The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-01-14
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

THIRTY persons are known TO have
been billed aud probably 1870 injured
in London. Ont Oh the Sd, by the Civ
ing way Of II portion OF the floor OF the
city hall during an after'eectlon meet
ing, at which the successful candidate
for mayor, DR.. John d, Wilson, was
addressing 1000 OF his partisans.
CAPT. RosESDAnL, commander OF the
German war ship Friedrich Karl, has
been appointed commander OF the Ger
man forces ashore ut kao-Chau bay.
THE president and members Of his
| cabinet have subscribed S5, 900 to the
Cuban relief fund.
| STOCKTON, Cal, suffered from a 500,
600 fire eally On the morning OF the
4th.
| ON thc 4th the mercury registered 81
DEGREES below zero at Saranae lake, 20
| below ut Mountain View, and 20 below
in Malone, N. y,
WIN. CARSON, the millionaire lumber e
man of Eau Claire, Wis, died, on the
4th, after an illness of several days,
aged 80.
REPORTS of recent visitors TO Labra-
dor say that strong evidence exists that
gold is to be obtained In quantities
equalled only by tho deposits of the
klondikc. In fact, 1t is asserted that
the deposits in Labrador are on the
same range as those of the klondike.
GEORGE BAKER and his wife, who
lived about three miles west OF Fair
bury, Neb.. were murdered on the ith
They were found lying dead in the din
ing room OF their home. Each hac
received charge of bIrdshot in the
head. The shot had been fired through
d window as the couple sat at break
fast,
LADY ANNE COVENTRY, third daugn'
ter of the earl OF Coventry, was mar
ried ia London, on the 4th, to Prince
Dhnlep Singh son of the late mahnra
iah of Lahore.
AMONG the American missionary 80
cieties there is feeling that the claim
; of the United States against Iurke,
: for damages growing out of the dc
, struction Of the mission buildings q
narpoot. in 1900, should be enforced
il necessary, by the seizure OF Turl,
, ish port.
c A DISPATCH from Thomasville, Ga, o
the Ath, announced that Hon. Ben jami
) Butterworth, commissioner of paten Il
: had grown so much worse that his re
. covery was considered impossible.
SINCE the agitation concerning tn
publication of the list OF pensioners la
commenced, Commissioner Evans ha
received several letters from pensionei
requesting the cancellation OF tliei
, pensions.
lr is iutimated that 1t may be foun
uece ssnry to put forward comproml'
republican candidate for the Ohio sci
9 ntorship. in which case the name
y, Assistant Secretary Of State Day
- mentioned.
IdNArlus DoNNELIr, the well-know
populist leader, who is now 60 years I
age, is engaged to be married, ut 5
Paul, Mimi, to Miss Marian Hansel
y his stenograplcr, aged 20, II few week
/. hence.
PERSONS who have been closely cor
>. nected with the Northern Pacific an
r.. Wisconsin Central litigation and Al
=, acquainted with enterprises in whic
john ID. Rockefeller has been cot
cerned. credit that gentleman with b
IT ing back of u movement to secure col
/. troll of the Wisconsin Central prope
r. ties,
10 The schoolhouse at Yeddo, Ind, WI
"a burned on the 9th. Reports from I'll
70 scene said that it was feared that wv
.; children were in the tre. Two'we'
S, thrown from second story windo
5, and badly Injured. The building co
I'd $4,000.
THERE has been an alarming spret
Of maarial fever ut Puerto Princip
N. Cuba, both among the inhabitants {
la the city and in the garrison. No few
IL than Z, 500 persons have been aifcctt
ed by the disorder.
On JAMES u, MCliRYpE, member OF Il
At. Populst national committee, and pror
o. inent in Michigan populist circles W
n arrested in Grand Rapids, on the st
re. ON tho charge of embezzling $500 fro
a client.
The cane fields belonging to Sim'
nix Milan. at the colony of Palenque, ne
ed Guiues, province OF Havana, Cub
cd were burned ON the 9Th. 1t is bcliev
re. that the fire was Of incendtary origi
IN NICOLA TESLA, the Servia electric
gu, wizard, announces that he has p,
SEQ fected vacuums tubes Of such high
IL Illuminating power that they may ser
- the greatest lighthouses Of the futu
W; piercing even the densest fog. VIII
" night will be made IS daylight 10
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