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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1898
Page
2
The fragment lists Misa Antoinette Greely and Rose Mary Sarioris as debutantes in Washington society, alongside mentions of Arctic explorer lineage and various unrelated items. A mix of notes touches on naval expansion, literature, science, and a famed Stratford fire.
A compact seven day wrap covering major events from this country and abroad. It highlights political shifts, economic updates, notable speeches, and cultural milestones while noting key figures and institutions shaping the week.
War dispatches report the peace commission in Paris noting Spain will retain sovereignty in Cuba until a peace treaty is signed. The U S Army will form an occupation corps under Gen Lee with multiple units. Reports also detail vessels sailing, flag raisings, and various trials and appointments related to the Cuban-Philippine theaters and postwar transitions.
A transatlantic liner Mohegan formerly Cleopatra of the Wilson and Furness Leyland line struck off The Lizard during a gale. Of about 200 passengers and crew only 31 were saved as boats and lifeboats attempted rescues amid heavy seas. Reports describe drowning, wreckage washing ashore, and distress signals. The vessel, 410 feet long and 10,000 tons, carried cattle freight and had recently changed from Cleopatra to Mohegan for a new voyage to New York.
Five men were killed and several injured when a gas explosion ripped through Coaldale ColIliery No 8 near Tamaqua Pennsylvania on Thursday. Fire Boss Thomas Smith and four others are named among the deceased with multiple workers sustaining burns and fractures. The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company colliery is a major local producer, with capacity over 300000 tons and about 560 workers.
George H Jacks and John Druggan were hanged in Chicago's county jail on Friday. Druggan was hanged just after 12:02, followed about 30 minutes later by Jacks. Both died of strangulation after roughly one minute of dangling. Jacks murdered Andrew J McGhee at 2036 Indiana Avenue on February 27. Robbery was the motive. Druggan killed Saloon Keeper RAF Gudgeon at Johnson and Eighteenth Streets in January.
Paris reports on an alleged military plot against the government. The plotters were to act Sunday during the minister of war M. Chanoins absence. The ministers, warned in advance, were not surprised. Other cities note rising Paris tension and related dispatches from New York and Pittsburgh.
Rioting miners and a Chicago & Alton special train carrying about 200 black workers from the south clashed near Virden Illinois. A guard was killed, many wounded, and the mob fired on the train as it approached the stockade at the C A company mines. Officials evacuated wounded to Springfield and towns nearby.
Washington reports the navy department released the findings and sentence in the Chaplain McIntyre case. He faced three charges including scandalous conduct and conduct unbecoming an officer, with multiple specifications. all were proved and he was sentenced to dismissal from the U S naval service, now under department review. Also noted are Mrs Sherman’s stroke and other brief items from New York and Constantinople.
The Mississippi fever notes report new yellow fever cases across several towns including Jackson Meridian Natchez and Oxford with deaths and active treatment noted. Military orders detail the mustering out of the First and Second Mississippi Volunteer Infantry at Columbia Tennessee on November 13 and related troop movements and hospital arrangements.
In Springfield on Oct 1 crowds line streets as miners mourn Edward Welsh killed in Virden. Police escort about 100 imported Alabama Negroes to central station, then to St. Louis amid finance runs by local merchants. Fifty-seven Alabama miners stranded in St. Louis after travel from Springfield. Warrant issued for murder tied to Virden clash. Hostile tribes meet with peace envoys in St. Paul to discuss surrender and disarmament.
Alexandria police arrest a cafe keeper linked to a plot against Emperor William during his Jerusalem consecration visit. A later La Fayette Day celebration in Chicago reports $10,000 raised by 250 public schools for a monument. Other notes include reports from Minneapolis about hostiles and an update on Spain’s Blanco and Cuba policy. A death of investor George Wilson Pp. is noted.
A lengthy column recalls Mrs. McRenier and Mrs. Snyder praising a dying soldier’s father for his wish to see his son, Robert H. McKinney with the First Kentucky Infantry in Porto Rico. Separate notes cover cotton crop condition declines, yellow fever outlook, cane field maturity, suicides, deaths, and local incidents across several states.
A garbled OCR page blends ad copy and quotes from various sources. It mentions insurers for stock and houses, a butcher shop claim, a romance line about Phoebe, Chicago Sun style notes, a cold cure claim, and a Pike's Toothache Cure one minute claim, all tangled with stray dialect and editorial fragments.
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