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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-06-25
THE GOULD DIVORCE SUIT.
MuIti-MiIIionarie's Wife Had Penchant
For Cocktails.

New York.-The Gould divorce case
proceedings continue to attract the
keen interest Of the public generally
and the scandal mongers in particu
lar.
Some very racy and startling testi-
mony has been given by witnesses,
particularly servants of the Gould
household, regarding the private life
of the multi-millionaries wife, who
was formerly an actress.
Witness after witness testified to
the weakness of Mrs. Gould for the
"cup that cheers" and that she had
been repeatedly seen very much the
worse for a too free Indulgence OF
Manhattan cocktails and other intox-
icants
Mr.. Goulds former personal valet,
Henry J. Veitch, swore that at one
time he had served his mistress with
two quarts of Manhattan cocktail in
as many days, besides the wines and
liquors which he said she drank at
the table.
All this, the witness said, had chan.
ged her from a charming, affable wo-
man to one of caprices, ill-tempered
and not choice in her language.
Dustin Farnum, the actor, is now
brought into the testimony and the
case assumes, if possible, a still more
sensational character.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-06-25
wARsHIPs MANEUvER.
Big Fleet Will be Kept Busy for Two
Months

Hampton Roads, Va.-With the
steaming out of the harbor of the six
teen battleships commanded by Rear
Admiral Seaton Schroeder, the sum-
mer maneuvers of the main portion
of the battleship fleet of the Uuited
States began.
From now until the middle Of Au-
gust, with the exception of break in
the program for the celebration of
Independence day, the officers and
men will be kept busily engaged at
drilling on the waters of the Atlantic.
The vessels will remain on the
southern drill grounds, south of the
entrance to Chesapeake bay, for the
summer maneuvers, until July 2, with
the exception of five days to be spent
in coaling and taking on provisions.
Following their arduous labor will
come the Fourth of July rest, for
which the vessels will dispense to diff
ferent parts of the coast The fleet
will be reunited az Princetown, Mass,
on July TO- The fleets program at
Princetown includes a review by
President Taft
The fleet will return to Hampton
roads on August 8.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-06-25
CENTRAL is SOLD
Georgia Line Is Bought by the
Hartman interests.
STOCK 500 PER SHARE
Price Paid for the Stock Of the Read,
to the Par Value of $5,ooo,o 900, II
Is Stated, Is $4,000, ,ooo-steamssnip
Line Involved.

New York-The sale of the Central
OF Georgia railroad, carrying out
plans forecasted more than a year ago
is announced. The transactions orig
mated in negotiations eliminating in
November, when the entire capital
stock of the Central passed into the
hands of VIM. Nelson Cromwell and
John w Castles. The purchaser, it
was announced a few months later,
was E. H. Hartman, whose intention,
it was stated, was to transfer it to
the Illinois Central. The price paid
by the Illinois Central was net given
out.
Announcement Of the transfer was
made in this city by John F. Hanson,
of Atlanta, president of the Central
of Georgia. The price paid by Mr..
Hartman for the stock, to the par
value of S5,000,600, 1t was stated, was
100000, or at the rate Of SEQ per
share.
The transfer of the Central Of 6acr
gia carries with it the control of two
steamship lines, one from Savannah to
New York, and the other from Savan-
nah to Boston, operated by the Ocean
steamship company.
The Central of Georgia operates
little over 1900 miles of road It's
system touches that of the Illinois
Central at Birmingham, Ala.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-06-25
SHOCKING MURDER.
Granddaughter of General SiegeI, Bru-
tally SIain-Mother Insane.

Granddaughter of General SiegeI, Bru-
tally SIain-Mother Insane.
New York-Elsie J. Siegel, the
young granddaughter of General Franz
Siegel, the civil war hero, who was
slain by a Chinese at 72S Eighth ave-,
near Forty-seventh street, and her
body placed in a trunk was poisoned
and not strangled as was first sup
posed. She was put into the trunk
while still alive and asphyxiated be-
fore the poison had done its work.
The startling phase of the myster
ious murder developed as a result OF
an autopsy performed on the body
in the morgue by Coroner's physician
O'Hanlon. He discovered that the
rope found around the girls neck had
not strangled her.
Her daughters awful fate has driv-
en- Mrs. Siegel insane She was re-
moved to sanitarium shrieking re-
proaches at herself for having intro
duced her daughter to Chinese mis-
sion work.
The murderer Of the young girl IS
believed to be Ling Leon, Chinese,
who fell in love with her.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-06-25
P@saDw FOR RxcHARcRA
Certain Methods of Speculation Con.
demned by Hughes Committee.

