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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12
To compIeta Continental Hall

Washington, June 5-Continental
hall, the home of the Daughters OF
the American Revolution in this city,
will be rushed through to completion
loan of 100000 having been ne
gotiated. The money is to be repaid
with interest at S per cent at the rate
of $25, ,0G0 a year. The amount al
ready spent in the construction of the
edifice is about s2G5, 900.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12
Sens In Verse
OLD FAVoFiTES.
BE sTRorc.

BE STRoEC. av q.
DE strong. f...~, s,,.,.a ~ :,
- We are not here to play to dream tc
drift. ..gSs 9fsJ 10 g1g
We have hard work TO do and loads &c
shun not the struggle: face IT. 'Tis Gods
gift.
DE strong! 9iif ,' it7
~ Say not the days are. evil-whc's to
81 blame?
And fold the hands and acquiesce-oh.
STAND up. speak, out, and bravely; in. God, >
name. =
W seag1G 3l,na ,sjszs.es sTi
Pc strong! Ie..sf:.,1. s.,
u 1t matters not how deep intrencheo
the wrong. isf i3{'ifSiti St84f.
How hard the battle goes. the day how
Is long.
Faint not. fight on tomorrow comes the
-Unidenti1ed
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12
Ovation tto Elect

Victoria, B. c., June Small ad-
vices from Australia state that great
preparations are being made to re-
ceive the American battleship fleet.
There will be round of banquets,
balls, picnics, regattas, cricket and
baseball matches. Sydney and Mel
bourne propose to spend $3.50, 600 each
to entertain the fleet.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12
ACCIDENT ON WARSH|P
Fatal Explosion on the ArmOred
Cruiser Tennessee.
FOUR SAILORS MEET DEATH
steam Pipe Bursts Under 225 Pounds
Pressure, Killing Four Men and In
juring Ten others-Governmen to
Investigate Accident.

San Pedro, Cal, June GA terri
BILE accident occurred on board the
United States armored cruiser Tennes
see Friday morning. While the ship
was steaming at 19 knots on a speed
trial off Point Puenene, Cal, a steam
pipe In the starboard engine room
burst unler 235 pounds pressure, kill.
four men and injuring ten others, all
Of the men in the compartment at the
time.
The explosion, the cause of which
is unknown, occurred only few min
utes after Admiral Uriel Sebree, Cap
tain F. B. Howard and Chief Engi-
neer Robertson had left the engine
room on a tour of inspection.
Four of the men were instantly kill,
ed and two of the injured are expect
ed to die.
Rear Admiral Sebree himself es-
capped death or serious injury in the
fated fire pit by mere moments S
time.
He had left the room where the ex-
plosion occurred not so seconds before
the fatal blast. The admiral stood
In the engine room adjoining the fire
5 room with Chief Engineer Robertson
and Captain Howard. His first init
nation of the tragedy was as he
mounted the ladder and a half-naked
fireman leaped past him suffering from
severe scalds.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12
STRIKE OF sWITcHMEN.
All Those Employed by N. c. G. ST. l..
Are Called Out

All Those Employed by N. c. G. st. l..
Are Called Out.
Atlanta, June 6.-Val Fitzpatrick,
vice grand master of the Brotherhood
of Railway trainmen, has sent orders
to all the switchmen and yardmen en-
ployed by the Nashville, Chattanooga
and St. Louis railroad ordering them
to strike Immediately. He said that
about 400 men would be affected. The
order followed a telegram sent to J.
w. Thomas, president of the road.
This telegram read
UNLESS you reinstate ali men who
left the service Tuesday and those
who were discharged for being mem
bers of the Brotherhood OF Railway
Trainmen, strike will be extended to
your entire system. Answer by
O'clock"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12
Pistol Duel at Mobile

Mobile, Ala, June 6.-Tn street
duel in the restricted districts" Fri
day night, Thomas Barry, a river pi-
lot, was shot three times, ence seris
ously, and Peter Jackson, river
boat engineer, was shot once in the
calf of the left leg. The difficulty
originated from misunderstanding
which took place several weeks ago
Both parties srefused 60 discuss the
matter other than, after a few words
theSshoeting began - - 3 As
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12

princeton, N, j., June 9.1com
M encement week at Princeton univer-
sity was formally ushered IN when the
time -honored baccaIaureate sermon to
the senior class was delivered by
President Woodrow Wilson of Prince
ton university. The town Is full OF
visitors drawn here to attend abe COM
mencement exercises this week, and
many of them attended divine services
in Alexander Hall, where the bacca-
laureate sermon was delivered. 81 {
st.s
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12
Old kig Gets in a RunaEar.

