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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05
A CRIME.


PApuCAH, KY, July 3l.-Farticulars
OF a terrible crime from the low lands
OF Ballard county have reached the city.
Two men are accused OF trailing a 10
year-old boy with all tho rage and lust
for life blood that moved the red men
who once owned West Kentucky to track
their enemies for days and weeks in
hopes OF obtaining their scalps, When
suers are said to have tied him hand and
foot, then swinging him to a tree limb
by his tightly fettered wrists they
whipped him until his screams for mercy
rang through the lonely bottoms. When
they were tired the brutes, despite the
prayers OF the tortured youth, are
charged with dropping him, still bound.
into the swift flowing Mississippi. A
splash. a gurgling scream and then the
terrible tragedy was ended, and the yei-
low waves OF the big river rolled over
man tiends are from among the shanty
boatsrs and longshoremen of East Cairo.
Old Mrs, jacobson, an aged dwellsr in
a floating cabin, brings these fearful ac-
cusations. She accuses Charles Larett
and Henry Richardson OF killing her
son, Il. Morris, aged l6. Richardson has
not been captured, but Larett Is in iail.
He had his examining trial today before
Judge Thorp at WickliFe. lie has been
living at East Cairo for three years,
earning an occasional dollar by hunting,
fishing and trapping.
On July 70 young Morris disappeared.
Since that date search has been made
for him several times, but withdrawal.
Larett accused the boy of stealing from
him a douhle.harrel shotrun.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05

As Europe's wheat crop in 1897 will
: from 0 10000, 900 to i20,o00,0 900 bush.
: 3 smaller than that of 1896, and as tho
reserves Of wheat on hand at the pres
cnt time are lower than they were at
this season in the past eight or ten
years, the wheat market for the next
six Or eight months IN likely TO be
strong. This is Il decidedly fortunate
circumstance for the United States
wheat grower. He will, from present
crop indications, have from 75,00o, 200
TO 100, 900. 900 bushels more to sell than
he had in 1896.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05
HAVANA
A Daring Raid Made by b In
surEents-Panir Among Citizens.

Havana, July 3O.-Hayana's outposts
have again been attacked by a large
body Of rebels, who before the Spanish
troops could be gathered to resist had
swept through the suburbs, carrying
all before them. They used. it is be-
ljeVed, rapid-tiring guns and a large
quantity of dynamite. The attack was
made late Wednesday night.
At the first sounds of firing the Span
ish soldiers in the city and suburbs
sprang 10 arms. They proceeded hur-
rjedly to the southeastern part of the
city, from where the rattle of musketry.
followed by the boom of heavy guns or
dynamite, could be heard plainly all
owe Havana. Then the sound of firing
increased, and finally. after a few hours.
died away, showing that the rebels had
retired. Several wounded Spanish Off
GERS were brought into Havana and re.
moved to hospitals after the engage
ment and several were killed.
The insurgenti leaders nearest Havana
low are Brig. Gen. Castillo. with a
large force at Mariana. nine miles
southwest, and Col. hester Aranguren.
at ~Guanabacoa. across the bay, while
Gen. Alex Rodriguez, rebel commander
of Havana province, is near Truce, and
Col. Raou, Arrange is at Cutro Canine.
There is a belief in Havana that the
rebel raid was led by Aranguren. who is
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05

just four months and twenty days
after the present administration be
gan Its tariff hill was enacted. This
is quicker time than was ever before
made with Il measure of this sort in
the United States since the tariff first
became Il partisan issue. 1t Is also the
quickest tune that was ever made by II
partisan or nonpsrtisan tariff except by
the first tariff act ever passed in the
United States, the one which President
Washington signed on July 1, 1882, four
months after the United States govern
ment went into operation. On that
tariff, of coarse, party lines were not
drawn.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05
To Plan n Shin Canal.

