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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-26
OLD TIME MISSISSIPPI
METHODS OUT OF DATE.
Captain Formerly Waded to Locate
Elusive Channel.

Steamboatmen who have been con-
tending with low water in the upper
Mississippi river should consult with
the more ancient mariners in the Mis-
sissippi for pointers on the movement
of boats on low water and then start
out to restore navigation on the
stream.
Captain William Kelly, secretary of
the Mississippi and Ohio River Pilots
society. says this is the first season
since 1856 to his personal knowledge
that steamboats, have ceased to run
during the open season.
In the summer Of 1856, Captain Kel-
ly says, he was plotting the steamer
Stella Whipple when the water was
four inches lower than this years rec
ord The boat was towing two barges
as lighters coming down the stream,
but got stuck on the crossing at Rob
inson's rocks, fourteen miles below st.
Paul
Captain Kelly says he waded into
the river ahead of the boat to locate
the best place to drop the anchor and
pull the boat over the bar. The water
was sixteen inches deep, and the best
channel was located by wading, and
Captain Kelly returned to the boat
without wetting a stitch Of his cloth
ing
The method of pulling the boats
over shoal crossings was to carry the
anchor out in a yawl ahead Of the
steamer. drop it to the bottom of the
river and pull the boat over by line
attached to the anchor and to the cap
stan on the boat.
When all was ready the passengers
were transferred to the barges to light
en- the boat The run was then made
without difficulty till the next crossing
was reached, when the anchor and
capstan process of pulling the boat
over might be repeated.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-26
JOSEPH G. CANNON
GIVES STATEMENT
Points to Record and Has No
Apologies to Offer.

Speaker Cannon when first apprised
at Danville of Nicholas Longworth,s IS
reputation of him telegraphed from
Beverly remarked;
"Oh, l decline to answer any state.
ment which Nicholas Longworth may
or may not have made until l see it.
/ do not answer any statements which
l believe to be fakes that m1schievous
parties make. 1t is time enough for
me to answer the president of the
United States if he has any statement
to make touching on the Republican
ism of the speaker of the house of
representatives when he makes that
statement under his own hand. I will
not fight windmills filed by breezes
blown from lungs of political or per-
sonal enemies or towards"
Mr.. Longworth's statement. which
is known to have the approvaTof Pres
ident Taft, was issued from Beverly
and was to the effect that Mr.. Long
worth would not support Speaker Can
non again and belieded that the Hi
nois man would be defeated for re-
election to congress.
Later, when the complete Long.
worth statement was submitted Mr..
Cannon called his private secretary,
and for the next hour they went over
the matter. Mr. Cannon said:
'The legislation enacted and the
hxr ho nj
during the eight years 1 have been
speaker, speaks for itself I have con-
tributed what l could toward the en-
actment of that legislation. I have
co-operated with the Republican ma
jority in congress in the effort to put
on the statute books the policies of
the party, and l have no apology to
make for the part I have taken in
the legislative councils of the nation.
''In the present campaign as far as
l am concerned / will do what I can
to bring about the election of a Re,
publican house of representatives in
the Sixty-first congress and without
a Republican majority in the next
house there will be no Republican
"In the event of my reelection as a
member of the house I shall attend
and abide by the action of the Repub-
ican caucus, and, from his statement,
Mr.. Longworth will do the same, as
will every Republican member of the
house. Therefore, I have no quarrel
with Representative Longworth as to
who shall be speaker of the next
agreement touching this matter be-
tween Mr.. Longworln and myself
"If any Republican candidate for
congress feels that his position as a
candidate on the Republican ticket
would be strengthened by pledging
that he will not support me, in a Re-
publican caucus, have no objection
to his making the pledges. The only
test that l would make as to the Re-
publicanism of candidates for con-
gress, is, will he, if elected, attend the
Republican caucus and abide by the
result of the same in the organization
of the house and the enactment of
legislation in pursuance of Republi-
can policies"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-26
ROOSEVELT JOINS
INSURGENT RANKS
Defeated for Chairman Of New
York Convention

