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The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-28
REMOVAL OF MACLAY.
President Proctor Says Power to Remove
wns Never Taken from President

President Proctor says Power to Remove
Was Never Taken from President
Washington Dec %. - President
Proctor of the civil service commission
gave out the following statement bear
ing upon the Maclay case:
THE commission has always held.
as shown IN i.s thirteenth annual re-
port, Jan. /. 1897. tina the civil service
act did not intend that incompetent
persons should be retained in Office.
The authority for removal and its ex-
ercise for proper reasons are necessary
for the discipline and efficiency of the
public service. The power Of removal
is not affected By the law or the rules
further than that they provide that re-
or religious reasons
''The rule OF the president. July Of.
1897. requiring t..at a person should
only be removed for just cause and
upon reasons IN writing. and after an
opportunity fC5 mailing answer was
for the ricv~csa OF preventing political
! or religious removals Cr removals upon
secret CHARGE Ia w. - no wav in
tended to cu"t2;l TO 'r9tr.ar of removal
for JUS cause. TTnf = this rule the
reasons for a rer@cva' 80, IL &c mat
ter Of record. bus ii does net impair in
the slightest deere THE prompt eXer-
| else of the nosver Of discipline.
"In di3cESsimG this RUE in the four
tcenth rev0"t Of the conn: :ssion Dec.
81. 1897, it is said that if the reasons
are sufficient the oi..car VII not hest
tate to make the removal It cannot
be asserted MAJ MacjaT's removal was
f0T pol iCal Or rrIiricUs reasons or
upon secret c'.sr~es. as the reasons for
the depart2'2nt's actions are we'll
known both .o-.&c.ay and to the pub
lie"
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-28
CHASED BY BoNDsMAN.

One Italian Chasee Another Four Thou
sand Aliles Beo.use Of Bond.
Chicago, Dec 2S.-Angelo Scalf1a.
closely pursued by Antonio Segnio,
rushed into the arms of two detectives
In this city and begged for protection.
It was the sensational termination OF
q 1000 mile man-hunt in which Seal
IA had been followed for three months
and had visited the principal cities OF
the eastern states. Both were taken
to the Harrison street station where
Segnfo told a remarkable story.
Three months ago. he said. Scaifa
was arrested in Indian Territory on
the charge OF illegally selling wh1skey.
After spending a month in jail, he ap-
pealed to Segnio, friend and business
man of South McAIester, and upon as
surances by Scalfia that the firm he
represented would protect him, Segnlo
mortgaged all his property and fur
nished $4,000 bonds to secure the re-
lease of his friend. Upon being reieas-
ed scalfia Immediately disappeared.
The chase began anu Scalfla was fol-
lowed from place to place until, finally
! tiri7g of the terrible strain, he appeal
| ed to the Chicago detectives. When
| taken in Segnio held a revolver in his
! hand, and nctwithsta nding the fact
! tt,:at if scaiGs is returne5 t2 Indian
Territory WITHIN five days his bond will
| be saved Scgnio declared his real OBJ
| jec in pursuing Scalfia was revenge.
Il started to kill him; followed him
| for thousands Of miles, and tn EN- at the
| last moment he escaped he said. 1T
| Is hard; I would not have it So
Scalfa admits his identity and ap-
| pears anxious to be surrendered to the
| United States authorities to escape a
! worse fate
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-28
"OUTLAW" CHARLESTON,
Owners. Jockeys and Trainers Warned
Not TO Enter Running Races

Owners. Jockeys and Trainers Warned
Not TO Enter Running Races.
New York. Dec. IS. The statement
that The jockey club stewards have de-
cided to OUTLAW" all owners, trainers
and jockeys who continue to partici-
pate in running races at the Charleston
Industrial Fair was Officially affirmed at
the office of the jockey club. 1t has
been said decision of governing turf
body in the matter had not been
reached until after horsemen had ap-
piled for opinion as to their standing
If they should race at Charleston. One
OF the officials of the Jockey club said
horsemen were warned before they
ever went to Charleston and were in
formed what consequences will be If
they raced there.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1901-12-28

London, Dec. est is said the car
has accepted the invitation to attend
the coronation of King Edward, pro-
vided the czarina is in good health at
the time OF the ceremony.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1901-08-09

