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The commonwealth., 1904-06-11
WEST AND SOUTH

At Omaha the Nebraska democratic
state convention selected W j Bryan
to head the Nebraska delegation to the
national convention at st, Louis, and
adopted n platform which reathrms the
Kansas City platform Of 1900
Hearst supporters were defeated at
the Michigan democratic state conven'
tion held in Detroit The delegation
to 81. Louis Is uninstructed.
| The state democratic convention OF
Georgia instructed its delegate to the
national convention to vote for the
nomination Of Judge Parker for presi.
dent
A national convention or conference
Of young peoples societies of the diff.
| fcrent denominations called The
Young Peoples Missionary Move
mont" will be held at Wluona Lake,
Ind. for ten days beginning june II.
A negro, Arthur Thompson, shot and
Killed NJ, L. Dudley, a young white
man, at Arlington, Ga A crowd OF
mon captured the negro, lyuchpa him
and riddlcd the body with bullets
In Wyoming floods IN the Green
river aud tributaries have cost at least
two lives and much damage to prop.
erty
A part of Kansas was drcnchei by a
heavy rain accompanied by hail Re
tween Bucllltu aud Meade, on the
Rock Island road, hail did much dam,
age to crops
Hon, Benjamin Il. Cue former lieu-
tenant governor Of Iowa, died suddenly
in Des Molncs, expiring Of heart fail.
ure while out for a wall, near his resi-
dence in that city
An anarchist named Abraham Ga.
hinski was arrested In Chicago after
shooting at man aud woman. He
said he had orders to kiil Mayor nar.
rison. a son Of Potter Palmer and three
others.
Several state militia companies We're
sent to Hanginr Rock, O., and the town
was placed under martial Wv because
of the threatening attitude Of striS-
lng iron workers
The prohibition state convention Of
Michigan selected delegates at large and
district delegates to the national con
yeution. A full state ticket headed hS
Samuel Dickie, of Albion, for governor,
was nominated
At Hamilton, O., DR. Charles W Con-
ley. of Eaton was nominated for con.
gress by the democrats Of the Third Ohio
district
Rev. Andrew Morrisscy conferred the
Laetare medal for 1904, given by the
University Of Notre Dame, Ind. on Hon.
Richard c. Kerens, Of st. Louis.
While lying in bed August Schmltt,
prominent florist of Glenvile. O., 81
years old. committed suicide by shooting
himself through the head X
Prospects for crops in northwestern
Iowa and especially in the Mississippi,
valley, were injured by tie rein Of nearly
two ineheE
The commonwealth., 1904-06-11
KILLS HIS THREE CHIL DREN
rerribte Crime of Insane New
Jersey Under
tnLer.

Roselle, n j., June AFTER killing
three of his children and wouniing
fourth, Joseph NJ Pouch, at one time
an undertaken, shot himself through
the head and died a few moments
later. Pouch lived in a little cottage
with his four children. Sunday he
shot two of them and embalmed their
bodies. He took the other two to an
upper room with him. Meanwhile he
had mailed warning to County PLY.
sician Wescott, who, upon receiving
the letter, notified the police.
When the officials knocked at the
door of the Pouch cottage, Pouch shot
and killed his little daughter and
wounded his sole remaining son. He
then shot himself, and died as the po-
lice forced an entrance, The boy will
recover. Pouch Is believed to have
been insane.
The commonwealth., 1904-06-11
DOINGS Or A WEEK
What Has Happened Throughout
the Civilized World.
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
A Complete Review of the Happenings
Of the Past Seven Days In This
and All Foreign Lands.
GIVEN In THE PRESS DISPATCHES
FROM WASHINGTON.

