The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-04-29


tired broker living at 1857 Deming
court. Chicago, committed suicide, on
the ed, by shooting himself through
the heart Dependency over ill-health
Ia supposed to have been the cause.
THg post Office department has issued
a fraud order against the Financial and
Commercial Co. of Chicago.
FIVE masked men broke into the res
dence Of John Quinlan, at Niles, o., on
the ed, and, after gagging and bind
ing him. ransacked the house and &C.
cured 81 200 In currency, besides lots OF
valuable jewelry.
REPRESENTATIVE HOLMAN, Of Indiana,
died at his home ia Washington city,
on the Ed, at 2.o5 p. IN, after au i'll
ness OF sorne weeks, Spinal meningitis
was the cause.
TnE general conference Of the super
inteDdents Of the Baptist missions of
the west, met in the Young Mems
Christian association building In
Omaha, Ncb., on the ED. Many prom,
inent missionary workers from west
ern states and territories were present.
Ira SALISBURY, Of st. Louis, aged II.
rot angry at Motorinan James +.
1barp, on the 23d, because the latter
insisted that S~tansbury get his buggy
off the car track, and, stopping the
vehicle right in front of the ear, let
down his buggy top and deliberately
shot Tharp, fortunately, however, in
dieting only Il flesh wound. STAINS.
bury vas arrested.
AT Williamsport, Mich, on the ed,
Mrs. Albert Iioyey, aged 80 years, muir
dcred her mother-in-law aged 50, with
an AK, severing the head entirely
from the body, and then poured oil on
the l~ifcless body and set it on fire.
IN response 10 an inquiry from Wash
ington, the Commercial club Of Oma-
ha, Ncb,, on the 23d, wired an offer to
furnish warehouses for the Indian sup
ply depot free Of cost to the govern
incnt for i've years,
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY decided, on
the 23d, TO nominate VIM. X. Day. of
Canton, o., to be first assistant secre-
tary of state, and misrepresentation We
Bcllamy Storer, Of Cincinnati, TO be
minister to Belgium.
JONI II. RAAp, a Chicago wholesale
dealer, was shot and killed, on
the 23d, by his former secretary and
confidential clerk, who afterward put
The revolver to his own temple and
killed himself.
ACCOMPANIED by so or 90 Cinnamon
IF high and low degree, Wu Ting
Fung, envoy extraordinary and minis
.cr plenipotentiary from China to the
United States, Spain and Peru, reached |
on the ED, on his way to /
Washington, and after a drive through
principal streets Of the city, left
'ver the Panhandle for Washington.
REPRESENTATIVE DoRR, of West Vir-
introduced a bill IN the house,
N the 23d, to repeal the civil-service
aw.
A CORRESPONDENT Of the London
,hronicle in Cuba writes. 1.-THE report
hat the insurgcnt party is dead and Il
hing OF the pastis an rumor.
/ would be hard, indeed, to find a more
lively corpse. The insurgents were
in a better condition to fight than
the season being in their favor,
nd they lack neither food, clothing
ammunition"
A LONDON dispatch of the 23d said
he situation at Constantinople was
.cemed to be extremely critical, and
|nless Osman could gain II conspicuous
riumph the ~cataciysm of Constan-
which the powers have dis
PEACEFULLY compromised themselves in
rying to prevent, might come ut any
nomcnt.
CENTRAL Iowa, portions Of Kansas,
iissouri, Nebraska and Ohio were Wis
ted. on the Esd, with destructive rain
nd wind storms. At Des Moines, Ia,
hrcc inches Of rain fell, and much dam
ge was done to railroad and other
property in that vicinity.
Mrs. CnmsrIANA BoNEKEssEL died re-
emily at Bcssemer, Mich. Those who
new her best say she vas 90 years old.
he was married IS times. the last
ime, only six months ago, to u young
IAN.
A LONDON dispatch announces the
cath, ut Sandringham. at three o'clock
n the morning of the cath, of Prin-
css May of Teck, Duchess of York,
uring confinement.