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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-03-20
A BLooDLEss CONFLICT.
German Students Bar Swords and Flight
Duel with Canes.


LISA, Posen, March 17.-Fifteen
minutes slashing with a cane was the
limit Of endurance of one of the an
tagonists in the newest form of stu
dents drlel which has just occurred
ouside this city, where it has been
decided among the students of the
technical high school to dispense in
future with deadly weapons for the
decision of affairs of honor
The students met at a chosen spot
where the seconds mark ~ out a ring
The antagonists then stripped to the
waist, each was handed a cane OF
equal length, and they then steppef
into the ring. At the word of com
mand of the director of the combat.
they began slashing furiously, until
finally, after a quarter of an hour.
one of them overstepped the limits
OF the ring. He was thereupon de
clared to be the loser, but to the on
lockers it was difficult to decide which
of the opponents had suffered most, az
their ribs, arms and backs presented
the appearance of having been flayed
In university circles, where swords
have hitherto been the only recogniz-
ed weapons for students duels, opinion
is greatly exercised over the attempted
innovation.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-03-20
FIRE ON BOARD STEAMER.

Prompt Action on Part of Captain Pre-
vents Loss of Hundreds of Lives.
New York, March 13.-Prompt and
determined action on the part of Cap
tain AppIeby. of the Fall River steam
er, Providence, prevented what other.
wise might have been a serious cataE
trophe when fire broke out on tie craft
while she was coming up Long IIand
sound bound from Providence for New
York early Friday.
Three hundred and fifty passengers
were asleep on the Providence when
the fire was discovered on the freight
deck Of the steamer which was then
of SANDS Point, 30 miles from New
York. Fearing rhat IL the alarm was
permitted to spread over the ship he
would have panic of passengers with
whfch-to contend -as well as fire to
flght, the captain sent a. wireless call
TO the steamer Richard. Peck, of the
same line, which bel knew must be
somewhere inthe, vicinity -
The Richard !PVckgalso- was bound
for New York, atFdnwA5le' she had. not
been sighted dufngithe night 1t was
seen that het.seheduleswo bring her
at that hour to within few miles Of
the Providence. =.
3 The call was quickly answered, the
.predicamsnt OF the Providence was ex
pla4nei, each steamer was advised OF
: the others position and they started
towards each other. When they came
together the fire was. still In progress
on the Providence, but the passengers
who had been aroused a few minutes
before had been tollq Of the coming
relief and wereI, quietly waiting to be
transferred. To the other steamer,.
The sea was calm, and the transfer
was made quickly land with little diff
Guilty. ,t,rx-5 a.. :
The officers declare, that there. was
not even sign of uneasiness appar-
ent among the: passengers and that
the whole affair, was carried through
without trouble of any kind.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-03-20
VAST SUICIDE PACT2
Startling Story of Five Girls Who
Died by Their Own Hands.
TOLD BY WOULD-BE SUICIDE
Miss Helen Baxter, One of Party
of Six Young Girls Who Came 10
New York from St. Paul, Mimi. ),
Tells Police Fate of Companions.


New York, March IA startling
story of how five young girls who
came to New York from st. Paul lit
tie more than year ago died each by
her own hand, was told Saturday by
seventeen-year-old Helen Baxter after
she had made a win effort to end her
own life.
Helen said she was one of the party
of six girls who came to New York to
make their way in the world after re-
ceiving a course of training in bus
mess school in the Minnesota city.
She turned on the gas in her room
Friday night but was found Saturday
morning in time for her life to be
saved.
When asked why she had tried to
end her life, the girl astonished the
ambulance surgeon and others VINO
! had crowded around, by her story OF
the fate of her friends.
Way should l not be allowed to
! die?" she asked. my five girl com
panions who left ST. Paul with me a
years ago, after we left school, have
all committed suicide. l want to
die al they did and join them
|. Was 1t a suicide pact?" sne was
asked.
My five friends are all dead and
they died as they chose" was her
reply.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-03-20
BANKER WALSH SENTENCED.
New Trial Denied-FiVe Years In the
Penitentiary.

