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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09
THIBETANS PAID DEARLY
Their General and Escort Killed in
Attack On the British.
The General Fired In First Shot,
and Then the slaughter of the
Thibetans Began

Tuna, Thibet, April 3.-The Thibetan
general. the whole Of his personal es-
cort and five Lhassa officials were
among the hundreds killed in the fight
| ing Of March 81 at Guru, Thibet.
The small British losses are ac-
counted for by the fact that the Thu
betans were so huddled together that
the majority were unable either to use
their swords or to fire. The swords
men in the front rank could not reach
the sikhs, who had fixed bayonets,
while the men in the middle Of the
mob could not reach the enemy, but
many Of them probably killed each
other in the mad excitement. The
scene recalled oldtime fights in cock
pits, the grim, determined faces Of the
Thibetans, lighted with devildom saw
agery, expressing contempt for the
slkhs, whom they o~utnumbere0 six
or seven to one.
General Fired First Shot.
When the Lhassa general fired the
first shot, the Thibetans with wild
shouts drew their swords, fired their
~matChlocks and surged forward. About
a dozen swordsmen made a desperate
rush in the direction of Col. Macdonald
and a small knot of officers. Four Thi-
betans attacked Mr.. Gambler, the cor
respondent of the London Daily .4ail,
but Col. Macdonald seized a rifle and
shot down two of them at a few yards
and another officer killed the other two,
thus saving Mr.. Candler's life. Those
Of the Thibetans WHO tried to climb
the wall were met with a terrible mag
azine rifle fire, but they did not faTter,
behind springing over the heaps
of dead and continuing the fight until
riddled with bullets.
Retired DoggedIy.
When finally the Thibetans retired
hey tramped back slowly and steadily,
followed by a hail of bullets.
\ mountain battery was brought into
and tore the ~retreating lines
With shrapnel. A terrible trail OF dead
dying marked the line of march.
At length, the last wounded, limping
Ihibetan turned the corner, some 400
7ards from the scene of the grim
ragedy, where the best of the Thibetan
army had persisted.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09
LARGEST DAM IN WISCONSIN
II In Locrred at Grand Rapiax, On
the Wisconsin River, and VIII
Furnish 1900 Horse Power.

Appleton, Wis, April 3.-The largest
dam in the state will. Ire completed at
Grand Rapids, in a few days, giving the
water power and mill industry of the
Wisconsin river immense advancement.
The dam is 1000 feet long and will fur
nish 5000 horse power. The transfer
Of water power to the Van Nortwick
syndicate at kaukIuna, ending years
of litigation which paralyzed industry
there. has formally been completed.
Paper mills are numerous. Work has
alre'dy begun on 4 81, 100000 paper
mill at Merrill. 4 company has been
organized TO build another mill of sim
liar proportions.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09
HOLDING Our Own.

Mississippi continues to prosper
industriously, and hardly a day
goes by that some new industry is
not started in some Mississippi
town. 1t was announced last week
that Columbus had secured a knit
ting factory, and a new foundry.
Jackson capitalists have organized a
pants factory, and a brick and tile
factory has been started at Robin
sonyille, in Tunica county. Missis-
sippi. seems to be holding her own
industriallv.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09
PREPARING FOR TROUBLE.
The Third Corps OF the Austrian
Army Prepared to Meet Threat
eTrod TroubIeIn the balkans.

New York, April 3.-Ths Third corps
Of the Austrian army is prepared to
leave here at any moment for Ragusa
on the Adriatic, according to a World
dispatch from Trieste, Austria. Six
steamers are ready to take the soldiers
on board should a call be made for
their services.
1t is declared in Trieste that this is
really a critical moment in the Balkans,
whore until now snow has prevented
active operations, Should the Third
corps be moved it win be, landed at
the most convenient port Of transport
to tho Macedonian frontier. The SOL
diers are exercising IN carrying bag
gage to the docks and back tB the ar
senal.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

To prove that the people own the
railroads, the news bureau of the Gen.
eral Managers association of Chicago
has obtained returns from 40 roads.
which represent over half the whole
mileage Of the country. These roads
have a share capital of 50, 1896, 0i(
par value, which is held by 225,0 37 per.
sons, the average holding being about
sis,5Oo per person. If the stocks of the
other roads are equally well distrib.
nted, the shareholders would number
about 100000 in a total adult popula
Zion OF over AZ, 1000. 900.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09
Pension Applications.

