Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1903-05-22
TREND OF EVENTS
AT WASHINGTON.
Terse Topics of Interest to the
Great American Citizsnry.
PLOT TO KILL THE PRESIDENT
Said to Have Been Revealed and That
This Caused the Arrest of Cz0lg0sz at
Oakland, California. .-..Noted Anarchist
Mentioned in the Plot.

Washington dispatch from
Oakland, California, says: "The
fact that there was a well define
plan to assassinate President Roose.
velt during his visit here has just
been made known. II will be re-
membered that it is CzoIgosz, a
brother OF the man who assassinated
President Mckinley at Buffalo, who
was arrested as soon as President
Roosevelt arrived in CalitornIa, and
was not released until he had left
the State. At the tine the police
said, concerning this and other ar
rests, that they were merely pre-
cautionary measures, but even then
it was thought strange that CzoIgosz
did not complain, which it seemed
likely that he would have done had
he not been implicated in some plot
to kill the president. On Wednes-
day Mayor Olney of this city re-
ceived letter signed tx. NJ, in
which it was said that two men,
Antonio Polyi, an Italian, and
Charles Girardo. who tried to kill
the emperor of Austria last May at
Stephens church in Vienna, had
agreed to meet and discuss plans
for the killing of Mr.. Roosevelt, and
in which it was also stated that Gil
rardo had been in correspondence
with Czolgosz, 1t is more than like
ly that only the extraordinary vigi-
Aimee OF the authorities saved the
life of the president during his brief
stay in this city. The police refuse
to discuss the affair at ALL"
Two cases intended to test the va
Iidity of the Texas anti trust law
were docketed in the United States
supreme court few days ago. The
"oSns ora those nf the State of Teaxs
versus the National Cotton Seed Oil
company and the Southern Cotton
Seed Oil company, both New Jersey
corporations. The two coE panies
were consolidated, and the consoll
dation acquired the National OIL
company, the combination resulting
In the formation Of a trust, as al
legged by the state and MT denied
by the companies. 1t is stated that
one result of the com bination was
the fixiEg of prices of cott1n-seed at
$14 per ton. The combination was
pronounced illegal by the Texas
courts, and the oil companies bring
the cases to the supreme court on
writ CT error, alleging that the Tex
as antitrust laws are IN contraven-
tion of both the federal and state
constitutions.
Secretary Shaw has wired in
structions to Jnpsector Stump, at
Newburn. N. c., to convey the pas
sangers and crew of the abandoned
Portuguese bark Vera Cruz to New
Bedford, Mass, by rail, and to en-
ploy guards if thier assis tance is ne
csssary. In his report concerning
the condition Of the stranded peo-
pie, Mr.. Stump says: "The captain
of the barknetlne abandoned has
taken all the money he could lay
his hands on, and, from the state
ments Of those examined, half
starved them, were drunk most of
the time, and they find themselves
here in the most pitiable coldi-
tion."
United States Consul Wilcox, at
Hankow, China, has notified the
State Department that ten bright
Chinese boys CT good family sailed
on the Nippon Maru on May Is for
the United States. to be placed in
college. Mr.. Wilcox says that these
boys are relatives of Acting Viceroy
Tuan, who at the risk OF his own
life, protected the foreigners in his
jurisdiction during the Boxer upris-
ling. The consul bespeaks for the
boys favorable reception and treat
ment in recognition of the Viceroy's s
kindness to Americans.
'sSeveral seacoast batteries in
Louisiana have been named by the
war department in honor of officers
who performed distinguished SER
vice in the revolution and other
wars.
Hundreds of Confederate veter-
ans passed through Washington on
their way to the reunion at New
Orleans
General Miles in a letter to the
Army and Navy Register defends
his report on the Philippines and
scores his critics. He holds army
officers responsible for the atrocities
committed during the Philippine
War.