Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-06-30


tional purposes. A considerable
amount of these had accumulated and
congress at its last session appropri.
ated $330,O00 of the Chickasaw Ma
TONS funds to meet their payment.
The estimate made at the interior
department is that so far as is now
known about 100000 of these schoo.
warrants have been fraudulently re-
issued.
After the jury in the case of vii.
liam C. Crawford of Louisiana, in.
dicted for conspiring with August w
Machen and George E. Lorenz TO de.
fraud the United States in connection
with contract for supplying the
Postoffice Department with letter car.
riers' satchels and straps, had beer
finally dicharged late Saturday, it was
learned that the twelve men hac
agreed among themselves not to dis
close anything relating to what hao
occurred in the juryroom. However
it soon became known that the jury
stood nine in favor of acquittal anc
three in favor of conviction. A story
is being told to the effect that one OF
the Jurors had several changes of un.
derclothing with him and declared
that he would remain locked up al
summer before he would change hi.
mind on the question of guilt or limo
cence of the accused. United States
Attorney Beach said that the inten.
ton is certainly to place Crawford or
trial again, probably next fall.
Richard Cheatham, Of Atlanta, Ga.
secretary of the e-Southern Cotton As
soeiation, who recently made charge
of: .f.leaks" in the cotton crop repori
Of the Department ,of agriculture
and manipulation of the figures te
help stock market spectators, return
ed to Washington for a conference
with Secretary Wilson. The charges
are not alone those Of leaking in tn.
cotton report. Mr.. Cheatham said
Net only haye charges been made an(
backed up by evidence that advance
information as to the cotton repor
was received by brokers, but the fas
more serious charge has been pre-
ferred that the figures have been man.
ipulated to suit certain influences il
the stock market, the bulls or thu
bears, as the case may be-.
-~sr,y1s.v % a T5quesrr.
war department by the goveass1e-a = - "a
eral of the Philippines'o on behalf Of
Russian Admiral Enquist to be allow
ed to bring in certain: material fol
repairing damaged. ships, the secre
tary has sent the following cablt
gram "You may allow Russian ad
miral to embark his sick and wound
ed officers and men on Russian hospi
tai ship, daily expected, upon then
giving parole not to engage in, hostil
tiles during the war. You may alst
allow them to bring from Shangha
material for repairing vessels, othei
than munitions of war, such as cord
age, sail cloth, waste and oil for ma
chinery, etc. but the vessels are still
to remain in internment.
Senior Enrique Cortez, confidential
agent of the republic of Columbia
had an audience. with Secretary Taf
and discussed in general way the re
lations of his country and the repub
lie of Panama. Although nothing def
mite was proposed relative to the as
sumption by Panama of part of tht
foreign debt of Colombia, it is under.
stood that such a proposition may
be made later.
Members Of the Panama Canal Com.
mission do not believe that Chief En-
gineer Wallace intends to resign. The
Commissioners will hold meeting al
Washington July /.
Cardinal Gibbons conferred the de.
gree of Doctor of Laws on Prof
Charles c. Swisher, in behalf OF
Standard Must Pay More.
Guthrie, Ok.-The Usage Indians
will receive $4,000 royalty from the
Standard Oil Company as result OF
the recent order of the Interior de-
partment raising the royalty from ter