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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-04
COLEMAN sURRENDERs.
Alleged Bank Wrecker Said to Have
Been Victim of SwindIers.

Alleged Bank Wrecker Said to Have
Been Victim of SwindIers.
Boston.-George W.. Coleman, the
2+year-old bookkeeper accused of
robbing and wrecking the Cambridge
National City bank, returned to- Bos-
ton and surrendered to the police.
The losses of the bank, according to
the latest estimate, will reach fully
100000. :
Attorneys for Coleman declare that
he was f1eeced of $4,000 of the money
which he took by gang of swindlers.
who induced him to try to break big
faro bank In New York. Coleman,
faced wftbippending discovery of his
peculations, fell an easy victim. The
lawyers. say that the swindlers are
members of a gang which has operat-
ed in Boston for three years and has
scored a number of victims in amounts
ranging from $1,000 to s65,OOO Walk
er, the cashier of the New Britain,
Conn, bank and Dr. Muir, a New
York physician, each of whom lost
hundreds OF thousands of dollars,
were victims. of the same swindle, it
is said.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-04

pests that IT was thought unwise to
turn loose in this country.
The fact that the destruction of the
trees was not regarded as an affront
by the Japanese authorities is evil
denced by the suggestion of the
japanese consul in New York that he
would see that the next consignment
OF trees was in better condition. AS
a matter of fact, the trees probably
would not have lived had they been
planted. AS the species Is a dwarf
tree they were all old and in shape
to blossom in spite of their small
size. Consequently their roots were
developed to considerable extent,
and In taking the tree up for ship
ment the roots were prunsd severely.
1t was thought doubtful by the
greenhouse man at the propagating
gardens whether they would have
survived the root pruning.
Being imported stock. they were
turned over for examination to the
department of agriculture, as is all
other nursery stock and it was found
that they would be a menace were
they planted The examination was
made by the division of entomology.
and it was found that the trees had
gumboils on the roots, as 1t were; fun
gus on the branches, and there was
no telling what sort of epidemic dis
ease they would have developed in
enough to grow leaves
AS to bugs. the report of the bureau
of entomology gave names to the va
rieties as long as the names held out.
and then had to resort to letters and
figures, owing to the fact that there
were some specimens heretofore un-
known to science Some ,of these
may be valuable bugs Then again
they may not
Consequently, there were a few of
the buggiest trees reserved from the
funeral pyre and planted out in the
experimental plot of the bureau. and
there will be an expert entomologist
with dark lantern, butterfly net
cyanide bottle and other lethal weap-
ons placed on guard over the trees to
see what sort of bugs develop, and
whether any Of them can be properly
domesticated
1t may be that the department will
find some enemy of the cotton boil
weevil or of the gypsy moth Then
again they may find that they have
escaped an insect yellow peril that
will make the green fly and the army
worm look like selling platers.
Spring will tell what sort of in
sects and diseases the trees harbor
Meantime the city fathers in Tokyo
are scrubbing and disinfecting a fresh
lot OF younger trees. and when they
arrive the scientists hope that they
will be able to pass quarantine and be
planted out as ornamental shrubbery.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-04
WANT TO KEEP WARM? GO UP
Jump in Your Aeroplane and Soar
46 Degrees Warmer, Says the
Weather Man.

"If you want to keep warm do not
go south; go up.
Jump in a balloon, aeroplane, any
old flying machine. Soar to an alti-
tude of several thousand feet and en-
Joy a balmy atmosphere.
The government weather sharps
gave this advice most seriously. They
say the. severity of the recent cold
wave is confined to the earth's sur
face. The higher the altitude the
higher the temperature Meteorolog-
ical kites at a height of $500 feet
register a temperature about 46 de-
grees higher than at the earth's SIR
face
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-04
PACKERS INDICTED
Six Great Companies Charged
With Conspiracy
TO RAISE FOOD PRICES
Action Taken Against Officials and
Directors of Great Meat Concerns
BY Grand Jury in Hudson Coun-
ty, N. J.

