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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-11-26
RoBBINc INDIAN CHILDREN.
Guardians Lease Lands to confed.r.
ates for Small Sum and PROFITS
Are Then Divided.

A new scheme for robbing the Choc-
taw and Chickasaw Indians Of ndisn
Territory has been discovered by sn.
pe~rintendent Jones, of the Indian bu-
reau, and Secretary Hitchcock has asked
the department of justice to break II. nm
For SIS, sometimes less, the father NJ
mother Of a minor Chickasaw is induced
to consent to the appointment of the man
as guardian for the minor. Last summer
guardians were appointed for more than
zoo minors by the clerk of the federal
court in Indian Territory. The appoint.
ments were made during the recess of
the court, and 1t is alleged that in eyery
instance the appointee is unfit.
Many Of the guardians. as soon as ybey
get possession of the land which the soy.
eminent had allotted to the minors wnen
the lands were allotted In seyera,ty
leased them to farmers or cattlemen yor
ridiculously small sums. The inference
is that the guardian and the lessee d.
vided the profits, the Indian child gettino
nothing and the parent only the $25 paid
for his consent to the appointment Of tia
guardian.
The request of Secretary Hitchcock
has brought to Washington representa-.
tfves of a number of trust companies who
make a business of furnishing bonds TO,
these guardians. Fearing that this
profitable branch of their business will
be broken up, they are suggesting this
substitution of curators for guardians
But the only distinction between a
curator and a guardian according
70 superintendent Jones, is that a ura-
tor Will have no authority over the per.
OF the Indian child. This means
mat he will merely take charge Of the
child's property, and will be relieved OF
furnishing the youngster food and cloth.
out OF the proceeds of the lease.
There are hundreds of thousands NJ
acres allotted to Indian children. No
enid of either tribe has less than goa
acres of the finest land in the country.
Many OF them have thousands of acres
it for grazing purnoses.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-11-26

Tue recent work of certain British
chemists has again called attention 10
the Old problem of creating living
organisms by chemical synthesis. The
gentlemen seem TO have succeeded in
producing combinations which appear
70 DC apparently automatic humps Of
watery matter, said to resemble living
cells. All of which proves that some
men OF science have not yet given up
The hope that life ean be produced
by artificial means without the agency
OF preYiously-eXisting living parents.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-11-26
NO STATEMENT by cocKRELI..
Declines to Say whether or Not I've
Has Been offered the Place.

Declines to Say whether or Not I've
Has Been offered the Place.
Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. Ex-senator
Francis M. Cockrell, on Sunday even
ing, declined to say whether or not he
had been offered the Isthmian canal
commissionership by President Roose-
welt, or whether he would accept such
an appointment ii rendered him. He
would not, he said, in any event, take
any action until he reached Washing
ton, on November 90,
Il have already said all | care to a.
this time upon this subject said Sem
ator Cockrell. Il will leave for the
east Monday or Tuesday, stopping Il
day or two at st. Louis, and then Wis.
iting my daughter at Dayton, o. ]
expect to reach Washington on Mon
day, the 28th, and shall take no action
until then.
Senator Cockrell declined to say
whether or not the lsthmian cana,
commissionership will be an agreeable
appointment.
Senator Cockrell said: "Tf rendered
any position by the president, I should
it with the greatest considera.
tion, and do whatever might be best In
the premises"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-11-26
TWELVE ARE DEAD
IN BROOKLYN FIRE
Two Entire Families Smothered in
Burning Tenement Buildings.
WORK OF FlREMEN HAMPERED
frightened ItaIiaHs FILLED tho
streets With Their Uouachoia
Goods, and with Them Blocked
the Nay of Fire ratus.

