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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-05

There Is a young boy In a nearby
city aged eight, and named Todd. He
is wholly human, and he has a careful
and religious mother who strives con-
stantly to bring him within speaking
distance Of her ideal Of what a boy
should be. To this end he is admon-
ished to pray every night that he be a
better boy. One night recently he
climbed into bed without saying his
prayers. His mother asked him IL he
had forgotten to say them, and he an
swered that he had not forgotten, but
that he did not intend to pray that
night His mother inquired the rea-
son for his determination. Todd,
from his comfortable pillow, made an
swer: @Weil. mother" said he, "I1l
get up and say my old prayers II you
want me to, but don't want to do 1t
a bit. Here I've been asking and ask
ing God to make me a good boy and
| think I've done 1t enough. God will
attend to II when he gets round to 1t,
and I don't think its nice for me to
make a nuisance Of myself. I've pretty
near worried the life out of him about
1t ALREADY. Chicago Chronicle.
lWA- .NH III IN "A ~ q
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-05
FERRY STEAMER BURNED.
second Time Burned TO the Wa
tiers Edge Near Norfolk, Va.

Norfolk. Va, Feb, 29-The steel
ferry steamer observation-disclosures,
owned by the Norfolk & Atlantic Ter
mlnal Co, burned to the waters edge
at her moorings at Sewall's Point
early Sunday morning, Fire was dis-
covered shortly after midnight and
could not be checked by the steamer
piney Beach, Of the same road, which
played one stream on the burning
craft. The Norfolk-on-the Roads a
between Sewalrs Point and Newport
News. She recently returned from
Baltimore, where she had been re-
built, having previously burned at the
same moorlngs, The loss can not be
estimated at present.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-05

a complete success. If that female
Judas who pulled the linch-pin out OF
our plans for the blowing up of Lord
Cranthorpe's place and for celebrat-
ing the jubilee on quite another way
than her majesty intended, had been
a member of this council when we
planned to lay hands upon the G5, 900
that was sent to the strikers by Ger
many-if she had been a member of the
council and in our secrets, the money
would not be in our pockets to-day"
Number Two paused for breath, and
a murmur Of unmistakable approval
and applause hummed through the
room.
well, my friends" he went on,
lubbock has devised a plan for re-
trieving the failure at Lord Gran
thorpe's and the failure at the jubilee.
Here it is.
Some years. ago lubbock was chef
at the Ishmael club. Have any of you
ever been there? No? Then the Ish-
mael club, you must understand, is a
coterie of travellers, actors, artists,
authors, journalists, musicians and so
on, who pride themselves on being b.
hemians. They are popularity supposed
to be in revolt against conventionality
of every sort, and in suburban and
provincial society a member of the
Ishmael club is looked upon as a dread
full upsetter of the order of things and
as one who stands for all that is adj
vanced' In thought and manners and
morals.
"As a matter of fact the members of
the Ishmael club-'Brother Ishmael-
ties, as they call themselves-are just
as sober and solvent a set of respect
able, la~w-abiding, custom-following
taxpayers and citizens as you will find
outside the precincts of the clubs of
actual fogeydom. 1t is true that the
original members who founded the
Ishmael club some so years ago were
a Bohemian harum-scarum lot, but the
club as it now stands is simply living
on its past tradition and reputation.
The present members do their best to
del,,de Themselves and the nuh,ic into
the belief that they are a daredevil
crew ana thew fake their clnh and
themselves SO seriously that | verify
believe most If them are n~ersuaded
RAT M four walls in the world con-
sucb n patberine of sad dogs As il
To he seen in the dinine-room of the
Isbmael on their ebouse dinner night.
Tbev stick their heads like so many
into the sands of the mast
and refuse to see that the old order
cbanpetb and that The members Of the
Isbmael are IsbmaeIites no longer An
tbat, however doesn't concern MS. n
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-05
ADMIRAL WALKERS IDEA.
Does Not Approve Of the Immediats
Use Of United states Troop On
the Isth

Washington, Feb. 2~9.-Aimiral
Walker, who will be president of the
new Panama canal commission, does
not approve Of the immediate use Of !.
United States troops on the isthmus
He has told the president that 300 OF !
400 marines will serve all presen.s
needs in that quarter. This may at
feet the orders to the Third infantry to-
proceed to the isthmus. Y
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-05
SEVEN PERSONS INJURED.
An I~nterurbnn Chr Filled with
Passengers and a work Train
Special Collide Wear Upton, Ind.

