Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1901-04-19
LATE WIRE FLASHES
Sparks of Interest From All
Parts of the World.
GLEANINGS OF INTEREST
Happenings Of General Interest on Land
and Ssa--Crimes and Casualties
Briefly Noted.


The French troops are to be with
drawn from China shortly.
Oil companies have been formed at
Opelousas and at Welsh, La
1t is proposed to build a new South
side elevated road in Chicago.
A seat in the New York Stock Ex-
change sold recently for $50, 200.
French revenues show falling off
for the first quarter of the year.
The Lake Charles Oil Company has
been organized at Lake Charles, La.
Nearly 160 newly-enlisted members
of the Fourteenth Cavalry have de-
serted.
Secretary Root approved the report
of the committee of revision of the
code of army regulations.
President Mckinley has expressed
regret that he cannot spend short
time at least at Baton Rouge.
Walter Wellman denies that DR..
Nansen and the Duke of Abruzzi are
going on North Pole trip together.
The Colombian minister denies that
he has approached the British minis
ter in respect to the Panama canal.
Official documents in the British
war office now refer to citizens of the
United Sta les as American subjects.
The three gold bars stolen aboard
the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse were
found by the steward of the vessel in
the corridor near the second cabin.
Puhlic sentiment in London classi-
fies the Franco-ItaliaE fetes at Tou-
lon as bit of melodrama without
political significance.
The committee Gf ministers consid-
ering Chinese resources think that
China can raise $500, 600, 600 in gold
for indemnity wishout injuring the
country.
Hayti and San Domingo are in
trouble over the boundary. They
have agreed to arbitrate the dispute,
but both are preparing for war in the
meantime.
The official edict for the suppress
sion of the Malta in Italy has been
followed by carnival of Malta assas-
sinations of supposed treacherous
members.
Tolstoi's brother-in- law has writ
ten from England to the Chief Procu-
rator of the Holy Synod, denouncing
his religion and his fealty to the Rus
sian crown because of the excommu-
nication of Count Tolstoi.
Commissioner Rockhill reports that
while the amounts of the claims
against China have been in some in
stances exaggerated, the total is still
beyond China's ability to pay.
Secretary Hay is sounding the sena-
tors before carrying new negotiations
regarding the Nicaragua canal very
far
President Mckinley may order the
dissolution of the Cuban convention
on the ground that it was convened
by military order to define the rela-
tions between the United States and
Cuba and that it has failed to do so.
President Mckinley will lay the
corner stone of the new Young Mems
Christian Association building at
Colorado Springs on June 6.
Major B. B. Evans of Columbia, S.
O., was locked up on suspicion of
having murdered Captain John J.
Griffin, who was found dying in
Evans room. Evans declares Griffin
committed suicide.
The differences between the New
Jersey Central Railroad and their
employees have been adjusted, the
company granting some of the de-
mands and making concessions in 9TH
ers.
The operations of the Paper Trust
was discussed before the Industrial
at Washington. The
testimony showed that the combina-
tion of mills is disastrous to the
industry.
Minister Loomis will probably be
called upon by the state department
to explain some of his utterances at
San Juan respecting the situation in
Venezuela.