New York, Nov. 2l.-smoihered he,
lore they could reach the rear fire es.
cape In a burning tenement buildin2
at 1876 Troutman street, in the VIII.
lamsburg district OF Brooklyn, ~ pbr-
sons met death shortly before two
o'clock Sunday morning.
TWO entire families. those of Ma
ranto Triolo and Charles Polognio arc
wiped out, the last living member be-
ing o In a hospital, with no hope
OF their recovery. They are Charles
Polognio, IS years old, and Tony Til
oIo, rs years. both of whom are ter
ribly burned. Although, in the opinion
OF the coroner, all the dead were suf-
located, the bodies were badly burned
before they could be taken from the
ruins by the fregaen.
The burned tenement house is in the
center of a row of three-story tenc-
ments extending the length of tire
block, and was occupied by Italians.
The fire Is supposed to have started
in the cellar of the grocery store Of
Antonio ~Giambalyos, on the ground
floor. The cellar was stored with in
bammable material, and the flames
spread with Iightning-like rapidly. All
the occupants were asleep at the time.
and there was considerable delay In
sending In the first alarm.
The G%iambalvos family lived in The
rear of the store, and succeeded In get
ting out of the building, but before the
occupants on the two other floors vera
their escape had been cut of.
Before the tiremen arrived, the fire
had communicated to the adjoining
tenement, but here the occupants had
sufficient warning, and all escaped.
Work of Ftrcmen Hampered.
The work of the firemen was greatly |
hampered for a time by the crowds of
Italians who filed the
The tenents in nearly all
he n~eighboring buildings dragged their
household goods out of the buildings,
with them blocked the way Of the
ire apparatus.
All the bodies were found in the rear
DOM of the third floor, and 1t was evil
lent that all had been ~suffocated in
heir effort to reach the fire escape at
he back of the building. The two who
rescued were found in the lower
o o after the tiremen reached
he Gene. Working their way through
building the rescuers discovered
he heap of dead on the third fiooor,
nd within a short time succeeded ia
aking out nine bodies, but the last
las not found until after eight O'Clock
unday morning. In his intervals of
onsciousness, Polognio cries for his
life and children. but the physicians :
the knowledge Of their death
tould kill him. and have not told him
{ their fate. |
In their investigation az to the orr
of the fire, the police have been I'M
BILE to obtain q statement Of any Kind
'om n~eighhoring tenents. The I
rect about the burned building has
cen crowded with Italians all day, hit
le police report that everyone ques-
oned regarding the persons burned or
Ie occupants Of the building, has re- t
Ised to make any answer. it was r
18th great difficulty that even the L
ines of the victims could he OBJ a
ined. S
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-11-26
REVISE BAKERS ART.
NEW PROCESS MAY REVOLT
TONNE INDUSTRY.
English Company Has Method by
Which More Loaves Are Pro-
duced in q Much Shorter

For almost innumerable centurie
bread has been made after the sam
fashion, and no one dreamed of
change; but now there has arisen
London chemist who has made a dis
eovery which will revolutionize tn,
takers art.
No change or addition to the in
gradients which go to the making Of
bread is involved by this discovery
The -four, the water, and the yeas
will be mingled as before. The differ.
ence lies in the manipulation of the
material.
And that the difference is great will
nt once be seen when it is said that,
bsing a sack Of f1our-2S0 pounds
nine more quarter loaves, or Is small
~loayes, AN be produced by the new
process than by the old, in three to
four hours instead of from six to
eight hours.
That means, OF course, an immedi-
ate increase In bakers profits or a
probable decrease in the price of
bread.
The new process is naturally a Sc
cret, and has been patented by the
Quick Bread company, of London,
but an explanation of the idea may
be broadly given as follows:
Flour is composed of countless little
cells which have to be cracked by the
yeast, Up to the present only a GER
tain percentage of the cells have been
cracked, and the greater results of the
new method are achieved because, un-
der the new system, all the cells are
cracked.
That the astonishing results
claimed for the new invention are
really effected was amply proved
its proprietors entered into a
friendly competition with one of the
great London steam bakeries.
Both parties used the same plant
both used the same mount of
lour. The bakers began their bread
making at 1890 a. m, and the Quick
company at 1890, but the
quick bread" was out of the ovens
ong before the other bread was ready
o go into them, Moreover, the new
produced 101 loaves from a
ack, as against the bakeries 90
caves. Yet all the new process loayes
iere up to weight.
Another advantage claimed for the
eW process is that it keeps much |
jnger than the ordinary bread.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-11-26

II appears from the recent statistics
mat more people live to be over 100
years old in warm climates than In the
higher ATTITUDES. The German empire.
with 65,O0O,000 inhabitants, has IT'S
eentenarians: France, with 10000, 600,
has 2l3; England has only 146, and
Scotland f6, Sweden has 10, Norway
", Belgium 8. Denmark 2, Spain 40t
q switzerland one Seryia, with a
population of 2,25o, coo, has SIS people
over 400 years old.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-11-26
Commission win Ask for eids