Colonel Theodore Roosevelt's name
was presented for the office of tenn
poraTy chairman of the New York
Republican state convention at
the meeting of the Republican state
committee, but his selection for that
honor was lost by a vote of 20 to Is.
Vice President James s. Sherman
was named as temporary chairman of
the coming convention by unanimous
vote, following the defeat of the mo-
tion to make Colonel Roosevelt the
temporary presiding officer.
The state committee selected Sara
toga and Sept. 27 as the place and
time for the convention.
Timothy L. Woodruff was one of the
principal opponents of Mr. Roosevelt.
Colonel Roosevelt receievd the news
of his defeat with mingled emotions
At first he was incliSQ1 to be excited
and angry.
This much is clear: Mr.. Roosevelt's
fighting blood is up. He placed him
self in writing as progressive in this
state and he is going to make his
fight along progressive lines. His
statement following explains itself:
ITO the various persons who asked
me whether l would accept the posi-
ton of temporary chairman of the
state convention l said that l would
do so only if they were sure, after
knowing my attitude, that they desired
me, because my speech would be of
such a character that it might help
If the convention nominated the right
man on a clean-cut progressive plat
form, but that it would hurt if neither
the right kind of man were nominated
nor the right kind Of a platform
adopted"
President Taft heard about the
sharp defeat administered to Col
Roosevelt by the New York Repubh-
can committee just after he had part
ed with Senator Ofane, who came to
Beverly from Dalton for a two hour
chat about political conditions and
about the contemplated reorganiza-
tion of the Republican party. Secre-
tary Norton, who was present at this
conference, took the word of the
Roosevelt defeat to the president, and
Mr.. Taft and his secretary started out
on long motor ride. The executive
Offices had nothing at all to say when
told of the setback to the colonel.
In other quarters, however, the
news caused a profound sensation.
The statement of the colonel practi-
cally placing himself in the ranks of
the insurgents caused stir only sec
ond to that created by the announce
ment of the reorganization plans of
Senator Crane and Mr.. Norton. That
statement may put the plans upon the
shelf The scheme of reorganization
is likely to remain in allegiance for a
time.
1t was never doubted here that the
leaders expected to win over at least a
part of the insurgent wing by the de-
cision to cast off Secretary Ballinger,
Senator Aldrich and Speaker Cannon.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-26
Bungling Diplomats Cause Trouble

knew that the note in question was
sent. 1t was regular routine matter
in the German foreign Office and fol-
lowed the stereotyped form.
Nations are excessively polite to
one another in their interchange Of
communications. Every letter that
goes out from the state department to
a foreign government has this cere-
mOnial finish:
Accept, eXcellency, the renewed as
surance of my highest consideration.
The cermonail letters of all coun-
tries begin in about the same way.
For instance, all of England's COM
munications begin:
George v, by the Grace of God, of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, king, defender of the
faith emperor of India, ETC."
Nicholas, by the Grace Of God, en-
peror autocrat Of all the Russias, czar
Of Casan, czar of Astracan, etc, lord
of Plescott and grand duke of Smo-
lenski, etc."
Germany's letters are very much
like those of Russia, in that they be-
gin by announcing all the titles of the
ruling potentate. William H., by
Gods grace, emperor of Germany and
king Of Prussia etc, is the way the
present emperor addresses his cere-
monial letters. The emperor writes
with a quill pen, and if one may judge
by his signature on file in the state
department, does not take much time
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-26
FOREST FIRES RAGING
Gen. Wood Details Troops to
Fight Flames in Reserves

Forest fires rage in the national re-
serves in Oregon and Washington and
aYar department has been called
y lend further aid to the forestry
feau and citizens near the scene.
u Upon receipt of the alarming news
concerning the fires near Butte Falls,
Wash, Gen. Wood, chief of the staff
of the army ordered two companies
of infantry sent to that place for fire
duty. Later reports came to the de-
partment that new fires had developed
in the forests near Missoula, Montana
A request was also made for troops
for this station.
Gen. Howe, commanding the De
partment Of the Dakotas, has asked
that troops assigned to Fort William
Henry Harrison, but now attending
the manoeuvers at American lake be
made available for Immediate duty in
fighting fires.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-26