Is accepted as one of the inevitable
conditions of the day, there is at least
one business, cigarmaking, in which
small capitalists can engage, says q
New York cigar manufacturer. With
a capital of s25 any cigarmaker can
start in business as manufacturer
and while he may not become rich, can
make living. There are at least $500
cigar manufacturers In New York who
work as journeymen when there is no
demand for their services, and by the
expenditure of few dollars become
manufacturers when work is slack. All
that one Of these small manufacturers
needs in order to start in business is
few pounds Of wrapper" leaf, the same
of filler" and pound or so of "bind-
ers" and skill He will have to get
bondsmen, as each cigar manufactures
must have two securities in 81 600 each
before he can get a license. but there
is usually no difficulty in securing the
bOpQsmen
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1901-08-09

Tho Austrian Parliament has a MEM
Der who was a waiter. Carl Mitter-
mayors was elected to the Reichsrsth
four years ago, at time when he was
serving as waiter in small subur-
in the British House of Commons. At
least two members of parliament are
grocers, and there are dozen who
were once laborers. The parliament Of
Vancouver has as its speaker a MAI
who was once coal miner in North
cumberland.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1901-08-09
Old Indian
VA va MarY
o0eecy:eaooooc0occ0ceccs.cs.y.

There is no woman in the northwest
whose history stands out more promi-
nently than does that of Mary Coch-
rane, familiarly known as Indian
Mary" yet she Is at present residing
in howell at the edge OF the village of
5tevensville, a hamlet in the outskirts
Of st. Joseph, Mich She is in strait
sned circumstances that approach dire
poverty and as she is very old and
probably will not live through the
present year the authorities will take
notice Of her case and attempt to make
easy the remainder of her life. She Is
he most unique character in Michi-
gan. There is not person In Chicago
who lived there in the early days of
the city who does not remember Tn
dian Mary" Time was in the early
days when she was a familiar figure
On the streets of Chicago, and there
was one particular period when she
was lauded as heroine and the whole
city talked of her. This was during
the civil war. when she saved the life
Of Colonel Mulligan, the famous COM
nander Of the Mulligan Brigade, or
the Irish brigade" as 1t was famili-
arly known. Colonel Mulligan was Sc
verely wounded. The battle ragged all
day, 1000 federal soldiers holding
back 5000 confederates until Mulligan
Tell. Mulligan was removed to island
No. 10, near Lexington, where he Ian
guished for want Of medical help.
There was no nurse to be found ex-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1901-08-09
Oil Versus
- - Coal

Ex-Gov. Hogg of Texas, believes that
the discovery of oil in such bountiful
Quantity In that commonwealth will
revolutionize the fuel question Of the
whole world. He says that the manu-
lecturers of this country and Europe
have not yet come to a sense of rea-
hzation Of what the wonderful oil dis
:overy and development in the Beau
mont fields means to them. The prob
lem that now confronts the oil pro-
ducers of the new district is what shall
they do with the oil.
Seven gushers already In the Beau
mont field is a record which is adding
daily interest In the development in
the new oil region. It seems to be gen.
orally recognized that the great value
Of the oil is its quality as a fuel,
placed by natured where it is capable
Of doing he most good to the greatest
number at the least cost Of production.
The special advantages which Beau
mont oil has over any other oil in the
world is In the fact that 1t can be pro-
duced and marketed at minimum
cost. Being produced within eighteen
miles of seaport, 1t can be piped
into tank steamers at cost SO small
as to be almost incalculable, and 1t
can be delivered at the seaports of the
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1901-08-09
Character who
lives near
St. Joseph,
Mich.

cept Indian Mary" who was with the
army. She exerted her medical knowl-
edge over the dying colonel and her
Indian medicines saved him after sew
eral weeks nursing and careful atten-
ton. Indian Mary" served through
out the war in the capacity Of nurse
and had the awful experience of seq
ing her husband, William II. Cocbrane,
private in Co. L, Thirty-third Micht-
gan infantry, shot for desertion. Cap
tain Thomas H. Botham, now almost
100 years old. was captain of Coch-
rane's company.
Mary Cochrane is rs years of age.
Her mother was Julia La Sale of De-
troit, full-blooded squaw, and her
grandfather, Jacob La Sale. was an
Indian chief. She spent her early
years in Chicago and in 1861 Joined the
federal army in the capacity of nurse.
She entered the service under Colonel
James McMullen and won credit for
the bravery she displayed on several
occasions. During the past thirty
years she has lived in this section OF
the country, where she has In some
way acquired the reputation of being u
witch.
She has not been troubled by the So
ciety Of her village, and her only COM
panion In her little shack is a small
dog. AS a last resort the old lady has
applied, through Justice St. Clair OF
this city, for pension for her service
during the civil war.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1901-08-09
Product of the Texas
Field May Come
Into Use for Fuel.