New York.-Six great packing
companies and twenty-one packers,
several of them multi-millionaires, So
cially and industrially prominent,
have been indicted by grand jury in
Hudson county, New Jersey, charged
with conspiracy in limiting the supply
of meat and poultry.
The indictment is drawn up under
the law Of New jersey, which pro
vides, upon conviction, a maximum
penalty of three years in the peniten-
tiary, or a $1,000 fine, or both. The
offense is extraditable, which means
that practically the meat barons OF
this country must either successfully
escape extradition or come to Jersey
City for trial
Will Force Extradition.
Pierre Garven, the public prosecu-
tor OF Hudson county, announced that
he would forthwith notify the defend
ants of the indictment and would be
ready to force extradition in every
case where the individual concerned
is not willing to face trial voluntarily.
None, he says, will be spared
Backbone of Industry.
The men indicted represent the
very best backbone of the great pack
ing industry, two Arm0urs, three
Swifts and two Morrises, all for the
most part residents of Chicago, to-
gether with less important figures in
the packing world. Their indictment
brings to a climax the first concerted
effort in the east to fix responsibility
for the prevailing abnormally high
prices of commodities.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-04
chanqe In Naval Personnel.

Washington Taft has
sent a message to congress urging
the necessity of changes in the pres
ent method of promotion in the naval
service. He pointed out how the SER
vice was crippled by having the age
limit such that many officers are prac-
tically ready for retirement by the
time they. are thoroughly equipped for
command of squadron or fleet. He
thought the ages for rear admirals
and captains not young enough for
the arduous duties of commanding a
modern warship.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-04
FIGHTING WAS FIERCE.
Wounded Officers of Estrada Army
Talk of Battles.

New Orleans, La.-Wounded in
fighting in Central America jungles,
Drigadier General Gabriel Conrad,
of Louisiana, and Captain James
Bransfeld. of South Dakota, Of the
Estrada army, have returned to New
Orleans from Bluefeld, Nicaragua.
Conrad is an English veteran Of the
Boer war, who started in Estrada's
army as captain; was promoted to a
generalship and given entire command
of the artillery for bravery. He has
an abdominal wound which will lay
him up for six months.
Bransfield was shot six times in
the battle of Recreo and brought back
in his body two bullets.
Conrad says the fighting was more
fierce on account of the close range
than during the Boer war.
Both men assert the belief that Els.
trada will eventually win because of
the superior fighting prowess of his
soldiers.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-04
Does He Ever Eat?

Faithful as the watchdog that re-
mained on guard until he was but D
shadow, jim Mann, the most per-
sistent (but not insistent) objector
the house has known in years. is ever
on the alert, and few pages of the
house proceedings arc published that
do not show his name in print. Does
lin Mann ever eat?" asked man in
the gallery, who had watched him in
action at all times of the day. well,
not while there is an opportunity for
btr, to talk and kick" was the reply
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-04
Rest After Meals.

Hurried eating of meals, followed
Immediately by some employment that
occupies the whole attention and takes
up all or nearly all of the physical
energies, Is sure to result in dyspep-
sia in cne form or another. Some
tiues II shows itself in excessive IT.
ility, sure in6 cation that nerve
iorce has been exhausted Family
Doctor.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-04
Ate Poisoned Candy.

Savannah, Ga.-Three of the four
sons of Moses Hamilton, colored, are
dead as the result of eating candy
alleged to have contained strychnine,
which the children were given to take
to their mother, but ate it instead.
The police are searching for the ne
gro man the children said gave them
the candy and told them to take it
home to their mother.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-04
More Millions For Pensions.

Washington.-A proposal to make
special allowance of 81 a day to each
union soldier confined for more than
thirty days in confederate prisons,
was advocated before the committee
on war claims by Representative Tay-
lor, of Ohio, the author. He said
10000 men would be beneficiaries un-
der the measure, and it would cost
the government $3,00O,O0O.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-04
Woman Burned to Death.

Dalton, Ga-Vainly endeavoring to
fight back the flames that enveloped
her, Mrs. Clifford McAllister, Of Pros
pect, was so severely burned that she
died several hours afterward Mrs.
McAllister was working with a defect
i've fiue, when her clothing became H-
nited from the stove. She made fran
tic efforts to tear away her clothing.
but was fatally burned before aid
could arrive.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-04
BANK is LOOTED.
High Flying Bookkeeper Said to Have
Taken $144,ooo.

