Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-09-22
GENERAL nE,as
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

mission end is expected TO be strong
point in the national investigation that
has for its object the proper adjust
ment of interstate express rates.
The investigation may result in the
railroads handling all the express bus
iness in the future is the belief of Cliff
ford Thorne, a member of the Iowa
board of railroad commissioners.
The eruption of Mt Etna assumes
proportions of a real disaster. The la
va stream, whose path crosses the rail-
way line circling the volcano is ap-
preaching the railway stations to the
north, and especially threatening de.
pots at Moio and Alcantara, which
have been abandoned By the officials.
The entire crest of Mount Etna ap-
pears to be in a state of ebullit.cn.
An exact count of the number of fis-
sures is impossible because of tho
smoke, which shrouds the whole noun
tain, but there seemed to be at least
thirty openings, all sending out smoke
and lava.
At Gary, Ind, Wednesday, warrant
charging John j. Nihoff, former COM
missioner of public works of Gary,
with soliciting bribe of $4,000 was
placed in the hands of Deputy Sheriff
Morris tor service. The charges are
made by T. B. Dean, who caused the
arrest of Mayor Knots and five alder
men on charges of bribery in connec-
tion with granting heating franchise.
1t is alleged Ninoff demanded $10,-
0000 CT Dean for a coal yard, saying
that the heating franchise would be
granted if Dean took over Nihoff's coal
yard.
ginia and Maryland, members of the
Producers Association of Dairymen,
started campaign at their annual
meeting against the present federal
tuberculin tests for cows. The killing
of cows affected with the first stages
of tuberculosis was denounced and
resolution will be drafted and present
ed to congress asking for the repeal
of the law permitting this practice.
It is ccntended that milk is not af-
affected by the presence of the dis
ease in its ircipiency.
The London foreign office received
advices from the British consul at
Cheng-Tu, but these were dispatched
under date of Sept. 9. They reported
that there was fighting within the
walls of Cheng-Tu Sept. 7, when num-
ber of persons were killed and others
wounded. The populace fought the sol
diers in the streets. The rebels were
repulsed and the gates of the city
closed. The following day rouehs from
the Suburbs attacked the city gates,
but were driven back.
Operations on public buildings un-
der construction throughout the coun-
try may be stopped indefinitely as a
result of an order issued at tie treas
ury department dropping from the
rolls of the supervising architects Of
flee eighty employees, mostly drafts
men. This step was taken as the re-
suit of failure of congress at the last
session to make sufficient appropria-
ton to cover the expenses of the SUI
pervising architects Office for the fis-
cal year.
At ST. Paul, Minn., Friday, Chief OF
Police O'Connor announced that Coun-
ty Attorney O'Brien and Detective La
vale had secured the arrest in Chica-
so of H. T. Robinson, who, the police
say, was one of the men who held up
the Shubert theater watchman last
January and stole 1892. Two other
men whose names the police will not
give are known to be under arrest for
the same crime
At Butler, Pa, Thursday, the grand
jury which made a special investiea-
tion into dynamiting outrages and
other acts of violence along the line
Of tile Pittsburg, Harmony, Butler and
New castle Railroad company, made its
report to Judge James M. Galbreath,
and recommends that indictments be
brought against twenty labor leaders
and former employees of the company.
At Portsmouth, O., Friday, on his
plea of guilty to having sold his vote,
Virgil Benner was sentenced by Judge
Blair to year in the Cincinnati work
house, and to pay fine of $500. Ben
ner was one of forty indicted in Scioto
county for vote-selling.
1t was discovered after the funeral
of Myrtle Reed Mccullough, the Chi
cago authoress, that persons attending
the services got away with 125 sou.
venir spoons and many other portable
souve ,'irs.
Allan A. fyan, son of Thomas For
tune Ryan, is seriously III Of tubercu-
loss at Colorado Springs, Colo, where
lie was taken last week. His wife
ao ,on,panied him.
The inhabitants of several small
towns in Puebla. Mex, have risen in
revolt against their Maderist officials
Colonel As.or married at Newport
and sailed away on yacht with his
bride for honeymoon on the Hudson
Great Britain, Germany, Austria and
Spain have agreed simultaneously to
recognize the republic of Portugal.
Fl. c. Beattie, Jr., condemned Vir-
ginia wife slayer, blames Beulah Bin
ford for his troubles.
American warships will be sent to
Tripoli because of murder of United
States citizen.
The exhibition of moving pictures
OF the Beattie trial is forbidden in
Kew York.
Son of Kaiser has fallen in love
with Marienbad girl he saw at theater.
German finaLcial world in semi
panic as result of war scare.
Troops and food rioters battled at
Brest. France; forty hurt.