Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1901-08-30
THE DE LIMA CASE
Money to Move Crops, Larger
Amount This Year Than
Ever Before.

Washington, D. O.-Mr. Tracewell,
the comptroller of the treasury, has
rendered decision which disposes of
the famous De Lima case. He holds
that under the recent decision of the
United States Supreme Court the
judgment obtained by De Lima and
Co.,, for sl4,57 from the United
States on account of duties paid by
them on the goods shipped from Porto
Rico to the United States, between
the date of the ratification of the
treasury department. without further
action by congress-.
A oablegram was received at the
navy department from Commander
Sargent of the Machias at Colon, re-
porting that matters there are very
quiet. His oablegram also indicates o
belief on his part that the revolution
ary disturbances in that section of
Colombia at least have practically
been suppressed. The state depart
ment has been forewarned of the cir
culation of reports of revolutionary
troubles in Ecuador in report from
Minister Sampson at Quito.
The shipments of money from the
treasury to the South and West for
the movement Of crops have been
much heavier this season than ever
before. Treasurer Roberts said that
at the close of August, 1899, there
had been transferred to the sub-treas-
uries at Chicago, New Orleans and
st. Louis the sum of $2,1l8, 500. At
the close of the same month in 1900
the total was So, 400, 900, and at the
CLOSE of business at the treasury Sat-
urday the total was s7,950, 00U of
which New Orleans has received $2,-
225, 900. The currency is shipped as a
rule one-fourth in silver certificates
up to $5, one-fourth in United States
notes of the denomination of $40, and
the remainder in gold certificates.
Gold coin is not in demand for crop
movement parposes.
In the contest case of j. L. Calvert
against James r. Wood, coming from
the Lawton, o. T., and district and
involving entry No. /, the acting Sec
retary of the interior has rendered a
decision refusing to order hearing of
the case. The charges upon which
the contest was founded are substan-
TALLY that Woods entry was made in
violation of the homestead law by
reason of the location on the south
line of the town Of Lawton, and that
the entry EN- braces tract mile
long and only a quarter of a mile
wide, and was SO taken for specula-
tive purposes and not for agricultural
purposes, and that the entry was made
at time when there were n large
number of town site settlers on the
laud, who occupied it for trade and
business purposes. The decision holds
that the selection and entry of land
adjacent to the town Of Lawton was
not in violation of the letter or spirit
of the law, and that the fact that
there may have been alleged town
site settlers on the land at the time
he made his entry does not affect
Woods right of entry.
Admiral Schley acknowledged the
receipt of Acting Secretary Hackett's
communication inclosing a copy of
Rear Admiral Howison's letter, made
public Saturday. 1t is very probable
that il Secretary Long reaches Wash
ington before the court oonvenes, Ad-
miral Sohley's counsel will commu-
nicate with him in regard to Admiral
Howison's eligibility as member of
the court of inquiry, and endeavor to
settle the matter before the tribunal
meets.
United States Consul Haynes, at
Rouen, France, has made NJ. Santos
Dumont's airship and his effrots to
win the Duetsch prize, the subject of
an official report to the state depart
ment. Referring to the success of M.
Santos Dumont, Mr.. Haynes says that
many we'll known authorities in
France have pronounced the most i'm
portant development in aerial naviga-
tion. Mr.. Haynes gives a detailed
description of the airship. In the
trial of July 49, adds the counsul,
"there were two conditions with
which M. Santos Dumont failed to
comply. The airship did not ACCOM-
plish the journey inside of thirty
minutes and did not come to earth at
the starting point. The journey was