Upton, Ind, Feb. ga collision
or the northern division Of the In.
diana Union Traction Co, near this
city, Sunday night, between work
train special" carrying 2S laborers
and a limited i%nterurban car, com.
fortably filled with passengers, re-
suited in serious injuries to seven.
several Of whom may die.
The cause Of the wreck Is attributed
10 the faulty headlight on the work
train, which was being remedIed when
the limited crashed into the forward
end. Both cars were completely de.
molished.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-05
STEAMER QUEEN
BURNED At SEA
Fourteen Lives Were Lost By the
Capsizing Of Two L~ifeboats.
CAUGHT FIRE DURING AST0RM
when II became n Choice Of Deaths
L~ireb0nts Were Launched FILLED
with women aud Children and
Two Of Than wers CapstEcd.

Port Townsead, Wash. Feb. 20
After suffering toe most narrowing ex-
perience from Ere and storm that has
ever befallen 9 craft on the North
Pacific ocean, the steamer Queen
Sunday put Ia Ssre to report the loss
Of ID lives.
The list of Dead.
First class passengers: Miss Stei.
ner, Clellum, Wash, drowned; Mrs.
Adams. died ftom exposure.
Second class passengers; y. News.
bury, Texas, ana II, Ruckley. drowned.
Members of che crew A. Nelson.
j. Nelson and i. Freitas.
Stewards; W. II. Enemen, NJ. Som
ers, H. Douglass, A. Donnelly and
Raymond,
Engineering department: Peter
Peter Mullen ind NJ. Flynn.
About 3;i5 Saturday morning, whils
off the mouth Of the Columbia river.
the Queen caught fire in her after ga
loon in some unexplained way. With
indescribable Ewiftness the fire gained
Roadway and threatened soon TO en-
velope the whole ship. To add TO the
horror the hei.vy seas running meant
death to any sent away in the life
boats.
A Choice of Deaths.
The flames became more and more
threatening until, when It seemed a
choice Of deaths, Capt. Cousins or.
dered the lifeboats launched. They
were manned by the crew and or
dered To remain close to the ship.
Into these the women and children
were placed, Hardly. however, had
the boats been cast loose than, unable
to weather the fierce waves, two Of
them were capsized,
Brought Under Control.
The passengers and those OF the
who remained on board contln-
ued their fight against the flames with
increasing success until at TAO a. m.
the fire was brought under control
When 1t was thought the danger from
fire was passed, Capt, Cousins re-
the life boats and the occupants
were taken aboard.
The Queen was headed for the
mouth of the Columbia river AMI
about nine o'clock the steamer Santa
Monica was sighted. The Queen sig
nailed and asked to stand by until tenn
porary repairs could be made, When
everything had been made safe the
Queen continued on to the mouth OF
the Columbia, only to find the bar was
too rough to cross In.
Terrific Electrical storm.
The distressed craft was pointed to-
ward Puget Sound, but bad fortune
still pursued. and when she rounded
Cape Flattery she encountered q tor
life electrical storm. With difficulty
,he weathered the gale, and arriyei
without further mishaps and
proceeded to Seattle, where she ar.
lived about nightfall Sunday.
Practically the entire aft of the ship
q In ruins. The intense heat OF the
lanes bent and twisted the interior
ron work into a shapeiess mass, and
viewing the ruins Sunday state
hat they do not understand how 10
vas possible to get control or the
Were 1t not for the fact that
he captain, crew and passengers be- ;
.ayed with the utmost GOODNESS, tho 4
essel undoubtedly would have been
.estroyed and the loss of life enorm-
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-05
TO OPERATE ON DR.. HARPER.
Physicians Decide II viii Becoms
Necessary to Remove vermi-
form Appendix After All.

Chicago Feb zJ.--Dr. William
Ralney Harper, president of the Uni.
yersity Of Chicago, must submit to an
operation for appendicitis. His CON
dition Is the result of a relapse Of ths
attack he suffered two weeks ago,
and has become SO serious that an
operation has been decided on az the
My al OF saving his life.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-05

Mochehfer to HehnIId.

Rochester, N. Y, Feb. 29--Plans are
already being made for rebuilding The
district devastated by fire. The Sib-
ley, Lindsay G. Curr company will bur
ry the construction Of a new building
which they had planned to build.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-05
Xxx.