IN the present census the govern
Z ment has made a great effort to OBJ
tain, through special agents, full and
authentic data concerning the tribal
relations of the Indians, as decade
hence when the fourteenth census will
be taken, it probably will be found
that those Indians who are now de-
pendent wards of the nation have be-
come full-fedged citizens.
The Indian population Of the United
States decreased in the decade from
1890 to 1900, from 273,607 to 1861
In 1880 the care of the Indians cost
the national government $5,206,109;
In 1909 the cost had risen to $15,-
724,I62, more than three times as
much. The total attendance of In
dian children in schools conducted by
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-26

nEER and elk preserves may play an
- important part in reducing the
high cost of beef. According to gov
ernment experts who have made an
investigation of the cost and methods
of raising venison, declare that the
game laws of the various states are
preventing deer and elk farming and
denying the country one of its chief
sources of cheap and good meat. Deer
and elk can be raised readily in near
ly every state in the Union. They are
easily controlled and cheaply fed.
The increase of elk under domestica-
tion is fully equal to that Of cattle.
The state and the government,
through its Yellowstone park officials,
have co-operated with individual
ranchmen in caring for the vast herds
of elk in the Jackson's Hole region in
Wyoming. 1t is estimated that there
are 10000 elk in the Yellowstone park
region, constituting the only great
herd lett. For two or three winters
these elk have been fed, and have now
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-26
:. 70 ARREST RAIL OFFICIALS
Storm Breaks at Chicago in Illinois
Central Graft Charges.

Two former prominent officials of
the Illinois Central Railroad company
were arrested in Chicago in connection
with the $1,5OO,O00 car repair frauds
against the road, and a warrant is out
for a third man.
Those arrested were Frank B. Harri-
man, former general manager of the
Illinois Central system, and Charles
L. Ewing, former general superintend-
ent of the Illinois Central lines north
of the Ohio river.
Warrants for other former officials
of the road will be asked in a few
days, according to officials and new
names will be brought ou- at the trials
of the men now under arrest, accord
ing to Illinois Central detectives and
attorneys.
President j. T. Harahan, it became
known, called upon Chief Justice Oh
son of the municipal court and asked
the issuance of the warrants for the
men now under arrest President
Harahan, it is said, explained the mat
ter at length to Justice Olson, who
agreed that the warrants be issued.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-26
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 90
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
s Observation-Disclosures oo'

Missing death by a hair was literal
ly true in the case of Charles Lewis of
GrantwOOd, N. Y, who fell while run
ming for. passenger train, and had
his arm cut off by the wheels Of the
rear car. Lewis was late for the train
and jumped the iron fence. The train
was under way. Those who saw lne
accident thought his head had been
cut Off He was so close that the
wheels cut off the rim of his hat and
locks of his hair
Mrs. Doflie Schneider, twenty-fA
years old, was found dead in a z
on the first floor Of q building
North Peoria street, Chicago. II
body was badly bruised and disfgurev
and she is believed by the police I'd
have been beaten to death. Her hus-
band is being sought.
An automobile was wrecked by an
Illinois Central train near Guthrie, III.
The seriously injured include Mrs.
Clara Ingraham and Mrs Ida Wood,
both Of Peoria; Walter Mottier, owner
of the car, who resides at Gibson City
and his daughter.
Absorbed in a game Of "catch" which
he was playing with his father at
Joliet, H., Matthew Ribbon Jr. ran in
front of Joliet and Southern Traction
coach and was instantly killed. The
parent made a vain effort to save the
child.
William Myers, a prisoner at the
Chicago bridewell, was stabbed to
death with pair of shears by William
Jones, another prisoner, as the two
were working side by side in the tailor
shop of the prison.
Casualties from the great floods that
inundated many districts in Japan and
submerged two of the principal wards
in Toxic, have been given out, after
official investigation, as Lip dead or
missing.
Several Italian laborers were killed
and large number injured by the col
lapse of a portion of dam of the T.
A. Gillespie company of Massena, N.
Y, on the big power canal
Charles G. Norris was killed when
an automobile in which he was a pas
senger missed the approach of a small
bridge in St. Louis, turned over, and
fell into the creek beneath.
Seized with cramps while swimming
in the Raccoon river near Des Moines,
Ia, John Parker, aged fifty, drowned
in sight of three small boys who were
with him.
Mongo Carr, a newsboy, was killed
at Des Moines by three other news
boys, who beat him with bricks. Two
of Carr's assailants were arrested.
Robert Wieman, sixteen years old,
is dead, and Devlin Graham, seven
teen, is dying, as a result of gasoline
explosion at Gladwin, Mich.
In fit of jealous rage Tony Alagna
shot and fatally wounded his wife at
Leavenworth, Kan, and then dropped
dead beside her.
Thirty-two persons were killed and
100 injured when a train from Bor-
deaux ran into a freight at Saujon,
France.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-26
AVIATORS LIKE ESPERANTO.
No Other Language Spoken at French
Flying School.

