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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-12-23
INFRINGEMENT OF
ANTITRUST LAWS
SuChIS Charged Against Three
Corporations.
Alleged infraotion Charged by Federal
Courts Said to Be Based on Report
ed Shipments at Lower Rates-Two
individuals Also Indicted.

After hearing testimony for several
days, the federal grand jury of the
United States court for the southern
district of Georgia, at Savannah, hand
ed down indictments charging an in
fringement of the antitrust laws on
the part of three large corporations
and two individuals. The Atlantic
Coast Line railway and Seaboard Air
Line railway were each jointly indict-
ed with the Merchants and Miners
Transportation Company for specific
violations of the Sherman antitrust
and Ellins laws, while Harvie Miller
and Morris Miller, grain merchants,
and members of the firm of L. f. Nil
Ter & Sons, OF Philadelphia, were the
individuals to feel the wrath of the
government It was anticipated that
the corporations and Harvie Miller
would be present, the rumors coming
from an authoritative source, but no
expectation existed in connection with
Morris Miller.
The Merchants and Miners Trans
portation Company was indicted three
times, once as a sole offender and
twice in connection with the Seaboard
Air Line and Atlantic Coast Line rail-
ways
Morris F. Miller and Harvie Miller,
of Philadelphia, were Immediately ar
rested and placed under bonds of
$4,000 each.
The indictments are lengthy docu-
ments, covering in one instance 3
pages. The others wary in length
down to % pages. In each Indictment
specific allegations are made of the
acts which constitute the alleged in
fractions of the antitrust laws.
Dates are given when the defend
ants are alleged to have made ship.
ments over the lines named at rat -
less than those on file with the inter-
state commerce commission.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-12-23
WITNESS SHOT TO DEATH.
Milton, Fla, Citizen Is Called to Front
Door and Instantly Killed.


Door and Instantly Killed.
A Pensacola dispatch tells of the
following tragedy:
Felix Corbin, a prominent citizen
of Milton, and principal witness in
the case of the United States against
Sheriff Collins, of Santa Rosa county,
Fla, and Sheriff Field, of Savannah,
Ca, was called to his front door at
Milton at late hour and shot to
death. Corbin had gone to his home
early in the afternoon, and had just
finished supper with his family when
some one was heard calling from near
the front gate.
Corbin went to the door and opened
it, and when he did there was a volley
of rifle and pistol shots and the man
fell dead in the doorway, four shots
having penetrated the body
Corbin was prominent here q few
weeks ago and also in Savannah last
week when the United States court
heard the cases against the two sher-
ifs.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-12-23
LACK TIVE RIPpER."
Man Thought to Be London Fiend Un.
der Arrest in California

Man Thought to Be London Fiend Ur.
der Arrest in California
Having admitted during lucid mo-
ments to the police that he fed from
England fifteen years ago in fear Of
being arrested as Jack the Ripper"
who committed the notorious White.
chapel crimes of the late eighties,
Jack Shaw is being detained in the
insane ward of the county hospital az
Los Angeles, CAL
Shaw was arrested through the Of.
forts of the Legal Aid Society, tho
complaint being that he attempted to
murder Edith Tyson, his half sister
The mans mental condition was found
to be such that he was locked up IN
the insane ward.
His past life will be investigated
and the local authorities will Motif
the London police Of their suspicion.
Shaw has not admitted he is the n
torious Jack the Ripper" but h.
constant references to the subject i
dictate that it is deeply impressed G.,
his mind. He is so years Of age.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-12-23
END TO ABSOLUTE REIGN.
Political Events In China Are Movinu
Rapidly.

1t seems safe to announce that the
ancient absolute regime in China will
exist only historically after the Chi
nese new year, in January, 1911. Ii
is stated that the throne has decided
to accede to the resolution of the i'm
perial senate praying for the imme.
date creation of a constitutional cabi.
net.
Political events in China have NOV
ed with rapidity that appears almost
revolutionary when it is considered
that the provincial assemblies repre-
senting the first step toward popular
government in the emrire's history
OF thousands of years were inaug,L
rated so recently as October IA, 1909.
a ChApIER In an engagement
OF near Chihuahua, Mex-
CASUALTIES. leo, which lasted from
8 O'Clock in the morning until 2 in the
afternoon, six hundred federal troops
routed force of four hundred Made.
rists, driving them repeatedly from
strong positions and compelling them
to take to the wooded mountains. I'll
revolutionists lost fifteen killed and
many wounded. There were no fatali-
ties on the federal side, but several.
including three officers, were wounded.
General Navarro was in command of
the federal troops.
A. G. McGhee, a policeman on tho
Birmingham force, was struck by a
taxicab driven by Robert Burns, white.
and was so badly hurt that he died
couple of hours later at st. Vincent's
hospital, where he was taken sooa
after the accident.
Sar uei +. Perkins dropped 125 feet
at Kansas City, while being supported
IN the air by string of kites. The
top Kite collapsed in a to-mile gale
and Perkins was only saved from Sc.
rious injury by the parachute effect
of the smaller kites.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-12-23

