Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-02-24
GENERA. NEWS.
. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Ing the Hgnt TO an end. OE tuesday his
brokers began anxiously inquiring fol
proxies On the same day. Kuhn, Loeb
& Co. and many people associated
with them, including John d. RocEe
feller, showed their hands by demand
ing through attorneys a list of stock
holders, addresses and other data per-
tinent to fight prelimin nares. Mr.
Gould had Otto H. Kuhn, the Kuhn
Loeb partner, who was Harriman's S
most trusted adviser and nest init
mate friend, meet him at the Offices
of Mr.. Gould's lawyers on Pine street.
1t was not long before papers were
| signed sealed and delivered ard the
management of the system trans
! ferred
Secretary Of State Knox in an ad-
/ dress before the Chicago Association
of Commerce at the La Sale hotel, ad-
Vanced arguments in support of the
/ proposed reciprocity agreement with
/ Canada, prCtrayed the rise of condi-
tions which, We said, made such a
pact inevitable, and pointed out advan-
j tuGSS u Dt utI ~ GU ny DOtIi COuulI lSS
through a lowering of the tariff bar
Ter. Enactment OF trade treaty with
Canada had a secord champion in
James J. Hill, chairman Of the board of
directors of the Great Northern rail
way, who asserted the entire north
west must support the treaty and that
there should not be a voice in the
country or a vote in congress to op-
pose.
Before his case goes to a vote, which
is expected this week, Senator Lori
mer plans to speak in his own behalf
This address from the accused" will
be the feature of the investigation, his
friends say, and in it he will net only
fatty deny he charges, it is declared
but he will bring in Il new line of evi
dence to prove his election untainted
Senator Lorimer is said to lie working
on his speech ard is preparing tc
make it the event of his Political life
He has conferred with his friends and
allies in the senate and may hit some
of his traduce1s hard, it is said.
President Taft and Champ Clark
of Missouri surprised the delegates
to the Pan-American commercial cen
ference by announcing that they
favor reciprocity not only with Can
ada, but with South and Central Amer
lea and in fact, the entire world. II
this connection it was learned tha
informal discussions are already TAX
n ON . r,
the state department and the Mexican
ambassador with a view to openint
the way to reciprocity negotiations
with that country.
A bill to be presented to the New
Hampshire state Legislature this veal
provides a fine of $40 for each ant
every offense of unlaw fully breaking
in on telephone conversation gr tal
ing down a receiver and listening to {
conversation between others on tht
party line" The bill has been pre-
pared by Representative Herman A.
Clark at the request of telephone sub
scribers in the rural districts, where
four or five party telephones are nu
merous
President Taft is cheered by man.
on his way back to Washir CtorI
reached Pitsburg, cheered by man,
kilograms of congratulations en- th'
manner in which he conducted hi
brief campaign in Ohio, lndiara ant
Illinois for reciprocity with Canada
In spite of the information that Speak
er Cannon is opposed to the agree
ment, The president is more optimisti
than ever over the prospect for pas
sage CT reciprocity legislation at thi
session Of congress.
Senator Roots speech against tn
election of senators by direct vot
was characterize from the floor a
one of the most impressive speec'
ever delivered in that body. For NOR
than two hours the senator from Nel
York held the attention of every men
ber and the crowded galleries Will
he pictured the effect of the adoptiol
of the proposed constitutional amend
meEt upon the institutions of the cour
try and the senate Itself.
In New York city Mrs Robert
G. Hill, divorced wife Of Captain Jane
Hill, cne time of tie English army
was sent to Jail for three days an
and fined $1,000 by Judge Martin c
the United States circuit court Sh
had pleaded guilty TO charge @
smuggling into New York sable Goa
: and jewelry, the aggregate value C
which is about $4,000.
Failure of Canadian reciprocity t
, pass senate will force President Tai
/, to call an extra session of congress
if the administration is determined t
press the agreement. This declare
, tion was made by Senator Smoot @
Utah after a conference with the pres
ident at the White House over pendin
LEGISLATION. Senators Lodge and Roo
were present also.
, In the executive session of tn
senate at Washington the nomina
tion of eX-Representative Duncan Nc
Kinley to be surveyor of customs TO
the District of San Francisco ant
James Britt of North Carolina, to b.
third assistant postmaster general
were confirmed.
Daniel w. Field, breeder of Brock
ton, Mass, has just announced there
the sale of his 7-weeks'old Royal Pur
PIE bull calf, Aggie Cornucopia, Si
Colantha, to w. H. Minor, of Chicago
the purchase price being $4,000, tht
highest amount it is said ever paid fo
young bull.
tn hn I1nhIia IN r,ov
the ever-tightenirg grip of lumbe
monopoly is strongly set forth in
report by Herbert Knox Smith, com
, missioner of corporations, which wa
sent to Congress by President Taft
" The report Is sensational and start
ling