The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-07-29
PERSONAL AND GENERAL,

TuE German Christian Endrnvo
society convention met IN st. Louis OF
the 2iqt.
A. coLnE and Roy Beckwith. lesseet
of the TanIy mine In Tuolumnc couu
ty, tnl., had, up to last accounts, tnkrr
ST., 900 in bullion from the porltrt re-
Gently struck, and there was more IN
sight
luE executive committees ia charg,
Of the celebration Ca be given at Ere.
mont, O., September 2, when rresi.
dent Mckinley will visit that city,
have issued invitations 10 W. j. bryan,
Grover Cleveland and Horace Chap.
man, tn" democratic nominee for gov,
crnor Of Ohio, 10 Ice guests OF the city
the same day and take part in the cx,
c~rciscS.
A SPECIAL from tonstautiuople says;
In spite of the presence Of the Euro
pcan troops, the Nnglo-Iicllcuic rcvo.
la'ionary societies keep sending agents
and arms into Crete.
SENIOR MoREP Y PRENpERGAsr the
Spanish liberal leader aud former min
lister, delivered It brilliant speech at
SaraR0sSa, on the night OF the 10th, ON
the Cuban question. ilr violently at
tackled the policy of the government,
especially It's methods of campaigning
in Cuba, and declared that autonomy
must be proclaimed
A "plerArCu from San Francisco saws
l'N-I,,t tl,I.l.,I ~ Ma, MI. L. "A.
mos, prominently mentioned man as
the probable successor Of Col. Croker
as first yicc-prc,,dcnt Of the Southern
Pacific Railroad Co
IluE famous B]roadmoor Casino, the
500, 900 pleasure resort Of Colorado
Springs, Col, was burned to the ground
oil the 10Th.
H. foHD, a prominent business man
OF liolyoItc, Mass. died at his home, on
the 2lst, ms the result Of Il bicycle ne
cidcnt. lie colIidcd with another
rider.
REV. DH TAGMAGE has been forced
to sever his connection with the First
Presbyterian church Of Washington
owing To discussion among its Nom.
hers, pr, Sunderland is nov in charge
of the church.
MISS JEAN lNGELow, the distin-
guiShcd poet and novelist, died in Lon
don on the night OF the 18th. She was
in her scvcnty.scycnth year.
The president signed the deficiency
appropriation bin on the Goth.
TIM beginning of II litigation in
which Yale university Is Interested to
the extent of $3.50, 900 was marked ia
~surrogatc'S courts in batavia. \. y. on
the goth, when objections were filed to
the probate over the viii OF William
Lampson, late Of Leroy. who left the
bulk of his estate to Yale.
RDroRrS from various parts IT the
country tell " preparations ON the part
Of Individuals and parties for a pill
grimagc to the new gold fields OF Alas.
la and British Northwest Territory,
L. c., is fun Of prospective
miners, waiting for transportation
uorthward.
NrNG members Of the crew Of the
steamer Couyho were drowned, on the
list in consequence of the sinking Of
vessel named, of the Isle of Wight,
As the result OF "a collision with the
steamer 81 ll,ianN,
iuUH womyn aud two men were
'iiIed 10y an explosion in the loading dc
'artmrnt "t the Urmory of the VIM
'hr>tcr Repeating Arms Co.. ut New
Haven, Conn, al the glSL, Five others
we're taken to the hospital badly in
urcd
lhE tonStantinopic correspondent OF
he London Post says the Turkish min.
STEERS have accepted the frontier pro-
ooSalS made 10y the European powers.
nut the sultan has not yet ratified their
Law and order have triumphcd at
-cadvlllc, Col, aud all the great gam.
bling halls are closed. The gamblers
that they have been beaten, and
viii 90 10 the new Monte Carlo, near
Denver.
CHARLES HElBACu. n wcil-kuowu
lack and tight wire performer, of
>ccnah, Wis, has decided to initiate
and walk n cable stretched }
cross Niagara Falls. d
HORACE MovLroN, a pioneer Kansan, d
nj Tor many years a capitalist and U
by turn, was burned To
cath, on the 2iSt, at his home IL kir- &
Yin, Has, by the explosion Of q lamp a
ihlch he was carrying. 4
WALL street was greatly excited TO
the other day, that james X. +,
.can, famous as Jay Gould's principal 7,
lversary in the oLden days, had en- =,
red the market again and tina, the :
had paid him 81, GOA, 900. within
I, days, In return for the honor. II