Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-10-20

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Tenn.---Other Paragraphs of Interest.
1t Is believed that the robbers who
held up the train near Dekalb, Illinois,
scured over s25, 900.
Gen. Sir Redvers Butler who will
have the chief command IN South Afri'
ca, left for the Cape Saturday.
The weather again prevented race
between the Columbia and Shamrock
Saturday.
| An electric car collided with a switch
] engine at Dallas, Tex, and six passer6
| gers were badly injured.
| The democratic committee of Ouach,
lta parish have decided to nominate
parish officers and United States sena.
tors by white primary. 1t also in
structed its members of the state COM
mttee to vote for white primaries
Admiral Dewey received an ovation
in Boston Saturday which he declared
had never been equaled in the memory
! of man.
Though the snti-British feeling in
Germany is strong, the government
will remain neutral and will have nc
hand in concerted Intervention.
Beers, under Gen. Koch, have occu-
pied Bthaswass and captured the rail-
road station there.
The burghers have occupied Laing q
neck, and the villgae of Spitzkop near
Newcastle.
Sir Alfred Miner reports that the at
titude of the Dutch in Cape Colony Is
disquieting and Boer success are calcu-
lated to sggravate the situation.
Judge Lacomb will dismiss the ha-
beas corpus proceedings in the Carter
case, holding that civil court has no
jurisdiction over military court.
| The Bridgeport Line steamer Nut.
meg State was burned in Long Island
Sound Saturday and ten lives were lost.
1t is said that the young burghers
dissatisfied with Gen. Cronje, for not
attacking Mafeking Friday, have ap-
pointed another to command IN bis
place.
| Three masked robbers attempted to
rob bank at S6ierville, Tenn, Fri
day. One was killed, one captured
and the third committed suicide to
avoid capture.
The Beers have occupied Laing 5
Mex, the young men insisting on this
against the advice of their elders
Mr.. Macrum, American consul at
Pretoria, has been advised to look af-
ter British interests during the war.
Col. Schneider, Austrian military
attache, and Capt. Cuignet, both
prominent in the Dreyfus trial,
fought duel in which Schneider
was badly wounded.
The taking of the census of Cuba
will begin in few days, and that
Of Puerto Rico early next month.
The Colum mbia-Shamrock race was
postponed Friday for the slxth time,
owing to lack of wind.
The industrial convention at Hunts
VILE, Ala, has closed its session of four
days of profitable discussion.
Admiral Sampson has hauled down
his Rear Admiral's flag and retired
from the command Of the North Allan
tic squadron.
Mormon elders have been run out of
Sabine Pass and Many, La, where
they have been preaching for some
time.
Canada has resolved to send a.OO0
fully equipped men to South Africa.
The Dominion was asked to send 1000.
The Beers wrecked an armored Brit
ish train south of Mafeking, Saturday,
killing fifteen men and capturing the
rest of those on board. The train was
carrying soldiers and ammunitIons of
war to Mafeking.
Rosa Bonheur left her entire fortune
to an American girl. Her many DIS
appointed relatives will contest the
will
The union miners celebrated the re-
turn Of peace at Pana with parade and
speech making.
Vice President Mariscal of Mexico Is
on his way home.