United States, Mexico, the West Indies,
South America and Europe at cost
so low that no other fuel can be used
In competition for steam purposes.
Fuel oil from wells in the Beaumont
field can be piped into the seaboard at
Port Arthur and run into tank steam
ers at total cost of production and
transportation no exceeding ten cents a
barrel. and as three and one-half bar
rels of oil are equal to one ton of coal
for steam purposes, this is equal to the
delivery of coal at the seaboard at a
cost Of thirty-ive cents ton.
The location is specially advantage
GUS for shipment to Mexico and the
West Indies, which are the largest i'm
porters of American coal, receiving
nearly eighty per cent of all the coal
that is exported, excepting that which
goes to Canada. In considering the ex-
port feature of fuel oil and the advan-
tageous location Of the Beaumont field,
the growing Importance of New Or
leans and Galveston as seaports should
not be overlooked. These ports now
stand respectively fourth and fifth in
the value Of their exports, which in
each case amount to more than double
that of San Francisco, and are only
exceeded by New York Boston and
Baltimore.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1901-08-09
THE VANISHING FRONTIER.
The Spirit of the Old Stage Coach Days
No Longer Exists.


No Longer Exists.
The American frontier, in all that
the term implies, is among the things
that are vanishing" said a Wyoming
man the other day. Geographically
well always have a frontier, but for
the spirit which has been associated
with the frontier ever since the old
stage-coach days we are now depend
ent on history, poetry and romance.
saw In news item in some of the
papers the other day an account of
hanging in New Mexico, where II
was said that the armed condition OF
the spectators, including ranchmen
and cowboys, was more startling than
In any dime novel description ever
written. Now I believe that little
touch was done by some man who
wanted to expand an inch of telegram
into a column of copy. have tray
eled all over the west, and, incidental
ly, have witnessed a number of execu-
lions on the border, and / never saw
any demonstrations that were so wild
and woolly as to startle the well-regu-
lated mind. The fact Is, no one is
more interested and amused by from
tier literature than the frontiersman.
1t Is there that he learns how the
frontiersman is expected to behave.
Bret Harte and his satellites go on
writing from impressions which the
former received score of years ago.
Out In Cheyenne we celebrate one day
OF every year ty revival of old sports
and customs, and call 1t Frontier day
But the simple fact that we SD aside
one day in the year and call II what
we do implies that all the rest of the
year we don't have frontier DAYS. On
that one day cow-ponies are ridden by
cowboys, but the cow-ponies are moth
ing but unbroken young stock, and
the cowboys are not near so realistic
as they are expected to be. There are
races, and pistol-firing with blank
cartridges, and stage-coach robberies.
and people wear badges consisting OF
miniature white sombreros on satin
ribbons, or a miniature pair of cow
horns, but it's all travesty. and when
the day is over 1t Is felt to have been
a failure. Some of the old-timers are
reluctant to see the old order of
things passing away, but 1t is passing
away, just the same, and all the cow
boy stories and ranch verse can't
bring the old days back except for an
hour or so, just In Imagination. "-Uti-
ca Globe.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1901-08-09

Few OF those who talk of the mar
riage knot" realize that the knot was
ever anything more than mere figure
of speech. Among the Babylonians
trying the knot was part of the mar
a thread of the garment Of the bride
and another from that of the BRIDE
groom and tied them into a knot,
which he gave to the bride, thus SYM
bollzing the binding nature of the
union which now existed between her
self and her husband.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1901-08-09
II Was Found Nec>
essary To Move a
RIVER