Chicago, March 14-John R. Walsh,
former president of the Chicago Ma
tional bank of this city, and convicted
of illegal use of the funds of that in
stitution, was Friday denied a new
trial by Judge Anderson Of the United
States district court and sentenced
to serve five years in the federal pen
itentiary at Fort Leavenworth.
AS soon as the court had announced
his dscision refusing to grant new
trial, the defense entered a
motion in arrest of judgment which
they argued for some time. 1t was
generally thought about the court
room that they would consume two
or more hours in giving their reasons
for the granting of this motion but
Attorney Hart, who presented it, ceas-
ed speaking in about thirty minutes.
Judge Anderson then promptly over
ruled the motion and sentenced the
banker to five years in Fort Leaven-
worth.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-03-20
RAIDS ON NEGRO DIVES.
New Orleans Police Busy Looking At.
ter SuspicIous Characters

New Orleans Police Busy Looking At.
ter Suspicious Characters.
New Orleans, La, March 17.-Fol-
lowing a murder and several attempts
at highway robbery by negro despera-
does here Saturday, the police raided
many of the dives ard saloons fire.
quented by members of that race.
AT one saloon alone 1G5 negroes were
found in the building, and all of them
were placed under arrest.
In a raid on a Fulton street barrel
house, Robert JoAnson, one of a
crowd Of negroes in the place, knock
ed down a detective and started to
run He was fred on by Special
Officer Well and fell, fatally wounded
The series of hCldups, robberies and
murders which have been perpetrated
by negroes during the past few weeks
eliminating in the holdup and murder
of James Williams and Robert Bon
ner, negroes, has forced the police
to resort to strenuous measures in rid
ding the city of the bad negro element
responsible for the crimes.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-03-20
BRIEF DISPATCHES.



Jacob Schasfer, of Chicago, won the
billiard match with William Hoppe, of
New York. 500 to 423
II is officially announced that Presi-
dent Fallieros will visit London the
second week of May.
Madame Anna Gould, with her three
children, has sailed from Cherbourg
for the United States.
Fire has destroyed 2,O00 native
Ehacks in the Philippine islands. The
loss is about 100000.
L. J. Watson, immigration commits.
Sioner for South Carolina, has been re.
appointed for another four years.
The Western Union Telegraph com.
pany has declared a quarterly divi
dend of IA per cent, payable in stock
John G. Peck, late architect of At
lanta, left an estate worth about a
quarter of a million. Will has been
filed for probate.
The cruiser Yankton has reported
that her expedition to Indefatigable
isle to find Fred Jeffs, American sea
man who was abandoned there, had
been futile. Jeffs. was not found.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-03-20
ANARCHISTS DISAPPOINTED.
Big Crowd Assembled to Hear Emma
Goldman, but Police lnterfered.

Goldman, put Police lnterfered.
Chicago, March 14.-Nearly two
hundred anarchists, socialists and
others, assembled Friday night in
front of vacant store building at 1872
Dearborn street to hear a lecture by
Emma Goldman, but were disappoint-
ed. Forty or fifty policemen with IN
spector Wheeler in charge, told. the
crowd to move. The police were there
to enforce an order that came to AS
sistant Chief Schuettler from the
building department warning him to
permit no one in the structure, which
was declared to bs unsafe.
Harold Lsclair Islles, the counselor
retained BY mysterious persons for
the purpose Of as&lFipgy removal
of the.body of LazFa.5 lea from
the potters' field asd Tbs ormance
OF private ~. rs Il Friday
to reveal the names of men and wo-
men who employed lim
Rumors were current that Attorney
Ickes was engaged by prominent social
settlement workers and we'll known
Jewish citizens of Chicago.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-03-20
HOUSE STIRRED BY BACON.
Georgia Senator Severely Criticises
President Roosevelt.

President Roosevelt.
Washington, D. c., March IL
The seyerest criticism yet directed
against the president by member of
the upper louse of congress was deliv-
cred in the senate Friday by Senator
Bacon. With continued aggressions by
executives, he argued that this govern
ment would soon be as autocratic as
Russia.
He declared that executive usurpa-
ton had continued unblushingly and
even boastingly, for so long that the
country had almost become accustom-
ed to it. His words took on particu-
lar vehemence. So far did he diverge
from his usual self-contained and or
derly manner of speaking that he felt
constrained to apologize during the
latter part of his address for his heat
ed manner. Though he declared that
everything he, had said was the truth,
he thought it might be imprudent.
Senator Tillman protested that the
apology was out of place. "If true
why imprudent?" he exclaimed.
Other democratic senators sitting
near the Georgian insisted he had said
no more than was proper He then
largely modified his apology, and In
sisted that he meant every word he
had uttered
What brought forth, this unexpect-
ed and impromptu outburst from the
senator from Georgia were published
reports that the president had in
course of preparation another special
message to congress, in which he
would reiserate his determination to
force through certain legislation at
this session of congress.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-03-20
FECERAL JUDGE DEAD.
Judge Clark Was Appointed by Presl.
de1+ CIeveIapd in 1904