THE MUSICAL BOX THAT PLAYED
TWO VERY DIFFERENT TUNES.
Number Two was sufficiently recov-
cred to preside at the reassembling Of
the syndicate. After greetings had
been exchanged and inquiries had been
made in regard to his health, he came
to the point without further delay
Our newly-electsd councillor, Mr..
lubbock, who celebrated his advent
to the council by successfully accom-
plishing the carrying on Of the money
which had been sent from Germany to
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-05
:
Convention Call Issued.

Chicago, Feb. 2s.--Fred H. Rowe, OF
the republican state centralcommittee,
Saturday issued the formal call for the
convention to be held at Springfield,
at noon May IL. Under the call 1899
delegates will sit in the convention.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-05

Nashville, Tenn, Feb. 29.--WiHiam
Amison, member Of the board Of trus-
tees Of the printers home at Colorado
Springs, Col, and once yice-president
Of the International Typographical un-
ion, was found dead Of heart failure In
his room here Sunday.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-05
Capt. II. A. I.prt.

Yates Center, Kas., Feb. 29.-Capt
r, A. Hurt is dead here, aged So years
Capt. Hurt was one Of the early Kan
sas settlers emigrating from Illinois.
He was personally acquainted with
President Abraham Lincoln.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-05

st. Louis, Feb. 29.-The Missouri
state commission will move into the
completed state building Tuesday.
where a meeting will be held by the
commission the following night to an
nounce the names Of the two hostesses.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-05
Surveying wabash River.

Evansville, Ind, Feb. 29.--The gov
eminent steamer Gillespie, with sew
eral United States engineers, went To-
the Wabash river Saturday. The sur
vey Of Ito river will be completed this
spring from Mount Carmel, ILL.,, to the
mouth.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-05
Canal Commission Completed.

Washington, Feb. 29.-The president
has decided to appoint Benjamin M.
Harrod, Of New Orleans, a member OF
the lsthmian canal commission. This
completes the commission, and the
names Of the members will be sent to
the senate to-day.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-05

Increase Capital stock.

Springfield, ILL.,, Feb. 2s.--The Chica-
go Telephone Co. Saturday filed in the
office Of the secretary Of state a certif-
cate Of increase of capital stock from
BIS. 0OQ. 600 to $4,000. 900.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-05
didn't want to worry God.

ITO Be Continued ]
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-05

The newest enterprise In Mississip-
pi, although not as yet n OF the
chartered institutions Of the State,
but one that is attracting attention
abroad. is a frog farm. Not a frog
pond, remind you. but a farm that
will raise for market the succulent and
ever evasiye bull frog which Is con.
sidered such a delIcacy by many with
epicurean tastes. This farm Is said
to be located, or will be located, over
near Clarkesdale. in the delta section
OF the State. While the originator
of this report may have meant 1t II
a spirit Of levity, why could not such
a thing be done. The hind legs Of a
bull frog have always been considered
very valuable and have been hunted
by those versed in the ways of the
frog for profit. While the writer has
no information at hand as TO the
proper attention demanded by frog
lets, and as to the amount necessary
+ the installation Of a farm. il
is certain that they would command a
good price, and 1t seems that some
man with an experimental turn Of
mind might turn this joke to profit.
.
Take advantage of what we already
have In the way Of and be
continually on the lookout for new
ones. Too few people realize what we
have and what is being done to devel-
OPP what we have. Keep pushing, and
the result will be satisfactory.
The Mobile & Ohio Is surveying a
branch line from Shuqualak to Edin-
burg on the Pearl river. The proposed
line Is about sixty miles long and
will tap a country that has been with.
out railroad facilities. Some good tim.
Der and farming land will be put In
touch with the outside world and de-
welcomed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-05

A charter issued last week to the
Batesyille Manufacturing Company
looks like an effort would be made to
navigate the Tallahatchie river as far
up as Batesville at least. Years ago
the stream was open to small boats
much further up than this, and there
seems to be good grounds for believ-
ing that 1t can again be made nav.
igable a portion Of the year at least
for small river craft.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-03-05


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Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-09-01
Domestic.

