The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-05-14
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over Gov. B. B. Conner. W. y MAI
FIN was nominated attorney general.
Can't Frank S. White was given a
large complimentary vote for UNITED
States senator
Madam Lillian Nordica, the SINGER
died at Batavia, Java. Her illness pc
gan when the steamship Tasman went
aground in the Gulf of Papua, Decen-
Der, last.
decided victory was won by the
labor leaders in the United States Su-
preme court when Samuel Gompers,
Frank Morrison and John Mitchell
were freed for alleged contempt in
court in 1907 for violating in1unctions
against boycotting Of stove compa-
pany in 1911
Charles w. Post, the millionaire
manufacturer of breakfast foods OF
Battle Creek, Mich, committed suicide
by shooting himself while guest OF
a hotel in Santa Barbara. Cal. III
health is believed to have been the
cause of the deed.
A calamity in the form Of an earth
quake visited many villages in the
vicinity of Mount Etna according to
reports from Catania, Sicily. There
were 173 killed and $50 injured 1t
is believed this amount will be great
" increased when thorough investi-
cation is made.
The cotton futures bill is expected to
again be brought to the attention OF
the senate when the house committee
on agriculture reports on its cotton fu-
lures bill as an amendment passed by
the senate. The substitute provides
for the abolition of the exchanges.
Citizens and others in the strike
zone at Trinidad, Col, are surrender
ing their arms to the United States
army authorities as the result OF a
proclamation issued by Col. james
Lockett, commanding. Only small
per cent of the strikers have turned
in their arms.
A bill recommending an appropria'
ton of 100000 has been introduced
in the New York legislature. The
amount will be expended in preparing
the state militia in the event of war.
The censorship of songs having ex
pressions that tend to lower morals
was recommended to congress in
resolution adopted by the Women''
Clubs of North Carolina.
sion will continue its probe of the New
Haven road next week. William Rookie
teller, President Mellen and George
Mccullough Miller has been called t.
testify.
To boost the federal constitutions
amendment enfranchising women pend
ing before the house and the senate
thousands of women paraded the
streets of Washington, D. G. Every
state in the Union was represented il
the line of march. Every senator and
congressman was seen personally by
the suffragettes.
That the antitrust measure now un
der consideration by the senate inter
state commerce committee will incul
an indirect tax on the American PEG
pie is the belief Of E. w. Shaw, a Chi
cago editor. This, he said, is because
of a provision requiring corporations
doing interstate business to furnish an
nual reports which, he said, would
prove an immense expense.
After bidding their husband goodbye
two wives moment later witnessed
an accident in which their husbands
were killed between two freigh
trains near Thacker, w Va Tht
men were father and son,
1t is expected nearly two thousand
delegates will attend the Southern
Baptist convention in Nashville. Their,
viii be twenty-four thousand Baptis
churches in the South and West repre-
scented.
Congress has been called upon t.
make their first big memorandum O
expenses on account of the Mexican
crisis. The bill called for an appropri
alton of $2,701,32 1t included The
cost Of the Vera Cruz incident anC
the keeping Of the troops Of the Mex
can border.
1t is the general belief in Washing
ton that General Huerta will resign
Reports come from Mexico City tina
he is making every preparation to fie,
from the city. The resignation of Jos,
Lopez Portillo Rojas, the foreign
minister, strengthens the belief Their,
is an undercurrent feeling in Mexict
against the Huerta government.
After securing tools from railroad
section house, a yeggman entered tn,
State Bank of Apopka, Fla, blew til,
vault open with nitroglycerin and Sc
cured $4,000 in currency, overlooking
$500 in small change.
The funeral of Daniel E. Sickle
was held in New York city with appro
pirate ceremonies. He was one of tn,
last commanders who fought at tn,
battle Of Gettysburg. Early in life HI
was a Democratic member of thu
state legislature. Central Pork o
New York city stands as an achieve
ment of his undaunting labors.
The bodies of seventeen bluejaeket
and marines of the American forces il
the taking Of Vera Cruz, being born
home by the cruiser Montana, are eS