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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-02-24
ILLINOIS STATE NEWS
Ssseso oo,so see.sss.s.,

Several families at Desplaines, ILL.,.
took refuge on the roofs OF their
homes, dykes We're swept away, cattle
drowned and damage amounting to
several hundred thousand dollars re
suited when the Pecatonica, Rock and
Desplaines rivers went on a rampage
FTeeport, III, seventeen miles west
of Rockford, suffered the most from
the floor OF the Peoatonica, which is
said TO lie at the highest stage it has
reached in fifty years. Power plants
were put out Of commission. light and
street railway service paraly1ed and
the Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul
railroad tracks covered with water
A. f. Meedes, his wife and two chill.
dren were rescued by men in boats
from the roof of their home at Scioto
Mills, where they took refuge from the
flood. They had been On the roof for
hours and were faint from hunger ard
exposure when rescued.
Senator Cullen, figured on the as
sumption that his vote in the senate
will decide the fate of his colleague,
William Lorimer, is the center of Il
movement which friends of the sera-
tor declare may drive him to his grave.
A deluge of letters, kilograms and per-
sonal messages has been started from
the state capital, his old home, ami
through all his career the political
headquarters of Senator Cullen, to IL
fuence his vote on Senator Lorimer
Premature revelation Of the plan,
which is said to have been quietly en-
eineered by Mr.. Lorimer's friends to
influence Senator Cullom to vote for
Lorimer aroused the antiIorimer ele-
ment in the legislature, with the re-.
suit that the senior senator is between
two fires from his home state.
Jails Of Illinois and the treatment OF
prisoners in them are severely con
demred in report issued by the state
charities commission, following its
first inspection of these institutions
The commission finds by comparing
its reports with the report issued in
1870 by the old state board of chari-
ties that no improvement has been
made in the jails for forty years.
The common jail is called a relic of
the dark aces, a disseminator Of foul
diseases and tuberculosis, a school for
crime, a violator of the laws them
selves, a place of detention where
men are debased physically by unfit
and insufficient food and morally by
vicious environment.
States Attorney Connolly OF CLARK
county iH an interview at Marshall
says he will urge an investigation Of
vote selling before the grand jury.
The county is in the same judicial
district as Vermilion county. 1t is
commonly reported that party leaders
have lists of 1000 purchasable voters
in the county, 800 of whom are in
Marshall township. The announce
ment by the states attorney was un-
expected. The grand jury will meet
the first Monday in March.
AT Springfield subpoenas for Ed
mund Burke of Springfield and
John E. Wayman of Chicago, the two
states attorneys who investigated the
legislative bribery scandal, have been
issued Decision to bring the officials
! before the senate committee which is
| investigatii.s, the charges of legisla-
tive bribery was reached at meeting.
The investigation will start on Friday
of next week in the statehouse.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-02-24


Used In Construction Of the Panama
CanaI-Petticoat Regime to Continue
Business as Family Monopoly With
Assistance From Mere Men.
One of the most unique situations in
The industrial history Of Illinois exists
at Aurora and concerns its largest
manufacturing plant outside Of the
Burlington railroad shops.
BY the death of the late Charles II.
Smith nine women are left in control
of the great plant at the eastern edge
of the city of Aurora that employs
hundreds of men and turns out road
construction machinery and railroad
cars that are shipped to every part of
the world. One-half of the material
used in building the Panama canal
has been manufactured at the gigantic
factory now owned solely by women
Many years ago the late Warren
Beclwith was road master of the Bur.
lington division of the Burlington rail.
road in Iowa. Charles ii. Smith was
his clerk. AS the Burlington railroad
was being built through Iowa Beck.
with had much to do with its construc-
tion. He decided to go into this kind
of work and took his young clerk as
partner.
Start In Business.
In their work these two men found
use for road graders and they COM
menced 10 manufacture in small
way for themselves only. Then they
found Il demand for their product
among competing companies, and soon
they established a factory for the man
ufacture of scrapers. This was at
Mount Pleasant, Ia, and was the be-
ginning of the company now owned by
nine women.
Captain Eeckwith and the late DR..
Mcclure of Mount Pleasant, Ia, had
married sisters. the Misses Porter of
that city. Beckwith and Smith asked
Mcclure to take some stock in the
company. and he did so. Today the
entire stock of the company is held by
the families of these men, all of whom
are dead. Further, the stock is con-
trollcd by the women of the three
daughters. Stella Edna and Genevieve,
Aurora; Mrs. S. e. Beckwith and her
stcpdaughter. Mrs. Trigg Garner. the
wife of Kansas City physician: Mrs.
A. n. Mcclure and daughters, Miss
Martha of Mount Pleasant and Mrs.
Mae Mcclure Kelly of Lincoln. Neb.
DR.. Mcclure was the first to die;
-, fnI In
years later. and then Captain Smith,
who died last year.
Women to Manage.
There will be no change in the man.
agcment of the seraper company. This
was the desire of the late Captain
Smith and his partner, and their
wishes will be CARED out by those
into whose hands the property has
come. The scraper company has been
q family institution for years. Nearly
all the heads of departments and many
OF the employees have been with the
company for years and went to Aurora
when tho institution was moved from
Mount Pleasant, la.
AS the corporation laws of Illinois
/ require that certain forms shall be
/ complied with, the nine women who
own the company will meet and ar
range for the new board of directors
and for the officers.
4 1t is probable that they will select
/ the board from their own number and
will choose their own officers. These.
however. will act merely in an ad-
visory way, while the active manage
ment of the scraper company will be
in the same hands that it has for many
years.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-02-24
POSTAL CLERKS SEE RELIEF
Chicago Ministers Seek to Free Them
of Sunday Labor.