I. NJ. Henry, auditor of public
accounts, is now having prepared
the blank applications for pensions
to be sent to the different soldiers
entitled to receive a pension, under
the new pension law passed by the
Legislature. The only change be-
tween this law and the old is that
the INDECENT soldiers receive $le5
a year instead of 500, and that pay
ments are made quarterly by the
auditor and not annually, as in the
noet
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

II Is worthy OF passing remark that
Il was the power OF the individual that
overthrow the greatest business com
bination Of this age Of organization.
The vote of only one man sealed the
doom Of the Northern Securities COM
pany. A single supreme court justice
turned the scale Of decision against
the merger, Which is a toxt that min
listers and other moralists will not be
SLOW to grasp.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09
OUR INTERESTS IN TURKEY


Constantinople, April 3.-United
States Minister Leishman has had a
special interview with Foreign Minis
ter Tewfk Pasha on the subject Of the
official recognition of the American
schools, hospitals and charitable insti-
buttons in Turkey. Mr.. Leishman
urgently pressed the foreign minister
for a speedy settlement of the matter,
demanding that .he American estab-
lishments be given the same status as
is granted to similar institutions of
other powers.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

Adyiccs from the southern part of
Mississippi state that the turpentinc
operators are making extensive prep
1ratjons for the commencement Of
The new season. The sap has com
menccd to flow freely from the pine
trees. and the indications are that
the %turpcntinc output viii be larger
than for several wears, Quite a
number Of new distllIeries have been
established during the past year.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

A bureau at Washington has pre-
pared statistics of the distribution Of
insanity throughout the United States.
In the whole country one person OF
every 528 is crazy. In New England.
one in every 359; in New York aud
Pennsylvania, one in 42i; in Indiana
Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Maryland.
Virginia. Kentucky and Tennessee, one
iu SO: in the middle west, one in $50;
in the southern states, one in 935; in
the Rocky Mountain states, one in
1903; in the Pacific states, one In 3S7
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

, Life-size statues Of famous men will
represent the art feature Of the dairy
exhibit at the worlds fair All oi these
statues will be modelled in butter, and
VIII form a large and interesting part
of this exhibit North Dakota will
send a statue Of President Roosevelt.
in rough rider costume, Minnesota
will show a Iifc.size statue represent.
ing Father Henncpin with two Indians
In a canoe discovering the hoadwaters
Of the Mississippi, and Illinois will
have a statue Of Abraham Lincoln.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09
Monthly CireuInHon Statement.

Washington, April 3.-The monthly
comparative statement of the circula-
ton, issued by the comptroller of the
currency, shows that at the close of
business, March 81, 1904, the total
circulation of national bank notes was
$4a4, 900 ,942, an increase for the year
OK $52, 1896, 6S4.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

Cairo, ILL.,, April MARTIN Farrell,
an engineer. who has lately been en-
ployed on the towboat Mary Mlchaels,
was stabbed to death Sunday by James
Cofty. a cigar maker, who came to this
city from Poplar Blue, Mp. Farrell
came from Memphis to Cairo, and
claimed Philadelphia as hls home. Both
men were under the influence OF liquor.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09
PRIVILEGE Tax Law,

Auditor Henry has received a
copy of the privilege tax law passed
at the recent session Of the lcgisla-
ture and the measure will be print
ed for distribution in pamphlet
form within the next ten days, after
which the new blanks for privilege
licenses will be sent out to the coun-
Nv tnN collectors
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

The four deputies employed by
the State revenue agent have all tax
en- the field again in search Of dclin-
Quent solvent credits, and another
series of howls from those caught
in the drag net may be expected
within the next few weeks.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

Bloomfield, N, j., April 3.-Nrs,
Frances Dannbacher is dead from
blood poisoning. While celebrating
her scventy-first birthday anniversary,
recently she received a bouquet of rose
and scratched her finger on a thorn.
Blood poisoning followed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