Washington, July 30,-The secretary
Of war announced Thursday the APP
Pojntmrnt by the president of Mai.
Charles W. Raymond, corps of eugi-
necrs, United States army; Alfred No
BILE, of Chicago, and George Y. Wisner.
Of Detroit, rs 4 hoard of engineers TO
make surveys aud examinations for Il
deep waterway from the great lakes to
the Atlantic t,dewatcrs. This board
was authorized in the last sundry civil
act. approved June t., 1897. aud is ex-
peoted to complete the work under
taken by the deep waterways commits
sion appointed by President Cleveland.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05

There are no remaining public lands
in any of the states Of New England, Ia
New York, Pennsylvania, New jersey.
Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West
Virginia, North Carolina, South Cnro-
lima, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky or
Texas. There are 2b,0 900 acres of
rublic land In Ohio, 81. U 900 in Flor
!, 32,oDo,0 900 in Alabama. 2s,Oo0,00o in
i%isiann, 5000, 900 in Michigan aud
10000 In Wisconsin. The other pub
lands are In the western states and
he territories,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05

The United Confederate Veterans OF
Mississippi will meet at jackson on
August 10th. Robert A. Smith Camp
has made arrangements to proper ly en-.
~tertain the division. Various conn
mittees have been appointed and one
was requested to confer with the,
Daughters Of the Confederacy, Miss
Annie Cage. president, q to thS pro
gramme Of exercises. Mrs. VILLAS
Henry was appointed to take charge q
the supper committee and WAS apthor.
lied to call on the ladiss Il thst eity ~
epAsributiona
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05

Adjutant-G General Henry has secured
free transportation over all the rail.
roads for the Mississippi National
Guards and equipments. Indications
point to the largest encamprnent at
Vicksburg ever before known in the
history Of the organization. The
grounds are eligibly located and Vicks-
burg is putting her best foot forward to
make the encampment . great success.
There will be thirty.ive com anies,
troops and batteries, present, divided
into three regiments Of infantry one Of
artillery and a squadron Of cavalry.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05

An eastern scientist has discovered
that 'iovc rs disease lie ducsu'l ru}.
whether It is contiguous or whether
the treatment viii come best under
"fimii0l stmilFbuD curautw,7 or some
other bus" Science, with ita "tur.
sival OF The 1ttc6',' a%ill get at the bot
tom facts doubtless u il keeps oH and
escapes 4 iuuUtic asylum.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05

Charlie Wade, a locomotive fireman
on the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley rail.
road, was drowned while swimming in
Sunhower river last week. He had been
railroading on the Boyle e. Sunfower
railroad, and when that road went into
the hands Of receivers he obtained 3
position with the Valley road. His
mother, who is in poor health, is dis.
tracted.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05
A HOME WRECKED.
Cyclone Demolishes n Residence on
an Illinois Farm, .

San Jose. ILL.,, July 3l.-Death and
desolation followed rapidly in the wake
of a cyclone which swept across this
section of the country at seven o'clock
Friday night. Seven persons were
killed outright and three seriously in
iured. The house and barn of DIR. A.
c. Mcdowell on the outskirts of the
town were demolished by the fury of
the wind.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05
Negroes Engage ina Pitched Rattle with
Whites In Louisiana,

ORANGE, TEN, Aug. News reached
here today to the effect that a squad OF
negroes who had been working on the
Kansas City. Houston & Galveston rail.
road, near West Lake, La, had been
transferred to the stone quarry near
Thornbeck, The white people OF the
neighborhood objected to the negroes
being employed at the quarry, and last
night at midnight a pitched battle oc-
CURED between the whites and negroes.
Two negroes were MORALLY wounded
and several others less seriously shot.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05

NEw YORK. Aug, The Socialist.
Labor convention, representing, 1t is
claimed, 25,0oO jewish trades ~unionists,
who were recently expelled from the
Socialist-Labor party for protesting
against the methods OF certain labor
leaders, took a yote today and decided
by a majority Of thirty to Join the Debs
movement, or the Social Democracy of
America, AS il is officially known.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05

Milwaukee. July 3l.-A special to the
Sentinel from Manitowoc. Wis. saws:
The a ferry line between Manitowoc
and benton HaTbor, with connections at
Eenion Harbor with the Big Four
road. for eastern. southeastern and
southern points, opened Friday. The
tug Fischer. having in tow the Take
Michigan 4, Wisconsin a ferries Nos.
and 4. arrived with "a ears of Loo ded
freight for Manitowoe and western
points.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05

Green Patton was before Mayor Don,
nell of Columbus last week, charged
with retailing. He vas found guilty
and fined Sl00 and sentenced to ninety
days on the farm. The sentiment
against blind tigers is very strong, and
the police are doing their best to break
them up,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS
Weekly CrOp Bulletin.