Ministers in Chicago started a move
ment, furthered by the Chicago Chris
tian Endeavor Union, to relieve mail
clerks and carriers of Sunday work.
A special committee of the Christian
Endeavor Union outlined the cam
paign which ministers associations Of
the Presbyterian, Episcopal, Metho-
dist, Christian, Roman Catholic. Jew
ish and other denominations indorsed.
TIE Rt. Rev. c. p Anderson of the
Episcopal church said: 1T is an in
justice to expect these faithful public
servants to work on Sunday TO accom-
modate small number of PEOPLE I
am in accord with the movement TO
free postal employees of unnecessary
Sunday labor"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-02-24
HONOR MAINE DEAD
Spanish War Veterans Conduct Memo.
rial Services at the Wreck

At Havana, Cuba, the final memo
rial services to be held over the wreck
of the Maine were conducted by the
Havana camp Of the United Spanish
War Veterans, the occasion being the
thirteenth anniversary Of the destruc-
tion of tie battleship. The Havana
chapter Of the Daughters Of the Amer
ican Revolution participated and a
great corcourse which thronged the
decks of a score of steamers viewed
the ceremonies.
1t was the first time that Cuba had
shared officially in the anniversary
ceremony Vive President Zayas
made the principal address and repre-.
sentatives of the Cuban army and
navy and of the various departments
of the government were present.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-02-24
ADOPTS NEW SCENERY IDEA.
innovation of Alexander to Be Used by
Frohnan.

Frohnan.
John w. Alexander, president of the
New York Academy of Design, has de-
vised Il method of making scenery for
plays, which Charles FroNman after
testing in "Chantecler' has said he
will adopt for all his productions. The
new method, it is claimed, will revolu-
tonize the singing Of plays and will
permit small theaters, such as those
in zone night stands. to have the ben
eft of all the scenery of company.
1t gives atmosphere and perspective to
n setting to an uncommon degree.
The scenery is wonderfully light and
takes only a fraction Of the space
which otherwise would be required.
"The scenery is made of filmy hang
ings against a background Of black
velvet" said Mr.. Alexander. THESE
hangings, which are as thin as tissue
paper. are tinted with colors sprayed
on them TO represent the scene. Most
Of the light is thrown against them
from the rear instead of baN from the
footlights, and this. filteriSH. through
them. causes the trees, houses, clouds
and sky and everything else to stand
out as il real"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-02-24
PROPOSAL. DEFEATED
Bennett Resolution for Annexation Of
Canada Voted Down.

To Offset annexation talk which the
administration feared might affect the
reciprocity agreement, the house COM
mittee on foreign affairs, by a vote
of 8 to l., reported adversely on the
resolution introduced by Representa-
tive Bennett of New York for the open
irg of negotiations with Great Britain
locking to the annexation of Canada.
OF the committee, Mr.. Bennett alone
voted for the resolution.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-02-24
FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER
Or. Panchenko and Count De Lacy
Condemned TO Convict Lator.