Found Guilty On CirCIanStaHtiaI
Evidence at Louisville.
PROTESTED HIS INNOCENCE

The Evidence, However, Pointed So
Strongly to Janitor as the Slayer Of
Alma keIlner That Jury Had Little
Trouble in Reaching Agreement.
Joseph vending, at Louisville, KY.
was found guilty by a jury of the mur-
der of S-year-old Alma Kellner and his
punishment fixed at life imprison-
ment.
The verdict came after day spent
in argument by attorneys and the
reading OF the instructions OF Judgs
Gregory. Although there We're four
possible verdicts the jury might have
returned un Ter the instructions of the
court, the verdict was merely muir
der"
The evidence presented against
Vending was purely circumstances.
Since his arrest and throughout his
trial, he denied any knowledge Of the
fate Of the Kellner child.
Witnesses testified, however, that
Vending. the janitor at St Johns
Catholic church, was seen in the
church the morning Alma Kellner last
went there to mass. The child was
never seen again, and months later
charred and dismembered portions OF
her body were found hidden beneath
the church music room
Alma Kellner was the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Kellner, of Louis.
vile, and a niece of Frank Fehr,
brewer, who spent much time au1
money in the search for the child and
in the pros ecution Of Vending.
The trial has been one of the most
celebrated ever held in the state.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-12-23
LAST SESSION OF
THE 61ST congress
Champ Clark Is Hailed As the
Next Speaker.
OVATION IS GIVEN CANNON
Present Congress viii Expire IN
Three Months BY Constitutional
Linlitation-Matters Will Be Pushed
As Ranidlv AS Possible.

Present Congress viii Expire In
Three Months BY Constitutional
Observation-Disclosures Will Be Pushed
As Rapidly AS Possible.
Both houses convened Monday for
the third and last session of the 61st
congress. The galleries were crowded
and there was g good attendance of
senators and representatives In the
senate number of new faces were to
be seen.
Speaker Cannon received a remark
able ovation when he took up the
gayel to announce the opening of the
session in the house. The applause
lasted several minutes and the Dem
ocrats Joined with the Republicans in
acclaiming the veteran legislator.
Representative Champ Clark also
was given similar ovation when he
entered Immediately upon the conclr-
sion Of the prayers, the Democrats
hailing him as the speaker of the next
house.
Both houses adjourned almost i'm
mediately after the formal assembling.
calls of the rolls and the adoption of
resolutions on the passing of those
members who have died since the adj
journment of the last session.
Congress assembled in a session Of
more than usual interest and import
ance, because in three months it will
expire by constitutional limitation and
control of the house of representa-
tives will be surrendered to the DEM
Ocratic party.
Early work on appropriation bills
has cleared the way for prompt con-
sideration of those measures on the
floors of the two houses. The bills ap-
propriating many millions of dollars
for the Indian service, for the legis-
lative, executive and judicial depart
ments OF the government generally
and for the District of Columbia,
whose expenses are borne jointly by
the federal and municipal govern
ments, are well advanced and one
more Of them may be reported to the
house this week.
The avowed intention is to hurry
those bills along as fast as possible
to avoid any hitch in providing for
the expenditures for the government.
and strenuous efforts have been made
by President Taft and other admins
tration leaders to keep the budget
down to the lowest point possible.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-12-23
COPPER COMPANY WINS.
Fighting for Injunction, Capitalists
Lose Case.