Washington, D, c., Nov. 2l.--At an
early date the Iihmian Canal Com.
mission will ask ior bids for another
large supply of lumber. The last con
tract for yellow pine was awarded to
a Pacific Coast company and a firm
at Houston. Tex. 1t amounted to
about $4,000. Bids will also be re.
Quired for wire Green for doors and
windows in the Colon hospital. This
contract will be an important one. II
Is expected that several Southern con.
Germs, notably the one at Memphis.
VIII have a bid for this contract. The
Momphis wire screen factory is one
oil she largest in the country.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-11-26

Frank Taylor. an aged resident of
brooklyn, who declares that he has
e = cured of dyspepsia by eating
nothins but grass, has bought a farm
IN New Hampshire, which he win lay
out IN grass and clover SO that he can
haYe an inexhaustible supply to draw
afonn. He now gets his daily supply
,refn Sunset Park, where it is gathered
hy mis- daughter. Her father eats It
wi,hagreat relish. His palate has now
become so accustomed to the Juice of
more.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-11-26

The United States mails carry In a
year S,5oO.0o0 pieces of matter at a
cost OF $3.50, 900, 900, and If the rural
delivery service, which now serves
one-seYenth of our people at an ex-
pense OF $22, o00, 600. were eliminated
NE post office would be self.support-
ing. The post office was not estab-
iished to make money, but even with
out any retrenchment ii would make
money, probably, IL the cheap parcels
post were introduced here rs It exists
In other progressive countries.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-11-26
Fine for Auto Raci,r

me announcement that motors bull,
2 desert travelling will shortly arriys
=. khartoum, Egypt, suggests that y
~. ? place has beenfound where motor
races would be unobjectionable. hi
.ne w. race be scheduled for the des.
q. q Sahara, suggests the New Yorr
alipune Even the drivers need nos
w sand for such i race; the ~.
~ VIII supply al that il necessarv
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-11-26

The digging Of great canals ranks
among the foremost works and prof.
ects OF many leading nations at the
present time. The world Is getting to
be cut up with canals all over its land
surface. America is undertaking the
TWO biggest canal schemes at present
projected, the Panama canal and the
i,0oo-ton barge canal. Few countries
nave given more attention to canals
and canal schemes than the United
STATES did in the days before the rail
wayH
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-11-26

Gen. StoesBcI, In n proclamation 10
his soldiers, calls them granite cliffs, %
and says that for their enemies they
feel only pity, and then wires the
car that Port Arthur Is 10 be his
tomb. Whether the general In correct
as to the location OF his tomb 1t Is yet
TOO early to say, but In any event Port
Arthur Will be a monument 10 per
potuate the fame Of the gallant Rus
sian fighter.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-11-26

y japanese gentleman Of education
and distinction is authority for the
statement that Japan can call into
service at short notice 1900, 900 men
OF strong physique, and this in addt-
non to the large national guard. The
totai number of males available. be.
tween the ages Of II and 40, was given
IN 1898 at S,0Sa,o9s. People will not
remember that Japan, insofar as re-
sources Of men r concerned, is In
much better condition to stand a long
war than was the United States in
1861. .~f'N
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-11-26

Visitors 10 Colorado next summer
will have an opportunity 10 ride to the
top Of Pixies peak In electric cars. con
tracts having been made for changing
the cog road equipment from steam 10
electricity, Each passenger coach viii
be supplied with a gasoline motor,
which viii generate enough power to
proDcl the car. The change will ncces-
state an expenditure Of about $3.50. 900.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-11-26

The sages who were 50 sure that the
noiseless campaign of the last three
months was due to the fact that the
people were Indifferent in regard TO
the result Of the election will now
have to guess again, Perhaps they
might take refuge In some Of the
proverbs. such as "Still waters run
deep" or "a barking dog never bites"
Hereafter a quiet campaign will or
cite alarm,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-11-26
FOR SEN. COCkRElL
President Offers Veteran Missouri
Senator Canal Commissionership.
also offered Place ON Interstate
Commerce Commission IL Health
Prevents Accepting Former.

Washington, Nov. 21.-The president
has offered Senator CockreIl, of Mis-
souri,, the lsthmian canal commission
srship, made vacant by the resignation
Of Col Hecker. Of Michigan, and also
told him that n he feels that his heath
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-11-26

Toxic, Nov. ga report received
here from the front states that the
Russians have left their strong posi-.
tions At Da Pass. yielding to an at
tack by several Japanese detach.
ments.
One Japanese column is advancing
10 Stntsintin and another is prepar.
Ing for the occupation Of Da Pass.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-11-26
IlkEMAN ELEcTRocuTEp
Came in Contact With a Live Wire
and Was Instantly Killed.

