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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1897
Page
2
A cascade of brief items spans health, post offices, ships, rulers, and oddities. Topics include New York mortality statistics, the Oceanic liner at 704 feet, Klondike rumors, a Russia Britain claim via Victoria, and a Yukon rush projection. Also noted are a Yukon remedy, Georgia hanging law, a New York fasting record attempt, and a weighty San Francisco death.
A House subcommittee in Washington formally begins work on the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bills. Secretary of the Treasury fears a deficit near 50 million for the coming year ends June 1904, and President Roosevelt makes key appointments while reporting various incidents and public notices nationwide.
A long string of largely unconnected items report deaths from poisoning and fire, accidents, court actions, financial fraud, epidemics, and disasters. Notable events include the death of Reveta Whaler from a household accident, a city water department fraud affecting rebates, a major pottery plant fire, a fatal lynching threat, and several mine and railway accidents. The summaries reflect a turbulent period with widespread misfortune and legal actions across multiple states and countries.
In his annual Treasury report, Internal Revenue Commissioner Forman projects total receipts of at least 155 million dollars for the current year, down to details by state. He notes Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma tax activities, counts dealers, and records enforcement outcomes including seizures and arrests. The report urges shifting storage costs for spirits to owners via a warehousing tax to curb warehouse abuse.
A general winter storm blanketed the state, bringing 2 to 6 inches of snow in the southwest and failing fuel supplies in smaller towns. Wheat benefited as central Kansas enters winter in better shape than a decade, while western rail lines suffer drifting snow and delays. Kansas City reports porch climbers caught. three suspects captured in saltmaller towns. one confesses to robberies in the area.
Alfred Howe, 21, son of postal carrier Edwin A. Mowe, was arrested on murder charges after police found gas burners left open at home. Investigation notes Howe’s long desire to marry due to lack of money, with life insurance of parents cited as a potential factor. North Carolina Democrats vow independence, Bryan praised as leader, urging populist unity and no fusion. Miranda Foote, daughter of Mrs. M. A. Foote, eloped with a colored hostler, faced social ostracism, fell ill, and died.
Gov. Tanner issued a proclamation calling a special session of the Illinois General Assembly for December 7 to consider amendments to property taxation laws, regulate primary elections, and pass a reapportionment bill.
A list of dramatic items fills the page: Gordon Bradshaw is found guilty of aggravated homicide for accidentally firing at his wife with a gun and fined $1,000. Charles E. Morison, a Coney Island saloonkeeper, is jailed for receiving stolen post office stamps tied to a large theft. Other notes report Attorney General prospects in New Jersey, Cherokee citizenship rulings, reformatories using farming, liquor ban at the Capitol, a Belle Prairie murder, and an assortment of regional incidents from earthquakes to railroad progress and upcoming fairs.
Col Power reports to the Magi not in Gazette on state receipts and disbursements for the late biennium. Highlights include many sewing machine licenses, anticipated education funding needs, and a Delta cotton crop outlook with possible losses. Also notes on Deaf and Dumb Institute enrollment, a valuable set of old Mississippi State reports found, a large will probating, wheat grower organizing efforts, a Maj John M Billups gunhouse fire, Delta Medical Association, upcoming Mississippi conference, a Lowndes Sheriff death, and arrests of alleged murderers.
Advice on removing grease from carpets describes blotting with absorbent paper, applying a hot iron to transfer the grease, using a borax and soap solution with gentle brushing, and diluting ammonia for rubbing on the stained area.
The article describes a luxurious railway car setup with a library and parlors for gentlemen and ladies, a well locked sleeping compartment, and a dining car with varied meals and pricing. It praises the winter climate, tropical scenery, and a no extra fare policy for the Stalled Limited service, noting ministers distressed by poor choir singing in a separate Attichem Globe item.
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