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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1897
Page
2
A wide mix of notes from February 1897 covers famine impacts in India Britain’s music cure hospital plans in Munich and a proposed human body transparency device by Thomas A. Edison era science. It cites Kansas City trade volumes, tobacco debates, and U.S. and international political snippets.
An open letter urges U S women to back the arbitration treaty with Britain. Nebraska lawmakers defeat a woman suffrage amendment. Idaho women’s chaplain elected. Spanish forces raid an insurgent hospital in Matanzas Cuba killing 22. National Reform Party calls a June conference. Various accidents deaths and fires across Illinois Indiana Ohio and Missouri. Political moves include Lincoln birthday celebrations and potential ambassador postings for Chauncey M Depew.
The Warntxatox report to Commissioner Wright analyzes 1905 86 employment by sex and age from 1 067 establishments in 30 states employing 145 407 people. It compares former and present periods, notes earnings gaps and reasons for female employment, and cites machinery effects and upcoming wage studies. It also mentions related topics and local notices.
The Commercial club honored Lyman J. Gage at a farewell dinner praising his leadership and urging patient civic unity. Speech warned of economic excesses and emphasized mental and social factors in public health, urging steady minds to pursue peace. Newsbrief notes Greek Turkish tensions and Greece’s potential moves in Crete with King George involved.
New York’s representation in the incoming cabinet seems set to gain a top diplomatic post. Chauncey M. Depew is expected to become ambassador to Great Britain, with a practical decision reached and formal confirmation anticipated in coming days.
Scott Jackson and Alonzo Walling face pending hangings after the court of appeals overruled a rehearing in Pearl Bryan’s murder case. The records were sent to Gov. Bradley for a 90 day period to decide the case and fix the date for executions.
A Mississippi item reports Yale's superintendents testing bloodhounds for prisoner pursuit with a Black man volunteering to test the track. The dogs followed instructions, then led to a tree where the trooper verified the trail. The sheriff is hopeful such trials will deter crime across Yale county. The column also notes the death of Mrs. M. E. McLarty in Water Valley and details charity work and an upcoming Orphans' Home opening in May. Also covered are jail sentences, a hog show in Jackson, swine breeders’ meeting results, a knitting factory plan for Gloster, county court indictments, a burned barn, a Warren County killing, and a large distillery raid.
Reports from the South cover a Louisville Nashville drummers midnight wedding in Clarksville, a New England mill shutdown debate, a Huntsville will contest over $90,000, drought-stricken Louisiana parishes seeking relief, the Engine General chase figure Jo Cain’s death in Atlanta, a Murphy estate suit in Colbert County, and assorted crime and civic notes including a cigarette bill in Tennessee, a Union City whipping, and a Mobile burglary.
The piece reviews church reform moves in Britain and Ireland. It notes Archbishop candidates and money in church politics, hints at Canterbury and Dublin debates, and reports on exams at University of Dublin. It mentions Cardinal Archbishop Paris appointing Pere Ollivier as Lenten preacher.
The Indianapolis Journal notes Copenhagen plans an elevated shore railroad using compressed air, while a Belgian frontier incident near Dolham sees crowds protest Count of Flanders with Prince Albert and the duke of Vendome. Sweden contemplates a Spitzbergen expedition to chart Konig Karls Land and surrounding regions, and a sobering tale from Stavnyansk warns of dangerous folk remedies after a child blinded by gunpowder.
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