Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-04-29


in the Board of Directors by which
common control of direction has been
and is being applied to the operation
and rates of the lines mentioned. The
resolution concludes with provision fo1
an investigation of these allegations
by the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion, which is to report its findings to
the House on or before December 81,
1904. The resolution was referred to
the Committee on Interstate and For
eign Commerce.
DR.. Alexander Graham Bell has fix
ed the time for the exhibition of his
famous tetrahedral kites and he has
selected field at Chevy Chase as the
place of trial. One Of the kites to be
flown is the famous Victor I. This
is the kite which is expected to lift a
man and after which, when it has been
made tractable to motor power and
steering gear, the twentieth century
flying machine may be fashioned.
Prof. Bell has worked on the problem
of aerial navigation for two or three
seasons at his summer home in Cape
Breton, Nova Scotia, but he has never
given a public exhibition, and his ex-
periments have been shrouded in some
mystery. 1t has been claimed, how
ever, that he met with some success at
Cape Breton last summer. He con-
J tinued his Investigations during the
last winter, and the announcement
that he will exhibit his kite in pub
lie has led to the belief that he has
met with still further success.
Announcement is made at the State
Department that the United States
had acknowledged the receipt of the
Russian Government S note defining
the status of the correspondents in the
Far East using wireless telegraphy.
In acknowledging the note this gov
ernment reserves the right to take any
action which may be necessary if the
interests of American citizens are af-
fected. Secretary Hay and Count Cas-
SIM briefly discussed the wireless tel
egraphy question, and it is believed
here that when the war is over Rus
sia and the United State may take the
lead in calling of a worlds congress
to define once for all the status of
wireless telegraphy and the law of ma
tions.
Neither the Payne bill, proposing to
impose a duty of $50 on every inn
migrant arriving in the United States
on foreign ship from any country
discriminating directly or indirectly
against American ships, nor the Dill
lingham bill, which would exclude
from the United States immigrants
brought under any contract such as
that recently entered into between the
government of Hungary and the Gun
ard Steamship Line for the transpor-
tation Of emigrants from Flume, will
be acted on by congress during the
present session. 1t is the intention
of Senator Lodge, however, to Offer
an amendment to the general deficien,
cy bill, now pending in the senate, by
which immigrants brought under the
Cunard contract would be excluded.
Among the many important meas
ures put to sleep in committees at this
session of congress, the bills conferr-
ing rate-making powers on the Inter
state Commerce Commission deserve
special notice by reason of the man
ner of their chloroforming. It was
announced a few days ago, after the
meeting of the House Committee on
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
that these bills had been put over un-
til the next meeting. This means, in
all human probability, that legisla-
tion on this line will not be heard of
again this year.
President Roosevelt has selected
Judge Beakman Winthrop of the court
of first instance, Philippine Islands
to succeed William H. Hunt as Gov
erner of the Island of Porto Rico.
The Navy Department is Informed
that the gunboat Nashville, which
was detained at Memphis because of
inability to pass the bridge on account
of high water, arrived at Hickman,
KY, Sunday and proceeded the same
day. The torpedo boat Lawrence was
last reported at Evansville, Ind. These
two vessels are due at ST. Louis In
time for the opening ceremonies of
the exposition on the 3Oth instant.
Diplomats here are watching with
interest developments in South and
Central American republics against
which foreign powers have claims, III
the expectation that the real attitude
Of Europe against the recent decision
Of The Hague tribunal in the Vene-
zuelan case in favor of the contention
Of the bombarding powers for prefer
entail treatment will be disclosed
when it becomes necessary to move on
another republic to secure payment
Of its foreign claims.