Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1911-01-13
LEAKESVILLE GREENE COUNTY MISS, FRIDAY
GENERAL News.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,

hands OF a commission composed of
twenty-one residents of Pittsburg. Pa.
who were instructed to use the annual
proceeds for the benefit of dependents
of those losing their lives in heroic
efforts to save their fellow men, or
or for the heroes themselves. if in.
jured. The beneficiaries were confined
to those associated with acts perform
ed within the United States, Canada
and Newfoundland and the waters
and Newfoundland and water thereof.
In 1908 Mr.. Carnegie gave S1,25O,000
for the creation of a hero fund in
Great Britain. In the following year
he established a similar fund in
France by the gift of 100000. The
total set apart for this purpose is
$S,500,000.
General John Corson Smith of Chi
cago, Civil war veteran, prominent
Illinois Republican and one of the best
known Masons in the United States,
died at his residence, 5531 Washing
ten avenue, after protracted illness.
He was 79 years old Gen. Smith
has teen suffering for the last three
years from wounds received in the
Civil War, and these, coupled with
old age are held as cause for his death
At the time of his death he was an
active memt er and grand minister of
the supreme council of the thirty
third degree of the Masonic order He
was also at one time grand master in
the Illinois lodge of Odd Fellows.
At Rome, Italy, Queen Helena fell
down the stairs leading from her bed
room to her children's nursery, bang
ing her head, severely bruising her
knees, and injuring one of her fore
arms. Prof. Bastianelli examine her
injuries and put the arm in splints.
He assured her majesty the fall
was not likely to be serious, notwith-
standing her interesting condition. He,
however, advised her to remain in bed
and rest. The queen refused to do so,
and attended the New Year reception
at the Quirinel.
Near Lexington, Ky, wild train
of coal cars and an accommodation
passenger train collided on the Mil
lers' Creek branch of the Chesapeake
and Ohio, killing six men. The men
were riding on the pilot of the engine.
The train was turning sharp curve
when it met the loose cars. The dead
are: William Akers, brakeman, Cat
tletsburg John Worley, conductor,
Louisa; l.. E. Vinson, F. U. Fugate,
A. Smeltzer, Iron, o.
There has been heavy fall of snow
and sleet and street railway traffic is
interrupted in the south. The tele-
graph and telephone service is also
interrupted. The first snow in sew
eral years is reported at Mobile.
Freezing temperature is reported from
northern Florida and great damage
will be done to truck in that section.
The truck growers Of southern Geor-
gia and along the gluf coast will be
also suffering heavy loss
At Philadelphia, Pa, fines of $40,.
900 each were imposed on the Reading
railway, Lehigh Valley railroad and
Bethlehem Steel company by Judge
Holland in the United States court.
These companys were convicted last
June, the railroads of giving and the
stel company of receiving allowances
on demurrage charges in violation of
the interstate commerce law. The COM
panies will appeal the cases.
With the Mexican rebels working
in small bands throughout western
Chihuahua and eastern Sonora, the
war is resolving itself into a sort of
give-and-take game. Reports today
bring fresh information or the capture
of Batopilas by the federals from the
rebels and the repulse at Casas
Grande of the rebels by the federals
who attacked the place. Both these
towns are in Chihuahua.
John A. Dix was inaugurated gov
ernor of New York state. The cere
mony took place in the assembly
chamber in the presence of the sena-
tors and assemblymen, the judges of
the court of appeals, the Democratic
state officers, the retiring state Of
ficers the new and old military stats
of Cows. Dix and White and the fami
lies of the state officers, and about
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The police of New orleans, La,
have been asked to recover $1,000
said to have been taken from the coat
of Rene Simon, the aviator, at the De-
Soto hotel The request was made by
Mr. Simon, who came to the station
accompanied by Rene Farrier, a fell
low birdman, and the Misses Sylvia
Coduyi, Clotile Rouyer, Louise De-
Witte and Camille Starr of the French
opera troupe.
Atlee Pomerene attorney at law and
nt-governor-elect, was nomin-
ated for the United States senate to
succeed Charles Dick, by the joint
Democratic caucus of the Ohio legisla-
ture TIE election will be made COM
plete next Wednesday. Pomerene re-
ceived 45 votes, the exact number re-
quired for the nomination. There
were eleven men in the contest.
At Manila, p. J., two Americans and
six Filipino detectives have been ar
rested on the charge of accepting
bribes to protect gambling. The ar
rest of other Americans will follow.
1t is stated that the unearthing of
the present scheme of bribery, has
revealed the biggest case OF American
graft since the occupation of the
islands by the United States.
The general assembly of Ohio opened
with the Democrats, for the first time
in two decades. in control of both
branches. and Judson Harmon, Demo
crat. in the governors chair, having
been reelected in the November cleo
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