High Flying 5ookkeeper Said to Have
Taken $144,ooo.
Boston.-Following the discovery
that the National City Bank Of Cam
bridge, has been looted of S144,000.
the doors of the institution were
closed, probably forever, by National
Bank Examiner Pepper, acting on be-
half of the comptroller Of the cur
rency.
Later a warrant was issued for
George W. Coleman, the young book
keeper. of the bank, who was last
heard from in Kansas City few days
ago. Coleman is charged with en-
bezzlement The institution is insolv-
ent, the capital stock of 100000 and
the. surplus having been wiped out by
the defalcatiOn Former Governor
John L. Bates, the receiver, will liqui-
date the remaining assets.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-04
REBELSYICTORIOUS
lnSurgent Army Gives Govern.
ment Forces Blow.
GRANADA IS CAPTURED
Victory Perches Upon the Banners of
the Nicaraguan lnsurgent Forces
Losses of Government Troops Re-
ported to Be Very Heavy.

Washington.-Vict of immense
Importance to the insurgent arms in
Nicaragua are told in dispatches re-
ceived at the state department.
General Chamorro with the main
division Of the insurgent army. has
completely evaded the government
forces sent out to check him and by n
flank movement has taken the city OF
Granada
The Chamarro family is very pow
erful there and the capture of the city
is most important. 1t is inferred that
General Estrada, once believed to he
going in the direction of Greytown, is
marching to make a junction with
Chamarro and attack ManagUa
The losses of government troops
have been terrific in the guerrilla war
fare which has ragged for the last few
days. Dispatches say that after the
engagement of the 10Th, scores of un-
buried dead lay upon the fields. The
losses of the provisional troops were
slight.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-04
LABOR in TURMOIL
Spirit of Unrest Stretches From
Coast to Coast.
STRIKES ARE IMMINENT

In Nearly Every Line of Industry
Trouble Is Brewing Between En-
pIoyers and Employees Throughout
the United States.
ashington.-Strikes are at present
being carried on by the employees OF
the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Com
pany and the Bethlehem Steel Com
pany at South Bethlehem, Pa.
The employees of the Baltimore nd
Ohio railroad system are voting
whether or not a general strike shall
be declared upon the system.
The United Mine Workers Of Amer
ica favor a general strike if the mine
owners do not accedc to their de-
mands and grant them higher wages
in the new scale that goes into effect
on April 1.
The textile workers in New Eng.
land are voting upon general strike,
and already half of the mills are on
half time.
Samuel Gompers has warned Presi-
dent Taft that the employees Of the
United States Steel corporation will
strike unless certain grievances are
remedied and the rights of the labor
ers are recognized to a fuller extent
by the steel trust.
One hundred railroads have refused
to grant wage demands by their en-
ployes, and labor troubles will follow
quickly once the lead is taken.
The spirit of unrest stretches from
coast to coast, and a false move may
cause a national labor explosion.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-04
Two Killed by Explosion.

Hazleton, Pa.-As the result Of a
peculiar dynamite explosion at the
Buck Mountain colliery of the Lehigh
Valley Coal Company, two men were
killed and several others were badly
injured. Frank Dever, of Freeland,
Pa, head of the engineering corps Of
the coal company in this district, was
instantly killed, and Joseph Grulla. a
laborer, died afterwards in a hospital.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-04

New York.-The loss of life by
drowning among summer bathers of
New York, New Jersey and Pennsyl-
vania amounted in 1909 to 1850
deaths, according to figures made pub
lie here by officers of the United
States Volunteer Life-Saving Corps.
New York is shown to have paid the
heaviest toll, with a total of SS6 lives
lost, of which 2S4 were children.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-04
Introduced Two Land Bills.

Two administration bills, one to ap
prop iate $5O0,0Oo for a survey of the
lands within railroad grants, designed
to expedite the surveys so as to make
the lands subject to tax, and the
other providing for a survey of the
lands in Alaska so as to cover all
lands there likely to be occupied.
have been introduced by Representa-
tive Mondell of Wyoming
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-04
DR.. NUNNALLY HONORED.