Judge Clark Was Appointed by Presl.
dent Cleveland in 1884.
Chattanooga. Tenn, March IL
Federal Judge C.. d. Clark, of the
United States district court, died al
Erlanger hospital at $50 o'clock Sat
urday morning, aged sixty-one years.
His death was cue to Bright's dis
ease, complicated with tuberculosis.
Jucge Clark was appointed to the
federal bench December II, 1894, by
President Cleveland. He was brought
nome from Asheville Friday night
the trip telling On him greatly. I'm
mediatcly after being placed in the
hospital he began sinking. He leaves
wife.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-03-20
MAN KILLED 2AIs WIFE.
Says He Was Dreaming and Thought
r. Burglars Were in House. Ii. y

Says He Was Drsamlng and Thought
r.. Burglars Were in. n House. liz &,
|. Washington, March 13.:Ti Hugh Hell
lis, treasury department. clerks who
game here from. QuisYille, Kyv, and
served for time as. private secretary
to the commissioner of internal treye
.nue, shot and killed his wife at their
home on Newton street, I'M the north
western section of the, ic4fy early Fri
day morning. ~. ~
Hollis procured revolver q day or
two ago and took leave from his of,
fee to practice with the weapon. go,
- About O'Clock Friday his wife
arose to attend their children and as
she returned to the bedside Hollis
awakened, pulled the revolver from
beneath his pillow and fired, instantly
killing the woman. ,}r.
Immediately he went to sleep again
and knew nothing of the shooting un-
til he was afterward awakened. ~ ..'
He has always borne q good reputa-
ton and he declares he was dreaming
Of burglars.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-03-20
SATURDAY,.

Governor Johnson, of Minnesota,
has accepted an invitation to address
the students of the University of Ala
bama at Tuscaloosa, on May 26.
There 10 no change In the stu
alton at Benning, Ark, where / 200
GOAL miners are on strike because of
the refusal of their employers to en-
ploy shot firers.
A detachment Of French troops re-
connoitering in the Saouri region has
had a sharp brush with tribexmen, In
which an officer was killed and two
mon wounded.
James Jeffries, a we'll known rapub-
hcan, died at Memphis, Tenn. after
lingering illness. Mr.. Jsrries had
been surveyor Of customs at Memphis
for the past twelve years.
About 500 operatives were affect
ed by the closing down in New Orleans
of the Lamb-Maginnis cotton mills.
The mills only resumed work last
Monday after a weeks suspension.
General Marceliano Vargas, OF Bo-
gotta Colombia, mas been given the
portfolio of minister of government
and F. ] +. Urrtia that of foreign af-
fairs in the cabinet OF. President
Reyes;
~ General Giovanni Battista DeEiorgis
who for years past has been chief of
the international gendarmerie, doing
service in Macedonia, died in Rome,
Italy, recently. His end came unex-
pectedly.
Directors of the Southern Railway
company held a meeting in New York
recently, but took no action on the
matter Of dividends The company
paid 8 per cent dividends annually on
its preferred stock until last October,
iwnen semi-annual dividend of III
per cont was declared
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-03-20
MEN IN HAIL OF LEAD
Reported Conflict Between ChiIian
Forces and Strikers.
MACHINE GUNS WERE USED
News of Great Conflict at the Nj
trate Beds of Chile Has Been Receiv-
ed in Which $500 Men Were Laid
Low, Most of them Killed.

