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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1897
Page
2
A garbled excerpt catalogues diverse topics from a 16th century like miscellany. It mentions Tae Leaver and a spring fad, urban cabs in New York, deaths and funerary rites, a Paris expo plan, ancient Egyptian cedar artifacts, perjury prosecutions in New York, and international naval and treaty notes. The piece shifts through weather, archaeology, and global power shifts with names and places scattered amid the muddled prose.
Gleaned by Telegraph and Mall reports Spain’s cabinet crisis and queen regent actions, Sherman-Teller talks, and a French-style political shift. Also notes agricultural and weather bureau funding requests, a U.S. senate candidacy in Ohio, and a St Louis magnate’s death. Weather, finance, rail robberies, accidents, and a sugar factory boiler explosion in Hungary are summarized alongside US mint output and irrigation congress plans. A mix of politics, crime, science, and society from late 1897.
James Gordon Bennett operates a four in hand coach between Paris and a suburb, with profits aiding charity. Ludwig Nenner, a veteran German instrument maker, died in Bavaria after fruitless efforts to unlock the varnish secret of old Italian violin makers. Lawrence Washington of Alexandria, Virginia, named assistant in the congressional library, overseeing the George Washington department. he is the first president Washington's great grandson. The marquis of Salisbury endured years of tight finances, with his children raised in strict economy. Lord Hugh Cecil, the prime minister's youngest son, was famed in Oxford as a capricious undergraduate with a noted lack of plotting.
Five masked gunmen halted a southbound train near Chickasha Oklahoma, forced workers to flag the engine, and blew open the express car with dynamite. Passengers were searched, about 28 dollars in cash and watches and diamonds were seized, bags and registered parcels taken. Bloodhounds and large posses from Chickasha El Reno and other points pursue the bandits, believed led by Al Jennings.
A mother identified as Mrs Caroline Razinius of West Point and her four children were found dead in a West Shore hotel room on East Street and Eleventh Ave. The woman appeared to have killed her children and then died by self-inflicted means. The bodies were discovered this morning after the family arrived by train from West Point the previous night.
The Luetgert case prosecution plans to call three women identified as Mrs. Luetgert. One woman reportedly seen in Kenosha in early May is believed to testify of conversations with police and others there. The witness is said to be under constant Chicago surveillance by a detective.
In MBIA Missouri on October 2 a story follows Luther and Amanda Sexton married years, divorced, remarried after two years, second wife died, and now after six years of anew union she sues for divorce. The note hints at complex marital history and religiously strained ties across years.
New York, Oct. 2. At the Democratic Alliance convention in Greater New York, Henry George was unanimously nominated for mayor. Charles Francis Adams delivered the nominating speech as the platform urged adherence to the Chicago platform and municipal reforms, stressing employment rather than patronage.
Nebraska orator William Jennings Bryan spoke at the state fair drawing the largest crowd in the event’s history. Estimates placed outside attendance between 40,000 and 60,000 as Bryan criticized bimetallic policy and praised Democratic claims following McKinley’s election.
Comptroller of the Currency Eckels spoke at the Omaha club on silver and its future role in commerce noting the metal may regain a place as a monetary standard but should not threaten bankers or business needs. Caldwell declares the silver issue dead while Western prospects in Navy enlistments improve. A westbound freight collision near Colmar injures none seriously and sparks a fire. Harrow backs postal savings banks as a reform measure. Miss Whitney to St Louis for Veiled Prophet ball. Populists call for Lincoln convention opposing fusion. Shorthand workers wanted with high salaries.
John A. Truitt, conductor of the Northern Central Electric street car line, was sold yesterday by his wife for 4000 dollars to a woman who claims deep love for the man. The buyer, Mrs Stephens, arrived with her father and offered to pay cash for him. The tale follows Mrs Truitt’s shock and the revelation that Truitt’s wife faced a desperate act when another woman sought to claim him. Truitt is a father of four. the incident unfolds amid a broader, fraught love triangle and a prior suicide attempt by Mrs Truitt prompted by knowledge of her husband’s infidelity.
Joseph Griffen was robbed of 1209 on a State street cable car near Sixteenth. He drew the funds from Ulinals Trust for his employers, the lero tins Co. A suspect was seized but a confederate escaped with the pocketbook. Police note the arrested man is an old offender.
Star Pointer paced on the Illinois state fair grounds before at least 65 000 spectators and beat Joe Patchen. He lowered the world pacing record to 2 001y for a mile, surpassing the previous 2 01 record set at Indianapolis last Saturday September 18 where he also defeated Joe Patchen.
The appraisers say the Fair estate is valued far below earlier estimates. Official figures will be about 14 million to not over 19 million, far less than the 30 to 40 million previously cited. The report implies substantial losses in Fair’s final years and hints at concealed facts.
Leonara Jackson, an American competitor, won the Mendelssohn stipendium in Berlin on Oct 3, the first time an American has claimed the 1,500 mark prize amid entries from many countries and German regions. The event drew strong interest from musicians and students of music.
Weekly Mississippi weather shows below normal temps early then mild later with light rainfall and widespread dry spells due to quarantine and yellow fever. Cotton faces rust and blight risks, while picking advances as bolls open. corn and vegetables suffer from drought with scarce stock water. Public notices include police arrests, levee disputes, societal relief efforts in St. Louis, and local deaths such as John Manaway and N Hamlin.
An awkward man becomes the butt of jokes as he retrieves fish after a long outing with grasshoppers and cheese bait. Neatly, the tale shifts to a Cincinnati Commercial Tribune quip about curious terms and a court scene from the Dittaburgh Chronicle Telegraph followed by assorted playful vignettes and punchlines from various papers.
An advertisement promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a grand aid for tired mothers and nervous women, claiming it purifies blood, strengthens nerves, and restores appetites. It also asserts pale children gain rosy cheeks and vigor, presenting the remedy as a trusted family friend.
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