The Neshoba Democrat., 1910-05-12


ship Maine is to be removed from the
Havana harbor, and the bodies which
went down with the vessel will be
inferred in the national cemetery at
Arlington. A bill providing for such
removal and burial, which was passed
by the house, has passed In the SEN
ate.
Twelve hours of hard labor for sew.
en- days a week Is ascribed by the de-
partment of commerce and labor as
the cause Of the strike of unorganized
men at the Bethlehem Steel works at
South Bethlehem, Pa, a branch of
the United States Steel corporation, In
report sent to the senate.
King Edward is suffering from
severe bronchial attack. His majesty
has been confined to his room for two
days and his condition was such that
he was not able to go to the railway
station to meet Queen Alexandria,
who returned from the continent
The demand of the administration
for two new battleships will be grant
fairs having practically decided to ac-
cept the provision of the house bill
on this subject.
Formal charges against President
William H. Taft, member of tie
Steam Shovelers union. have been
hled in letter addressed to the ma
tional officials of that organization at
Cincinnati. The president had ig.
nored the boycott declared against the
Cleveland baseball team by attending
Browns at St. Louis.
A special grand jury has returned
an indictment against DR.. Mary IDA
Guthrie, charging her with dynamiting
the home Of Jesse A. Quirk at Prairie
City, Ia, on April 90. Her bond was
placed at $4,000.
A jury in the federal district court
at San Francisco granted eight prop
erty owners $122,015 as a settlement
Of their claims against the Alliance
Commercial Union and Palatine Insur-
ance companies, all of London, Eng
land.
Mrs. Alexander White Gregg, wife
Of Representative Gregg of Texas, was
elected president of the Congressional
club.
| Announcement was made by the
Boston Journal that it will issue a one.
cent Sunday edition beginning with
next Sunday morning. The makeup
will be the same as the weekday pub
lication.
The judgment of guilty of violating
the Elkins anti-rebate law and fine
of $4,000 was imposed on the Stand
ard OIL company by the United States
district court of Buffalo, was affirmed
| by the United States court of appeals.
The Standard Oil company was found
guilty of accepting rebates from the
published tariffs on petroleum shipped
from Olean. N. Y. to Rutland, VT.
Charles K. Hamilton, in a Curtiss
biplane, made eight successful flights
at the the Atlanta, Ga aviation speed
way course, on three of which he car
ried a passenger. In race with
20-horse power automobile driven by
John Juhas for four miles, Hamilton
won by about six yards.
John H. Converse, president Of the
Baldwin Locomotive works, died sud-
denly. Angina pectoris caused his
death. The end came at his home in
Rosemont. Converse, who was prom
inent in lay circles of the Presbyte-
rian church, had foytune estimated
at more than $1,OO0,O0O.
Enrique Creel governor of the state
of Chihuahua, has officially announced
his acceptance Of the appointment as
Mexican minister of foreign relations
In the cabinet of President Diaz. Mr.
Creel will take up his new duties next
Monday.
Henry Clay Pierce is again in the
oil business in Texas following his
setto in Texas courts less than a year
ago. He has openly associated him
self with Col. S. w. Fordyce for the
transaction of an oil business in that
state with headquarters at Dallas.
In response to an urgent request
from Colonel Roosevelt the program
arranged in his honor during his stay
in Copenhagen has been cut, that the
ex-president may have more time for
rest and recuperation.
Hugh O'Rourke and Howard Thomp.
son, 19 years old, were killed by light.
ming near Edna, Mo-, Sunday evening.
The boys had taken refuge in barn.
With Colonel Roosevelt the city's
guest, and the first birthday anniver-
sary of Princess Juliana being cele-
brated, the Hague enjoyed one of the
greatest days in her history Saturday.
A long trial growing out of the re-
bellious movement in Mexico in the
summer Of 1906, instigated and fos-
tered by Ricardo Flores Magon and
his ST. Louis group of revolutionists,
ended when Judge Joseph Perez de
Leon of the First Federal district
court handed down sentences against
the ringleaders.
That the white slave traffic exists
with tentacles reaching throughout