j. c. Williams was in town TIE :
day and created a little cxcitmc:
by his mule becoming frightened t
a negro and a wheel barrow, and
broke loose taking the buggy a
spin down Greene S rect but was
caught at the R.R. crossing moth
ing being broke ke-Fruitdale Herald.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12
TENNEss FOR BRYAN.
Nebraskan Appears To Rs Unanimous
Choice for praSidenrx -s4 II

Choice for Presidency.
Nashville, Tenn, June 9.-That w.
]. Bryan is the choice of Tennessee
democracy for the presidential nomi-
nation at Denver. was demonstrated
Satusday by the practically unanimous
action Of the executive committees of
the ninety-six counties In the state
The sentiment is very generally
voiced in. resolutions adopted.
Instructions to the various delegates
to the state convention here June 27. .
which selects national delegates. .indi-
Gated that the delegates-at-largt from
Tennessee will be J.. p Tyson, Of
Knoxville; G. T. Fitznugh, of Mem
phis and United States Senator'S Jas.
B. Frazier and Robert L. Taylor. -
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12
Believes Sight viii Be Restored.

Washington, June 5.-Thomas P.
Gore. the blind senator from Oklaho-
ma, who is undergoing treatment at
the Episcopal hospital here, firmly
believes, it is said, that his sight will
be restored. In the event of any i'm
provement through the treatment a
slight operation will probably be per-
formed. The treatment supplies
nourishment to the retina of the left
eye which is separated from the optic
nerve
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12
child,s Body Found in Box Car

Mount Pleasant, Pa, June 9.i4The
dead body of Anna Lucainsh; nine,
yearold daughter of Michael LucAin-
ski, Polish miner, Of Standard, Pa.
was found in box car at that place,
Her throat indicates that she was
ciloked to death after having been out
ragged Charles Williams, young
negro, who found the dead girl, Is be-.
ing detailed by officials who hope to
obtain from him more about the crime
than he has yet revealed: =--,a
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12
Now a Capitalist.

District Attorney B. P. Har-
rison is now capitalist. He is
one of the incorporators of of the
Greene Curty Real Estate Com
pany. Capital $40, COO; domicile,
Leaksville. Biloxi Daily Herald.
Mr.. and Mrs J, M. Cameron
and children were called to Pachuta
last Sunday by the death of Mr..
Cameron S father. Mr.. J.. A. Cam
eron, who took his own life that
day, The dead man had been in
bad health for some time and the
idea of a continuation of his con-
dition SO overpowered him that he
ended his own life. His remains
were. buried near Toomsuba on
Tuesday. Our townsman has our
sincere sympathy because of the
sudden and sad ending of his
fathers lie. Waynesboro Star.
Ezra ChurchweH of Leakesv lie
stopped ovssr Saturday night with
his relatives, Mr.. and Mrs. D. E.
B eannar He was c.ompaniea home
by Miss Eva Brannan who spent this
week thsre Mis-; Brannan hclds
two positions, b ,th xacting one in
the Uall Office and the other, IS
night central operator. Sic does
both we'll and certain IL deserved
this little suting. ,'is~ = S.
Mrs. Ward and mother, Mrs. Pow
ell, the ] stter one hundred and two
years old came to CltronSlle from
Leakesville WeGne cay morning
wishing to make this their home.
The Citronells' boys went to
Leakesville intending to- play two
games yesterday arc one today.
Call
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12
MURDER MANIA SEIZED BOY.
Tells Police That He Killed Two
Boys and a Girl. g

Tells Police That He Killed Two
Boys and Girl.
Norwood, Mass. June 9.1After
startling the police by declaring that
he had killed two boys in Brooklyn
last March, Anthony Santo, four
teen-year-old boy, later told the author
tiles that he was guilty of the killing
of six-yearold Louise Staula at Ded-
ham, on. May II.
The death OF the Staula girl has
been mystery and an inquest is now
in progress. Her body was found in
field. Santo made his statement
about the -staula girl while be-
ing questioned regarding his earlier
confession, in which he said that ne
killed James and Frank Merino in
Brooklyn. The police believe the
boys mind has been affected by illness
during the past few years, but they
will hold him pending further inyesti-
cation. M f.,..liy ,...,.
In his statement. about the Saula
girl young Santo said: tis..
when 1 saw her had "a madaspeH.
struck the girl once. Then I picked
up a nock and she jumped when, l
threw. When I struck her with the
rock she fell. | thought she, was dead
started to pray to help her and
make her get better When she fell
she wasn't quite dead I stayed there
awhile"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12