bed of the Massacre. And no soonor
thought than attempted. Huge boul-
uers and trunks Of trees were repeat.
euly rolled Into the river. This. the
naytiens say, with the knowledge and
connivance Of the Dominican govern
"eht. But up to the date of the COM
mencement- of the present troubles all
sucn attempts to improve upon nature
proved unavailing. For the Haytiens
On the left bank discovered the little
scneme, and time after time removed
the obstacles in the river before dam
age was done. However, within a cou-
PIE or weeks ago, remarkable thing
happened. The Haytien soldiers at
Initopert, situated on Haytien terri
tory on the left bank of the Massacre,
retired to rest one night. When they
awoke next morning they looked in
vain for the river. The bed over
winch the water had previously flowed
was dry. Investigations followed. and
IT was found that the river was flow
ing over new channel some miles to
the west. OF course the Dominicans
discovered. not that the river had
changed its bed in the course of a
night, but that the Haytien soldiers
had transferred some substantial
buildings some miles into the interior
OF San Domingo in the space of sin
gle setting and rising of the sun. The
Dominican representatives appeared
Immediately on what was Haytien ter
ritory the day before and called upon
the Haytien officer to remove his po-
sition to the other side of the river.
The Dominican officer who made the
demand expressed the indignation of
his government at the contemplate
action Of the Haytiens. The Haytiens,
however, refused to withdraw their
post, calling instead upon the Domini-
cans to restore the river to its origi-
nal bed. Then the trouble commenced.
There was clash of arms. The Hay
items had the upper hand, and so the
Dominicans agreed to have the whole
matter decided by arbitration. Mean
time, however, the Dominicans are
quietly preparing for war, and there is
a strong feeling in Hayti that there
will be clash Of arms before the ques-
ton Of arbitration Is settled. The
Haytien troops along the frontier
have been reinforced and are now
quietly awaiting the coming of the
Dominicans to force them back across
the river.-Philadelphia Times.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1901-08-09
SOME VIRGINIA BLUE LAWS.
New England Not the
Stern Commonwealth.

Stern Commonwealth.
The official public logging of women
In Virginia has aroused much unfavor-
able comment and many bitter re-
marks about 'ehivalry in the Old Do
minion." AS q matter of fact. says
the New York Tribune, the incident is
nothing more than mild revival Of
the blue laws" of Colonial times
laws surprising in severity any at
tributed to Connecticut or any other
Puritan colony. 1t has long been a
by-word that in Connecticut a man
was forbidden to kiss his wife on Sun
day. But In Virginia any young woman
who was guilty of Irritation or who en-
couraged more than one man to pay
her sentimental attention was liable to
be fogged! 1t was forbidden to speak
evil Of dignitaries In New England;
but in Virginia II one ventured to crit
icise the governor he was put into the
pillory. The straitlace righteousness
of the Puritans has been made fun of;
but in Cavalier Virginia 1t was forbid
den to "disparage minister" to take
voyage on Sunday save go to church,
or to fire a gun on Sunday. excepting
to shoot an Indian. That the shooting
of Indians, of course in defense of the
colonists, was considered proper
function on the Sabbath is shown by
the fact that every head of a family
was required, under penalty to bring
with him to church every Sunday
gun and plenty Of ammunition. 1t is
interesting to recall too, that speculat-
ing in the markets by buying fu-
lures" was sternly prohibited, under
penalty of fine, Imprisonment and the
pillory. Since in old time In the
Kingdom of Virginia" maidens were
logged for flirting, there is no especial
incongruity In applying the same pun
ishment to women convicted of gross
immoralities. Nevertheless, the best
Judgment OF mankind must be that 1t
was performance which reflected no
credit for those responsible for 1t.
There are those who approve of the
whipping post for the punishment of
wife beaters and for oertain other male
offenses. But the official fiogging of
women. no matter how much they may
have forfeited their title to woman
hood, is altogether revolving. 1t is pain
ful to recall that it was sanctioned
and ordered by the grim pioneers of
WAITS and Yeardley's time. That 1t
should be done for any cause in the
1rst year of the Goth century is
shame for which Virginia may well
blush.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1901-08-09

Fine and Costly Leather.
The finest and most costly leather
that is used in this country for manu-
featuring purposes is known in the
trade as piano leather. This leather.
SO called because 1t is exclusively en-
ployed for covering piano hammers. is
In its raw state an American product,
being the skin Of the gray deer, which
are found only In the vicinity of the
great Northern and Western lakes. But
as American tanners have not acquired
the art of properly curing the skins.
they have to be shipped to Thuringia,
Germany. to be tanned before they can
be used by the manufacturers Of piano
actions. The German tanners have
agents in the West, who collect the
deerskins from the Indians and half
breed hunters. When the skins are
returned to the United States as fin
ished piano leather they cost the plano
manufacturers from SIS to $40 per
pound. The worlds supply Of this val
liable and very necessary material is
monopolized by a family OF tanners
who own and operate six or seven es-
Adjustments in Germany, the largest
of which are located at Thuringia.-
Washington Star.
An awkward boy is chip on the
old stumbling block.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1901-08-09
IN THE SKIN OF A FRIEND
Is Bound Ono of the Books of Astron-
omer FIammarion.