The salmon pack on the Fraser .riv
er this year is practically failure.
The American Steel and Wire com.
pany has issued circular announcing
IS cut in steel and wire products.
The supreme lodge of the Pythians
at Louisville unanimously elected
Charles Shively, Richmond, Ind, SUI
preme chancellor. succeeding Tracy
Bangs.
Mary Allen Fuller, SO, wife of Chief
Justice Fuller, died suddenly of heart
failure while sitting on the piazza of
their summer cottage at Sorrento, Bar
HarbOr, Me.
Senator W. A. Clark, in denying the
rumor that he had borrowed $40 900.
900 from Mrs. Hetty Green, intimatcd
that he would not try to borrow money
from Hetty on bet.
The lockstep has been entirely abol
ished at the Anamosa, Iowa, peniten-
tiary, United States military tactics
being employed instead. The men are
delighted with the change and are
eagerly learning the new orders.
The business men Of Lake Crystal
have organized a board of trade with
the following officers: President. w.
P. Marston; vice president, D. w. Rad
ichel; secretary, James E. Swenson.
The organization starts with over thir.
ty members.
A suspender button saved the life OF
Joseph Salaman of Springfield, Mass.
Salaman was working in the garden
when a bullet from hunters rife
struck suspender button. The but
ton broke and the bullet fell harmless
ly at Salaman's feet.
The c. NJ. Belts company of Buffalo,
N. T., has just closed deal with the
Murphy Lumber company Of Green
Bay, Wis. for the purchase of the en-
tire seasons cut of lumber, amounting
to over 100000 feet. The consid-
Grafton is about s350,00O 1t is one OF
the largest deals made this year.
The widow of Golden Rule" Jones
OF Toledo said recently that she will
continue his great life work along the
lines on which he had SO Professionally
labored. She will set aside one even
ing OF each week to meet the wives of
employees. The social principles gov
erning the factories will be continued.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-09-01
Resume 81 the newS.

lapse of memory was the reason
gwen IN court in New York by Angus
TN n. V. Corey for having two wives
Habar J. Ajax, wealthy Syrian
mer hant of Hayti, has been arrested
IN New York in connection with the
aheged extensive naturalization
frauds.
IN attempting to elude policemen
ana detectives, Charles Stevenson. one
OF four burglars, was shot and instant.
~ Killed at Chicago. None of the al
ieged thieves is more than seventeen
years old.
Wiillam Ferguson, long employed
oy the Goodyear Rubber company.
was arrested in Chicago charged with
the transportation of funds to the
amount of $4,000 and was released on
$4,000 bond.
with clothing saturated with kero
sene' writing and twisting in their
agony, screaming to heaven for mercy
tnat the mob would not show. Paul
heed and Will Cato, negroes, two of
the principals in the murder and burn.
ing OF Henry Hodges and wife and
tnree OF their children six miles from
Statesboro, Ca, three weeks ago. were
burned at the stake.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-09-01
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Is SUM.
MoNED TO CHICAGO TO COM.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
CONFERENCES WITHOUT RESULT
ABSOLUTELY NO PROSPECT OF
AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN
PACKERS AND MEN.

Chicago, Aug. 28-All the members
of the executive committee of the
Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butch.
er Workmen's union have been sum.
moned to Chicago by telegraph, and it
Is reported the purpose of this move
Is to call off the strike.
According to this report, President
Donnelly ond the other Chicago lead
ers have reched the conclusion that
they have lost the struggle, and that
prolongatiOn of the strike would be
folly.
1t is said that the laborers will be
thrown overheard, while the skilled
wOrkmen will be instructed to 20
back to work on the terms offered by
the packers.
Terms Of Packers.
These terms include a wage sched-
ule equal to that in effect at the time
of the strike and the reinstatement of
the men as fast as the packers can
find work for them. President DON
nelly refuses to confirm these reports.
Donnelly said in the kilograms sent
out:
Negotiations may be opened at any
time. Prospect of settlement good"
This is taken to mean that the
strikers are ready to give in. Mon
day morning the board will seek d.
rect conference with the packers and
try to learn on what terms the con-
test can be ended.
The packers have never said they
would not meet with Donnelly, al
though they
Have Refused to Listen
to overtures made by outside parties.
They have said repeatedly they will
not enter into an agreement with the
butcher workmen while the present
strike lasts, and there are no indica-
tons now that they have changed
their minds on that point, but they
might agree to conference as a pre-
liminary step to calling off the strike.
The conferences of the council com
mittee appointed earlier in the week
to attempt settlement of the strike
with the parties in dispute resulted in
nothing. There is no present pros
poets that they will result in any
thing in the future. and the chances
of an agreement between the packers
and the strikers appear very meager
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-09-01
WHITE BEAR WINS BOTH.
holds Championship Of inland Lakes,
in Both Glasses.