Gov. Nardaman has accepted an
invitatiop to deliver am address be-
fore the annual convention of the
Daughters Of the Confcderaey Of
Mississippi, which viii be held at
Greenwood in May Major Gen,
Lowry, commanding the Mississtp-
nj division of United Confederate
Veterans, has also accepted an invi,
tuticl to deliver an address.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

Better put mp your own strawberry
Jam when the dear berries are cheap
enough The state chemist Of Me-
braska recently analysed a sample VI
jam and found It was made chiefly oil
pumpkin, coal tar dyes giving 81 the
lovely tiul, II vas preserved in ben
zoIn and the seeds were ordinary grass
heeas.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

Springfield. ILL.,, April a-The Illinois
peach crop is destroyed. but the wheat
crop Is hogrishing, says the special
crop bulletin for the month Of March,
Issued by the I~llionis division of tho
United States department OF agrical-
ture.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09
Want New Court Houses.

Efforts are on foot in two Missis-
sppi counties to- secure new court
rouse buildings. A few weeks ago
a campaign for a new structure was
launched in Holmes county, and
ROW the board of supervisors of Lee
fore county is being urged to erect
d new budding to supplant the di-
Iapidated structure at present in
liSR
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09
Butler Wants Trains,

President Steve McNair, of the
Mississippi railroad commission, has
received Il petition from the United
Commercial Travellers Association,
asking that the daily passenger
trains over the Yazoo & Mississippi
Valley road be required to stop at
Butler spur switch, in Franklin
rnuDtv
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

Washington, April 3.-The monthly
comparative statement Of the govern
ment receipts and expenditures shows
Q surplus for the month Of March Of
s3,o57,1o1. The receipts are $44.76i. 4SS
and the expenditures SILT 1898.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09
HOWARD DUNCAN KILLED.
Struck by a Train on the Yazoo and
Mississippi Valley Railroad.

Groenyille, Miss. April 5-Howard
Duncan. son of the late Col, J, j. Dun.
can. was struck by a northbound train
on the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley
Railroad near Elizabeth last night at
II o'clock, and instantly killed. He
was a large planter, residing near
Elizabeth, and was q member Of the
jreenyille lodge, Woodmen of the
World. The remains were inferred at
Leland this afternoon
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09
Too Young to be Respon.tbic

Chicago, April 3.-The three Polish
boys. who, two weeks ago, set fire to
the Holden public school, destroying
1t, have been released by Judge Tuth-
hill. He held nom was old enough to
know the extent Of his wrongdoing.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09


j''t. 'n. Mis-. April b. 'wT NarIa
1000" va. again '1..'I 1n 10 take
= t'.0't. '.'''h Il" .'" The life Of Al
'..'"I". The negro b." r's.
OH. E'"'0Hi' III H' going tn
.... ...' t' % l.'''I tram aHl get
.... .". ..'" WI" ha''"NI''' ja'1 and
". .' ..". IT'D '"'"r1H ip' SAT" ""rp-
"."n 'h" governor returned last
Night l0un. h.N Orleans. bn made ar.
rlnHom.uI. ~" naN" Oh" negro Baldwin
'4h"n Zoo summer. la TIilaharr4le
'H1"'E 'r ''t. for the murder Of
r.uH.n... E,..0'. hrasrs joe Evans
md l|a. ... gap" s.IonDrI as special
asH.n.. p. '..a p.rI the negro tai.Ey.
~ One '.w If nH. thought that a con.
H'nF #0".t ', DrIurei uu' 10 escort
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

Chicago. April S.-Charles Blair. the
Oldest back driver in Chicago, in point
Of years, as well as service, is dead. He
vas 81 years old, For nearly half n
century he had been a jehu in this
city.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

Harrisburg. ILL.,, April 3.-The Wom-
ems Christian Temperance union Of sa-
line county closed its annual institute
here Friday night with an oratorical
contest, in which seven contestants
took part. Miss Mary McGehie Of this
city was awarded the prize.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

Little Rock, Ark, April 4.--Ffre Sat-
urday night destroyed property In Main
street valued at $4,000. The heaviest
losers were the Stainback- Brown com
pany, dealers in wall paper and paints,
and the Watson estate, owners OF the
brick building.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09
Decrease In silver value.

