Real Estate Active.
The real estate market in the delta
of Mississippi is enjoying a season
of remarkable activity. Never be
fore has there been such an influx
of capitalists and realty agents seek
ing to purchase rich cotton farming
lands and uncleared tracts which
can be easily converted into produc
tive farms. Bona fide homeseekers
are pouring in from all sections,
and the next year will show a large
increase in the acreage under culti
vation.
Delta Development.
At present only about 50 per cent,
of the delta is tillable land, but the
next two or three years will show
valuable farms and plantations
where dense forests and canebrakes
in which deer and bears now abound
in existence. The country is being
converted into a beehive of industry,
and it is doubtfuLif there is another
. section which offers so many induce
ments to homeseekers of the sturdy
I sort.
Big Reward Offered.
Lee Faulkner, the negro who at
tempted to criminally assault Miss
Mattie Gary at Plum Point, DeSoto
i county, two weeks ago, is still at
l large. A reward of $450 has been
offered for his arrest, $100 by the
1 governor and $350 by citizens. Con
, victipn is not made one of the pro
J visions for payment of the reward
offered by the citizens, as they wiE
probably attend to the negro's case
I in an impromptu manner if he ii
1 captured
HAS WILLIAM
A CASE OF CANCEH
Court Physicians Declare Their
Patient’s Condition Good.
EMINENT THROAT SPECIALIST
Declare* the Public Concern Aboat
the Emperor Unwarranted, Bat
the Fate ol Hi* Father and
Mother I* Recalled.
Berlin, Nov. 10.—A bulletin concern
ing the condition of Emperor William,
who was operated upon Saturday for
the removal of a polypus from the
larynx, was issued Monday morning at
the new palace, Potsdam. It is as fol
lows:
'‘Inflammation, which naturally fol
lows as a reaction from the operation,
already is diminishing. We can, there
fore, be satisfied with the appearanc*
of the left vocal chord. Nevertheleas,
the aealtng of the little wound prob
ably will require another week.
EMPEROR WILLIAM Ob’ GERMANY.
“Ine emperor's general condition is
good, his temperature and pulse are
normal.
[Signed.] “VON LEUTHOLD.
“SCHMIDT.
“ILBERG.”
The court circular states that the
emperor, Monday morning, personally
heard the report of Herr Von Lucanus,
chief of the civil cabinet.
Prof. Bernard Fraenkel, the eminent '
specialist of Berlin university, in an ‘
interview with a press correspondent,
said: “The public concern about the
emperor’s condition is unwarranted.
The facts are absolutely as stated in
this morning’s bulletin. The people
are only agitated because they remem
ber that the first reports about Em
peror Frederick did not disclose his
true malady, but this time the bulletin
. Is correct. You can reassure America.”
THE HEREDITARY TAINT.
The Fate of Emperor William*?* Fa- ,
titer and Mother Recalled.
New York, Nov. 10.—Information ,
' contained in a private dispatch received .
here shows that the operation on Em- I
. peror William Is similar to the first
j one performed on his father, and con
sequently causes concern to his house
hold. The official statement issued by
the surgeons fail to reassure, because it
is well understood that for reasons of
state the emperor would be given the
benefit of any doubt as to the true
character of his disease.
It is recaned that the surgeons at
that time made nothing of the first
operation on Empeoror Frederick.
There is anxiety because both Emper
or Wiliam’s father and mother died of
cancer, and his grandmother, Augusta,
also was so afflicted. The emperor’s
aunt, the grand duchess of Baden, as
is well known in Germany, is suffering
from the same malady.
It will take months to decide wheth
er the fears now entertained are un
founded. At present the whole weight
of scientific authority, which is in at
I tendance upon the emperor, affirms
: that he has not cancer.
TOKENS OF* SYMPATHY.
The Emperor Says Ifs Worth Belmc
III to Receive Them.
