The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1911-06-29


"The secret Of the destruction OF
the battleship Maine will never be
known" said Gen. w. H. Bixby, chief
of engineers in charge OF the work Of
raising the Maine on his arrival
in the port OF Tampa, Florida.
The destruction to the vessel was
such, says General Bixby, and the de-
terioration has been SO great that 1t
will be impossible to tell whether the
ship was blown up from force from
the outside or inside. The greatest
force, however, was from the inside,
indicating that the forward magazine
had exploded.
"Jackpots" or corruption funds in
the Illinois legislature constitute zone
Of the traditions of politics in Illinois,
according to the testimony of former
| Senator Albert ]. Hopkins before the
Lorimer investigating committee OF
the senate. Senator Lorimer succeed.
| ed Mr.. Hopkins Whether any of the
jackpot funds had been used to de-
feat him for senator he was unable
| to tell the committee Of his own
knowledge He explained, however,
| that he would be the last man to know
of such corrupt practices.
Two of the Aourishlng cities on Mar
ragansett bay were visited by Presi
dent Taft. The presidential yacht
Mayfower brought him first to Fall
River, Mass, as one of the closing
features of that city's cotton indus
4 trial centennial and later the yacht
| steamed over to Providence, X. L.,
where the president spoke on his "a
i vorite topic, Canadian reciprocity, at
the Conservative Club banquet. The
i president still is convinced that the
reciprocity bill will pass.
Because a group of Revolutionists
entrusted with the work of maintain.
! ing order at Vege de Metzitlan, in the
state of Hidalgo, forced Franz Reitter,
a civil engineer, to remove HIS shoes
and then, barefooted, wait upon them
/ like an ordinary servant, the German
minister, Admiral Paul con Hintze, has
demanded reparation from the Next
can government. He mas also demand
ed indemnity for losses incurred by
the company for which Reitter was
working.
Following the. discovery of graft in
the Mexican army supply department
aggregating $10,000,00O, all of the gov
eminent purchasing agents have re.
signed 1t is alleged that General Co
sio, minister of war, got practically all
OF the money. General Manual Mon.
dragon has been ordered to proceed
at once to Europe, where supplies
were bought, to institute a searching
investigation. General Mondragon,
chief of ordnance, was able to prove
his innocence Of participation in the
matter.
In q speech at the Yale Alumni
luncheon at New Haven, Conn.,, Pres
ident Taft made his first public com
ment on the decisions of the Supreme
court in the Standard Oil and Ameri'
can Tobacco company cases. The
president made it clear that, in his
opinion, these decisions have cleared
the way so that all honest and lntelll-
gent business men can proceed with
out fear of the Sherman antitrust law
He expressed the belief that business
all over the country win be greatly
benefited.
The United States circuit court for
the district of Delaware handed down
a decision declaring that the alleged
powder trust which is dominated by
the Il. l. du Pont-de Nemours compa-
ny, is a combination in restraint OF
interstate commerce in powder and
other explosives in violation of Sec.
ton No. / of the Sherman antitrust
law; that it attempted to monopolize
and has monopolzed a part of such
commerce and decreeing that the com.
ibnation shall be dissolved.