LOSC OGSes
BY affirming the decision of the
lower court, the supreme court of the
United States denied ]. Harvey Ladev
and other capitalists of New York and
West Virginia relief in the federal
courts from the alleged nuisance
caused by the operations Of the smelt-
ers of the Tennessee Copper Company
in Tennessee.
Ladew and his associates own large
timber interests, aggregating in all
2,4O0 acres, in Fannin, Gilmer and
Pickens counties, Georgia.
Just across the line in Tennessee
are the shelters of the Tennessee Cop
per Company and other companies, the
sulphurous fumes from which, it is
claimed, have been running the timber
belonging to Ladew and his associates
in Georgia
Several years ago the state of Geor-
gia began proceedings to stop the al
legged destruction The first step taken
by Georgia resulted in an announce
ment from the supreme court Of the
United States that it would issue an
injunction upon the request of the
state for the abatement of the alleged
nuisance. This application was not
made and Ladew and his associates
began the fight as individuals for an
injunction.
The circuit court of the United
States for the eastern district of Ten
nessee dismissed the petition for an
injunction on the ground that the ac-
ton for the abatement of a nuisance
was not a suit of local nature, 10
enforce claim against real estate,
and as neither of the parties were
domiciled within the district, the court
had no jurisdiction. From this decis-
ion an appeal was taken to the SUI
preme court. The court has approved
the finding Of the lower court.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-12-23
East COAST ROAD
TO extend lines
Contract For Construction of
1876 Miles Let.
ESTIMATED COST S1,5OO,OOO
New Line viii Penetrate the Heart OF
the Everglades and VIII Open Sec
tion Rich in Virgin Timber Worth
Millions.

Contracts have just been let at st.
Augustine, Fla, by the Florida East
Coast railway for the construction Of
1876 miles of new lines to cost more
than S1,500,000 The work will be done
by the Kissimmee Valley Construction
Company, a Delaware corporation, ID
begin within thirty days, and to be
completed in three years.
The new road will extend from May
town to Whittier. and thence to Lake
Okeechobee, in the heart of the Ever
glades A branch line will reach to
Fort Bassfnger, on the Kissimmee
river. The territory thus to be open
ed contains virgin timber worth mil
lions for lumber and naval stores, and
the land is the most fertile in the
state. The region never has been
developed, owing to the lack of trans
portation.
The announcement of the develop
ment plans of Henry NJ Flagler and
the letting of the contracts was made
by President J. r. Parrot, of the Flo1-
ida East Coast railroad.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-12-23
PARTIES FILE REPORTS.
Democrats Spent Less Than G. 3. r

Democrats Spent Less Than G. 3. p.
In Late Campaign.
The republican congressional com
mittee received $77,461 and dislursed
$74,373, while the democratic con
gressional committee received l27,79iI
and disbursed $27,771 during me rd
cent campaign, according to ieport
filed with the clerk of the huse 81
representatives.
These reports were made il accord
ance with the act of June rs, l910, pro-
viding for publicity of contributions.
Democratic expenditures of $500
each are shown for the CAMPAIGNS in
a number of congressional districts,
including the third Keitucky, the
eighth Tennessee, the tnth North
Carolina.
OF the amount contributed to the
republican cause, $4709 was cash on
hand at the time ting publicity act
was passed. The depbcratic balance
on hand then was ony s13,25S.
The republican report shows fifty
two contributions ip excess of 500
and the democratic report thirteen.
The largest individual contribution
to the republican fund was made by
REPRESENTATIVE William Mckinley,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-12-23
BaitIeskips For Kew West.

Some Of the large batteships of the
second division of the Atlantic feet
are expected to visit Key West during
the winter or spring. In making out
the itinerary for the battleships, Sec
letary Meyer, of the navy, has favored
Key West IN that the first-class battle
ships Minnesota, Vermont and Mis-
sissippi Will operate in the vicinity of
Key Wesf and Pensacola for the pur-
pose of d'ills and exercises during the
month OF May, 1911. On June l they
will be oined by the Idaho.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-12-23
ABANDON NAVAL STATIONS.
Sweeping Reductions Are Made Z
Secretary Meyer.

Sweeping Reductions Are Made Z
Secretary Meyer.
The results of careful, persona
investigation by Secretary George VIC
i. Meyer of many of the navy yard
and naval stations are apparent II
certain sweeping recommendations fc.
the abolition of some of these and TIKI
development of others, as set out IL
the secretary's annual report jus;
made public.
Secretary Meyer recommends giv
ing up asd disposing of the naval ST.
tons at New Orleans, Pensacola, Sa;.
Juan, Port Royal, New London, Sacls.
etts Harbor, Culebra and Cavite. H
finds that the average yearly cost o.
maintaining these stations for thu
past five years has been $1,672,67a.
while very little useful work has bee.
performed therein.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-12-23
Met DEATH IN FLAMES,
While Woman Was Hanging Pictures
Clothing Caught Fire.

