Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-10-14
GENERAL NEWS,


been sent to the Illinois Central for
repairs of coal cars which it was i'm
possible to put the cars. Under
the severe questioning of Attorney
Fisher, Sims said that in many cases
the road was charged for materials
which could never have been used on
the cars repaired. For instance. one
car was charged for twelve stake
straps, whereas two is the full equip
ment. In another case the railroad
was charged for 50-ton wheels for a
car which only carried Acton wheels.
One bill, the witness asserted, was fer
$427.51 representing actual repairs
worth one-quarter of that for material
and labor.
One of the features of the conflicts
between the Berlin police and work
men, is that nobody is able to clearly
explain the cause. The Social Lem o.
Gratis have issued statement that the
members of their party have nothing
to do with the trouble. They point
out that not one of the striking work
men of Kupfer & Co., the firm with
which the strike originated, had been
arrested or injured The SOCIAL Dem
ocrats attribute the disturbances to
the harsh and brutal attitude of the
police toward the lower classes. On
the other hand the police declare that
the disturbances show every sign Of
having been well planned, the rioters
acting in many instances as if a word
of command had been given.
Charles H. Young, president of
the New York state Republican
Club in 1907 and 1908, a model of party
regularity since he entered politics in
1887, and a consistent supporter Of
President Taft and Gov. Hughes, has
resigned from the Republican club and
announced his intention to support
John A. Dix and the Democratic ticket.
Mr.. Young has made up his mind
that If Henry L. Stimson is elected
governor, Theodore Roosevelt will be
nominated for president in 1912. And
if that man ever becomes preside. 1.
again." said Mr.. Young.
whom the police were pursuing.
Capt. Harris and GeorgH InGersoll of
Sarnia had a narrow escape while
cruising near Port Huron, Mich Their
lanuch, the Laura H, caught fire.
The flames had only gained little
headway when the engine of the craft
stopped, stalling the boat in mid
stream Realizing their plight, they
made frantic efforts to row the flaming
vessel ashore, but made little he'd
way Just as they were preparing to
leap into the stream launch occupied
by Bolton Johnstone and Alton Appel
hove in sight and rescued them.
Five convicts escaped from Sing
Sing. The convicts, who owing to the
crowded condition of the prison, had
been placed in the chapel dormitory,
attacked two keepers, one of whom
was beaten into insensibility and the
other bound and gagged. Then the
convicts, having sawed the bars of a
window on the second floor of the DOR
mitory, let themselves down on ropes
made by tearing portions of their
clothing into strips, dropped into the
Hudson river, which runs past the
prison, and swan down stream.
Miss Annie Leary, of New York
city, countess of the papal court,
gave a dinner at her residence, 1882
Fifth avenue, to Cardinals Vannutelli
and Logue. Cardinal Gibbons was
also invited, but could not accept.
There were fifty-two guests present.
Miss Leary sat at the head of the
table with a cardinal at each hand and
down the long rows of tables, which
extended the entire length of the Sec
Catholics and socially prominent New
Workers.
Lieut.. Gov. Horace White succeeded
Charles E. Hughes as governor of New
York state. The ceremony attending
the change of administration was the
briefest possible. 1t took place in the
reception room of the executive cham
Der suite Immediately after the gov
ernor's luncheon at the executive man.
sion in honor of Gov. White. Gov.
Hughes went to Washington to assume
his place on the supreme bench as an
associate justice of the United States
supreme court.
The recent action of the Bal
timore board of police commission.
ers in placing an armed guard around
police headquarters in an effort to re-
sist the seating of a temporary board
constitutes resistance of the lawful
authority of the state, in the belief of
Governor Austin l.. Crothers, and he
declared that he will take all neces-
sary steps to put it down, even to the
extent of calling out the militia to en-
force his orders.
At Denver, Colorado, headed by
Lieutenant Governor Fitzgerald. and
backed by numbers of their colleagues,
the senate half of a conference COM
mittee invaded the lower house,
usurped the speakers chair and stayed
there until the house members OF a
joint committee presented report of
inability to agree. The action was un-
precedented in Colorado and created
wild uproar.
King Frederick of Denmark received
Booker T. Washington at Corenhagen
and conversed with him at length on
the subject of the negro race. The
king asked the American negro for a
copy of his publications. Later, as
guest of prominent Danes, Mr.. Wash
ington motored to Roskilde. the old
time capital, where he visited school
and had lur cheon.
The special federal grard jury sit
ting in Chicago which indicted ten
Chicago millionaire packers several
weeks ago. expects to close its inves-
tigatiors with a new batch of indict-
ments before Oct 15.
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