fazoo City, Miss. Nov. 21.-James
X, Burchitt, lineman for the Cumber.
lahd Telephone and Telegraph Com.
yanp. was killed while repairing wires
at the corner of Washington AMI
Howell streets at $3.50 this morning,
He came In contact with a live electra
lignt wire. which burned his foot and
chin. causing him to fall to tn,
ground. His skull was crushed in.
MIR. Burchitt is survived by a bride
OF n week. The remains will be
sent to bis home at Kenard. Tenn,
tonight for burial.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-11-26
Had Many Descendarts

More than 1000 children, grandeur.
dren and great-grandehildren mourn
the death Of William Rice. "a var
old, who was buried the other day ~
New Bloomfield, Pa. Mr.. Rice vas ~
iather Y II children. Each child mar.
ried and their families increased ran.
idly. A number OF the grandchi,dra.
also married and had big families
When a count was taken ii was fonnd
mat the Rice family comprised mora
than 1000 persons. mos
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-11-26
MISSOURI CONTEST,
President Roosevelt Denies That He
Is Interfering.

Washington, Nov. 2t.-The follow.
lg statement, concerning the m
that President Roosevelt was taking
a hand In the Missouri senatorial con.
test, was given out at the White
House today:
Any statement that the president
Is taking any part whatever in the
Missouri senatorial contest, directly
or Indirectly, for or against my candi.
date, has no foundation whatever in
Tact. The president will not interfere
in the slightest degree in the contest"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-11-26
The wonder of the Wet.

John MoTiey's view OF tho rise Of
Japan may be Inferred. perhaps, from
his statement in his Pittsburg address:
The upbuilding Of the west is rpck~
oned by some the most important
world movement of the last 100 years,
but is II more important than the
amazing and imposing, and perhaps
disquieting, apparition Of JAPAN
Why should Mir. Morley say dis
Quieting?"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-11-26
DIVORCE LEGISLATION.
cIer9ymen OF All Creeds Join In The
Movement. F

Dallas, Tex, Nov. Ala mass meet.
ing Of ministers of all denominations
and prominent citizens, designed to
eliminate In an organized movement
Tor the enactment of more stringent
divorce laws, was held in Dallas to.
day and a committee has been ap-
pointed to draw up a report Of what Is
desired In the way Of legislation on
the subject. The committee is to re.
port at a meeting to be held here De
eenher IL. at which time the subject
VIII Do more fully discussed and some
cehnite plaa OF campaign devised.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-11-26
ROLE OF MODERN PRESS.
Inquiries by Scandinavian Club
Brings Series Of ~Laudatory Re-
plies from French Schools.

The Publicist club, of Christiania.
Norway, has just been holding its tenth
annual celebration, and has been both.
eflng over just what role the modern
press plays. In its anxiety it asked a
uInbe OF famous French Academicians
and got quite a fair number of replies
For instance, the illustrious scientist.
Marcelin B%erthelot, THE father of mod.
ern chemistry" replies:
Science is the principal motor force
in civilization, and the press ia the fun.
damental instrument in its propaganda.
and, therefore, responsible for its uni.
versal action
Jules Claretie, directeur OF the Come
die-Francaise, says:
The press is no longer merely the
fourth power, az formerly; it is the SUI.
preme voice, because it Is the voice ot
the people. 1t is also the conscience Of
the public. The press is the light, and
respects itself because it must challenge
the respect OF ALL"
Then the %dramatist, Paul Heryieu
VINO is the Clyde Fitch of Paris:
Nowadays the press exercises the
powers that once belonged to the prince.
the priest, and the magistrate. 1t gives
or takes away. 1t teaches or ~persuades
JUDGES, condemns, or gives absolution.
what conscience it must have to sxer-
else rightly this triple function to which
1t aspires with no one to say 1t nay!''
Glnistry, head of the Odeon: THE
OF the press. successfully accom-
plished, too, is to disarm hate and ar.
'ange the Cancellation of people and
,lasses."
And so on. The Publicist club has de.
slared itself satisfied as to its doubts
bout the dignity of newspaperdom.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-11-26
INDIAN COMMISSIONER,
FraneIs leuPp, a Newspaper Man, Ap.
pointed by Roosevelt.