NG NH A#| L- |-f
During the week ending July 18th,
the temperature and rainfall were above
the normal over q lsfg . ares, and crop
conditions were generally improved
thereby. Cotton is opening and pick
ing will Don begin in some sectiona
The crop on lands recently oysrfowed
is doing well, but an early frost would
materially affect the yield, as the ma
,urity Of the crop will be late. Corn,
peas, pastures and gardens have i'm
proved, but rains were too late in many
sections to be Of ben eft. While the
majority Of reports are not very favor
able, there are many good, and some
excellent reports from favored sections.
Of the State. Some complaint is made
of damage to cotton by boil worms.
Crops are about all laid by. Some are
preparing for fall gardens.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05
A New Industry for HaElehurst.

The Hazlehurst Cotton Seed Oil and
Fertilizer Company has been organized
with a capital OF S25, 600. A committee
has been appointed with full power to
contract and buy the necessary ma.
chinery, to select and buy necessary
lands, and begin at once the erection OF
buildings for a cotton oil mill and put
the same in operation in time for the
incoming season.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05

At a meeting OF the stockholders OF
the Southern railway in Mi sissippi,
held at Columbus last week, the follow
ing board of directors was elected for
the ensuing year: Samuel Spe nicer. NJ.
A. Moslin, Josiah f. Hill, A.. X. Ander.
son, Francis Lynde Stetson and W. W.
Finley.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05
Mississippi Mill Directors.

At a meeting Of stockholders OF the
Mississippi Mills, at Wesson last week,
the term Of Office Of the directors having
expired, the following were elected:
Judge Thomas ]. semmes, president;
Mrs. John p. Richardson, John NJ.
Oliver, Wm. p. Richardson and R. L.
Saunders.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05

Washington. July 3l.-The Japanese
government has accepted the offer
made by Hawaii TO arbitrate the dis
tute between the two countries. The
state department has been informed OF
the offer and the acceptance
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05

a wellknown phys,cInu FnyR rH"rs.
rive ten drinking shntt"ra the "frou
system, wcahcns The brain, injuries ths
appetite diEtUrbs the digestive organs
and causes cold feet, but the people will
20 right on drinking tea,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05

The demand for American electrical
machinery Is rapidly ,cremtiuR In Eu,
rope. w Secm to hnyc Al chtabliFhed
lead IN electrical appliances ~ web Us
IN making bicycles.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05

Alabama has p]royidrd for rocdura-
ti"u Ia the atate univ"rspty. The only
dimcuiJy about rocdocatlou b. thnt
tho boy are compelled &" "ork pretty
hard 10 keep up.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05

MooNEsTowS, N, j., Aug. Mrs.
Christina French celebrated her one
hundred and third birthday at her home
here today. In honor Of the event there
was Q family reunion,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05

Had il not been forMrs, Amelia Kol-
Ter, who died recently in Mount Yer
non, \, Y, aged % years, Tom Moore
might never huvc written Tho Last
Rose of summer" The poem was Of her
suggestion. and the tirst line was from
her bps, Stv vras early in the century
n close friend OF Mooret sister, who
kept a private school in London. While
walking IN The garden Of the school
with the poct n dry Mrs kohlcr, 50
the story runs, plnoked a rose, remark
ing: ""ris the Inst rose az summer;
why not writr about it, Mr. Monrca'
The accident sngceS t@l the thought
that was aftereRrd woven int verse.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-05

The death " Mrs. Ndyieh, ofeSan Die.
go, Cal, removes another Of the women
who urc widows OF revolutionary sol
dlers, 4 few yeays ago there were no
less than - such drawing pensions
from ts' government. NuN thew are
but sis, and il cauuot be long before the
last one is gone, fog they arc, Of course,
all very Old, Mrs. Aldrich was brrl
in 1sP0, or not I'll! 10 Hcnrs after tre
British evacuated New Work. Her hns
band Nas, therefore, at least ~ yoaEs
her sensor. h is onty sileh = disorrpano,
of ages which would permit a woman
whose husband was one Of the original
PATRIOTS 20 survive TO this day.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-10-14
THE GTATE LEGISLATURES.