Washington, April 3.-The quarterly
estimate Of the value of foreign coins,
issued by the director of the mint,
shows a net decreased value OF silver
during the quarter of .o0746 cent fine
ounce.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09
Five EmptY Seats.

Walthafl Camp. Confederate Vet
Grams, held a memorial meeting at
Meridian last week to formally take
note of the passing away of five hon
orcd members within three months,
namely, A, W. Simpson, W. W. Har-
vey, c. T. Westmoreland, Col. j. r.
Mcintosh and II. c, Heidelberg.
Touching addresses were made by
comrades,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09
A PAYING Institution.

The report of the warden Of the
State penitentiary shows that dur
ing the month of March the net
earnings Of the institution we're
so0 T6O %.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09
scooba 10 Meridian.

Work was begun a few days ago
on the extension of the telephone
line from Scooba to Meridian, the
Mobile and Ohio railroad track to
be followed. The distance is forty
miles.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

After the Protestant minister's shall
haze decided to perform no marriage
ceremony tor persons who are di.
yorrei Il viii be- in order for The JUS
iices OF the peace 10 get together on a
special rate foG second aud third mar
riagrs
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09
was wem~lxnown Thent~r Man.

Washington, April Samuel J.
Kinsley, onc manager Of the National
theater here, and well known in thea
trieal circles, was found dead to-day
He vas GO years old. Heart disease Is
given as the cause OF his death.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

Nothing worries a liar more than to
be compelled to tell the truth.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

Paxton, ILL.,, April 3.-Jss. N. Long,
a saloon keeper, who was indicted on
IS counts for the illegal sale of liquor
In 1882, disappeared before trial. He
was found In st. Louis this week by
Sheriff Grove and brought back.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

Washington, April 4.--Consul Rior-
den, Of Batavia, Java. has advised tie
state department that Java has decided
AZ win be impossible is ~psrucipate IL
The exposition 1t st Louis.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09
LYNCHING RUM0RS
CAUSE GOV vAaoAmkN TO CALL
OUT The MILITIA AGAIN.
10 PROTECT THE NEGRO BALDWIN

Who Murdered Engineer Fogarty-
Sumner Citizens Surprised by the
Report-RJmors OF Intended Lynch.
ING Declared to Be Altogether Uu.
founded. and There Seems To Be an
Inclination 70 Let the Law Take Ito
Course.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

When tho China Inland Mission was
formed, 36 years ago, there were but 81
missionaries in all China. and In the
interior there were 200, DOC, 600 people
with no missionary. There are now
about 500 missionaries connected with
the work, Hudson Taylor was the first
man to dedicate himself to that work.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

New York. April 4-Mrs. George ].
Gould, who was operated on for ap-
pendicitis, continues 10 improve.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

The people of lnez have petition
ed the railroad commission to re-
quire the passenger trains of the
Gulf & Ship Island road to stop at
that station.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

Carton, o., April 3.-The crest of
the food in Canton has been reached
and the waters are falling.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09
TOPICS OF THE DAY.


According To- one afatI.NIrtan. 'hnrn
are G2.GlG Indians 10 the United States
who speak English.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09

Japan has over 5000 miles Of railway
and 1900 miles Of telegraph lines in
operation. twenty-five years ago not
q mile of this system existed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-04-09
Director Rowland Returns.

Director Rowland, of the depart
ment Of archives and history, has re-
turned from Nashville, where he ar
ranged for the publication Of the Of
fetal register of the State, which
will be issued from the press about
the first Of MAY.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14
Hurricane Figures.