The president has again made II clear
that h" Will not permit himself 10 be
drawn Into local political Contfats a
delegation Of Wisconsin republicans as
Informed that be would have nothing to
do with the contest Ia that state in any
way
Recent decisions Of the United 5tate6
supreme court uphold the oleomarEaFlne
law, knock out the Cleveland four cent
fare ordinance and declare the con5lltu'
ttonal right Of trial by jury does not tx
tend TO the Philippines In the absence u
specific IenFIatiUn by congress
Tuesday. June u, will be the 0nr h"h-
drcG aud twenty seventh anniversary "t
the selection Of the stars and stripes as
the lllR Of the United States.
The public statement shows that at
the rlosc o( business May n, 1904, the
total aob. jess cash In the treasury
amounted TO $075. .30t G3l, which Is an
increase fer the month Of $56.Al7Jlt,
In the United States supreme court
there romans on the calendar 282
cases, the smallest number left after
any term since 1870 During the term
li9 cases were disposed Of.
The oath Of office was taken IN
Washington by Judge J c, Pritchard,
M United States circuit judge, IN sue
cc4sl0n to Judge Simonton, deceased,
The government OF the United states
has Issued an uItimatum to the Moor
ish government declaring that the ban
dit RalsouI must BE- held personally
responsible for the safety Of his cap,
tive, Perdiealia
President Roosevelt has signed a proc
lnmatl0n providing for the opening OF
30 900 acrcs of the coded lands Of the
Devils Lake lndnn reservation In North
Dakota Th, drawing will take place at
Devils Lake August "a
The commonwealth., 1904-06-11
A DOZEN MINERS
SENT TO ETERNITY
Eight or Ten Others Injured By an
Explosion.
RESULT or OASTARDLY PLOT
ThF Victims Were NUB~I nI0n Miners
who Had just Come ON work
ia the Mines at indie
BeHdebrc, Cot.

Cripple Creek. Col June 6 Twelve
miners were Instantly killed and eight
or ton Others badly injured by an ex-
pIOsion which occurred after midnight
nj the Independence station Of the
Florence a. Cripple Greek railroad The
explosion apparently, was the result Of
a dastardIy plot against the non-unIon
miners on the night shift at the Shurt-
loft, Findlay Il Lost Dollar mines. who
had just finished work aud were about
10 return TO their homes These men
had no warning, whatever, Of their i'm
pending fate
The explosion occurred beneath the
platform on which they were standing,
hurting many Of Them high into the
air, destroying the adjoining depot and
ronding a great hole In III" earth
Later detectives found the machine
which SET off the dynamite under the
platform It con- lists Of a revolver and
SEQ feet of steel wire The revolver
WAS placed underneath the platform
'.oso to the powder The other end Of
the wire was fastened ia q chair leg
witch was used as a lever from the
curblng Of the DeImonIco property
The whole district IL up In arms over
The catastrophe and danger Of further
trouble Is feared A number of fist
fights have already occurred. Guns will
doubtless soon be brought into play IL
conditions remains as they are.
II is believed that the crime thus per-
pftratcd viii sound the death lneIl Of
the Western Federation Of Miners in
this district
The commonwealth., 1904-06-11
DID WOMEN SCARE
MELVILLE t. STONE
Club Women Discuss His Recent
Speech on "Yellow Journalism"
DIDN'T EXPRESS HIS MEANING
Intended TO Ask the Aid of Club
Women in EIevntiuE the Moral
Tone of the Newspaper
Press.

