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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1903
Page
2
The piece surveys global reactions to Panama isthmus plans with notes on US stance, Cuba Panama ties, and European powers pressing for protection of their interests. It also covers domestic matters from law changes on divorces to labor strikes and civic events, highlighting figures, places, and statutes.
President Roosevelt and Attorney General Knox press for a swift trial as Senator Dietrich flees to Nebraska after an indictment accusing him of selling a post office appointment at Hastings. United States District Attorney Summers travels from Washington to prosecute, while Dietrich and his allies seek delays and connections to hasten docket action.
Ira C. Young and Dr. Edward A. Rowley were sentenced to 18 months in prison for using the mails to defraud. The scheme targeted families of deceased persons by mailing cheap watches and claiming the relatives bought them from the Unique Supply Co. with $10 paid, while the watches were worth under 50 cents. Forest fires also raged in east Texas, threatening lumber interests across Shelby, Liberty, Montgomery, Nacogdoches and Panola counties and drifting toward the Louisiana line.
Albany reports Gov Odell will set a new date after November 30 for the extradition hearing of William Ziegel head of the Royal Baking Powder trust. Missouri Attorney General Crow will attend. Thanksgiving delays the proceedings.
Secretary of State Power writes to Avon Haake detailing Mississippi's southern boundary for the boundary dispute with Louisiana, outlining the 1817 boundary act, the six league water limit, and the Mississippi shore line to the Gulf. The letter underpins how the state views the true line and aims to aid the court proceeding in a complex territorial case.
A shanty near Lilly Pennsylvania on the Pennsylvania railroad project burned in the early hours, killing at least 37 Italian workers and severely injuring many more. The 600 laborers slept in bunks, with limited exits, and several perished defending or seeking their hidden savings amid the blaze. Survivors describe a chaotic scramble for doors and windows as flames consumed the cramped quarters.
In St Louis on November 23, F W Lehmann for Al W Morrow and Dyer for the state agreed to move the trial to the following day. Morrow and Thomas E Barrett are charged with aiding and abetting in securing false naturalization papers for ten German residents to vote, with a conspiracy count against the government. Barrett faces a nearly identical indictment to his prior Italian naturalization convictions.
Washington on November 23 reports state the Senate may adjourn the extra session soon or continue daily sessions. A December 16 vote on the Cuban reciprocity bill is planned by many senators, but House consent remains unresolved. Leaders are confident an adjournment will emerge after Thanksgiving, though a quorum may be hard to hold.
Count Leo Tolstoy argues life centers on two conditions to increase universal love, acts of charity, and inner growth. He states true love grows when good deeds awaken love in others and oneself, rejecting ascetic isolation and urging active Christian relation with the world for lifelong service to God.
In sharp critique the writer frowns on the idle rich who value wealth over virtue and warns against equating luxury with worth. He questions the so called society's morality and contrasts it with the respectable, well bred middle class that supports a stable republic without scandal or excess. He laments trends influenced by fashionable urban circles and urges a return to genuine manhood and worth.
A reflection on labor action and the need for fair footing between workers and bosses. It argues that mere leverage or strikes won t solve the problem, and stresses the goal of fair wealth division, sustained mutual respect, and restraint in exploiting opportunities to move toward lasting peace.
The piece contrasts American and English humor in journals, noting American humor as drier, harsher, and highly local, with English humor seen as mellower and kinder. It discusses terseness, illustration use, educational backgrounds of journalists, and cultural reader preferences shaping each tradition.
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