The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-26

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district.
Gov. 0dell of New York recent
Iy received a strange appeal from
Frank III. Burns under sentence of
death, who protested against any eff
fort to delay his execution. Burns
attorneys have taken an appeal
against his protest.
Three persons, two Of them be-
ing boys, were killed and eight 9th
er employees were injured by an ex-
plosion of toy pistol caps, which
completely demolished the two
story brick manufacturing plant of
the Chicago Toy Novelty Company
n Two strangers, believed to be an
archists, have been annoying Mrs.
Mckinley by writing her letters in
regard to the assassination of her
husband, and they recently went so
b far as to try to gain an interview
with her. The officers are on the
\ lookout for them.
The federal court has made per-
manent the temporary receiver re-
Gently appointed for the Houston Oil
Company and the Kirby Lumber
Company. Authority has also been
\ granted the receiver to operate the
I properties and pay off the Liabilities
with available assets.
A letter from German South At
Y rica gives details Of the CHASTITY
treatment of German settlers by
natives. In one community thir-
4 teen Germans were tortured to
death, women have been outraged,
and bodies of victims have been
nailed to the door of houses. These
sights so enraged the German SOL
diers that they expressed a deter
mination to kill everything black.
Because he stopped in a saloon
to get a glass of beer while on the
way to court to answer a charge of
wife abandonment, John Gabel of
st. Louis is out 5000. Not being
present when the case was called,
the judge declared Gabel's bond of
5000 forfeited, and refused to re-
consider the matter when the de-
PENDANT appeared a few minutes
later and explained the cause of
his delay.
Santos umont, the Brazilian
aeronaut, has arrived at st. Louis
to make arrangements for locating
his air ship, in which he is to try
for the time limit purse of $780,
600 .offered by the worlds fair. 10
win the purse Drnont must travel
through ten miles of space in thirty
two minutes. He will be allowed as
many trials as he cares to make
during themonths Of July, August,
September and October.
Pension Commissioner Ware has
issued an order placing upon the
pension list all veterans of the I'm
ion army who have reached the age
of 62 years and are unable to take
care of themselves. The minimum
is Sc and the maximum, which is
to be paid after the pensioner has
passed 70 years, is $12 per month.
Allowances at a higher rate are pro-
vided for in the order. While it is
not known definitely just what effect
this order will have, or how expen-
sive it will be, the estimates fur
nished the president aggregate about
100000 900.
The fifth week of the Japanese
Russo war has closed, and yet there
has been no decisive land battles.
During the week a naval battle took
place near Port Arthur. One vessel
was sunk on each side, and there
must have been considerable loss of
life. This was followed by a severe
bombardment of the harbor in
which there was some loss of life, two
women in the town being among the
victims. japanese troops are report
ed at various points west of the
Yalu, and the Russian forces are be-
ing held at Hardin to meet the en-
envy. In Korea there has not been
the expected battle, but small skir-
mishs between scouting parties are re-
ported. 1t is believed a great n
gagement may be six weeks in the
future. The fall of New Chwang
was also reported.
It has been discovered that T. E.
Haynes, a prominent attorney of
Marysville, Mo-, who died recently
under mysterious circumstances,
was involved in several extensive
deed and mortgage ~forgeries.
Haynes, who enjoyed a big corpora
ton practice, vas supposed to be
wealthy. His death, however, re-
vealed that he had been operating
on funds fraudulently secured
through forged deeds and mort