Berlin, Nov. 10.—The story of the
day concerning the emperor is not the
story of the bulletins, of the telegrams
from foreign sovereigns, nor of the
sympathetic inquiries of the ambas
sadors, but of the regret and concern
of the people.
It is worth being ill to receive a
thing like this," the emperor is re
ported as saying, when some chrysan
themums sent to him by three working
women were handed to him.
Several similar indications of regard
were made by poor persons at Pots
dam.
The emperor makes light of his in
disposition, and has asked the members
of his family to act precisely as here
tofore. He feels the change from his
uncommonly active life to forced quiet,
but he declines to be relieved altogeth
er of the routine business of state.-attd
received in audience the heads of his
private cabinet and the chancellor,
Count Von Buelow.
ADVANCED ON THE DOCKET.
C*.<- of the State of Minnesota Va
the Northern Secnrlttea Co. Uaa
Been Set for Jannarr 4.
Washington, Nov. 10.—The United
States supreme court granted the mo
tion recently made on behalf of the
state of Minnesota to advance the
hearing of the case of that state vs.
The Northern Securities Co., and
named January 4, after the other
cases already set for that date, as the
time for hearing the case.
---
Omaha Merchant Killed.
Chicago, Nov. 10.—Valentine Horan,
a merchant, living in Omaha, Neb.,
who was visiting friends in Chicago,
was killed, Sunday night while at
tempting to board a Chicago & North-.'
western train. a*
- - .
Mark Twain Oa Easy Street.
Hartford, Conn., Nov. 10.—The
American Publishing Co. of this city
has sold to Harper & Bros, all its in
terest in the publications of Mark
Twain for a large sum. The exact
figures are not given.
Entirely Without Foundation.
Chicago, Nov. 10.—General Manager
C. A. Goodnow, of the Chicago & Alton
railway, denied that there had been
any attempt to hold up a passenger
train near Roodhouse, III. He said the
report of an attempted robbery is en
tirely without foundation.
Mode ■ Good Voyage.
Ban Francisco, Nov. 10.—The whal
ing steamer Alexander, just arrived,
brings a catch in whalebone reckoned
one of the best of the season. It
amounts to 12,000 pounds, worth in the
neighborhood of 175.000,
I . ,
CAPTURE AHUTHER SUSPECT
Rock Island Specials After Gang
that Demanded $1,000.
Another Arrest Hna Been Mndo
Near the Scene of the Sap
poacd Hold-Up, In Iowa,
Dee Moines, la., Nov. 10.—The patrol
which the Rock Island road has had
in the vicinity of Earlham, where the
supposed plot to hold up the road for
a money ransom for immunity, Mon
day evening captured another suspect,
who gives the name of Thomas Mvlr
phy. He will give no explanation of
his presence or tell who he is. The
man was seen skulking In the woods,
and a posse was quickly organized. He
was brought to Des Moines.
The man shot Sunday night in the
same vicinity and brought here main
tains his silence. His refusal to say
anything leads the Rock Island offi
cials to believe he was implicated in
the plot. The man Is able to talk and
is in no immediate danger.
A special force of armed men is
scouring the country in the vicinity
of Earlham, and the whole country in
that vicinity is being patrolled. The
Rock Island is planning to put armed
men on all its night trains for the
next few days.
About ten days ago the main offices
in Chicago received a letter directing
the road to see that $1,000 was thrown
off No. 6, the Denver flyer, somewhere
In Iowa. A special was made up at
Council Bluffs to follow No. 6 about
ten minutes, and it bore armed men
and bloodhounds. The engineer of No.
6 was given the money to throw from
his engine at the given signal, the ex
plosion of three torpedoes under his
side of the machine. The torpedoes
were not exploded. According to a
message Just received, they have not
found a single trace that would lead
to the clearing up of the mystery.
DETECTIVE HELD CAPTIVE.
Sent Oat to Haat Down the Abdact
or* of Wentz, He I* Himself
Captured and Held.