| Washington June AT a reception
In this city Monday night in honor OF
| the delegates from the local woman's
clubs to the national meeting of the
| National Federation of Woman'5 clubs,
recently held at st. Louis, Mrs. Clara
A. Colby editor Of the WOman's Trib'
| une, discussed the question Of mod
ern yellow journalism" in reYer-
sion of the type of publication exhib-
tied in the magazines and periodicals
of the times when women were not
supposed to form a part Of the reading
public,
As an incident of the relation of her
experiences at the Worlds fair, she
made a brief reply to MIR. Melville E.
Stones assertion that is Is the women
who are largely responsible for the
publication of scandal in the newspa-
pears. Mr. Stone" she stated, said
it was the women who are responsible
for the immoral tone of the modern
newspapers, As a matter of fact, it
Is the men"
The newspapers read by women, she
declared. are delivered at the homes,
not bought on the streets Modern
yellow journalism, in her opinion, was
only "a temporary reversiOn to the old
scandalous type of publication of the
days when women did not read as they
do now.
She predicted it would not last.
Miss Francis French, who acted as
president at the reception, in comment
ing on Mrs Colby's reply to Mr..
Stone, said she understood Mr. Stone
had intended to ask the aid OF the club
woman in elevating the moral tone of
the newspaper press, but she said
when he stood up to speak and saw
that vast sea of faces upturned to-
ward him" he was scared, and in
his confusion did not express his
meaning properly,
What" calculated Mrs, Charles M
Pepper, "a man who has been in the
newspaper business in Chicago as
long as Melville Stone has, got scared!
l guess not
After concluding the discussion Of
the exposition Mrs. Pepper spoke
briefly Of the proceedings of the peace
conference at Lake. Mohonk.
The commonwealth., 1904-06-11
TO GET SUITABLE LODGINGS


ST. Louis. June THE Wednesday
club, cooperating with the Humanity
club, wishes to give publicity to the
following.
In order to give measure Of pro-
lection to women and girls coming to
st. Louis during the time of the
Worlds fair the following have agreed
either to provide lodging houses for
women or to guarantee the respectable
ty of certain lodgings, which they will
investigate, and list of which they will
have on hand at a definite address. The
ministers, priests and pastors of the
churches with which these organiZa-
tions are afflitaed will send to the va
riOus headquarters addresses of such
of their parishiOners as will take lodg-
ers In this way lodgings in all parts
of the city. Of unimpeachabe character
and of moderate or low price, will be
made available These organizations
are, The Travellers Aid, WOmen's
Christian association, 1874 Washington
avenue. the Queens Daughters, III
North Sixteenth street; the Kings
Daughters Rest Room Worlds fair
grounds; the Salvation army, southeast
corner Eighth and Walnut streets; the
Evangelical Lutheran City Mission So
ciety, 1904 Market street
The commonwealth., 1904-06-11

The experience Of Miss Alice R00se-
welt at st Louis certainly calls renewed
attention TO the overwhelming curiosity
that animatas a Goodly proportion of
the population Of this country When
II becomes necessary TO summon police
to drive away the women who are star
ing through the windows of the house IN
which Miss Roosevelt is being enter
tanned and to disperse men and women
from church doors where they blockade
traaia in order to catch glimpse os the
first young lady of the land. Il would
seem as II curiosity had run rampant
to a disgusting extent
The commonwealth., 1904-06-11
WELCOMED LIBERTY BELL.
school children of st. Paul, Mtnn.
welcomed the Relic of ReNoIu-
fionary Days.

ST Paul, Mimi, June Both the
public and Roman Catholic parochial
schools in St Paul were dismissed for
a half holiday in honor of the Liberty
bell, which arrived here on its special
car. Until noon thousands thronged the
union station at the Broadway en-
trance to view this relic of revolution
AIRY days
AZ 1880 p. m, the bell went to Min
neapolts.
The commonwealth., 1904-06-11

I.eayenworth, Kas., June ii. r.
MARCEL whose forgeries Ct s300,o
wrecked the Highland bank, has been
sentenced to IS years in prison, five
years on each of the seven counts, and
began serving time in the penitentiary
Monday He was placed as an appren-
tico under Emmett Dalton. the former
outlaw and bank robber
The commonwealth., 1904-06-11

II the attention which this years
church gatherings have been paying to
the question OF divorce students of social
conditions will see hopeful sim
Doubtless the spread Of the divorce evil
Cnuuot be wholly checked until radical
action has been taken toward the re
vision Of the marriage and divorce laws
Of the various states with a view to Sc
curing uniformity The churches, how
ever, may bring an influence to bear
without waiting for such action.
The commonwealth., 1904-06-11

