Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-23
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GENERAL NEWS,

millionaire heads Of the big beef con-
Germs who were recently indictd for
violation of the antitrust law. It was
said many of these men wanted as
witnesses were about to go to Europe
and elsewhere out of the country to
avoid testifying, it is said, and the
issuance of the subpoenas followed.
1t was pointed out that many men
needed to testify in the last criminal
beef investigation went to Europe,
several of them being still there. The
fact that the subpoenaes were made
returnable Nov. 1 may mean that the
government expects the trial to begin
on that date
A remarkable and spectacular oil
fire occurred at Bakersfield, Cal, when
for time four flowing wells became
volcanoes, throwing flames 400 feet in
the air. Flames, the origin of which
Is unknown, started in a well of the
American Oil Fields company. The
Honolulu well, which has been quiet
for some time, began spouting soon
after the fire started and Immediately
took fire and two other wells also
caught While the fire was at its
height, fissure more than 1000 feet
long, and of unknown depth, opened
up from a we'll nearby and breaking
an embankment caused the loss of a
large quantity of oil.
At Providence, R. l., two burglar
les Meeting $4,000 in diamonds and
jewelry to the robbers have been re-
ported. The heaviest sufferer was
Judge Lebaron B. Colt, of the United
States circuit court, whose summer
home at Bristol was robbed of $40. 900
worth of jewelry. All the heirlooms
and valuables of Mrs. Colt were taken.
The other burglary occurred at
Watch Hill, where ''Intermere," occu-
pied by Hrs. E. NJ. Burial, of Water
bury, Conn, and her sister, Miss
Thatcher, of Boston, w@s looted 10 the
tune of $4,000 worth of jewelry, the
property of both women.
The president is contemplating the
appointment of Frank B. Kellogg, of
Minneapolis, as solicitor general of the
United States in place of the late
Lloyd w. Bowers, and it is prot able
the announcement will be made soon.
Mr.. Kellogg has some record as
trust buster" He has been hereto
fore engaged as special assistant to
the attorney general in some iE-ror-
tant cases. He has always been a
strong Taft man and did much toward
in hripo orip h ic
alton.
In a fire in New York city in the
stables of George Munson, on the old
Joshua Barnum estate, Hampstead, L.
l., eight valuable horses were burned
to death and fourteen others were
saved. Munson is son of John Nun
son, aide-de-camp of Col Mosby of
guerrilla fame, the owner of the Bar
mum estate, comprising several hun
dred acres, and he keeps a boarding
stable for the horses of wealthy New
Workers who are out of town during
the summer.
The strike of eigarmakers in Tampa
has reached the guerilla warfare
stage, The strikers are losing ground,
a number Of the factories having 10
eated branches in other towns, receiv-
ing forces of non-union men from
Tampa. ]. F. Easterling, bookkeerer
in Bustillo Bros & Diaz's factory, who
has been active in recruiting for the
branch his people have opened in Jack
sonville, was shot down in the street
and may die,
If Governor Hughes is to be made
chief justice Of the supreme court
he will be promoted from an associate
justiceship. Reports that the nomina-
tion of the governor as an ass ociate
justice would be withdrawn and his
name sent to the senate as chief JUS
tice have been put to rest by arrange
ments that the New York executive
has been making to take up his duties
on the bench on the second Monday
in October.
W. H. Statham, wanted in Memphis,
Tenn, on forgery charges, was arrest
ed at Denver, Colo, after a chase Of
over 5000 miles, Statham is said to
have obtained thousands of dollars
from banks in various cities by means
of forged checks. His arrest was
caused by the American Bankers Pro
tective association, following alleged
operations in Chicago, st. Louis, m
phis, New Orleans and other cities.
Near Savannah, Ge., boldly ignoring
an order to stop his automobile and be
robbed by three highwaymen with
drawn revolvers, E. NJ. Hopkins, a
leading business man, put on high
speed, drove his machine straight at
the would-be robbers, knocked two of
them down, and escaped bullets fired
at him by the third robber.
Theodore Roosevelt has returned
to Oyster Bay from his long and
lively jauni into the west, where he
encountered the reception of his
cSreer Nobody realizes better than
T e. that be is about to enter one of
th most strenuous and bitter fights
IT,; he ever engaged in during his
career as politician.
The award at The Hague of
the international court Of arbitration
in the Newfoundland fisheries case be-
came irrevocable with the expiration of
the five days allowed for an appeal
without either the United States or
Great Britain having protested against
the findings.
DR., Woodrow Wilson, nominated for
governor of New Jersey by the Demo
eratie state convention said that hn
would offer his resignation as presi-
dent of Princeton university to the
board of trustees at Its next meeting
0ct. 26.