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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1898
Page
2
A garbled collection of brief items covers topics from legal reforms to counterfeit currency, gender imbalances in marriages, and curious anecdotes. It mentions a German civil code, a counterfeit $10 bill, European political tremors, California gold production, and a cleric's sensational purse theft, all in a brisk, mixed-genre newspaper voice.
A condensed weekly review from Washington covers the fifty fifth congress with discussions on the Yukon revenue cutter vessel purchase, Hawaii annexation debates, fortifications bills, and a large old-claims omnibus. It notes debt, treasury figures, mint coinage, and bank clearings, plus various regional items and notable deaths and events across the East West and foreign regions.
A mixed set of telegraph items notes Warnaner visits to Maud, harvest distress in central Russia, US and Canada war tallies, Germany boycotts on American goods, treasury balance and gold reserves, Urania and La Bretagne silver exports, cotton in sight, Michigan rail fare plan, Wyoming stock losses, long cold spell, January government surplus, Mexico gold production, and farm advice on pruning and home adornment. Also mentions an innkeeper licensing and Randall vs Tuell case.
Ex Gov Thomas A Osborn of Kansas dies in Meadville Meadsville Pa after stomach hemorrhage at age 66 while visiting fiancé to be married in April. He served as governor envoy to Brazil and China and was a director of Atchison Topeka Santa Fe railway. He came to Kansas in 1859 and held posts from county attorney to U S marshal. His career spanned editorial work, law, and public service including runs for U S Senate and minister to Denmark and other posts.
January proved most prosperous for U S citizens since 1892 with notes of growing federal revenue. Vanderlip and Wilson aides forecast small March and April surpluses despite heavy disbursements. Secretaries push data collection on fruit shipments to Germany as policies loom. A separate Ga. man died by his own hand, leaving a note defending his act. Hog sale sets high Northwest price. 56 hogs average $92.50. Union Pacific cuts shop forces by 10 percent across several yards. Guthrie project charter granted for Muskages Coal and Railway to build a $1.25 million line from Red Work to Guthrie. Flour adulteration sparks a rival milling war. President nominates Apisaoele of Missouri as temporary ambassador to Russia.
Reports tell of a savage animal attacking livestock at Mannheim’s farm after several weeks of missing chickens hogs and calves. The creature killed a guard during a struggle and left the man severely injured with head and arm wounds.
On the twenty-second through twenty-sixth days the Mississippi Senate debated and advanced the revenue bill and related fiscal measures. Amendments targeted liquor transportation taxes, penalties for mislabeling shipments, and reporting requirements for common carriers. The House appropriations covered penitentiary funds, state university expenses, and capital projects, with debates over the Oakley farm purchase and penitentiary reform. The session featured executive discussions on the state’s revenue agent and a constitutional amendment on education age and levee authority, finishing with adjournment plans and ongoing investigations into treasury withdrawals.
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