The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-05-13

FDn the first time In ten years Their
are open saloons in Topeka, kas.. an
as = result something u a rebellion
has been started against the presen'
state administration.
THg statement Of the condition o
the treasury issued on the 18th. showed
Available cash balance. ESQ, T5j, 500
gold reserve. Sl4s, HEAP.
ions T.. krszE, ''The Little German
Of cronin trial fame, was convicted in
Judge Payne's court in Chicago, on the
9Th. of operating a confidence game.
The jury fixed his punishment at i'm,
p~riaonmont in the ~penitentiary. He
will be given an indeterininhte sen.
tence,
WHILE moving d pile OF rubbish on
George l~iaugburn's farm, near tando,
\, d., On the 9th, the dead body OF
Of his head WAS crushed, indicating
murder. Mr.. Bryan claimed 10 be a
second cousin of WIN, j. Bryan, and
was undoubtedly murdered for his
money.
A SPECIAL dispatch from Athens as
scrtS that the losses Of the Greeks in
the fighting at NeIestino and pharsa-
los, on the 9Th, were certainly ZOO
killed aud wounded, while the Turks
lost fully 5000 killed and wounded.
flA fin a. Ia tl,,, i,rilntt., ts t,o, 20 .
the Standard OIL trusts declared Il
quarterly dividend Of 80 cents and an
extra dividend of 7 per cent, payable
june H.
ELEyEN men were drowned, on the
9Th, through an inflow Of water into
the krlloe eolIiery, at Durham, En-
gland.
TnE Turks occupied pharsnlos on
the 9Th.
CHRISTOPHER NICKELs, a laborer, liy~
ing in West indianapolis, Ind, on the
1th, made a murdcrons assault on his
wife, from whom he had been separa-
ted, then fled to the banks Of Eagle
creek, took a dos" of Rough on Rats,
and lived only long enough to tell the
police who found him there What he
had done.
q. :, JOHNSON, Of ALASKA. will be the
next governor Of that district. lie was
sent from Nebraska To Alaska during
liarrispn's administration to fill the
position of United States attorney for
AIhslSa and is very popular,
Finn ,Bnb Tgrt.pns p,,,t1tttn ~ +ln
senate and house reached ii decision.on
the 9TH, on the Indian appropriation
bill on the basis of a provision for the
leasing Of the giIsonite lands instead of
the purchase of them.
CHARLES BrrToS. IL capitalist, for
merly Of the wholesale drug firm of
4 Button, Milwaukee, dropped
dead while entering his carriage on
the 18th.
RuFus Z. VAssAR, grandson of the
NaSsar college, was arrested
in san Francisco. on the 18th, charged
with cmbezzIcment.
Born houses of the Iowa legislature
have passed u resolution making the
wild rose the official flower of that
state.
GOV, BLACK of New York gave IA
bearing to the anti-scalpcr bill on the
It'll. 1t is understood he will sign the
TntNds have come to such a pass in
that the members of the roval
can not leave the palace with
nut being subjected to insult in the
Even the queen and princcsses, |
they visit the hospitals, are not
Exempt.
Mis-. MARY l.. WlLcoN. who was born
n the White House during Jackson's
administration, has resigned her clerk
hip in the treasury department. She
S the widow of Representative Wilcox,
# Mississippi, aud is over so years of
,gc.
A TREE was planted near the tomb of
Grantln Riverside Park, New York
ity, on the 18th, by Yang YIN. envoy
Extraordinary and minister plenipoten-
larry of the emperor of China, by order
# III lung Chang.
Mrs, KATHARINE CRoNIS, of New
ioss, Ind, celebrated her golden we'd
ling, on the 18th, by filing suit for di-
Gree from her wealthy husband, Cor.
Ielius Gronin, whom she married in
80 years ago.
ROBERT II. MARrIS, formerly treas
rcr of the Columbia university of
Washington city, has been arrested on
hargcs of embezzling funds of the iu-