The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-06-10
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.


ington' ILL.,, was dedicated SUNDAY.
Fifty thousand exeursiouists visitsd
day. "'o gun
Andrew Smith shot at Peter Peter.
Hickey. 0a'ueS
Thomas Swope has presented tst4
acres 70 Kansas City, Mo, to be used
as park.
The British Egyptian expeditionarv
forces captured Firket, killing 1000
dervishes.
only 80 congressman will figure as
delegates to the Republican national
convention.
south American Spanish merchants
are said to have combined in bovcott
OF United States markets.
Ebenezer F, Morehouse. the oldest
whits man in the territory, died at
unthrie, OKLA, aged BE- years.
Circuit Clerk ], v scott Of Miller
county, Ark has been indicted ON
charge Of malfeasance in Office.
The little town of Lynch, in Boyd
county, Neb., was swept away by
tornado, but no lives were lost.
Joseph Mailman met a terrible death
at screnton, Pa, by falling down the
Manville shaft, distance of $50 feet.
Two more of those wounded in the
New Baden (llll tornado are dead.
making the total number of lives
lost 10,
Fully 10000 persons will occupy
berths in sleeping cars during their
stay in st. Louis at the republican con-
vention,
The thirst palaces Of st. Louis are
laying in big stocks of the popular ir-
rigants in anticipation of the conven.
tion demands,
A number OF outside people are still
anxiously inquiring for relatives
known to have been In st. Louis at the
time of the tornado.
A crowd of lIoosiers has arrived at
st. Louis, and are "whooping it up"
for Gen. McAlpin for the viee-presi-
dental nomination.
The benefit performance Sunday
night at Roster 4 Bia's music hall,
New York city, In aid of the st. Louis
tornado sufferers, netted $4,000.
During terrific rain-storm at Leav.
enworth, Kas., four out of six boys
who had taken refuge in il culvcrt
were washed away and drowned.
hafe Cumming, noted insurance
worker, arrested at Kokomo, Ind,
three months ago for burning a house
for the insurance, broke Jail and es-
capped.
Among the various organizations
which will attend the Republican ma
tional convention in body is the
Tennessee Republican Editorial asso-
citation.
During a heavy storm that swept
over southwestern Minnesota several
human lives were lost and many hum
dreds of head of live stock of all kinds
perished.
The opening of two saloons at Lex
ington, ILL.,, has precipitated a liquor
war in that village, which has been
without such institutions for the last
80 years.
A terrible rain and hail storm de-
stroyed hundreds of acres of growing
crops in southern Kansas The fields
aud roadsides were strewn with dead
rabbits and birds.
A bomb was thrown into a crowd
during the Corpus Christi procession al
Barcelona, Spain, and its explosion re-
suited in the killing of six persons and
the injury of So
Speaker Reed continues to resist all
appeals of the Mcliinleyites to take
second place on the republican ticket.
Reed says that the vice-presidency is
place for fossil.
McKinley's managers, it is asserted
will not insist upon his nomination by
reclamation, but will permit the friends
Of the other candidates to register theiI
votes as instructed.
The democratic free silver managers
at Washington now assert with great
confidence that they will be able tc
muster at Chicago a clear two-third'
majority for free silver.
Thirty of the enlisted men who were
recently examined at Governor
Island, N. Y, to determine their quail
fications for commissions have passed
Only eight were rejected.
The st. Louis hotels are putting II
summer furniture and making other ar
ranpements to avoid loss through tn
exuberance of spirit on the part o
delegates to the national convention
Y. Demoss, farmer north OF fair
hurry. ILL.,, came to his death while try
ling to keep Farmers Hobart and Ken
Inedy from fighting. Demoss was Try
ing to separate them when the fata
lblov was dealt.