Horace Hutchinson. writing in Lon
ddn Country Life, says: 1T is my con-
yiction that the Japanese have the
zdnest natural qualities in the world
for golf, and when they take to the
gdme seriously we shall see sights
aid wonders in the way of fnashie
shots holed and long drives laid
dead"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12
Dropped J, Dead Of Heart Disease.

r Detroit, Mich, June 6-Hon Peter
White, of Marquette, one of the most
prominent men in the upper peninsu
la of Michigan, .dropped dead here in
front OF the city hall Heart disease
is supposed to have been the cause
of death. s 9A 3A@44H
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12

lDr. Paul Lewoniekwi, medical off,
Ger of the Russian army. states In the
Press Medicale that there prevails
among the Ccssacks of that army
popular belief that those who swallow
bullets win not be killed by a bullet
In battle.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12
UncIe Alien

Everybody has a soft spot in his
heart." said Uncle Allen Sparks, gen
lilly. 'if you can find out where it is.
Cne of the meanest men / ever knew
had deep and tender affection for a
nail nearly threeqnarters of an inch
long that h. had grown on his. little
finger"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12
Dam Broke, Much Damage Done
Was Given Fifty Years.

Andalusia, Ala, June 5.7After be-
ing out twenty-four hours, a jury re-
turned verdict of guilty, second de-
gree, against Henry Howard, and fixed
his punishment at fifty years in the
penitentiary Howard shot and kill
ed George w. Bagley at Andalusia
last summer.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12
POINTED :|||.I I PARAGRAPH PA
Summary Of a Weeks News Of
9aa1 the World. 5laza-
CULLED FOR BUSY READERS
Condensation Of Telegraphic Dis.
patches for the Ready PerusaI of
, Those Too Busy to Read the Longer
Accounts. - -

A receiver has been appointed for the
American Exchange bank of Jackson
vile, Fla. - egr ge1 oS
! The gross earnings of the Pennsyl.
vania railroad show an increase Of
$500, 900 over 1906. " - r
Five hundred tents belonging to
the Texas volunteer guard have been
loaned the city Of Dallas by Governor
Campbell to house the food sufferers
Over 100 switchmen on the Western
& Atlantic section of the N. C. and st.
l.. railroad have gone on strike. Tncy
want recognition of the union. L-s
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12

Gallipolis, o., June 9.-Fire Of un-
nown origin has destroyed the plant
Of the Gallipolis Foundry and Machine.
company, entailing a. loss of $4,000.
with insurance of $12 900. The firm
Is one of the oldest establishments
CT its kind in the Ohio valley. .:.,...s
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12
FOUND DEAD IN HIS AUTO.
Death Strikes Alabama Specialist
While Out Ridinn

While Out Riding.
Birmingham, Ala, June 6.-Dr. V.
e. Holloway, a specialist here, drop
ped dead in his automobile while on
a spin out in Woodlawn, a suburb.
Heart disease was the cause of his
death.
the mans foot slipped off pedal
Of the automobile when he received
the attack which caused the machine
to back up against a fence alongside
of the road. Passersby found the
dead man in the car
DR. Holloway was about sixty years
OF age aad Is survived by family.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12
Boat capsized; YOUNG LADY browns.

|0"H O"PS'@OU' IOUTIg E0uV DIOWIIS.
Florence, S. c., June 9.-Miss Kate
Knoblock, formerly of Macon, Ca,
but lately stenographer in this place,
was drowned Saturday afternoon by
the overtltrning of boat in a mill
pond near here. She had gone out
with a party of friends forqani outing,
and had then embarked in the boat
for row.. Miss Knoblock was very
popular here, and her death has Scast
gloom over the. town. She was
about twenty-thEee years Of age. ..4a
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12
Not at Horne

A little boy of seven, whose papa
was a commercial traveller, was in
tently examining a newly born litter
OF kittens, and remarked: ''Well, kit
ties, know your mamma and your
sisters and brothers, but don't know
your papa. l guess he must be q
travelling man"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12

New York. June 6 Five persons
suffered severe injuries at Brooklyn
when a large cat ran wildly through
the street attacking everyone it passed
until it was killed. All persons wlo
were bitten were advised to seek tie
Pasteur treatment.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12
parcels. post Convention.