San Francisco, March 12-Machine
guns operated by the government
forces of Chile in great conflict
with strikers at the nitrate beds and
in the city Of Iquique laid $500 men
low. most of these being killed, ac-
cording to advices received Wednes-
day by the Australian steamer Chris
tianpors. arriving direct from Chile.
Business at Iquique, Ahich had new
er been seriously disturbed by any
thing but earthquakes, was paralyzed
when the great army of workers went
on strike. One fracas after another
occurred, until soldiers and strikers
met in the streets of Iquique and on
the outskirts and openly defed each
other
Being ordered to drive the army of
men away and disperse them, the
police opened fire while they formed
and literally moved down the men.
They had little opportunity to fight
back. even had they been armed the
assault upon them was so sudden.
This took place on Jan. II, and was
followed by two or three days of op-
pressive gloom in the community
while the funerals of the killed were
taking place..
A week later, as though by common
agreement, the strikers went back to
work without the expected advance in
wages.
1t was reported that the mine own
ers will voluntarily Increase the pay
of many of their employees.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-03-20
coNVULSED THE HOUSE.
Louisiana Congressman Causes Laugh
/ ter Among Members.

Washington, D. c., March 14-Rep-
resentative Watkins, of Louisiana,
convulsed the house by reciting an
original poem entitled What Is to
Come" 1t was in eight stanzas, the
first six OF which referred to the prom
ise @of the republicans to revise the
tariff and do other things. Before
these things would come to pass, he
said: g ,:.;H, III ~ 7.-f.-,i
"A Cannon must be first shot off
"Faireenks must then be tunneled
through;
"The skies must change their azue
Hughes,
"And Billy Taft put up the dough.
1.-THE people must all go to sleep,
until Gabriel blows mis- horn,
Americans must sure forget
William J. was ever born"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-03-20
Six Peasants Killed.

Vorcneze, Russia, March 12.-Six
peasants were killed and several
others were wounded in an encounter
with detachment of police at the
nearby village of Kochetovka. The po-
lice went into Kochetovka for the pur-
pose of arresting two members of the
peasant revolutionary organization.
The intention Cf the police became
known, and the peasants rallied to
prevent the carrying out of this plan.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-03-20
SUICIDED ON TRAIN.
Well Known Chattanoogan Ends His
Life

Life.
Chattanooga, Tenn, March IL
James Johnson, capitalist and poll
clan of this city, Sunday night com
mftted suicide by cutting his throat
on an Alabama Great Southern train
between this city and Birmingham.
During the night he took an over
dose of strychnine, but next morning
he was so far recovered that he con-
tinued his journey homeward.
When the train was between Whit
new and Caldwell, Ala. Mr.. Johnson
left his wife and went to the lavatory.
In a few minutes ne was found with
his throat cut, the jugular vein be-
ing severed by a small pocket knife.
He was carried to Ids seat in the
coach, and within five minutes he
died in his wife's arms.
Mr.. Johnson was president of the
Forest Hill Cemetery company, and
was a large holder of realty in this
city. His affairs are in excellent con-
dition and no cause can be assigned
for the deed.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-03-20

october prices not only dropped to the
lowest level of the year, but in nearly
every instance to the lowest figures In
many years and in some cases to quo
tations below any previous record.
While the commercial failures of the
year were, on account Of the financial
disturbances, considerably in excess Of
1905, the insolvent liabilities were not
as great as in 1893 and 1896.
Cotton prices and exports ruled high
throughout the gear, with the latest
estimates indicating yield about 10
per cent below 1906.
The particularly bright spot in the
industrial situation was the stupendous
increase in the value of agricultural
products. and. while the actual produc-
tion was in most lines somewhat be-
mw thar OF lie nrevieus year the
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-03-20
Alleged Murderer Captured

Williams. a negro who is wanted in
Taylor county for the murder OF a
white man a week ago, was caught in
this city by the police. He was TAX
en- back by the sheriff Of that county
and will be tried at once. Fear OF
lynching will compel the authorities
to take the prisoner to Perry for safe
keeping. There was a reward for his
capture Of $500.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-03-20
NO SHORTAGE FOUND.
Reported Shortage of Alabama Fair in
1906 Explained.