Washington, Nov. 21.-President
Roosevelt today announced the an
pointment Of Francis e. Leupp, Of
this city, to be Indian commissioner,
vice William A. Jones. resigned. Com.
missioner Jones' resignation and Mr..
Leupp's appointment will take effect
IN January, Mr.. Leupp is the Wash.
lngton correspondent of the New York
Evening Post, and has been identified
with Indian affairs for many years,
and his appointment upon the commits.
sion is considered to be an excellent
one.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-11-26

Kansas City. Mo, Nov. 2n.-W.lliam
F. Hayde, aged Al, county license in
spector. killed himself by shooting.
Hayde was undoubtedly temporarily
insane. his insanity being induced, II is
said, by the recent election.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-11-26
Mrs, Rust Accents.

Nashville, Tenn, Nov. 21.-Mrs. ].
0. Rust, widow of the late John o,
Rust, n of the most prominent min,
isters in the South, and who died at
Seattle some months ago, has been
offered and has accepted the presi.
dency of Boscobel Female College.
this city.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-11-26
Military Academy Destrovea

Richmond, Va. Nov. 2~1.-Staunton
Military Academy, at Staunton, was
almost entirely destroyed by fire to.
day. Many Of the boys lost all their
belongings. Damage, $4,000; insu.
rance, $1S, 600,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-11-26

Knoxville, Tenn, Nov. 21.-Hon, N.
W, Hale, congressman-elect, Gen. John
a. Wilder and D. M. Rose left tonight
Tor Decatur, Ala, to represent Knox.
VILE at the Tennessee River Conven.
ton. which opens tomorrow,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-11-26
Fleet In SHAW Hau

Copenhagen. Nov. 22,--The Russian
torbsdo destroyer Prezerlivi entered
Frederickshayen harhor Yesterday for
small repairs. Nine other Russian
ships are still anchored in Shaw Bay.
and viii remain there until the re-
PAL have been completed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-11-26
Killed by Fall Into Mine Shaft.

Pana. ILL.,, Nov. 20,-Bert Pierce, a
former citizen of Pana. and carpenter
by trade. fell from an upper structure
of a coal mine at McDade, Tex, into
the shaft and was instantly killed. ma
remains will be taken TO Assumption,
Ill.,, for burial.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-11-26

Williamsburg, Ky, Nov. 2o.-Georgs
Curd and Emma Durham have beer
killed AMI Thomas Curd fatally wound.
ed near Cumberland Falls. The Curd
brothers owned a large tract Of land
and had had trouble with squatters.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-11-26
Fireman Llewcllyn Dead.

St Louis, Nov. 20.--David j. Llewel.
lyn, fireman on Wabash engine No
6e4, which was ditehed in North st
Louis last Sunday, died at the cit,
hospital, Friday night. Llewellyn was
scalded on the face and body by os.
Gaping steam.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-11-26
RUSSIAN NURSE
Enters the Japanese Lines and Sur
renders.

Gen, oku's Headquarters. via Fusan.
Sunday, Nov. 20.-(Delayed1- "A Rus
sian female Red Cross nurse entered
the Japanese lines today, surrenderins
and requesting to be sent to Matsu.
yama to nurse the Russian prisoners
there, She said she was the daughter
Of q Russian colonel. and that she had
been sent to Japan to care for the Of
iicers at Matsuyama. Her wish was
granted.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-11-26
Bystander Killea In a.arre,.

Carbondale, ILL.,, Nov. 21.-Aibert
Ridley, a bystander, was shot and in.
stantly killed by Samuel Holman. who
had aimed the shot for Charles Elder
who also was shot and wounded In the
arm. The shooting grew out Of a quar-
rel v a colored woman.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-11-26

Galesburg. ILL.,, Nov. 20.--Willian
WILDER, aged So. committed suicide BY
hanging himself at Avon. Grief Over
his wife's death Is thought to have
been responsible for his act.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-11-26
Sails for Port Said.

Canea, Island of Crete. NOV. 2..-
Nice.Admlral Voelkersam's division OF
the Baltic squadron left for Port Said
Yesterday
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-11-26

Minnesota went sTVLBIy for Roose-
welt, but It could not resist a demo
cratic candidate for governor whose
namo was John Iohnaon.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-11-26

st. Louis, Nov. 20.--Prince Sadanru
Fushimi, cousin of the emperor of ia.
pan, has arrived to visit the fair. He
will remain until Thursday, and then
depart for a tour of eastern cities.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-11-26

Eastport. Me-. Nov, 2i,-Two largo
fish canning plants. one owned by l..
D. Clark & Sons, and the other by the
S~eacoast Canning Co., were destroyed
with contents by fire Sunday, cans
ing a total loss Of $4,000. Four mum
dred men are thrown out Of employ
mont.