In the Panchenko murder case in St.
Petersburg the jury returned a vcr-
dict of guilty against Count lie Lacey
and found eXtenuating circumstances
in the case OF Or. Pancnenko on the
ground that he was Court De l4acy's
tool Nine. Mauyiera was acquitted
She forthwith tainted and WIS lo
moved from the court room.
Count De Lacy was condemned to
convict labor for life and Dr. Panchen-
ko was sentenced to convict labor for
fifteen years. Panchenko sat in a
dazed condition when the sentence
was imposed, while Count De Lacy
rose and shook hands with his de-
tenders.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-02-24
YOUTHS GET LIFE TERMS
TWO Young Chicago Desperadoes Are
Sentenced by Court.

At Chicago Friday Raymond Can.
non and Earl Bird, alias Joseph Nc
Donald. youthful bandits whose orgy
of crime made a sensation last No
vember, were found guilty of the mur-
der of John Ostoszewsky, whom they
shot and robbed at Evergreen and
North Srauldirg avenues.
They were sentenced to penitentiary
for life by Judge Kayanagh.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-02-24
ENGINE BOILER EXPLODES
Fireman and Brakeman Killed and
Engineer Fatally Injured.

Near Ingalton, ILL.,, two trainmen
we've killed and another fatally in
jured as the result Of the explosion Of
the boiler of locomotive on the Chi
cago Great Western railroad.
The men killed were the fireman and
brakeman, and the third man, believed
to be fatally injured, was the engineer
in charge.
Others received minor injuries from
flying debris when the huge locomo-
tive was shattered to pieces by the
force of the explosion of the boiler.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-02-24
Green Beetle Bio Eater.

The congressional house committee
on agriculture has learned from DR.. L.
O. Howard, chief entomologist. that
the green beetle. the tree climbing
variety, will eat from twenty-five to
thirty caterpillars day. Chairman
Scott marveled, inasmuch as the cater
pillar is so much larger than the
beetle.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-02-24
At the national corn exhibition held

in Columbus, O., last week, X. A.
James, young farmer of Coles coun-
ty, ILL.,, won the $1,000 trophy for best
single ear of corn grown in the United
States during the season of 1910. Mr..
James began to study corn breeding
about five years ago. He chose the
yellow dent variety Of the Reid type.
He has won many premiums at the To-
cal and state fairs. The ear that cap
tured the national prize at Columbus
measures ten inches in length, seven
and one-half inches in circumference
and has twenty-ons rows Of grains
with an average depth Of five-eightha
of an inch.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-02-24
Hot sprinos Has s5o.ouo Fire.

At Hot Springs, Ark, Monday, fire
gutted the Southern Hoted on Whit
tington avenue, causing s50.0r0 dam
age.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-02-24
~
lincoln's Second
Inaugural Address
March a.. 1865

oath of tie
%@N@ extendyd han1there a first
atement somewhat n a o be
B. eened pfoper expiration
I8 b of four Years during wJh declarations
constantly called fo4h
the great ttes which ky atsorbs
energies taSnaton
% be p7eseE eEted. The pogss
cay aA o public
myse|f reasonably satisfactory
cou{ {ng t,3h hope
Ns# dict ton IT voaured
@ 2 n the correspoA Adlng
thoughts impending
inaugural being delivered
from this devot altogether
thd seeking wthduar
divide Deprecated
oud n501 survive
accept le perish
vaole population
Of
peculiar ana
t strengthen perpetpate
the OBJECT fol which
while the claimed right more
enlargement party expected
which Neither
pray
gan may strange any
should dare Just assistance rngnd their bread from the
faces be judged
prayers neither
Almighty has pqrpoes
neelsI that oGenses cQme-Aut
suppose slavery
which, the providence @
appointed ting
t7
cae discern departure
those divine attributes which e believers living God always
FOny fenty mighty
may speedily wills
bondsms 250 years
bocd drawn with the
Aears
judgments o righteous
TOWARD NONE, ct7aai.Y
bind nations Mounds
battle widow and
nations
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-02-24

bare gave tbeii' lives tbat tbair nation n1i9bt
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-02-24

Together fitting and proper b2t we Should % tb9
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-02-24
Nine WOMEN TO
OPERATE PLANT
Curious Condition In Illinois
Through Founders Wills.
FACTORY IS GIGANTIC ONE.

