Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-04-28
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an fnorceso Of SeS,092 The number
Of open accounts Increased from 81
6sf to 4,2O7 in March and the average
balance FER depositcr from s36.54 to
S46.s9. These banks were opened for
the receipts Of deposits en- Jan. 8
BY May 1 Mr.. Hitchcock heres to
have iortyiye additional Offices oren
ard ready to receive deposits. A few
days ago he Issued orders for all the
postiaaster5 OF Tie recently designated
Offices to assemble on April 81 and 22
at certain places where the system
has been in operation in order that
they may get practical demonstra,
ticn Of its operation. Instead of bring.
ing the postmasters to Washington as
was done originally, inspectors vii,
be sent to certain Of the postal saw
ings Offices to assist in explaining the
operation of the system.
When the federals entered Aqua
Prieta after it had been hastily dc
serted by the rebels, it was evident
from the appearance of things that
the raking fire they had poured into
the town had done more damage than
the insurrectos had been willing to
admit Fifty bodies were lying in the
streets, buildings were perforated and
many adobe residences were shelter
ing wounded ron-combatants, includ-
ing several women and children The
condition of many people is pitiful
The town is not all supplied with pro
visions, but as the port has been re
opened here it will net be difficult to
supply them.
Edward A. Moseley, secretary of the
interstate commerce commission is
dead at the national capital, aged 60
As an intimate friend and personal
adviser OF presidents, cabinet officers,
representatives, senators and other
public officials during the last quarter
of a century, Mr. Moseley accomplish
ed notable results, especially along hui
manitarian and philanthropic lines
He was recognized as an authority on
all measures designed to assure the
safety of railway employees and trav
elers, and was instrumental in secur
ing the enactment of laws requiring
the use of safety devices by railways
The controversy over the selection
of new president at a meeting Of the
board of directors Of the Missouri Fa
ciffe ended in the election of B. F
Bush, president of the Western Mary
land and a Gould man, in the resigna
ton of Paul NJ Warburg, of Kuhn
Loeb & Co., and Cornelius Vanderbilt
from the directorate, and in seemingly
irreconcilable differences between the
frm of Kuhn, Loeb G Co. and the
American and foreign stockholders
represented by it and the Gould party
and associates.
When Henry W. Mueller, of Terre
Haute, Ind, a mail distributor a
the postoffice, was too i'll to come tt
work, a physician said his lungs were
affected. This word, being carried tc
the Office, caused the clerks to ccunt
the dead from the distributing dc
partment in the last five years, whost
death was caused by tuberculosis
1t has averaged ore clerk yea
and there is no longer doubt that thC
germs Of the disease come into the Of
flee with the mail.
The Count of Turin, the brother
of the Duke of the Abruzzi, had a mar
row escape from death at Flerence
While he was taking his bath in ths
Pitt palace the gas tube of the heat
ing apparatus in the room exploded
and knocked a hole in the ceiling O
the hath room A heavy piece Of th<
plastering fell from point Just abovt
where the count was standing. Ht
partly escaped by lodging, but was
struck by fragments and sliehtly in
jured.
At Freehold, N. j., the jury
in the case of Frank f. Heidemann, Oh
trial for the murder of Marie Smith
ten years cid, at Asbury Park, Nov. 8
returned verdict of murder in tht
first degree after a deliberaticn ot
one hour and farty-fve minutes
Justice Willard p Voorhees, sen
fenced Heidemann to the electric
chair ut Trenton in the week begin
ming May %.
Colonel Roosevelt, ending his speak
ing tour OF the west, in which he made
new record arrived unheralded il
Chicago from Madison, Wis. and de
parted 45 minutes later, for New York
hundreds greeting him at the North
western station with cheers fol
'Teddy."
Edward f. Croker, who has resigned
as FIRE chief Of New York city, is di
rector cf tte Croker National Fire
Protection Engineering company Of
New York, which has been incorpor
ated with capital Of $4,000.
Al Kubiak, the Michigan slant, is nc
longer white hope, fer Joe Jeanette
the colored heavyweight, put him
Down fer tie count in the ninth round
Of a ten-rourd Eout at tie Nationa
Sporting club in New York.
Ogden Mills Reid, son of Ambassa
der Whitelaw Reid, with his bride has
arrived at Laredo, I ex., from brida
tour of Mexico and are spending a
few days at Fort Mcintosh.
Dispatches received at Vienna state
that there has been a severe fight il
Montenegro, in which Turkish regu
lars and volunteers were worsted by
Albanians.
Late advices from chihuahua, Mex
tell Of many acts of briean6age com
mitted by rowing bands Of armed men
who claim to he identified with the
rebels.
An express car robbery rear Mid
dleton, N. Y, resulted in the loss Of
over 81 GOO in cash and the disappear
ance OF about $1,000 worth CT valua-
hlas.