Mrs. Spurgeon Simpson met hor-
rible death by burning at her home
in Rocky Creek district, near Law
renceville, Ga. She was engaged in
hanging some pictures and was stand
ing on table in front of an open fire.
place when her clothing ignited and
the flames rapidly spread over her
body. She was at home alone, and
before assistance could be secured
she was burned SO badly that death
resulted in short time.
Mrs. Simpson was 90 years of age,
the wife of Sturgeon Simpson, and a
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Will Smith.
Her tragic death caused great grief in
the community.
The remains were inferred at Har-
mony Grove, the funeral being cor.
Quoted by her old pastor, Rev. ]. S.
Asllew, of Inman, Ga.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-12-23

With his life stretching across a
century and a half score years, "Un-
Gle Stephen" Bellamy died at his cabin
home in Pensacola at the advanced
age Of 10 years.
He has lived under the flags of four
nations without changing his resi-
dence, and, with his masters, had
fought in three wars. uncle Steph-
en- was born in western Florida near
where Monticello now stands in 1900,
and was in his youth the property OF
the celebrated Jessup family. He
lived through % presidential admin
istrations, although during part Of
thac time Florida owed it's allegiance
to England and Spain.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-12-23
WILL SURREND[ :
PORTER CT. .RlT()N
Secretary Knox Aac Granted
ItaIy's Rogue !.
Wife MURDER is Charged
Nation Compelled, Under IS Treaty,
to Deliver Fusitives TO i,aIy-Qucs-
tion of Charlton's Insariy One for
Courts to Decide.

Secretary Knox has gra ed the re-
quest of Italy to surreT er Porter
Charlton, charged with Il murder of
his wife at Lake Como.
The secretary holds that the fact
that Italy refuses to su snder her
citizens to the United Sta for trial
does not relieve this count 7 from the
Obligation Of the extradit / treaty 10
surrender to Italy fugitive from JUS
tice from that country.
The question of the Insanity of
Charlton, it is suggested is one for
the cou1ts ard Eot 20 TIE department
to determine.
Had Secretary Knox refrained from
acting upon this case for six days,
Porter Charlton would have been q
free man, as the statutes required
final action in the case within sixty
days from the date of his commitment.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-12-23
FREIGHT RATES ON W. D. A.
Commission Decides Lessee Not Cor
nIvino With | aaea 7-arn,-

commission Decldes Lessee Not Com.
plying With Lease Terms.
1t is said that unless the Nashville,
Chattanooga & st. Louis railroad, les
see of the Western & Atlantic railroad.
which is the property of the State
Of Georgia, sees fit to abide by the
terms Of it's lease in the matter Of
freight rates from Atlanta to Chatta-
nooga it may become necessary for the
governor to declare the lease void and
take over the road
After thorough investigation, the
railroad commission has reached the
decision that the Nashville, Chatta-
nooga and st. Louis Railroad Compa.
ny is not complying with the terms Of
its lease in this important particular
and will Immediately certify the case
to Governor Brown for whatever ac-
ton he may deem advisable.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-12-23

Inc trio was indicted January N
last by the federal grand Jury. foil
lowing raid on the office of the M
tlonal Trust Company by posl
s, inspectors in September, 1901
! ne company, which was Incorporates
81 d Delaware, with capital stock of
si'ooo,ooo, it is alleged, guaranteed
me stock of other companies on a..
commission basis. The inspectors<de-
c'ared at the time that they failed to
ino any material funds to justify the
guaranty assertions.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-12-23
GUILTY OF FRAUD.
enarse Against Huston, For,s
U. S. Treasurer.

S"afse Against Huston, Former
U. S. Treasurer.
lanes N. Huston, treasurer of the
yml'ea States from 1889 to 1891. was
: at Washington with Harvey
I. Lewis, OF Cincinnati, and Everett
lalour' OF Washington, by jury in the
Eiminal court, on indictments chara
z the use of the mails to defraud e
injection with the operation os AZ
Saonal Trust Company and other
pe trial lasted five weeks. but the
. IA T Is odt only a few hours. The
l{Ao III I, penalty for the offense is
s1oMF Imprisonment and a fine of
loweI zee men indicted were al.
/ tbe,rlo remain at liberty IN
moti1 foa pending the hear caring Of on
,aad1Itb new trial, which win ba
few days.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-12-23
DIVISION OF BAPTISTs.
Northern and Southern Conventions
Suggested.