The resolution for n statue of Gen.
Banks on the state house grounds has
been adopted by the Massachusetts
house. with the appropriation reduced
from $30,CO0 TO $4,000.
The Michigan Legislature has enact
cd law to allow all people who own
assessed property to vote at school cleo
tions, thus admitting some of the wom-
on to limited franchise.
The Texas house has rejected n reso-
luton for constitutional amendment
10 increase the terms of state and ooun-
ty officers to four years, and has adopt
ed resolution for constitutional
amendment to permit aid to be given
disabled confederate soldiers at their
homes.
The Connecticut house has amended
the good roads bill, voting TO change
the commission of three to II single-head-
cd commission, to reduce the annual APP
preparation from S1O0,O COO to S75, 600. and
TO require the state to pay two-thirds
CO the cost, instead of one-third rs now,
the town to pay one-third and the coun-
ty nothing. The county formerly paid
one-third.
A bill to punish mob violence, drafted
to suppress the toll-gute raiders, passed
the Kentucky house, making the as
sembling together for any unlawful
purpose felony, punishable by impris-
onment for from one to five years, per
mits the offering of rewards by the gov
ernor or the county authorities, and
makes the members of such mob Ii
able, individually and collectively, for
any damage done.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-10-14
PERSONAL POINTS.

a prize of $1,000 has been offered by
King Leopold II. of Belgium for the
best treatise to be written before 1901
on the Military History of the Bel
gians from the Roman Invasion Until
the Present Day"
Archdule Franz Ferdinand, heir APP
parent to the Austro-Hungarian crown,
intends to build magnificent palace
in Vienna, which fact is taken as AN in
dication that he contemplates matri-
mony.
The bronze statue of Stephen Girard,
which will be unveiled in Philadelphia
next month, is of the heroic size, and
will rest upon PEDESTAL of gray granite
nine feet high, making the total height
of the monument IS feet.
Admiral Canevaro, in command of
the fleets of the powers off the coast of
Crete, is South American by birth,
having been born in Peru, of Genoese
father lis brother is Peruvian min
lister to Italy and France.
Count Albert De Nun, the leader of
the Catholic party in the France cham
Der of deputies, who has just been elect
ed to fill Jules Simon's seat in the
French academy, is great-grandson of
Ilelvetius, the revolutionary philoso-
pher, and a grandson of Nine. De Stael.
The queen of England, the duchess of
Connau2ht, the princesses Charles and
Albert of Prussia, the empress and em-
press dowager of Germany, the EN-
press dowager of Russia and the queen
regent of the Netherlands all occupy
the position of honorary colonel in the
Germany army.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-10-14

vent the lirb from coming IN contact
with the hot metal, and the application
is continued for fully 40 minutes.
Two PATIENTS were brought in for the
experiment. One was Il nan who had
been under the care Of Physician, VINO
was present, for several l.,onths, and
had been gradually growing worse
lie was unable to move his toes or his
ankle, and any motion of the limb
caused cXcruciating pain. At the end
of 40 minutes, during which time his
temperature was raiscdtnearly two de-
rrees, rs shown by the mouth Their
momctcr, and his pulse increased about
10 beats PER minute, the limb was taken
out of the cylinder; the patient moved
his toes rs freely as does child, bent
his ankle without difficulty and walked
with ease, feeling no pain. Other
rheumatic pains in other portions of
the body had also disappeared.
The second patient was negro who
was suffering from a long-continued
lumbago, and who uttered many groans
as he was being placed on an apparatus
which inclosed his back. He was also
subjected to the heat for 40 minutes,
and when told to rise he sat up as read
lily as when in perfect health. The
temperature in the first case was from
PAS to 26o degrees Fahrenheit.
In the discussion which followed it
was stated by the exhibitor that these
men would probably be better in the
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-10-14