The scientist who tells us that 1856
miles an hour is the greatest velocity
ever attained by the wind sets himself
To prove the impossible. But his fig
ures will serve as a record, no doubt
1t is an appalling condition that such q
rate represents. A light breeze means
fourteen miles an hour, with a pres
sure of one pound to the square foot;
multiply your light breeze by six and
you have hurricane eighty-four miles
an hour and thirty-six pounds pressure
TO the square foot. You can go into
higher attitudes and fare worse. Ben
Nevis has a 120 miles an hour record.
Awful damage can be done at lesser
rates. The Ohio tornado of 1912 had a
speed of but thirty four miles, but it
took buildings UP by their foundations
and carried their fragments. eight
miles A similar disturbance in Illinois
took the spire, vane and Gilded ball of
q churcl. all complete and carried them
intact fifteen miles to the northeast
ward. The Forth bridge is built to
withstand a fifty-six pounds wind pres
sure. 1t is no thanks to late astron-
omer royal that such strength was i'm
posed. The present strength allows
for a lateral pressure from wind of
1000 tons per 1705-foot span, two and a
half times the amount of the maximum
rolling load.-St. James Gazette.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14
Passing of Longhorn and Cowboy.

The cowboy is gone from Indian Ter
ritory. Allotment has practically bro
ken up the cattle business in the Indian
Territory, and this year there will be
almost total absence of the big herds
which have for years grazed the rich
grasses of Indian Territory. The In
dian agent states that there seems to
be no move whatever on the part of
cattlemen to take grazing leases this
year, and there will be none. Leases
of this kind cannot be made for q Pc
riod longer than one year, and as most
of the allotments are being fenced the
COW man cannot longer handle his cat
tie under the old regime. The Here
ford and Shorthorn have taken the
place of the Texas ranger, and the
herds have been broken up into small
lunches. owned and cared for by the
farmers.-New York Tribune.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-14
LIVES ARE NIPERILED
TO HELP DRESS WOMAN
The Story of the Aigrette, the Most
Costly of All Feathers.

Costly of All Feathers.
bird on a hat may or may not
proclaim its value, but an aigrette,
that most fashionable of all feather
ornaments this season. tells in no un-
| certain language to those who under
stand that it is much more than
worth its weight in gold.
Feathers f1utter from here, there
and everywhere upon the hats and
heads of fair women, but the aigrette
has both a history and q romance at
tached to it. For no other decorative
feathers do men so imperil their lives,
and n steamship company runs spe-
cial line of vessels, yet the aigrette is
merely q small ornament for woman's S
hair or decoration for her hat. 1t is
to feathers what the orchid is to flow
ers. something very rare, beautiful
and procurable only with more or less
risk to the hunter.
Some of the most fashionable al
grettes come from Venezuela, some
from the port of Bahia, in Brazil;
some from the island of Trinidad, and
others from a thousand miles up the
Amazon River. These are the beau
tiful feathers of the heron, and scarce
ly a woman who wears one knows that
a line of ocean steamships makes tri-
angular trips-principally in search
of these feathers-going from Liver
pool to thousand miles up the ANA
zon, and thence to New York.
In Brazil the market value of al
grettes. in the crude state, is about
or,d
the short variety, with even higher
values for those coming from Vene-
zuela and Trinidad. In New York the
wholesale price for crude feathers is
from s23 to $50 per ounce for the
short or cross feathers, and about
81 so to $40 per ounce for the long
variety. The price is steadily rising.
These feathers are never purchased
in large or wholesale lots. They rep
resent usually both difficulty and
danger in the gathering. Hunters and
fishermen along the watercourses of
the Amazon and other South Ameri-
can rivers penetrate into thick jungles
and lie in wait along the river banks
and in swampS awaiting the arrival of
the blue heron to feed. The heron
does not feed in droves. but is a soli-
tary individual and very wary, so that
aigrettes are only yielded up after a
long chase and much perseverance.
As for the risk, every one knows
that danger turks on every hand in
an Amazon jungle-danger from rep
tile and beast and insect and the dead
liest of fevers. 1t is no uncommon
thing for. scores of aigrette hunters
TO perish nliserably in the jungle in
the course of a year.
Those hunters who come out of the
forests with their treasures sell them
10 the small shoDkeepers along the
Amazon, who in turn send the ali
grettes to the agents of American pur-
chasers, or consign them to some COM
mission house in New York.-Wash-
ington Star.