The Massachusetts legislature has
passed a bill TO promote honesty among
employees Of individuals ami corpora
tious. Ii is said that dishonesty is rife
among them, from the cook who accents
presents from the butcher and grocer 10
get the family custom up to the purchas-
ing agents OF great mills or railroads
who are influenced by commissions to be
false to the interests Of employers
There is much corruption Of this kind
In ever community. but there may be
more Of Il In Massachusetts than else
where Manufacturers Of that state say
tles are being sold aut hy emnIoyes.
The commonwealth., 1904-06-11

The decision just handed down by the
United States supreme court seems to
settle tlu"iIy the status Of oleOmargRrine
unagr the law passed by congress two
years ago That law imposed tax of
tan cents pound on all oeomargarlne
cc.orcd In imitation Of butter, while al
lowing the uncolorcd product to escape
with a tax OF 0ne-quaHer of q cent a
pound The supreme court now holds
not only that the law is constitutional,
bur also that all oleomarsarine Of the ap-
pearance Of butter is to be regarded as
artittciaiIy colored within the meaning
OF the law.
The commonwealth., 1904-06-11
DID MRS. BAILEY SHOOT HIM?
Louis Miller Dead, In Chicago, as the
Result of Bullet Wound Received
in Mrs. Bailey'S Room.


Chicago, June when Mrs Rebec-
"a Bailey called at the Wesley hospital
10 see her hance, Louis Miller, who had
been taken to tbs institution probably
fatally wounded by a bullet, she was
arrested on the barge Of shooting him.
At the time Of her arrival the man was
making his ante. mortem statement ae-
using her. and the police we're search
ing for her With Mrs. Bailey was
Mrs Sophia Grabner, who was held
al a witness Of the shooting, Mrs. Bail
ey and Miller were to have been mar
ried within a week Miller died later.
The shooting took place In Mrs
BaiIey's apartments and 1t was four
hours later before the police we're in
formed, The man was found by Mrs.
&, G Snyder. who declares he had shot
himself Mrs Bailey had fed from the
house
The police found the apartments de-
serted Mrs Bailey and Mrs, Grabner
could not be found II was learned
that the woman had rented the apart
menjs a few days before and had given
the name Of Mrs. Miller"
The theory Of the police Is that Mrs,
Bailey shot Miller while in jealous
rage because of his failure to name a
dehnte day for the wedding ceremony
LIttIo is know Of Mrs. Bailey's life
prior 10 the death Of her husband Gen.
The commonwealth., 1904-06-11
Fnuer,s, Insteaa of Graduation,

Williamsport, Pa, June Caesar
Vivian. Porto Riean student at Dick
ison seminary, has been drowned in
the Susequehanna river while swim
ming His parents had just larded at
New York, en- route here to witness
their sons graduation.
The commonwealth., 1904-06-11

New York, June Potatoes are
selling at the highest prices on record,
and housekeepers are told there is no
immediate prospect that they will be
cheaper New potatoes are selling on
the dock for s6.25 barrel, 50 cents
above any previous record
The commonwealth., 1904-06-11

Russians who die IN The Japanese field
hospitals are accompanied to their
graves by a guard Of honor. and when
ever possible the services of Euro
relH missionary are secured for the
funerals The Japp may bo hcathen
but they behave very much like Chris.
tians should
The commonwealth., 1904-06-11

An unusually large number of the fail
ures reported SO far this year have been
OF FIRE insurance companies and stock
brokers. Three or four big fires aid
thu bad work for the insurance con-
pautes and some Of the brokers and their
customers were also scorched q little
probably by getting too many hot tips
from Wall street.
The commonwealth., 1904-06-11

St Louis, June ii, s. Hall, of In
dianapolis, Ind, former proprietor OF
the English hotel in that city, died
from apoplexy at the Madison hotel in
Alton, H., Sunday He was 81 years
of age, and, accompanied by his wife
was visiting the Worlds fair
The commonwealth., 1904-06-11

A brief dispatch from Picking states
that by an imperial decree China has
jo,ucd the Red Gross league The step
is significant The Red Gross. as every
body knows, is the most advanced Of
modern organizations for mitigating
the horrors Of war, by establishing field
hospitals and nursing the wounded Of
both sides All civilized nations are in
the league and the action of China Is a
progressive one
The commonwealth., 1904-06-11
Eish, Iniur.d. one Fatally.