Washington, June S-Aiparcels pest
congention between the United States
and Uruguay was nnally approved al.
the cabinet meeting and becomes ef-
fective by being signed In the neal
future. o .
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12

For a single argument before the
United States supreme court Joseph
H. Choate, former ambassador to
Great Brita n, once received 100000.
The effect of the argument was the.
declaring Unconstitutional OF the in
come tax.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12

TIE stranger from the east was sur.
prised. Why" he exclaimed, as he
stepped from the train I'm the South
DAKOTA settlement, ''the 4, Indians
around here look as calm and peaceful
as school children on q picnic. I
thought they considered themselves
bad" Wall III tell you, pard," "
draTled Amber Pete. they used to
consider themselves bad. but since
they nave had peek at some Of the
paleface folks in the divorce colony
they have taken a back seat"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12
.Snortinn Man Near Death

Chicago, June S.-George Siler. the
well-known sporting man and prize
fight referee, is said to be at the point
Of death He mas suffered for some
time from angina pectoris, which mas
recently assumer critical phase.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12

& A parcels post convention between
the Unitel States and Uruguay was
finally approved at the cabinet meet
ing and becomes effective by being
signed in the near future.
4 Sixteen workmen were killed ssld
seventeen Others more or less serious
" injured by an explosion in a eel
luioid factory at Ottakring, suburb
of Vienna: +: igmtss gs -i
Minister of Finance Limantour's
Dill providing for an appropriation of
S25 100000 for the Initiation of ir-
rigation works throughout the Mexi-
can republic was passed by the SEN
ate. This makes the measure law.
The .sledge used by Paul De Chail-
lu, the writer and explorer, in his
journeys in Lapland, which he de-
;scr.bed in his Land of the Midnight
Sum- has been presented to the Amer
ican Museum of Natural History.
r The Persian cabinet has been defin.
itely reconstructed under the pre-
miership of Mushir- es+Sultaneh. 1t Is
hoped that this will lead to a subsi-
dence of the political unrest in Per-
sia. E u.s. ''s3e' II, <'s
1t is declared that 100000 pounds OF
American meats that have been stored
in London Glasgow and Liverpool have
been re-shipped by fast steamer to
New York to meet the continued short
age of meat in America.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12

Tho wee boy had just beguN ooing
to- school One day he came home
and said: ''The teacher asked me for
my g:spia and l gave it to her. Doesn't
she sac she mustn't sraew other
foiks' su.n?"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12
Queer. lndeedI

"The face of the returns" said tho
chairman of the meeting, shows 81
ayes and no noes" What quaar~
looking face that must bel" remarked
an old lady in the back row.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12

Teheran, Persia, June 5.-The shah
left here Thursday for his residence
in the hills outside of Teheran where
he is accustomed to spend his sum-
mers. 81. ~
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12

Washington, June 6.-The cause of
the accident on the armored cruiser
Tennessee, in which four men were
killed and a number injured caused
by the bursting of steam pipe, while
the vessel was of the California
coast, will be Thoroughly examined
into by a board of investigation or
court Of inquiry to be appointed by
Admiral Sebree. Upon the results of
this inquiry will depend the question
whether any of the officers are respOn-
sible for the accident and will also
serve as basis for any Improvement
In the machinery necessary to prevent
q repetition of the accident Admiral
Sebree has telegraphed a report say
ing that the accident occurred at IL
O'Clock in the morning, while the ves-
sci was under full power, the four inch
boiler tube bursting. He said that
the injured men were to be transferred
to the hospital at Los Angeles. The
admirars report gives the list of dead
and injured practically as given in the
press dispatches.
There have been a number of seri-
Gus accidents to naval vessels in re-
cent years, but the officials claim that
the number Is smaller and the results
less serious than in foreign countries.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12
|NEICHDORHOoD|
)RR RRNEM(,AS2(

Hon. B. P. Harrison, of Leakes-
vile, prospective candidate for
Congress from the 9th District four
years hence visited his mother. 1t
is barely possible that Patton will
attend the Denver Convention.
'-Crysf al 81 rings Meteor.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12
China Refuses Reoues+ Of .Jans

Pekin, June 5.-China has refused
the request made by Japan for per-
mission to station twenty men in Chi
nese territory, over the Korean bor-
der, for the purpose of apprehending
leaders of the Korean insurgents seek
ing to make their escape in that direc-
ton. a9t.f0a
Dam Broke, Much Damage Done
Enid, Okla, June 5.-Mosiers dam,
200 people in the neighborhood of En-
id from their homes and flooding resi-
dences. A heavy rain preceded the
brea..ing of the dam. Fifty bridges
were washed out in Garfield county.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12
One Of the Differences.