New York-The report of the COM
mittNe appointed by Governor Hughes
to investigate speculation in securi-
Ties and commodities and the organi-
cations used in dealings therein has
been made public. The New York
Stock, the Consolidated Stock, the
Cotton, the Produce, the Coffee, the
Mercantile and the Metal Exchanges
and the curb market were thoroughly
investigated, and recommendations
looking to Improvement Of existing
conditions were made at length by
the committee. The most drastic find-
ing is that affecting the Mercantile
and Metal Exchanges, as follows:
Under present conditions, we are
of the opinion that the Mercantile
and Metal Exchanges do actual
harm to producers and consumers,
and that their charters should be re-
aealed."
Some of the methods of certain
exchanges are given unsparing con-
demnation IN the report of the COM
mittee, which is very lengthy, and va
rious recommendations for reform
and improvements are suggested.
The report in part says:
"The rules Of all exchanges forbid
gambling, but they make so easy
technical delivery of the property
contracted for, that the practical ef-
feet OF mWsA speculation in point on
form legitimate, is not greatly diff
ferent fxan tIm4 of gaMbliAg"
The subject of corners" is dealt
with and suggestion made that the
stock exchange might properly adopt
rule providing that the governors
shall have power to decide when a
corner exists and to fix a settlement
price, so as to relieve innocent per
sons from the injury or ruin which
may result therefrom.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-06-25

San Francisco.-Terminat in a
disagreement of the jury, with ten
determined on acquittal and two
resolved upon conviction, the trial OF
President Patrick Calhoun, OF the Uni
ted Railroads, has been brought to
an end, for the present, at least.
Five months and a week have trans
pired since the wealthy street car
magnate, descendent of Patrick
Henry, made his first appearance in
court to answer to the charge of offer
ing bribe Of $4,000 to a supervisor
to obtain privilege for his corpora
ton.
Not until each juror had pronounced
as. hopeless the prospect ~ verdict,
was the order for their liberation
made by Judge Lawlor, prosecution
and defense giving assent to the dis
charge.
Calhoun, it is said, was sure of an
acpuittal and proposes to retaliate by
bringing certain charges against the
district attorney and others OF the
prosecution.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-06-25
DUEL IN FLORIDA.
Son Of Yaneey Carter One of the Par
ticipants.

Son Of Yaneey Carter One of the Par
tcipants.
Lakeland, Fla.-A duel took place
at Carriers, a small station near here,
between A. J. Jonas, superintendent OF
the Carter Manufacturing Company's
mills, and Clyde Carter, a sawyer.
Carter is probably fatally wounded,
one shot passing through his head,
and another through his body. Jonas
is sepksusly wouAdSd, but may recover.
The superintendent had been at
tempting tO break ~ WumelinS ssssE
the mills, and Carter resented his in
reference. The men met in the COM
miSsary, and both began firing at
once. A companion of Carter,s, Fred
Jones, is in jail, charged with firing
the shot that struck Jonas.
Carter is a member of a prominent
Georgia family, his father, Yancey
Carter. having been a candidate for
governor.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-06-25
FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION.

Three Persons Killed and Several In
Iured at Denver, Colorado.
Denver, Colo.-Three persons dead,
one probably fatally injured and nine
severely injured, is the result of the
explosion of a 200-ton boiler in the
power plant of the Denver Gas and
Electric company.
So terrific was the explosion that
the heavy boiler was thrown high into
the air. 1t crashed through the roof
of the plant, and completely wrecked
the generator and the roof and walls.
The roar of the explosion was heard
for miles, and the houses in the i'm
mediate vicinity of the plant were
shaken. One of the first bodies taken
out was that of Joseph PERI, aged z,
who was playing in the alley behind
the plant at the time of the explo-
sion, and who was crushed under tons
of debris.
The property damage is estimated
at about $25O,0OO.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-06-25
"BUTTERFLY BUD" MARRIED.
Girl For Whose Ball FIutterers Were
Imported Becomes Bride.