Appointed Corresponding Secretary CT
Educational Board in Georgia.
Rome, Ga.--Rev. G. A. Nunnally, D.
D., former president of Mercer uni
versity, has accepted the appointment
as corresponding secretary of the
Georgia Baptist Educational Board.
DR.. Nunnally will have headquarters
in Rome, but will travel to all parts
of the state in behalf of the Mercer
system, which includes Mercer, Bessie
Tiff and Shorter colleges and eight
secondary schools.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-04
ULTIMATUM ISSUED.
United Irish League Wants Power of
the Lords Limited.

the Lords Limited.
London.-The United Irish league
has given its ultimatum to the govern
ment, declaring that it will not sup
port the Liberal candidates at the
pending bye-elections unless the gov
ernment furnishes guarantees from
the king that the measure limiting the
power of the lords will be made law
this year.
The plans of the government, it
was announced, call for giving the
lords veto fight precedence over the
budget, in spite of the previous stand
of Premier Asquith.
If the lords, as is expected, throw
out the act, the government will ask
the king to present new peers in suf-
ficient number to give the Liberals a
majority in the upper house. The
kings refusal would mean the imme-
diate overthrow of the ministry. with
no provision made for the country's
financial needs.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-04
Alabama Wages Hookworm War.

Montgomery, Ala.-Dr Wickliffe
Rose, executive officer of the Rookie
feller commission for the eradication
of the hookworm, who is here to look
into the Alabama organization, states
that the entire South is being covered
by experts. There is a great amount
of the disease. In Florida, where he
has just been, DR.. Rose says there
have been schools found where every
pupil and every teacher is infected.
The campaign in this state will be
related to that now being made under
the auspices of the state board OF
health
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-04
BOTH DUELISTS SHOT.
Trouble Over Attempt to Remove Ne
oro | ahorers Eroro plantation

Trouble Over Attempt to Remove Me-
gro Laborers From Plantation.
Arcadia, La. E G. Balance was
shot and killed by Thomas Howell, in
Lincoln parish, and Howell was fatally
wounded by Balance. The trouble, It
is said, arose over Balance trying to
take some negro. laborers away from
the place of John Jones, with whom
the former had had trouble during the
day Howell had accompanied Bal
lance to his home. At that place
the argument was taken up between
Balance and the would-be peace
maker.
1t is said the lie was passed and
the duel followed. Balance was killed
and Howell may die.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-04
Fire Used to Increase Trade.

Kursk, Russia.-A timber merchant
named Levkin and two peasants of
this province have been condemned to
death by the military court for arson,
committed merely to make g market
for Levkin's building timber. Testi-
mony introduced showed that Levllin's
terms were 81 for every peasants
house fired. and that the peasants had
applied the torch to ten houses filed
with, sleeping peasants.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-04
SEYLER is HELD.
Charged With Responsibility For Jane
Adams Death.


Adamo' Death.
Atlantic City, N. J.-William Seyler
has been charged with the RESPONSE
bility for the death of Jane Adams
by the coroner's jury here, after a
hearing that lasted 35 minutes. The
following verdict was rendered by the
jury which deliberated upon the evil
dence for less than an hour:
eve find that Jane Adams came
to her death between s p. M, Feb
r1ary<4 and 7:15 a. m, February 13,
by the hand, or by the knowledge of
William Seyler."
Immediately after the verdict had
been rendered, William Seyler was
brought into the hearing room from
his cell and held without bail for the
grand jury which meets in May.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-04
To Dive for KIondike Gold.

Seattle, Wash-An expedition has
been organized by an expert diver to
raise the steamer islander, sunk ten
years ago in 320 fathoms of water
near juneau, Alaska, while bound for
Seattle, with 100000 of Klondike
gold in her strong box. The plan pro-
posed is to lift the vessel with huge
metal seine.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-04
New In New York.

An old man peddling pamphlets IN
lower Broadway while he sang way
Down in the Ole Con Field" attracted
a crowd and held it in spite of a fire
engine that dashed by at the time
There was nothing unusual in the old
mans appearance. so it must have
been the song. 1t is old in North
Carolina.-New York Times.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-04
HoIdino Cotton for is Cents.