No Other Language Spoken at French
Flying School.
The connection between aviation and
Esperanto is not apparent yet it must
exist, for at Mourmelon lie Grand, the
great French aviation school. nothing
is spoken by the initiated among them
selves but Esperanto.
Ernest Archdeacon, who has done
much for aviation by offering prizes, is
an advocate of the universal language.
Henri Farman, who runs his school for
flying at Mourmelon, is a master Of
Esperanto. and among his pupils in
flying NJ Efimoff, the Russian; NJ. Van
den Born and Nine. Frank are prof
cient.
When the days work is over NJ. Far
man will hoist the Esperanto flag over
his hanger and give his pupils lessons
in the language. They are of all ma
tionalties. so perhaps that is one rea-
son why aviators have taken up the
language.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-26
SPORTING AFFA AIRS.

Chicago's prospects of winning the
National league baseball championship
are not growing brighter, as was ex-
pected few weeks ago. Instead Pitts
burg has cut the lead considerably and
what is most important of all, the Cubs
lost the service of three men-Jack
Pfester, Harry steinfeldt and Floyd
Kroh.
Danny Goodman of Chicago, after
having a good lead in the first round
ran into a wild swing of kid" Far
mer of Peoria, ILL.,, and was knocked
down and almost out at the Phoenix
Athletic club at Memphis, Tenn.
The Western Chess association be-
gan its annual championship tourna-
ment at the rooms of the Chicago
Chess and Checker club.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-26
THIRTY-NINE DROWNED
Disaster at the Entrance to
Straits of Gibraltar.

The Spanish steamer Martos went
down off Tarifa, at the entrance to the
straits OF Gibraltar after a collision
with the German steamer Elsa.
Thirty-nine persons were drowned
when the vessel sank, of whom thir-
ty-two were passengers. The surviv-
ors were landed here.
Nine of the victims on the Martos
were in the first cabin. The others
who perished were in the steerage.
The bow of the Elsa was stove in
by the collision, and her forepeak
filled quickly with water The steam
er, however, managed to keep afoat.
A dense fog prevailed at the time
of the collision.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-26
ENDORSES ILLINOIS STRIKE
Committee Also Approves Action of
international Executive Board.

After celebrating at Indianapolis
the special committee of the United
Mine Workers concluded to leave for
the conventions decision the amount
of the assessment to be levied in sup
port of the striking coal miners.
The report of the committee sub
mitted to the convention indorses the
Illinois strike and the action of the
international executive board in at
tempting to settle the trouble in Illi-
nois by compromise.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-26
FLORENCE NlGHTINGALEDEAD
Heroine of the crimean War and
Founder of Field Hospitals Dies.

Florence Nightingale, the heroine of
the Crimean war, and the founder of
the modern system of army field hospi-
tails, died in London in her ninety-frst
year.
She was never married, having de-
voteS her life to the cause of saving
life and diminishing suffering in times
of war and pestilence and to the gen.
eral improvement of hospital service
MT all times and everywhere.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-26
ITALY'S KING FEARS SCOURGE
King May Emulate Father and Visit
Cholera Infected District.