Indianapolis, Ind, June Tive
street cars, one of which was returning
from Riverside park, carrying 81 pas
sengers. collided, Sundays night, result
ing in the injury of eight persons, one
of whom, Walter Dunn, will die.
The commonwealth., 1904-06-11

Washington, June For lack OF
$3,5n0 the valuable data contained In
the report Of the naval board which has
Investigated the subject of fuel oil is
IN danger Of being withheld from the
commercial interests of the country.
The commonwealth., 1904-06-11

New York. June Prince pu Lun,
Of the imperial house of China, has
completed his sightseeing tour of this
city and departed for st. Louis. The
prince expressed great pleasure over
the results or his observations
The commonwealth., 1904-06-11

New Haven. Conn, June Tilt was
stated here that. in order to curtail ex-
penses on account Of the depression in
trade, four Of the large steel plants in
this city would lay OF 2,000 men July |.
The commonwealth., 1904-06-11

st. Louis, June Mrs. Margaret
Bribach ~ years old, the wife Of DR..
Eugene Bribaeh, attending physician at
st. Mary's infrmary, shot herself Sun
day morning at her residence and died
about ten minutes later
The commonwealth., 1904-06-11
Louisiana To,vn nurued.

New Orleans. June IA special from
Schriever, La. small town 20 miles
from New Orleans on the Southern Pa
eific railroad, says that the entire town,
with the exception of two stores, was
burned Sunday,
The commonwealth., 1904-06-11
Mrs snmuc1 VI. clemens Dead

Florence, Italy, June Mrs, Samuel
M. Clemens, the wife Of Mark Twain,
the American author and lecturer. died
of syneope here Sunday evening Halt
an hour before her death she had con-
yersed cheerfully with her husband.
The commonwealth., 1904-06-11

A Pennsylvania woman who died the
otboF day left $500 for her pet dog It
ought u be easy enough for aome sharp
lawyer lu get that
The commonwealth., 1904-06-11
THIG IDI2NTtfiEn DEAD.


Victor. Col, June THE special
train unloaedd the tsnains Of the killed
at the depot In Victor Three wagons
and a railroad truck We're required to
transport them to the morsue
Tho idenlliled dead are;
L, S. ShInkIn, eager
liarzell
- Berkeley
J II. HartzeIl
William Delano
E } Johnson.
Edward Ross.
E. Kelso.
Alex McLatn, shift boss.
J. Iartsock
N, Shanclain.
Joseph Sinclair.
Gus Augustine, aged 81
Arthur MuhIeson, 3j
Henry J, EIaag
Charles Il, Barber
Herbert Mccoy
Mccoy was taken from the ruins
alive but died in the Victor hospital.
The following Is partial list of the
The commonwealth., 1904-06-11

Poplarville citizens are becoming
interested in the paving of one or
more of the principal thoroughfares
of that live little city They would
find it a great blessing as well as a
paying investment. A town that
SHOWS pride will attract outside Wis
'tors and capital.
The commonwealth., 1904-06-11

Indianola has organized brick and
tile factory, and will have the same
in active operation SON A large num-
Der of substantial buildings are pro-
jected. and such plant was found
necessary to furnish the material for
their construction.
The commonwealth., 1904-06-11

Mississippi needs hustlers and
workers. We don't want people who
stand upon the reputation Of 'ances,
tors and expect the State to furnish
them living.
The commonwealth., 1904-06-11

Yazoo City will emerge from her re-
cent disastrous bath OF flre brighter
and better thar ever. Her people will
not sit down on account Of misfor-
tunes. but are already preparing to
rebuild and restock their business
houses.
The commonwealth., 1904-06-11