The first union flag was unfurled on
the LIST OF January, 1776, over the camp
of Cambridge. II had 10 stripes of
white and red, ald retained the Eng
lish cross in one corner.
An unusual accident. the explosion of
coffee urn, occurred in n London res
taurant. -Four girls were severely
scalded, and the face of one Of them
will be permanently d.aigured.
Persons intending to select pup
should permit the pups mother to make
the choice. The one the mother first
carries back to their led is almost GER
tain to becomc the best dog.
Notwithstanding all the efforts of in
vcntors, no one has been able to d s.
cover a substitute for leather. For
shoes, betting, harness and thousand
other uses there's nothing Ike
leather"
Vitriol throwing by jealous women,
hitherto q peculiarly Partisan mani
festation Of dccadent affection, seems
to be growing fashionable in the Lon
don West End, too. A case where the
actors were English was tried recently.
The police and courts of Paris are
making a determined effort to rid the
city of the scandal of criminal med
zeal practice, and two physicians were
recently sentenced 10 five years inn
rr,sonmcnt, which is regarded in
France as an unusually severe punish
ment for the crime.
The health department Ct Baltimore
has been called upon to look into the
condition of n number of bakeries re-
ported TO be in a filthy state. Nine
hundred and seventy-eight inspections
were made last year, resulting in de-
cided Improvement in Cleanliness.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-10-14

to own up that DIR. Williams Pink Pills
helped me, as l had no confidence in them.
When could not carry on the imposition
any farther 1 told my wife that the pills
were helping me. took three boxes before
| was entirely cured, and we now keep them
in the house all the time.
:" am not prepared to say that DR.. Will
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People will cure
everything, but know they win cure kidney
troubles and general muscular weakness, as
they cured me.
81 now recommend them to everyone in
my ncighborhood, where / formerly made
sport Of all proprietary remedies"
u. Y. WILSON.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, Not
airy Public, this fourth day of March, 1897.
ROBERT Z. HULL, JR, Notary Public,
Wayne County, Michigan.
An analysis of DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People shows that they contain, in con-
densed form all the elements necessary to give
new life and richness to the blood and restore
shattered nerves. They are an unfailing spe-
cfc for such diseases az locomotor ataxia par
tial paralysis, St. Vitus' dance, scistics, neural
gia, rheumatism, nervous headache. the after
effects of la grippe, palpitstion Of the heart,
pale and sallow compilations, all forms OF
weakness either in male or female and all
diseases resulting from vitiated humors in the
blood. Pink Pills are sold by all dealers, or
will be sent post paid on receipt of price, 30
cents a box, or six boxes for s250-(they are
never sold in bulk or by the 1907 by address
ing DR.. Williams Medicine Company, Sche
nectady, N. Y.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-10-14
"Away With Mechanically.

And bid dull care avaunt, sounds very
well in verse, but if you have "A case Of
the blues caused by indigestion, with
biiousness added on us an extra horror.
you cannot say hey presto! and thus in
sure the departure of those abominable
twins. The proper caper" when thus
troubled, is to seek the aid of Hostelter's
Stomach Bitters. Thereafter you will
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petite, and your liver will reassert lis
right to regularity. Not only this, you
can retire without horrible dread that
the Washington monument will-in
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orous one by this fine touic than by any
other medicinal agent in existence. A
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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-10-14
A Builders Experience.
A USEFUL LIFE Renewed
IN A Remarkable manner.
Udnsy Y. Wilson Was Near Deaths Door. Dectsrs
Failed to Help Him A Home Remedy Sue
ceeded in Saving His Life.
From The Evening New., Detrott, Mfch.

Udney Y. Wilson, contractor and builder,
living in Detroit, Mich, at 81 High Street,
West, said regarding DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People: For years / have
been out of doors in all kinds of bad weather,
looking after my building contracts. / have
worked many days in the rain and cold to
complete some building. About two years
ago I noticed l could not get around as I
should, and commenced to have a severe pain
In my back. tried the usual remedies with
out getting any relief, and for nearly year I
suffered intensely. | kept up as long rs |
could, as had several contracts for buildings
that had to be completed
AT night ] could not sleep. My physi-
clan said it was my kidneys and every day
| went out doors they would keep me awake
nearly all the following night. Instead of
getting better | became worse, and worried
q great deal about my work. The doctor
said / must quit work and 90 to bed, or he
would not be responsible for my life.
All the medicines / took only helped
me temporarily. Some days | would feel
better and 60 out day only to be again con-
fined to my bed for weeks at time. One
dry my wife suggested that | try DIR. Will
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People, and |
laughed at the idea.
Finally when ] got into such condition
that I would take almost anything in the
hope of relief, tried the pills. They helped
me from the start, but would not acknowl-
edge il and snid it was the other medicines
taat had just commenced to work. ! disliked