Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-06-23

GENERAL NEWS.
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| Consequently an examination has
been ordered to determine the cause
of the big increase in this item. Al.
| though the company in 1910 had a
gross fincome of nearly 81 100000 more
than it did in 1909, it will pay SS,251
less taxes than on the previous year If
| its sworn statement is allowed to
stand.
| Mr.. Dalzell discussed the Under
wood wool revision bill, which was
| before the house. He was not sur.
! prised that Governor Wilson had en-
dorsed the Underwood bill, in view of
the governors recent performances
He added that New JERSEYS peripate.
| tic governor is engaged in writing
backwards the sane and respectable
record of his life." Mr. Dalzell insist
ed that the wool bill was "indefensible
| from every point of view" and charged
that the Democrats who advocated its
passage, realizing that the senate
would kill it, were merely playing
politics.
President Taft presented medals OF
honor to six sailors from the battle.
ship North Dakota, who risked their
! lives Sept. 8, 1910, in saving the ship
| from destruction and In rescuing com.
rades following an oil explosion in the
boiler room. The president read the
record to the men, indicating that they
had ieopardized their lives in half a
dozen different ways, and concluded by
saying in voice trembling with emo
ton: mo braver act could be per
! formed by you men in battle than that
of facing death close at hand as you
did"
Defective conditions in the railroad
tracks while undergoing repairs
were responsible for the wreck at
Martins Creek, Pennsylvania, in which
twelve persons were killed and more
than hundred injured, according to
the findings of the board of public
| sions were concurred in by the inter
state commerce commission through
| its representative, F. l.. Pugh, who
| participated with the state board in 6
| Joint investigation of the causes of the
| eccident.
At Topeka, Kan, Friday, the Kansas
supreme court handed down a decision
in the states suit against three sub
sidiary companies of the Standard Oh
company of New Jersey prohibiting
them from combining to stifle competi
| ton. The defendants are the Stand
ard Oil company of Indiana, the Stand
! ard Oil company of Kansas, and the
| is chartered in Kansas to produce, pur
chase, and otherwise procure crude oil
| to refine it, and to market it.
| Flag day was celebrated in Chicago
and throughout Illinois in accordance
with the proclamation of Governor De
neen, in conmemoration of the 134th
| anniversary of the adoption by con
gress of the first national banner. Els
| pecially attractive programs were
carried out in the parks Of Chicago
consisting of parades of school chill
dren and addresses by prominent
speakers. Patriotic programs were
CARED out by the Hamilton and Union
| League clubs.
The grand jury at Chicago re-
| turned fourteen indictments against Ia
| Dor sluggers. The true bills were re
uIned before Judge Fitch in the Grim
inal court and involve Maurice (Moss)
Enright. Walter Stevens, Harry Hig
gins, Joseph Kane, William (Red,
| Connors, Edward S.orgaard Petel
Gentleman, brother of William Dutch,
| Gentleman, who was mortally wounded
in Pat O'Malley's saloon; John Nc
Cabe, alias George Mckay, and Arthur
| O'Connor.
President Taft granted pardon
to Lorenzo d. Barnes, an inmate of the
| government HOSPITAL for the insane
who recently prevented a wholesale
delivery of insane convicts from the
institution by overhearing their plans
and notifying the hospital guards
Barnes was convicted of killing {
man who had DETAINED his wife = hilt
serving life sentence he became in
sane, but has since regained his rea
son.
News from Chihuahua is that tht
situation is still strained and that thu
insurrectos are likely to attack thu
city at any time if the federals ART
not removed at once. Governor
Abram Gonzales has wired Madero a
Mexico City asking that the federal!
be ordered to leave so that the insur
recto army can move into barrack!
while 1t is being mustered out.
The Asahi of TOXIC, Japan, print!
circumstantial report to the effect
that Japan is about to establish 9
naval base at Bonins, in Futami Bay
which would afford a sheltered an
chorage for ten battleships. The
admirably denies this report and say:
it is TIE idea of the government thai
dreadnaughts should have no bases.
Seven persons were hurt and TWEEN
ty-seveu automobiles destroyed in ;
spectacular fire in Auto Row" in Chi
cago that caused $4,000 damage.
Pessimistic views OF Mexico's futur,
are not warranted, since the govern
ment is in the most capable hands il
the country's history.
Creditors of the great Italian poe
and dramatist, D'Annunzio, sold hi
household effects at auction.
Treaties pending between the Unit
ed States and Nicaragua and Hon
duras make for peace.
Moss" Enrisht and three others
were indicted in Chicago for the mur
der of Vincent Altman.
Medcs in England fight Lloyd
Georges insurance bill