Many a young man has become en-
gagged when he didn't realize what he
was doing, This illustrates one of
the differences between young men
All young wcmel.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12
chiIdren,s pefectlve EyesIaht.

Either defective sight Is on the in
crease among the scholars of the New
York city schools, or else a more care
full examination of eyes is being made.
Recent nominations made by the
board of heath show that one-half OF
the schclSl ? in reed IF glasses.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12

+t+if tA-t at-+rf
Speaker "Uncle Joe" Cannon Is now
at his home. at DanVille, H.
- The Ufuguayan government has
signed an extradition treaty with the
United States
John D. Rockefeller is about to be-
g,n the erection of an orangery on
lis estate at Pocantico Hills.
]. Howard Evans, brother Of the
novelist, Mrs. Augusta Evans Wilson,
is dead at Mobile, Ala. He was sew
erty years of age and a Confederate
'vcretan.
A total of 230 arrests have been
made. by the Paris authorities in con
nection with the attempt on the life
of Major Dreyfus. |
The executive :. committee of the
Union Pacific Railroad company rati-
fcd an issue of $4,000 900 bonds
This is a part of the issue of $1OO,
eco 600 already authorized by the
e.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12
CUT WoMAN'S THROAT.

She Was Retiring When AssaiIant
Slipped from Under Her Bed.
St. Louis, Mo-, June 5.-As she
slipped her night gown over her head
preparatory to retiring Thursday night
Mrs. Elizabeth CARING was seized by
a man, who had scrambled from un
derneath the bed, and her throat was
cut. She lost consciousness and is
not expected to recover.
Her assailant, who is said to be a
former suitor, escaped.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12
Ro.Iuh on the Exnerts.

W If Ananias, who has been deceased
for some little time, were now alive,
he would, we fancy, hold himself out
as an expert witness.-14aw Clerk.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12

Emory College Commencement i.7a
Emory College, Oxford, Ca, June 6
The seventy second annual com
mencement of Emory college is now in
progress having been begun with ap
Pre- cpriate exercises Friday.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12


The Alabama Epworth League has
been in session at Selma, Ala.
Pitcher Guese, of the New Orleans
baseball team, has been signed by
Manager Ryan. of the local Southern
League club ,z. ee;..aF.. s ose.,.-.
Detroit has been selected as the
place of meeting of the International
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
for the year of 1910. -....... ~.
Returns from Iowa primaries ind1-
cate that Iowa republicans nominated
William B Allison for reelection to
the United States. senate.
Robert Lee Roberts, of Dowell,
Miss, who shot himself while a pas
senger on the Mallory line steamer
Denver on May 5,-died in a hospital
at New York. eer. ,s.oth se
The plague at Guayquil seems to be
we'll under control Since May 8 the
new cases have numbered only forty
two. Nineteen deaths have occurred
from plague and eighty cases have
been cured. L er;s = ;:e
Mlle.t Feodorovna, the woman Who
made an unsuccessful attempt to as.
sassinate General Bibisboff, governor
of Voronesh, has been hanged. She
was twenty five years old, and was
formerly a school teaener.
1t is said here that the United
States Steel corporation is negotiat-
ing with the Russian government for
one of the largest steel rail contracts
ever made. They will be used in re-
LAYING the tracks of the Siberian rail
way. tscf.1s e.es 8e @ e-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12

Returns indicate the following elec-
tions for eongressmen: ~ So --
Charles Gordon Edwards elected in
the first district, defeating e X
Overstreet and w. w. Sheppard. 9..eg
Judge I'M Griggs won hands
down in the second district asfs IS.
e. B. Lewis was defeated in the
third district by Dudley M. Hughes.
This will be the only change in the
present Georgia delegation in. con- I,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-06-12

Colonel T.. F. Livingston was re-
elected in the fifth district over Jas.
L. Mayson.
In the sixth, the indications are
tnat Judge Charles L. Bartlett is sue
cessful. but the race was extremely,
close. o. H. b. Bloodworth won in
several counties.
In the ninth T. NJ Bell carried
every county in his race for the NOM
nation to succeed himself. - i'