Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-05-20
NOTES 1t is stated, Repre-
FROM NATIONS resentative Moon,


NOTES 1t is stated, Repre-
FROM NATIONS resentative Moon,
CAPITAL of Pennsylvania,
who introduced the presidents anti
injunction bill, said that the sub
committee of the house judiciary
committee may report a bill to the
full committee soon. He is uncer-
tain whether there will be any hear
ings of the bill because up to this
time there has been no request from
any one to be heard In his opinion
the bill will be passed at this ses-
sion, as it has had the president S
endorsement
Former President Roosevelt is to
be invited to head the Panama canal
exposition which may be held at
Washington in 1915 to celebrate the
completion of the canal, according to
former District Commissioner H. B.
F. MacFarland, chairman of the joint
c, littee Of the Washington com
mercial organizations, who has the
matter of holding the Panama expo
sition in charge.
That the United States will receive
100000 immigrants during the fiscal
year, ending June 80, is the prediction
Of the officials at Washington, D. C.
During April, 1926 arrived, making
total of SS2,S41 thus far this year.
The last 100000 immigrant year
was in 1907.
Mrs. Charles w. Morse, wife of the
convicted New York banker, has been
in Washington obtaining signatures of
members of congress to the petition
for pardon for her husband, who is
now confined in the Atlanta Federal
penitentiary.
The senate has passed the omnibus
lighthouse bill, which makes provision
for aids to navigation on practically
every coast of the United States. 1t
carries items aggregating about ST.
100000 1t will now go to joint con.
ference.
William L. Chambers, of Washing
ton, has been appointed as third ar
bitrator in the controversy between
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire.
men and the railroads operating west
of Chicago.
The senate has confirmed the nomi-
nation of James R. Cox to be United
States attorney for the eastern dis.
trict of Tennessee.
DEATHS Judge Charles F. Ben.
OF NOTED son, well known and
PEOPLE prominent Albanian,
died at the home of his son, Dr.
Marion T. Benson, at 600 Piedmont
avenue He had been in i'll health
all winter, and had just returned
from Florida, where he had been for
several months. His condition was
much improved, and it was only on
last Friday that his condition gave
his family any alarm. Death was
due to a general breakdown. He was
in his 62nd year.
Sir William Higgins, the astrono-
mer, is dead in London, Eng. He
was born in London in 1924, and had
long directed a private observatory
which he erected. He was formerly
president of the Royal Astronomical
Society and of the British Associa
tion for the Advancement of Sciences
Mr.. R. J. Fitzgerald, one of the old
est and best known citizens of this
section of the county, died at his
home, two miles south of Abbeville
Ca, Sunday He was in one or two
fights with the Indians when they
were being driven from this section
for which he drew a pension from the
government.
Michael Elmore, pioneer railroad
builder of the west and close per.
sonal friend of William Jennings
Bryan, is dead at his home at White
Plains, N. ].
DR.. Lindsay Johnson, a prominent
physician and surgeon, died at his
home in Gainesville, Ca, after a long
illness.
SPORTING Because he talked
AFFAIRS too much baseball" Ar
thur Laycayette, a wealthy Cuban
who resided in this city, has been
committed to Bellevue hospital for
examination as to his sanity, says an