Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-04-14
GENERAL NEWS,


'S'"i AuhiIci VI Gases III Mukuen VI
to Feb. IA was reported as 1,043, bu
the figures are regarded as incomplete
The total number of deaths up to Feb
IL was given as 1.02S. The popula
tion of MukGen is about $50, 600
The total number of deaths in Man
chuiia up to Feb. Is was given as II,
0S3, but this is probably only rougl
estimate and does not in any case IL
clude the deaths in the towns alon,
the Russian and Japanese railways
which probably amount to as man,
more. The plague has appeared a
nearly every town along the railwa,
from Chang Chun west to Chincho,
and south to Liaoyang
The Spanish cabinet headed b,
Premier Canslejas has resigned
Canalejas, in forcing religious re
forms, encountered the bitter opposi
tion of the Roman Catholics, and his
course resulted in practical suspen
: sion of diplomatic relations tetweer
the government and the vatican
The premier has, how erer, beer
credited with the support of King Al
fcnso, and his bill of associations, aim
ed to regulate the religious and othel
societies, which he refused to submit
first to the vatican, was approved
unanimously by the cabinet last Tues
day and was to be introduced in the
cortes April 6.
George W. Rue, well known citizen
of Hamilton, O., ard one Of the noted
veterans Of the Civil war, is dead. He
was born in Harrodsburg, KY, June 18
1928. In 1S46 he Joined the Secont
Kentucky infantry, serving one year
During the Civil war he rose to the
rank OF major in the Ninth Kentucky
cavalry 1t was while with this body
that Major Rue captured the famous
cavalry leader. General John Morgan
near New Waterford, where a year
ago monument was erected to mark
the spot of the surrender.
Anxiety is felt concerning the po
sition of Fez Since the defeat of the
sultan's troops by the rebellious tribes
men on March 26 the sultan has been
a practical prisoner, and his brother
Mulai Ismail, has been repeatedly pro
claimed the ruler of all Morocco
the victorious tribesmen surround the
city. If the place Is completely be
sieged it must soon surrender on ac
count of the lack of food and the
scarcity of water. The means of re-
sistance, too, are slight.
When Cuba's congress convened in
Havana the message of President
Gomez was read in both houses. l,
congratulates the republic on the TN
exampled prosperity of the country
and on the reign of peace and order
The president points out that the
sugar crop is good in spite of the lack
of rain and that the national debt has
been reduced by s3,465,OOO in the last
two years.
A May-day strike for the eight.
hour day in years, is the plan of the
leaders of the union machinists. 1t is
scheduled to take in all union machin.
lists throughout the United States. A
general strike of the International
association would be felt in every man.
Lfacturing section of the country 1t
would involve more than 100000 MA
chinists
To prevent Harry Cooper OF Cak.
land, Cal, husband of the late Mrs.
Ida Mckinley Morse Cooper, from dis
posing of property belonging to Mar,
jorie Mckinley Morse, his sixteen.
year-old stepdaughter, application has
been made for restraining order and
for the appointment of Benjamin L
Mckinley as guardian for the girl.
Colonel Roosevelt went to Portland,
Ore, from Sacramento, Cal. He
stopped at Salem, the capital, long
enough to say that Jacob Riis was
about the best man in New York and
cot to Portland in time to lay a corner
stone io".the new Multonomah ANA.
teur Athletic CluD srilding.
Passengers landing from re steom.
ship George Washington at fi,D.
outh, England, say that the assistant
surgeon of the ship was stabbed by
an elderly American when the vessel
was two or three days out from New
York The passenger was suffering
from delusion.
Reports of new gold fields in the
Keekeek district of Quebec, are start
ling the camp at Cobalt, Ont, and hun
dreds of miners are planning for a
rush into the new Quebec territory,
where mary claims have already been
staked out.
The Sunday baseball bill was killed
in the Massachusetts senate by vote
of II to %. The bill would have al
lowed amateur Sunday ball in cities
of $4,000 or over with admission fee
prohibited.
The rain in Mobile, Ala, amounted
to S.91 inches within twenty-four
hours, and $50 inches fell from p.
m. to a. m, an average of over an
inch an hour for the eight hours.
Governor Dix of New York vetoed
a bill appropriating $4,000 for the
promotion Of the success of the ma
tional G. A. r. encampment to be held
in Rochester in August next.
William Waldorf Astor, who owns
the Pail Mall Gazatte in London, has
bought the Conservative Sunday news
paper, The Observer, from Lord North
cliffe.
The old court house in Williams
hurg Va was almost totally destroyed
by fire, but the records are thought to
be safe.
Robbers blew open the postofTice
safe at Lena, Ind, and obtained $40
In money and about $50 worth of
stamps
Henry Bacon Lowering. prominent In
Democratic politics, died at Wakefield,