Bristol, Tenn., Nov. 10.—One of the
Pinkerton detectives now at work on
the Wentz mystery was sent from Big
Stone Gap to Letcher county, eastern
Kentucky, a few days ago, to assist
John Wright, a noted Kentucky outlaw,
who was employed in the case because
of his knowledge of the mountains.
The detective, having gained important
information bearing on the Wentz case,
was returning to Big Stone Gap to
report to the Wentz family, when he
found himself confronted by three
armed men who would not permit him
to return. He made three more at
tempts, the last time concealing him
self in a wagon, but the same armed
men turned him back. Monday a let
ter was delivered to the Wentz house
from the detained detective, having
been carried across the mountains by
a young man. This letter told of his
being held owing to information he
had, and called for an armed force to
come to his assistance. Five Pinker
ton men left Big Stone Gap for the
scene Monday. The distance is 35
miles, over a rugged mountain road.
The detectives are heavily armed and
a pitched battle may ensue.
TESTIFIES TO FORGERIES.
John 11. Vlurnhy, Alter Examining
Naturalisation Certificate*. Pro
nounced Them Forgeries.
St Louis, Nov. 10.—John H. Murphy,
clerk of the St. Louis court of appeals,
was the most important witness Mon
day at the trial of Thomas E. Barrett,
John Dolan and Frank Garrett in the
United States district court, charged
with having committed naturalization
frauds,
Murphy was shown ten certificates of
naturalization bearing his signature,
which he pronounced forgeries, and
when asked in whose handwriting the
signatures were, replied: "To thd best
of my judgment it is the handwriting
of Thomas E. Barrett.” Murphy was
deliberate and positive in manner, but
his voice grew stem with emphasis as
he was handed papers bearing his name
signed by another.
TRAIN LEFT THE TRACIC
St. Lonlft Man Hurt and Several Per
sons Braised in a Wreck
Hear Antonia, Kns.
Argonia, Kas., Nov. 10.—Passenger
train No. 201,,on the Southern Kansas,
or Panhandle, left the track one and
a half miles east of here Monday morn
ng while running about thirty miles
an hour. The tender, baggage car, mail
car, two coaches and a Pullman left
the track. The coaches and the Pull
mans were turned over in a ditch about
ten feet deep. *
Several persons were severely
bruised. One man, whose name is un
known, was seriously injured. He
jumped from the Pullman window as
it turned over. Nat Rouns, a wholesale
dry goods man from St. Louis, was In
jured, but not seriously.
Gaest. of the President.
Washington, Nov. 10.—President and
Mrs. Roosevelt entertained at luncheon
Monday Mr. and Mrs. M. H. De Young
and Miss De Young, of San Francisco,
and Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Shaffer, of Chi
cago. Secretaries Root and Moody
were also luncheon guests.
Post Office mnd Stores Robbed.
Dannebrog, Neb., Nov. 10.—Burglars
Monday night looted three stores and
blew open the safe in the post office,
securing $300 in cash and considerable
other valuable property. No arrests
have been secured.
l)auu|[e Sait Instituted.
Alton, 111., Nov. 10.—A suit for $5,000
instituted by John Wightman versus
the C. & A. for damages for the death
of his brother, S. A. Wightman, killed
last May in Upper Alton, will come
up for trial in the circuit court at
Edwardsville to-day.
Famous Philanthropist Dead.
London, Nov. 10.—Lord Rowton, the
famous philanthropist and founder of
the Rowton Houses of London, which
provide respectable lodgings for the
poor, died Monday.
Their First Child.
New York, Nov. 10.—A daughter was
born to Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rocke
feller, Jr., Monday. Mrs. Rockefeller
is the daughter of United States Sen
ator Aldrich, of Rhode Island. This
ie their first child .
Fatal Gas Explosion.
Butler, Mo., Nov. 10.—Bight men
were injured, three perhaps fatally, In
a gas explosion Monday in a mine
three miles southwest of Foeter, In this
county. Arthur Duke, Thomas Cobb
and a young man named McMahan will
probably die.