Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-07-31

The opeuing a Tie va5 py ths
courts at London for the e1tradltion
from capada of Greene and GaynorTo
this country for trial q eharges OF
conspiring to swiudIe tie 1Sernm mt
of large sums of msney, through con,
tracts for harbor impfoven.enls in the
savannah, Ga. district, has ca Ted the
attention Of the department. ofjastis<
to the fact that the chief conspsrl tor
in that huge robbery WILSON have
completed his term ia the m Ii . J
penitsntiary in Leavenworth. Kansas
Capt. Oberlin NJ. Carter, the engineer
officer of the army, was convicted OF
conspiriug with Gaynor aud Greene to
swindle the government. was g wen .
sentence of five years by vhe mill
tary ,urt-martial, which tried him
He stayed the execution Of this SEN
tence about one year by various ap-
peals to the civil courts. during which
time he livesi In luxury at his New
York club. Finally he was placed in
the little military prison on Cove
.nor's leland, aud from there was
transferred to the penitentiary at Lsav-
en- worth when the United States su-
preme court refused to set aside the
decision of the court-martial. The
records at both The war department
and the department. Of jus ice show
that Capt. Carter has been ID ,del
prisoner at Leavenworth, As arssult +
of his excellent behavior he will be
discharged early in next December
under the 'three fonrths" law He
will then so to Arizona as the chief
engineer for an uucle who owns large
copper mines in that section. The
governments has recovered a large part
Of the money Garter was convicted of
stealing, and if he comes out Of the
penitentiary he should unwisely dis
play the possession of wealth the de-
pnrtment.of justice will pounce upon
him and take from him whatever prop
erty he owns.
The annual preIimiuary report of
Commissioner Yerkss on the collection
of Internal rsyenaa and the condition
TO the service shows that for The fiscal
year ended June 30, 1908, the total
collections amounted to $50, 74o,282,
decrease as compared with the year
1902 Of s41, ,l27, ,607. The receipts
from the several sources of revenue
are given as follows: Spirits si3l. $685.
472, increase $l0,Sl5, 459; Tobacco
$43, 5l4,610, decrease s., 423. ia: Fer
mented liquors s45,543S56 decrease
$24, 41.046; Oeomargarin $780,
7s3, decrease $2,297, ,7o9; Filled
cheese Sc, 445, increase SIS, AL; Mixed
floor, sI.795. decrease SIT; Adulter-
ated butter and process Of renovated
butter. $l5l, ,558. increase sJ5f. o56:
Banks, bankers, ETC.. $so9, increase
$572; Miscellaneous, incluiing lega-
cies. Sc, ,s26. .761. decrease $l7,O27,-
004.
The bookbinders' union. which has
been fighting the instatement of w.
A. Miller, the assistant foreman in the
government printing Office. who was
dismissed becau OF bis expulsion
from the union, and later ordered re-
instated under an executive order, has
abandoned any intention Of walking
out in case Miller resumes work. A
committee of Dookbinders has been in
conference, but they announced that
there was nothing to give out at pres-
ent. They assert with confidence that
the matter will be adjusted satisfac-
torily, and tnat on account cf the new
charges which have been fled, Miller
will be dropped from the service.