Montgomery, Ala, March 12-It is
found, according to reliable informa-
ton, that the reported shortage in
the management of the state fair at
this place in 1906 has been fully ex-
planned by re-examination of the
books and that the accounts will be
found to work out satisfactorily. This
is based on a report of Expert Ac-
countant Haralson, which is said to
have been turned over to the officers
of the fair association
The entire matter now promises to
be cleared up to the credit of all the
officers of the fair Of that year.
Certain it is that so far most of the
reported shortage of $40 200 has been
accounted for in the regular way.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-03-20
N|EICHBdRH0OD
WZ NEM(I672:(
.ET1 10

J. E. Johnson gave our Office a
short but very pleasant call Thurs
day afternoon. Johsnon is one Of
them he is.-Richton Review.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. D. Wing were
down from State Line Saturday.
Mr.. Wing is cultivatig a healthy
tan color which is the prevailing
tint with the Southern truckers.
He has planted 65 acres of Irish
potatoes which ought to feed all
southern Alabama. --Frui / d ale
Herald.
Mr.. j. Clark, of Adamsvillc, was
here on timber matters Tuesday,
Mr.. Mark Green, of McLain,
was among Monday visitors in this
place. Mr.. Willim Neel, of Adam
sville, Greene County, was We'd
nesday visitor here Mr.. R. L.
Roberts, successful timber dealer
of McLain, was among Tuesday
visitors to this place. Mr.. A. A.
Mcleod, of Vernal, Greene County,
spent several days here this week
in the interest of his logging bus
ess.-Moss Point Dept. in Last
weeks Pascagoula Star.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-03-20
Petition for Rankruntcx.

New York, March IA petition
asking that Charles w. Morse, former
banker and steamship promoter, be de-
clared bankrupt, was filed in the
United States district court Friday
The petitioners are Charles A. Han
nah, receiver of the National Bank of
North America, of which Morse was
at one time vice president, Frank c.
Prigle and Edward B. Shotwell.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-03-20
,.aw 70 clear = Blsck skirt.

An old black skirt may be success
fully cleaned as follows: First of all
brush and shake it well to get rid of
the dust, then brush carefully all over
with good. hard clothes brush dipped
in malt vinegar, using plenty of the
vinegar. The skirt should then be
hung out in the air for an hour to dry
and then pressed on the wrong side
over damp cloth. The ordinary serge
or cloth skirt will be found to look like
new after this treatment
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-03-20
Goes to Meet Fleet.

J.: San Francisco; ;f7March 14-Bearing
a draft of a tentative program for the
reception and entertainment of the
battleships at San Francisco, Frank
J. Symmes, chairman of the commit
tee on reception and parade, will start
next Tuesday for Magdalena bay
where he will submit the program to
Admiral Evans. Until Symmes' re
turn many of the details of the enter
tainment and the dates ON which the
various receptions and parades will
take place will be left open.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-03-20

cline from the previous year. the most
notable being in connection with the
Chinese trade. M
A great curtailment of tanning OPP
erations. with the consequent decrease
In the consumption of hides. carried
prices for these latter to the lowest
point reached in a decade. though the
price of leather was not materially af
fected. The boot and shoe trade seems
to have suffered severe check.
Silver bullion after moderate fiuctua-
tions closed the year at the lowest quo
tations of the past four years. Not
withstanding the extraordinary de-
mands created by the monetary crisis
of October. the total imports of gold
were considerably less than in 1906.
In the stock market the general
--->dorcv hos hann downward and in
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-03-20

lished by Duns agency shows the year
1907 to have been. remarkable In many
respects. the commercial activity Of
the first ten months being in marked
contrast to the depression which fol-
lowed the financial disturbance in
October.
In iron and steel the production for
the first half Of the year bade fair to
raise the years figures far above all
previous records, but by Dec. ! the
weekly output had fallen to the lowest
point since November, 1904. not more
than 33 per cent OF the entire capacity
being In operation.
In dry goods the volume of business
transacted was without precedent, not
withstanding the heavy falling off of
the last two months. The exports of
-','- nra ~ ss-ns:z shnwAss q no erl-.a6 d.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-03-20
500 PEOPLE POISONED.
'hurch Social at Upper sandusky, o.,

Church Social at Upper Sandusky, o.,
Proves Quite Disastrous.
Upper Sandusky, o., March f3.-
Five hundred people were poisoned at
this place Thursday night at a social
given by the ladies of the English Lu-
theran church by eating chicken and
waffles. Many of the people were TAX
On i'll after they had gone home, and
by midnight all the doctors in the city
we're busy. -
Friday some OF the stores could not
open because all the clerks were un-
able To appear. ~.
1t is believed that NO one will die.