a j
holds Championship Of Inland Lakes
in Both Classes.
Oshkosh, Wis, Aug. 2S.-The White
Bear Yacht club OF st. Paul holds
the championship of the Inland Lakes
Yachting association in both classes.
That is the net result of the seventh
annual regatta. of the association
which came to q close here yesterday.
Alpha is the champion of Glass A and
Wanderer of Glass B-The latter is
clear-cut champion, but the peculiar
feature of Alpha's laurels is that she
has not won heat of the entire re-
gaNta. Comet II. Of Pewaukee, won
two of the four heats sailed, the one,
OF Thursday being declared off be-
cause OF the gale, and Wihuja of Min
netOnka won the other two. But Al
pha by finishing second three times
and third once secured the top per.
centage which is $50. Comet II. is
next with 800.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-09-01
From Other Shores.


Sterling s. Doughty, for five years
representative of Armour & Co. in
CUBA, is dead of typhoid fever.
Jules Felix Gevelot, aged Is, presi
dent OF the committee on assessment
during the famous siege OF Paris. is
dead.
Eugene Ysaye, the violinist. has
signed a contract for fifty concerts in
America for 100000, beginning at
Philadelphia in November.
The celebrated bull fighter, Mazzan
TIM, who has become a millionaire.
and who boasts that he has killed g..
W bulls, has retired from the bull
ring.
After an admittedly barren session
marked by no less than seven fruitless
attempts on the part of the opposition.
the British parliament has been pro-
rogued, no more than twenty-five mem.
bers being present, including one
member of the cabinet.
The porte has addressed a formal
note to the American legation con.
firming it's undertaking to accord
equal treatment to American schools
and kindred institutions as that grant.
ed to the most favored nations, sub
Ject to the accomplishment of the
usual departmental formalities."
Emperor Nicholas has issued a
manifesto determining the order of
succession to the throne. In the event
OF the emperor dying before the czare-
witch attains his majority, the emper-
or's brother, Grand Duke Michael. is
to become regent, the empress assum-
ing the guardianship of the czarevitch.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-09-01
SENSATIONAL ESCAPE.

Eddie Fay, ic Jail for Robbing Superb
or Postoffice, Is at Liberty.
GAINESVILLE, Wis, Aug. %. - Eddie
Fay, who was in Jail here awaiting
trial on the charge of robbing the
Superior postoff1ce of $4,000 in
stamps and money, made a sensation.
al escape from his cell some time dur,
ing the night. Fay was assisted by
outsiders, who climbed to the second
story outside of his cell and sawed
through heavy iron bar, enabling
the prisoner to effect his exit. Two
others who were charged with COM
plicity in the robbery are Charles
Flaherty, now in Jail at Fort Leaven-
worth, and Ed Flaherty, who made his.
escape from the Madison jail. Fay is
said to be Chicago man.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-09-01
WASHINGTON Notes.


Gold and silver shipments being in
cluded In the account, the domestic
commerce with Alaska in the year just
closed amounted to SIG, 1888, 539.
Consul General Guenther, at Frank.
fort, Germany, has supplied the state
department officials with statistics
touching the efficiency of vaccination
as preventive Of hydrophobia.
The commission to investigate the
most available site on the great lakes
as location for the proposed naval
training station will probably report
favorably on one of the sites on Lake
Michigan.
The naval observatory reports it's
observance of a meteoric shower, bril-
liant and in many respects unusual
In eight minutes fifteen meteors were
counted, one of which lasted five Sec
onds, which, according to the scien-
lists, is an unusually long time.
President Roosevelt recently ten
dered reception and delivered a
brief speech to about 500 school teach
ers of Porto Rico who have been in
this country for several weeks attend
ing various normal schools. The re-
ception took place in the East room of
the White House.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-09-01
FOUND A FAMOUS MINE.

Death at Dee Mones Of Robert Par
rott-vast Wealth Went to Others.
Des Moines, Iowa, Aug: 2S.-Robert
PARROT, discoverer of the famous
PARROT copper mine at Butte. Mont,
died here yesterday in moderate cir
cumstances at the age of seventy-five.
AS young man Parrot went West,
and while prospecting discovered the
great copper mine which bears his
name. His discovery started spec
ulative fever, which makes possible
such stories as Thomas Lawsons
"Frenzied Finance" PARROT did not
profit greatly by his discovery, and
his estate will not exceed $4,000. He
sold his mine in few years to Mar
Gus DAILY.