Supplied More Than Half the Material
Used In Construction Of tho Panama
canal-Petticoat Regime to Continue
Business as Family Monopoly With
Assistance From Mere Men.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-02-24

Iportion q GaG feId IS TinaI estnA pLAee lor tb0
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-02-24

ceived aMd 50 dedieatQN, ,eAn Eenq endNre! !GETl
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-02-24

civil war; testing whether tbat nation o. a1y nation
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-02-24

great BATTLEFIELD Of the warl5d5fle Ia
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-02-24

are created eqnaIY0N 90 Wo arc ENGAGED in great
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-02-24

tbzss bonored dead we taka increased devotion to d
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-02-24

IN3a lnGtN IalNer sens, bel Can naf deaeaGa wa
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-02-24
ourscefe and seven years ago our fatbers brought


! Slbertv, and dNaleatadt 70 tbe rroposltlon Gbat
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-02-24

sSs IseefaGe, va ean NOt IaI.sw tbis 0rONnd LM8I!
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-02-24

DEycTED 70 TIE DEvnOFMElgr OF oaEENE COUNTY.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-02-24

tb1y cave tba Iast fII measure d devotion- thaG
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-09
OR0UTH CAUSES
POOR CROP REPORT

WASHINGTON, June 9,-wUpou the
droughty conditions which prevailed
over the greater portion of the United
States last month, the department OF
agriculture to-day placed the blame
for the unfavorable crop growth for
the month of May. The general aver
age condition of crop growth for the
United States June /. was rs per
cent. below the average condition on
that date during the last ten years.
comparison of the condition OF
various crops on June !. with one
hundred representing the average con-
dftion on that date follows:
Cotton, 1888: spring wheat. Toll:
barley. 99.2; winter wheat, SIS; rye,
ss.2; oats. s6.9: clover hay, s4.6.
and all hays. s5.1.
These figures relate only to the
growing conditions.
Taking into account both acreage
and condition. indications are. for
about 90 per cent. larger wheat crop
than was produced last year, and
1912 per cent. larger than the aver
age for the last five years. oats crop
i3.a per cent. less than last year. but
as per cent. more than the average
of the last FIVE years.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-09
GOULD ROADS
BEING INSPECTED
NORTHERN CAPITALISTS LOOK
ING OVER ELECTRIC RAIL
WAY PROPERTY.

A party of Baltimore capitalists are
expected in Richmond Saturday to
look over the properties OF the Vir-
ginia Railway and Power Company.
The men went to Norfolk Thursday
night and will inspect the Norfolk
and Portsmouth Traction Company's
property Friday Those constituting
the party are: r. Lancaster Williams,
w. Berkeley Williams, G.. r. Hartman
and j Hayward Taylor, of hidden
derf. Williams and Company: Otto
Reitzenstein, OF Frank Rosenberg and
Company; Henry l.. puer. of Whelan.
puer and Carmine: w ]. Devon. of
owen, DAILY and Company; Harry
Hummer, of Hummer and Becker. and
Walter koppeIman,
These people are Interested In the
big merger of the traction compa-
MES of Norfolk and of those In Rich
mond controlled by the Gould inter-
ests. 1t Is expected that several New
Workers who are interested in the
deal will meet the Baltimore deiega
ton in Richmond.
The merger of these two big cleo
trio railway companies viii go into
effect July !. The com bined capt.
tai Will be over $4,000. Q00. .
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-09
CHARTERS GRANTED
BY Commission

Union Co-Operative Company, In
corporated. Naruna. Va. Incorpera-
tors; W. f.. Wood, president. Snrins
Miils, Va, j. A. Barnhardt. vice
president. Gladys. Va; w. NJ. Blank
lnshlp, secretary and treasurer. Naru-
ma, Va. Capital stock. Maximum
$40, 600; minimum, $1,000. Objects
ana purposes: Mercantile business and
to conduct farmers warehouse.
American Film Machine Corpora
ton, OF Alexandria, Va. Incorporators
H. w. Fuller, president: l.. J. Sfmons
vice president; l.. E. Sinclair, secre-
tary--ali of Washington, u. c. Cant
tai stock; Maximum. 100000; mini
mum, $4,000. Objects and PURPOSES
manufacture films for motion pic
lures.
A supplemental certificate of incor-
poration was issued to The Rhinehart
nesiient wheel Company. Incorpor-
ated, Alexandria, Va. Increasing On
itai stock from 100000 to 100000.
An amendment was this day issuad
TO charter OF Bank Of Dublin. Incor-
porated, Dublin. Va, increasing IN.
capital stock from $4,000 to $40. 900. .
minimum, $4,000 to $4,000.
4 license to do business In the State
OF Virginia was this day issued to New
Jersey Crate Basket and Hammer
Company. corporation organized and
existing under the laws Of the state
OF New Jersey. written yower az
attorney having been filed win The
commission, appointing A. J. Tiirh-
man. OF Lanexa. Va. statutory agent
Maximum capital authorized by char
ter. $4,000. Objects and purposes.
Manufacturing crates. baskets, etc.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-09
QUAKER CITY BROKER
BADLY BEATEN UP