Girl For whose Ball FlutteTeTS were
Imported Becomes Bride.
MISUNDERSTANDING to the recent
death of James w. Paul, Jr., the bank
er, of this city, the marriage Of his
daughter. Miss Mary Astor Paul, to
Charles A. Mum, Jr., of Washington,
has just been celebrated with extreme
simplicity, although the bride is a
member of one of this city's most
prominent families and the bride
grooms family is very well known
socially in Washington.
The bride is the famous butter
fly debutante" of the winter of 1907-S.
For her coming out her father brought
from Brazil and Peru 500 live butter
flies, which were released at the ball
given in honor of his daughters ue-
but. 1t was estimated at the time that
the expense of bringing out Miss Paul
amounted to 100000 The bride
groom is a brother of Miss Carrie
Mum, who was reported engaged to
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., in the spring
of this year.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-06-25
BIG SHOOTING EVENT BEGINS.

Preliminary Practice First Step To-
ward Grand American Handicap
Chicago.-With preliminary prac-
tice the tenth grand American tar
get shooting competition was begun.
Unless all signs fail it will be the
greatest tournament ever held in the
United States.
The grounds of the Chicago Gun
club, on which the tournament is
held. are twelve acres in extent, and
they are equipped with five sets OF
traps facing the north. There is am
pie shelter for more than 500 contes-
tants should the weather prove stor-
my, and the appointments are equal
to anything in the world. u
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-06-25
KNOCKS OUT PORT RATES.
Petition is Denied by the Railroad
Commission of Georgia.

Petition is Denied by the Railroad
Commission of Georgia.
Atlanta-The railroad commission
of Georgia has denied the petition or
the Beck & Gregg Hardware compa-
ny and the McCord-Stewart company,
both of Atlanta, for the reduction in
rates on special iron articles and
green coffee from Georgia sea ports
to Atlanta and interior Georgia points.
Three commissioners opposed any
change in existing law. Two commits
sioners favored granting a measure
Of relief.
The majority of the commission
held that the existing rates were not
unreasonable. that lower rate one
way was no evidence of the inherent
unreasonableness of the higher rate
In the other direction; and that these
petitions, in effect, sought to have
the railroad commission of Georgia
regulate interstate freight rates, which
II had no authority to do.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-06-25
Son of CONGRESSMAN Sentenced.

Danville, Ill.-Called to the bar o.
Justice for sentence, on conviction OF
burglary, young man declared to
Judge Craig that he was the son OF
Congressman George A. Pearre, OF
Maryland. He was sentenced to an
indeterminate term in the Joliet peni-
tentiary. The prisoner had given his
name as George De Grace. He was
arrested several weeks ago, charged
with robbing a clothing store.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-06-25
Bunker Hill Casualties.

Boston, Mass.-The list of injured
in the Bunker Hill celebration rivalled
that of the actual battle of 134 years
ago. Sixty-fve persons were treated
at the hospitals of Boston and vicinity
for injuries caused by fireworks and
pistols, and many more were attended
by physicians at their homes. Fortu-
nately there were no serious casual
ties.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-06-25
GREAT CHURCH CONVENTION.

twenty-five Millions Represented at
Presbyterian Alliance Meeting.
New York-One of the most i'm
portant religious gatherings of recent
years in the number of persons rep
resented is that of the worlds Pres
byterian alliance, which has begun in
this city In it are represented five
continents, ninety separate denom;na-
tons and nearly 25,000,000 members.
The meeting is known officially as
the ninth quinquennial council of the
Alliance of the Reformed Churches
Throughout the World Holding the
Presbyterian System. To facilitate
matters the Alliance is generally re-
ferred to as the Pan-Presbyterian AL
lance
The meeting will last ten days, dur
ing which subjects of great moment
to the Protestant world will be dis
cussed.
England, Scotland, France, Italy,
Arabia, Canada and other countries
have sent delegates to the convention,
as well as the United States.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-06-25
Conuicted of Arson.

Aiken, S. C.-Moses Stevens, a ne
gro, has been convicted in the circuit
court of arson. The conviction, which
carries the death sentence, is on the
charge of burning the barn of Mrs.
M. c. Mosley. Stevens wife and
mother-in-law testified he told them
he burned the barn for revenge be-
cause Mrs. Mosley refused to lend
him some money.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-06-25
THE INCOME TAX
Amendment May Be Submitted
to the States.
TAX ON CORPORATIONS
President Taft Has Message for Con-
eress Urging Some Important
Amendments to the Tariff Bill
Cabinet Session Held.