The beautiful moss that covers the
trees in the southern portion OF the
State is used for packing mattresses,
holsters, upholstery, etc It is there
in unlimited quantities. and Hs-ild
justify the establishment Of q large
factory for Its use
The commonwealth., 1904-06-11

To the railroads is largely due the
trucking interests of the State, and
they also have the power to crush all
such enterprises il they see fit. For
instance, the building up OF such by
the Illinois Central and the North
eastern and the action Of the Louis
vile & Nashville in asking prohibit
ory rates along the coast division.
The commonwealth., 1904-06-11

The Greenville people have secured
another large enterprise through the
efforts OF Lee J. Langley, secretary OF
the Board of Trade. 1t is a $4,000
plant to manufacture artificial stone
for building purposes. Home capital
will be used in putting the enterprise
IN foot. Good for Greenville
The commonwealth., 1904-06-11

The writer was shown a few days
since several articles Of semi-porce-
lain ware made from Mississippi elays
that would be hard to beat anywhere.
At some time not far distant there
will be factories in the State for the
manufacture Of articles from our kao-
lin and other clays. II Is here in in
exhaustless quantities, and only
awaits the coming OF some man with
the capital and experience to develop
1t. Would 1t not look good to see
wares OF this kind sent to all parts
OF the United States bearing the
magic words, Made IN Mississippi
The commonwealth., 1904-06-11

BY II. E. BLAKESLEE, Jackson.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-30
For Diaz lnauouration.

CITY OF MEXICO, Nov. 30.-The
capital has assumed gala attire in an
ticipation of the Inauguration tomor.
row of President Diaz and Vice Pres
ident Ramon Corral The intention is
to make the Inauguration notable in
the history Of the republic. A great
national holiday has been proclaimed
the ceremonies will be far more elab-
crate than have ever been seen thus
far on the induction Of a president
into Office and the celebrat ton will last
for three or four days. Parades, illu-
minations. games. addresses, balls
banquets, feasts for the people and
other forms of entertainment make up
the program. The city is rapidly fill
ing with visitors from all parts Of the
country and from all indications the
crowd will be one of the largest ever
seen here.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-30

places public man on the shelf in
New York. Yet Mr.. Low is one of
the most highly esteemed men in the
city. He is not a politician. and during
his term of Office he acted with a to-
tai disregard Of political exigencies.
He can afford to be independent. Ac
cording to all political rules. he was
the last man in the world to choos,
for postmaster. When factions are
backing rival candidates it is the cus.
tom to ask for compromise in the
form OF a man satisfactory to both
this railing, to appoint the man who
will offend the least powerful faction.
When the president said on the night
of election that he would not again
become a candidate politicians all over
the country saw their power vanish.
The offer Of the postmastership to
Mr.. Low is the first official act from
the White House which indicates the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-30
CORBETT PATCHED UP.
The Defeated Champion Tried to Take
Rosy View of Life.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 30.-Young
Corbett, the vanquished pugilist, to-
gether with his retinue of trainers is
trying to take a rosy view of life today.
He has been patched together and rub
bed until he again resembles a hu
man being and this afternoon he was
taken to the races that he might for
get his terrible disappointment and
terrible beating of last night. Young
Barney Oldfield to the Central Emerg
ency hospital last night, where three
two in his lip. Corbett at first de-
INJURED stating that he believed the
operation to be too painful, but he was
finally induced to endure the slight
pain. He then retired to his room at
the Palace hotel, where he spent the
night, restless and painful. nursing his
hurts and his grieved mind. In the
meantime Battling Nelson, jubilant
over his victory, spent the night at the
Hamman baths and appeared early
this morning as bright and fresh as
ever. Nelson gave out this morning
that ne is ready for Britt Represen-
tatives of both Nelson and Britt will
meet together at once to arrange a
final agreement for the fight which
will occur next month.