The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-10-22
King George of sasony is critic

Booker We shington was left
100000 by James Callahan of Des
Moines.
The total worlds fair attendance
including October s had been 49,
37G.466. ,
In a fight at Calva, Miss, between
a man and woman neighbor, the wo-
man was killed.
The next session of the Episco-
paiIan convention will be held in
Richmond, Va.
The interstate commerce commits
SION is probing the secrets of the
private car trust.
A movement has begun looking
10 abolishing China's opium treaty
with Great Britain.
Tacoma contractors have refused
10 carry mails for the far east dur.
ing the Rnsso-Japancse war.
The Japs are falling back to 20.
| sitlons at Liao Yang as though de-
string decisive action there.
The net earnings of the depart
mcnt Of admissions Of thn vorld,s |
fair to date has been 100000.
Mcrrell L. Joslyn, who was assist.
ant secretary of the interior under
President Arthur, is dead at Wood.
stock, Ill.
A cat attacked Mrs. Cooper at
Evansville, Ind, and had to be
choGcd to death before it would
turn loose her arm.
The letter Of acceptance of Thos.
Z. Watson, the peoples party can
dldatc for president, contains 49,
600 words and is principally deyot-
ed to a denunciation of The demo.
cratic party.
Robert J, Wynne, acting post
master general, has been appointed
10 succeed Postmaster General
Payne, deceased, It is understood
the appointment will hold until af-
ter the November election. 4.
The house of deputies of the Epis- {
copaI general conference rejected
the proposed amendment to the di.
vorcc canon which sought to pre- {
vent the r~emarriage Of divorce per-
sons by clergymen Of the denomina.
ton. l
After the farewell review Of the +
Baltic fleet at Reval by Emperor !
Nicholas the squadron sailed for
from whence it is declared t
it will within a few days weigh an. t
for a long voyage to the Pa. s
2iic. t
Boston won the American league y
1904 pcnnant. The final standing /
with the percentage of each club a
vas as follows; Boston SIT, New
York 500, Chicago .575, Cleveland p
500, Philadelphia $50, st. Louis p
437, Detroit .403, Washington 1852.
After running for seven hours, y
.ometimes at a speed of so to 80 sI
niles an hour, faster than many ex. Il
'ress trains, George Heath, an n
driving a ninety-horse. q
'ower vehicle Of foreign make and u
the Automobile Club
# France, finished first in the 800
nile automobile race for the W. K. Il
Vanderbilt, Jr., cup. T
Twcnty-nine persons were killed o
nd sixty injured by a collision of =
wo Missouri Pacific trains three =
niles east Of Warrensburg, Mo-, De- o,
obcr 10. The trains were the sec. {,
nd section Of passenger train No. h
0, which left Wichita, Kan, for a
It. Louis, and an extra freight az
rain. The engineer of the freight II
) said to have forgotten his orders. II
The main armies of Russia and
apan in Msnchuria continue to be
ngaged iii a desperate struggle for al
lpremacy south of Mukden. On j
9th sides there have been such a
uses in killed and wounded as mark Il
le contest one of the bloodiest bat q
es in history. Already the losses -,
! Lao Yang have been approx q:
lated, and that Of the Russians is w
at $4,000.
Matthew r. W. Ransom, form
'ly United States senator from
.orth Carolina, and once Ameri- o.
IN minister to Mexico, died sud- ~
enly at his residence in Garys. ~
lrg on his s7th birthday.
The Russians are effectively U.s.
Ig hand grenades filled with a high
The execution of these r
when accurately thrown is L.
,ndlu the officers gay and thnir wy