Washington-President Taft has
message for Congress urging the pas
sage Of an amendment to the tariff
bib, imposing a tax of 2 per cent on
the undistributed net earnings of cor
porations and the adoption of reso-
luton submitting to the several states
an amendment to the constitution CIV
ing congress the power to impose a
tax on incomes. This understanding
was reached at a session of the cabi-
net and was approved by republican
leaders of the senate, who conferred
with the president.
In order that there shall be no ques-
ton that the two propositicas to be
recommended have the support of the
administration, Attorney General
Wickersham, according to present
plans, will draft both the amendment
and the resolution. It is expected that
the corporation tax amendment, when
amended, will be referred to the COM
mittee On finance, and that the reso-
luton submitting the question of
amending the constitution will go to
the committee on judiciary.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-06-25
Thev Had a Close Call,

Arcadia, La.-During a storm, light
ming struck the residence of B. A.
Madden, splintering the roof and en-
tering the room in which Mr.. and
Mrs. Madden were. The bolt ran
down the headpost of the bed on
which the couple were asleep, and a
hat thereon was ineinerated. Mr.. and
Mrs. Madden were severely shocked,
but not seriously injured.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-06-25
EIks Elect Officers.

Tuscaloosa, Ala.-At meeting OF
the State Elks' Association, the fol-
lowing officers were elected: State
President, w. w. Brandon, of Tusca-
loosa; Vice-president, Sam Stein, OF
Bessemer; Treasurer, c.. c. Simpson,
of Tuscaloosa; Secretary, E. Shrop-
shire, of Birmingham; Trustee, Jen
McGehee, of Tuscaloosa; Inner Guard,
Sam Nelson, of Demopolis; Esquire,
c. M. Tardy. of BIRMINGHAM.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-06-25
Worlds Most Serious Waste
Waste Of Brains.
By ARTHUR j. BALFoUR. British Statesman

ARTHUR BALFOUR
~ HERE probably serious in the world than
the WASTE OF BRAINS of intellect of originality
~ and scientific imagination, which might be used further
the knowledge of mankind.
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS ARE NO TEST WHATEVER OF A
MANS FACULTY FOR ORIGINAL RESEARCH.
What wanted spark of the divine genius and invention
which the great element which look for the
of and the improvement of our civilization
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-06-25
Shot From Ambush.

Nashville, Tenn.-Near Greenfield,
Tenn, at an ice cream supper, Henry
Needham, a prominent young man,
was shot from ambush. He was shot
in the neck with a shotgun and in
stantly killed The face of the young
woman with him was badly powder
burned. There is no clue to the as
sassin, and no motive is known for
the assassination.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-06-25
BOLT SHOCKED SIXTEEN.
Children Strangely Affected by Ligh

Children Strangely Affected by Light
ming Near Sparta, Ga.
Sparta, Ga.-While sixteen children
were gathered under a large tree at
a picnic near this place in order to
escape a thunder shower, the tree was
struck by lightning. Every child was
more or less seriously shocked, but it
is not thought any were fatally in
jured.
Many were strangely affected On
the bodies of some the tree under
which they had been standing was
clearly photographed.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-06-25
Holland Granted New Trial.

Montgomery, Ala.-The supreme
court gives John Holland, under death
sentence in Cullman county, for the
murder of H. D. Putnam, new trial,
and affirms the decision giving H. M.
Norris the office of sheriff of Shelby
county over ]. H. Fulton declared elec-
ted.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-06-25
TEN KILLED-MANY HURT.
Head-on Collision of Electric Cars in
Indiana.

Head-on Collision of Electric Cars in
80 Indiana.
South Bend, Ind.-Ten persons were
killed and forty injured in a wreck
on the Chicago, Lake Shore and South
Bend railroad in Porter county, Indf-
ana, two of the big electric cars CO.
Hding head-on. According to General
Manager H. U. Wallace, the wreck
was due to a disobedience of orders
by Motorman George A Reed, of the
eastbound car, who was killed.
Reed received instructions at Gary
to wait at Wilson, a short distance
west of Baileytown, the point at which
the disaster occurred, for the west
bound car to pass. The impact OF
cars was so great that they were re-
duced to a mass of wreckage.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-06-25

HONOR CONFEDERATE DEAD.
Bids Opened For Monument to Mark
Their Resting Place.