Queer legacies are not uncommon az
glance over the records of any pro-
bate court will show; but the bequest
OF Mile. B. to the French astronomer
and novelist, Flammarion, is probably
without parallel.
Mile. B. was the possessor of a won
derful complexion and a neck and
shoulders which made her conspicuous
at any function where decollete was re-
CURED. Though not a member of the
smart set, she moved In good society.
and 1t was at dinner party that Flam-
marion met her, and with the pro-
verbal gallantry Of his race warmly
complimented her on her fair complex
lon. laying special stress on the beauty
Of her neck and shoulders. The girl
was much gratifed by his admiration.
and the incident closed for the time
being.
Some months later the author re-
ceived a black-bordered envelope. 1t
contained an announcement of the
death of Mile. B., and added that it
was the young woman's wish that the
skin Of her neck and shoulders be pre-
served and sent to the author to be
used by him as binding for one of
his works. Such is the story as 1t has
been told on this side of the water.
Prof. Barnard, the head Of the astron-
omy department Of the University of
Chicago, determined while on a recent
visit to Paris to sound Flammarion as
to the truth OF the story. Flammarion
listened in silence while the interpreter
went over the details, then with quick
Pardon" he jumped from his seat and
left the room. In few minutes he re-
turned with volume seemingly bound
in delicate calf. He laid it upon Bern
ards knees. VOLTA" (behold IT.. ne
said simply.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1901-08-09
TO GAIN
TERRITORy
Kingston, Jamaica. April 4.

kingston, Jamaica, April 4.
The following statement Of the
causes leading up to the recently de-
veloped boundary trouble between the
republics of Hayti and Santo Domin-
go and OF the present condition of af-
fairs is furnished by persons just re-
turned from the island: What is
known as the Dominican republic. or
the republic of Santo Domingo. was
once province of the republic of
Hayti. In 1874 the internal troubles
and state Of anarchy which then pre-
vailed las result of the revolution
winch overthrow the government of
president Boyer, after Twenty-Five
years In ofiice) facilitated and was the
cause OF the secession of the eastern
portion of the island, which then pro-
claimed Its independence. The exist
ence Oh tho new republic was recog-
nized by the Haytien government in
1874. The question of the delimitation
OF the frontiers arose naturally from
tne fact that the territory of the
Dominican republic is not. and never
mas been, defined. The incident that
mas recently occurred at Phitobert, on
the northern frontier, and which great
~ endangers the friendly relations of
the sister republics, is considered BIZ
the Haytiens to be premeditated
provocation on the part of the Domin-
icans. The HaytieR posts established
IN tnat district to put down smuggling
ana brigandage from over the border
nave had to defend themselves against
the repeated attacks. BY mutual con-
sent the river Massacre, which divides
the Dominican province of Dajabon
Tor Laxavon) from Haytien territory
has for long time been Professionally
accepted by this government as the
natural boundary of the two states.
All the country on the right bank of
the river was acknowledged to belong
to Santo Domingo, while the country
on the left bank was regarded by both
governments as Haytien territory.
And hereby hangs funny and in
teresting tale. The Dominicans a year
or two ago conceived brilliant idea.
Knowing that nature sometimes makes
rivers In the tropics change their
courses 1t occurred to some people re-
siding on the right bank of the stream
that they might add considerably to
Dominican territory If they could
manage to effect deviation in the
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1901-08-09
n. We. undoub.edly Guilty,

An old negro named Ephraim, hav-
ing been sworn on the jury in MUIR
der trial in one Of the southern states,
for some time stubbornly resisted a
verdict OF guilty for no other apparent
reason than his aversion to capital
punishment in general. Finally the
foreman explained to him that 1t was
question either Of hanging the pris-
oner or hanging the Jury. and that 1t
all depended on him. "'Fo' Gawd.
sub" replied Uncle Ephraim, ION dem
reasonments de pris'ner am sho'
guilty"