PHILADELPHIA, PA. June -
w r, Taylor. a stock broker, with
Offices en- the Dreel building. was
beaten into insensibility to-day by a
man who locked himself in Taylor
Office and attacked him with a car
penter's hammer. Cries of murder"
attracted the attention OF II. s. Trege
and John II, Faunce, stock brokers,
who broke into Taylor's Office and
found him lying on the floor with
his assaiiant standing over him, ham,
mer In hand, There were evidences of
cree struggle.
Tayior's assailant, who give his
name as Sutton, made no attempt to
escape. He was taken TO the City
Hall.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-09
F|REBUGs HAD
BRANCH OFFICES

CHICAGO, June 9.--That the motor
ious fire ring" which is held respon-
sible for scores OF incendiary fires in
Chicago had ramincations In Louis
Vile, St. Louis, st. Paul. Cincinnati
and New York was the statement made
day by investigators of the board OF
Underwriters who are preparing a list
of fires in those cities for police ref
erence.
All the members OF the ring" were
blood relatives and every member Is
said to have become wealthy as a re
suit of the fire. buy plots.
The police are said TO have the
names Of every member OF the ring
Most of them have fed from Chicago,
some going to Europe. Six houses are
being watched and numerous arrests
are expected
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-09
TRADE REPORT,

bradstreets tomorrow will cay for
Richmond and vicinity:
Trade conditions generally are iy-
regular, however. Improvement in some
lines II noted. The long drought.
which had 50 retarded crops through
out the district, has been broken by
rain. and Improvement In crops Ia re-
ported. Reports of the cotton crop
from North Carolina are more favor
able. However. curtaiiment In produe-
ton by the mills stilt continues Pea
nuts show advance In prices the 1910
crop being we'll used ur. The usual be-
tween season dullness Is noted In the
wholesale dry goods and shoe market.
However, fair fiIins-in orders are re-
ported. Demand for other than hard
wood lumber Is poor, and many mills
are curtaiiinE. Drugs, chemicals and
fountain supplies are active. Dfstifiers
and blenders OF liquors report falling
or In orders Provisions are 10 fair
demand. buying being stimulated by
the reduced price OF some commodities.
Vegetables are generally late and in
ferior Retail trade shows scfne Inn
proyement Collections are slow.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-09
WANTS WOMAN
SLAVERY ABOLISHED

B1STONs MASS, June 9.--The
minimum wage on which working
woman can maintain herself with sim
pie comfort is S12 n week. according
to the statement Of Mrs. Raymond
Robins of Chicago. to-day. Mrs
Robins. one of the best known of the
Chicago women wrkers. told the Ma
tionai Conference OF Charities and
Corrections that the standard OF pay
ment for women and girls throughout
this country was dangerously low"
she said that she had little hope Of
getting the wage scale raised until
women accorded a roNS.
III a wornans wages fall below
si1 a week" continued Miss Robins.
she In obliged to deny herself proper
food and clothing. The republic
should see to IL that women slavery
ia abolished. The State has made
prryiEion for the protection OF the
working wcman's heaAh and has con-
Hibuted TO her education"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-09

head OF new business, any matters
pertaining to the banking business In
Virginia,
The afternoon pro gram Will be
opened with an address. Matters Of
Interest to Virginia Bankers" by Mr..
Oliver J. Sands. president American
National bank. Richmond.
AT the Saturday mornings session
the election and installation OF Off
GERS will take place and reports from
the committees viii be submitted.
The secretary makes the announce
ment that mo feature Of the annual
convention adds so much to its real
enjoyment as the presence OF the
ladies, and they will be welcome not
only to the meetings but to all en-
tertasnments as WEEK.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-09
ITALIAN WIFE +v~.~,"v.~.
MURDERER'S DEFENSE

HAMMONTON. N. T.. June a-rbs,
Mrs. Catherine Perrona. wife NJ the
wealthy Italian ctdr now held
by the police under the charge Of
murder. had been slowly poisoning her
husband In order to pave the way fnr
ssaa zTassSsS ts d ysgtiYgef WIFI
be the defense made by John Mcclin-
took. counsel for the accused man.
when the case comes to court Perronu.
after Kidding his wife's body with
ouckshot early Yesterday, gave him.
self up.
Investigation OF the case to date
according to the local authorities.
shows that Mrs. Perrona had long been
secretly entertaining a young italian
rival of her husbands. and had been
supplying him with money.