Their Resting Place.
Washington.-At the war depart
ment bids have been opened for the
erection of a monument to the Con-
federate dead who are buried in the
Firms Point National cemetery at
Salem, N. ].
The monument, which is to cost
about $500, will be erected by the
United States government to mark
the resting place of 2,40O officers and
men of the Confederate army and
navy who died as prisoners of war at
Fort Delaware between 1862 and 1865.
The adoption of a general monu-
ment for the purpose is due to the
fact that 1t has been found impossible
because of imperfect records to place
distinctive headstone at each indi-
vidual grave, as contemplated by the
act of congress.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-06-25
Memorial Dedication.

Hartford, Conn.-With ceremonies
beftting the occasion, the monument
erected in Spring Grove cemetery, to
the memory of Henry Clay Work, au-
thor of Marching Through Geor-
gia," was dedicated here. United
States Senator Bulkley made the
chief address. The monument was
raised by public subscription.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-06-25
Elected Great sachem.

Atlanta-Frank NJ Smith, of Allan
ia, was elected great sachem of Geor-
gia Red Men at the local wigwam by
the great council of the state. He
was chosen by acclamation, and there
was no opposition to his candidacy.
The election was one of the quietest
in the history of Georgia Redmanship.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-06-25
Kills Self to Avoid Debt.

Columbia, S. C.-Because creditor
had threatened to seize his mule if
he did not pay a debt, John S. Grain
ger, a white man, aged forty years,
shot his mule in the woods near his
home in Horny county, then turned
the weapon upon himself, infiicting
almost instantly fatal injuries.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-06-25
DEADLY FEUD REIGNs.
farmers Near TaitsxiIIe, Mo-, Go To

Farmers Near TatsHiIIe, Mo-, Go To
Their Fields Armed.
Cowgirl Mo-Farmers have been
working in the fields near Tai sville,
fifteen miles south of here, with rifles
slung over their shoulders. The con-
dition was caused by the murder from
ambush of Clyde Hatfield, a young
farmer, and the shooting of Henry
Berry by night riders
The feeling in Taitsville is that sew
eral men must die or move from the
community before the feud ends and
peace is restored. Every house in
the Taitsville district is supplied with
firearms.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-06-25
choIera in ST. Petersburo.

St. Petersburg.-T new
cholera cases and seventeen suspects
have been admitted to the municipal
hospitals. A man who was sleeping
at hotel in the center Of the city is
among the dead from the disease 1t
is now believed that the filtration
beds have become infected.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-06-25
D;v;depds of e. NJ.

New York.-The directors of the
Louisville and Nashville railroad have
declared a semi-annual dividend of
3 per cent. on the stock of the COM
pany. The two preceding semi-annual
dividends had been at the rate Of 215
per cent
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-06-25
JOHN s. HOLMES DIES.
Connected for Sixteen Years With
Mobile Cotton Exchange.

Mobile, Ala.-John S. Holmes, for
sixteen years with the Mobile Cotton
Exchange, and at one time on the
editorial staff of the Mobile Register,
and a musician and organist Of note
throughout the south, died here at the
summer home of his family at Spring
Hill He was a confederate veteran,
and was wounded three times in the
Wae
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-06-25
WIcKERsHAM's SON WEDs.
Married to Daughter of Long Island
Man at Far RockaWav, NJ "

Man at Far Rockaway, N. Y.
New Yor&.-Cornelius Wendell
Wickersham, son of the attorney
general of the United States, was
married at Far Rockaway to Miss
Rosalie Nelson Hinckley, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Parker Hinckley
of Lawrence, N. Y.
The wedding was performed by the
Rev. W. H Nelson, an uncle Of the
bride. Attorney-General Wickersham
and Mrs. Wtckersham were present,
and messages of congratulation were
received from President Taft, the
members of the cabinet and other high
officials.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-06-25
EIected-smlth Indorse,

Columbus, Ga.-The Georgia Fed
GRAFTON of Labor, which met here, has
adjourned, after electing B. Lee Smith,
of Atlanta, president, and selecting
Savannah as the next meeting place
of the convention. The Federation
adopted a resolution indorsing Gov
ernor Smiths attitude in the Georgia
railroad strike.