Montgomery Ala.-Nineteen thou
sand bales of cotton are stored away
in Montgomery warehouses and are
demanding a price of fifteen cents
per pound. Owners Of the cotton an
nounce that the staple will not be re-
leased until the demand is complied
with by cotton brokers.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-04

A Frenchman has invented sys-
TEN of making glass so tough that
piece one-tenth of an inch in thick
ness will Withstand heavy blows from
a metal hammer. This will enable
people who live in glass houses to
throw stones without thinking seri-
ously of the probable consequences
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-04
Shot 70 Death While Fishing.

Elaville, Ga.-Franklin Giles, of this
county, was shot accidentally and died
from the wound. He and ]. E. Willis
had been shooting fish at Usry's mill.
and when they picked up their guns
where they had been laid on the
ground, Willis gun went off and shot
Giles through the hip.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-04
confemed 70 -Four Murders

Pittsburg, Kan.-Gus Thomas, alias
Ed Young, a negro, confessed at Gil
rard, near here, to the murder of Will
liam Voik, the latter's wife and child
and another negro. He was arraigned
secretly, pleaded guilty, was SEN
fenced to imprisonment for life and
was taken to the penitentiary at Lam
sing
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-04
In its place.

The librarian of a medieval library
in Baltimore was puzzled recently to
know what to do with book entitled.
"The Birth of the Locomotive" but
at length she placed it among the
books on Diseases of the Newly
Born."-Publishers' Weekly.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-04
UNDER SERIOUS CHARGE.
Georgian Charged With Being In
Counterfeiting Scheme.

Counrerreitlnq Scnene.
Valdosta, Ga.-Dr. ]. R. Dedge, a
dentist at Nichols, Coffee county,
and his brother, DR.. E. E. Dedge, of
Milltown, Berrien county, were ar
rested by United States secret serv-
ice men and brought to Valdosta
charged with being implicated in a
counterfeiting scheme.
The former was given a preliminary
hearing before United States Commits
sioner Roy E. Powell, and bound over
under a bond of $1,000 The warrant
against the latter was dismissed.
When the former was arrested a
small box containing ten spurious $40
gold pieces was found in his overcoat
pocket. These coins were exhibited
as evidence against the accused
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-04
WANT MORSE PARDONED.
Petition viii Contain Over a MiIior
Il

NEIIIOII- " III NNIIIaIII OFCI q NIIIIIOIF
Names, Friends Say.
New York-Personal friends Of
Charles w Morse, the convicted
banker, are prepared to spend more
than $1,0OO,OOO in working for his re-
lease from the federal prison in At
lanta.
John E. Donahue, of R0ckland,
Maine, who has charge of the petition
for pardon which will be presented
to President Taft, made this an
nouncement.
The petition for pardon will, it is
expected, contain more than a million
names by the time it is submitted to
the president.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-04
Eiohtino the Slave Trade.

Although slave-trading is generally
supposed to be thing of the past, the
United States contributes annually
800 as it's share of the expense OF
keeping up at Brussels an institution
known as the international bureau or
the repression CT the African slave
trade
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-04
Roosevelt Sends JunaIe Moths.

.KooSeVeIt Sends Jungle Moths.
collection of moths that live on
antelope horns has been received at
the Smithsonian Institution in Wash
ington from former President Roose-
velt- The donation came in the form
of pair Of horns on which the larvae
are snugly imbedded The authorities
are taking good care of the horns, so
that the larvae may hatch.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-04
FARMER FOUND DEAD.

Not Known Whether Death Due to
Heart Failure or Fall From Mule.
Trenton, Ga.-News by telephone
from Morganyille, this county, says
that George w. Street, a prominent
farmer of that place, was found dead
in the public road. Mr.. Street was
riding young mule.
He was subject to heart trouble, but
it is not known whether that was the
cause of his death or that he was
thrown and killed.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-04
seahoard. Increases Pay.

Norfolk, Va.-Beginning March 1,
the Seaboard Air Line will put into
effect a general advance in pay of
2h cents an hour for all skilled
laborers over the entire system, the
increase affecting about 1000 men.
to the effect was made
at Portsmouth.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-03-04

sent to Washing
ton by the Japa-
nese government.
This was not
an act of dis
courtesy to ia
pan. but was
taken as a meas
ure of self-prOtec-
ton. in view OF.
the fact that the.
trees were hope.
lessly diseased.
and carried q
number of insect