King Victor Emmanuel and Queen
Helean of Italy are displaying
great anxiety over the outbreak Of
cholera in southern Italy, and the king
has given orders that he be kept con-
stantly informed on conditions in the
infected regions.
The queen is especially touched by
the stories of the distress among the
people of the province of Bari Dele
Puglie and has made inquiries regard
ing their needs, ordering that assist
ance be rendered them, for which she
will pay from her private purse.
The king has intimated his intention
of emulating his father, who in 1885,
fearless of danger, went to Naples and
remained among the cholera patients,
who were dying at the rate of a thou
sand daily.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-26
BRYAN WILL DODGE OPTION
VIII Stick to National Questions on
Indiana Speaking Tour.

At conference at Indianapolis
with William Jennings Bryan State
chairman Jackson formal invited him
to make speeches at Indiana this fall
and the invitation was accepted at
once.
Chairman Jackson is satisfied that
Bryan will not refer to the local op-
ton question, but will confne his
speeches to national questions. After
the interview Bryan said he was great
ly interested in Mr.. Kern and that ne
nreferred an anti-tarif Democrat to
n tariff insurgent.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-26
BALLINGER OFFERS TORESlGN
Makes 1t a Condition That President
Must Request 1t.

The secretary Of the interior
has sent word to Beverly that he will
resign any time he is asked to do so
by the president, but not until then.
This is the burden of a report that
is current here According to this
story the secretary made plain this
attitude to Senator Crane in Minneap-
oils fortnight ago and the senator
has communicated it to the president.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-26
HITCHCOCK NEW TAFT ENVOY
Postmaster General Will Tour West to
Study Political weather"

Frank Hitchcock will leave
Washington in few days for an ex-
tended trip through the western part
of the United States to study the poll
tical outlook in the doubtful states for
President Taft.
This news comes right after his re-
turn from Beverly, where he had sew
eral long conferences with the presi-
dent. 1t goes still further to kill the
rumor that Mr.. Hitchcock has been
succeeded as the chief political ad-
wiser of the administration by Sen
ator Murray Crane.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-26
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. on the

TETASHINGTON.- on the
w part of amateur diplomats con-
cerning the proper form of diplomatic
correspondence nearly precipitated L
war scare in two nations not long
since. 1t was announced that the en-
peror Of Germany had deliberately
affronted the United States govern
ment by employing afiectionate terms
in addressing President Madriz of
Nicaragua, whom our government had
refused to recognize.
Great and Good Friend is the
way the kaiser's letter to Madriz was
commenced. This had sinister sig
niffcance to the amateurs. Immedi-
ately the newspapers were filled with
stories that Germany had espoused the
cause of Madriz; that the Monroe
doctrine had been thrown down and
repudiated by the warlike kaiser;;
also the emperor had been acting
queerly Of late and undoubtedly was
bent on making all the trouble he
could for the United States. After
little inquiry the war scare faded
away
I'm all probability" said a state de-
partment official, "the emperor never,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-26
QUEEN MOTHER DROPS COLOR
Alexandra Gives Away Her Elaborate
Court Wardrobes.


The English queen mother, Queen
Alexandra. does not intend ever again
to wear colors and has given away
many of the costly and elaborate gar
ments in the royal wardrobe which
she will never use. She will wear the
becoming small Mary Stuart bonnet
with the peak in front and hanging
veil behind for some time to come
when out of doors, but indoors she
usually wears a white Grape headdress
with a white Grape collar and broad
cuffs of the same material.
Queen Alexandra has left the pre-
cincts of Buckingham palace only twice
since her widowhood, but has taken a
good deal of exercise in the beautiful
grounds
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-26

The total yearly output of iron and
steel in south wales, Great Britain, is
100000 tons, of which only 100000 tons
are exported, showing a heavy home
demand
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-08-26

Foreign lumber firms which possess
and use up the forests of Roumania are
to be compelled to pay tax Of So an
acre as security that the denuded wood
surfaces shall be again reforested.