Suggested.
A proposition for a division Of the
Baptists Of Georgia into two conven-
tons similar in working scope to the
Methodist conferences of Georgia, is
likely to become one of the strong
suggestions for solution of the ques-
ton of moving Mercer university from
Macon At least one prominent and
influential Baptist minister has pro-
posed the plan in order to give the
Baptists Of south Georgia an opportu.
nifty to maintain their hold on the
present institution at its present site.
1t will be urged that the northern
half of the state can better support
an entirely new branch of the uniyer.
sity, located where they desire, and a
division of the scope of work of the
university will better enable the Bap.
lists to reach all patronage. 1t is be-
lieved it will mean a much enlarged
usefulness for the institution.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-12-23
Homeopaths Meet.

The twenty-seventh annual conven-
ton of the Southern Homeopathic
Medical Association opened at Jack
sonville, in the auditorium of the
WINDSOR hotel, and Inc attendance,
though small on the o3ening day, was
very representative and included ply
slcians from almoct e5ery section Of
the United States.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-12-23
NEGRO BANDIT KILLED
Held Up Train on Frisco Read, But
Lost His Life.

Jack Thomas, negro, of Blythe
vile, Ark, turned bandit, terrorizad
and robbed passengers aboard a ives.
bound st. Louis and San Francisco
fast train and in the end was shot 70
death by A. B. Walton, railroad watch.
man.
The train, the st. Louis-Memphis
Limited, had just started across the
bridge over the Mississippi on the out
skirts of Memphis, when Thomas, re.
volver in hand, came through the door
way which separated the white and
colored compartments, and in true
frontier style proceeded to terrorize
the passengers and rob them, when
the Waterman appeared upon the
scene and shot Thomas through the
heart. The negro tried to return the
fire, but fell dead.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-12-23
Falling Gun Caused Death,

Claude Sims, S-year-old son of Mar
shal Sims, was killed while playing
with a crowd Of boys in an old ware
house, at Daytona. In their play the
child knocked an old rife, which was
hanging on the wall, and the fall
caused the rifle to go off. The little
boy was shot through the head and
was lifeless when picked up.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-12-23
MRS. MARY o. EDDY lead.
Leader of Christian Science Church
D--cae 70 Eamrnh

Ta9SSS 10 bcyCnus
Mrs. Mary Baker Glover Eddy.
founder and leader Of Christian Sci
ence, died Sunday morning at her
home in Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Natural causes" explains the death,
according to DR.. George L. West, a
district medical examiner, who was
summoned a few hours after Mrs.
Eddy passed away. Later DR.. West
added to his statement by saying that
the more immediate cause was prob
ably pneumonia.
The news of Mrs. Eddys death was
made known simultaneous by Judge
Clifford P. Smith, first reader of the
church, at the close Of the morning
service, and by Alfred Farlow, of the
Christian Science publication COM
mittee, in a statement to the press.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-12-23
SENATE OF 1911.
There VIII De Exact Division of the
Two Parties on the Floor.

There VIII Be Exact DIVISION Of the
Two Parties on the Floor.
If the senate is not changed by fur
Their deaths before March 4, the new
senate Of 1911 will witness an exact
division of the two parties upon the
floor, the first occurrence of the kind
in many years.
There are so seats on the Repub
lican side and AZ on the Democratic
side of the chamber, and the political
division of the house will be on that
basis.
At present, Senators La Toilette,
Jones, Burton, Bristow, Root, Craw-
ford and other Republicans occnpy
domestic seats in the Cherokee strip"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-12-23
GIRLS AWFUL PLUNGE,
Disappointed in Love, Jumps From
Tall Building.

Miss Adele Aurora. an attache ~
the Globe Tailoring Company, In thu
Iextlle building, at Cincinnati Ohio.
committed suicide by jumping from :
window on the ninth floor to tha na,e
ment below. Her skull was frac.
tured and practically every hona ~
her body was broken. o :"
The horrible deed was witnas.ed
Dy hundreds Of early shoppers q tha}
district. It is said hc1
love. nslaent
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-12-23

80 R1c"ntea 10 $3.50. The re.
puphcap state committee of Louisiana
contributed $4,000.
me largest individual contribution
20 ing democratic fund was $1,000
York city. Ne"