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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-06-18
Weekly Crop Bulletin.

The copious showers and warm
nights have produced a marked inn.
proyement in crops over the north
ern portion of the State, while in
the southern counties crops, as A
rule, have made a satisfactory
growth, but are beginning to need
more moisture. Cotton, although
small, is growing rapidly lice have
injured stands in spots in some Of
the southeastern counties and high
winds have been somewhat damag-
ing in all sections, but on the whole
stands are good and chopping out
is about completed the crop is clean
and well cultivated, Corn is gen
orally needing more rain south. but
is doing well north, where the early
planted is about all laid by. Peas
are being planted. Dat harvest con.
tinues in the central counties and
fair TO good yields arc being secured,
Sugar cane is doing we'll. Minor
crops and pastures are generally i'm
proving. Irish potatoes are making
a splendid yield, Sweet potato
plants are being set ont. WatcrmcI-
ons promise a good crop in the gulf
counties,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-06-18

Articles of Incorporation were
filed for publication a few days since
by local and foreign capitalists for
the erection of "A standardization
sand-dollar cotton compress and
warehouses in West Point, which
viii give that city the most modern
and one Of the largest institutions
in the South of this kind, which
give facilities for handling a great
amount Of cotton. Work on this
plant will be commenced immcdi-
ately and it expects to handle one
hundred thousand bales Of cotton
annually. This institution was So
cured through the efforts of the
board Of trade, which although in
existence but two weeks, has secured
twosplcndid institutions, with many
more in sight.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-06-18
THE WONDERS OF THE
WORLD AT ST. LOUIS
They Are to Be Found in the Great Palaces and a,ono
THE Pike"

st. Louis.-Early visitors to the Louis.
Jana Purchase exposition have found
at st. Louis an exposition so nearly com
plete that they have in no way missed
the few minor details that were unfin-
ished on the opening day, and which
have since been completed. In fact in
an exposition of such proportions as
this it would be impossible to discover
a thousand little details that might lack
completion.
Weather conditions we're against the
exposition management for a few days
preceding the opening. Now every
thing is favorable, and the great fair
is entirely complete, a completeness, we
must repeat, that is so enormous that
it is all but impossible to comprehend
what 1t has meant to the builders. The
last vestige Of s%caffolding that for a
few days surrounded some of the less i'm
portant buildings has been tori away;
the last wagon load of refuse hauled
from the grounds; every flower and
shrub the landscape gardeners included
in their scheme OF decoration growing
under the benign influence of a spring
sun, and the exposition stands forth a
completed giant, beautiful in concep-
ton, wonderful in execution, %stupendous
in size, by far the masterpiece of the
worlds expositions.
Stupendous size does not half express
it. This worlds fair has many sur
prises for the visitor, but its immense
size is the greatest astonisher of all.
Amusement at the extent of the fair is
heard from every visitor.
1t has been interesting to watch the
visitors these first days of the fair. In
teresting to see what would appeal to
then strongest, but after one has studied
the mass of humanity in their quest for
the wonders it is hard to select any one
feature that could be designated as a
general fayorite with all. OF course all
visitors are enthusiastic over the general |
picture, the grand en- semble, which has
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-06-18
FESTIVAL HALL AND THE CASCADES.

been created, and for the first hour o.
more of their stay inside the grounds
but few get further than the point from
which they catch their first view of thi!
grand picture.
TT almost takes my breath away
exclaimed n m near whom | was
standing as she caught her first glimpse
OF the beauty Of the cascades and the
magnificence CT the grand exposition
palaces. Such is the general verdict.
For beauty, for magniicence, for extent
st. Louis has beat the world.
There is another feature, or rather
collection of features, which seemingly
appeals to every visitor, and with good
reason, and that is "The Pike" The
fair management do not wish to appeal
to the public with a side-show. They
built an exposition which should stand
forth to the world on its merits as an
educator, as a monument to the worlds
progress, but realizing that an amuse-
ment feature was necessary they set to
work to provide the biggest and best in
this line that has ever been known. That
they have succeeded in this is evident
to every visitor who travels THE Pike"
Nor is this great amusement feature
lacking in educational interest. Here
one may study the architectural fancies
of the world; here he may study the
nations of the world, their methods of
life, their surroundings, their customs.
He sees realistic pictures of the Esqui-
masx in their snow and ice bound homes
in one minute, and the next is trans
ported to the jungles OF tropical Africa.
"The Pike" is not an aggregation Of fat
women and the skeleton men, in no
sense a circus side-show, but a realistic
picture of the world upon which five
millions Of dollars has been spent.
Six thousand performers from foreign
countries. and busy artisans from every
remote corner Of earth are engaged to
reproduce the life Of rs different peoples.
Fifteen hundred animals are required to
lend reality to the varied scenes. Two
shows in the list Of 40 represent an out
lay Of 81, 400. 900. Twenty Of them cost
not less than 500, 900 apiece. and hardly
an attraction less than $50, 900.
Some idea Of what there is to be seen
Of Pike features may be had from 4 list
OF the educational amusement features
which this section Of the fair contains:
Alaska and Esquimaux Village; An
Gent Rome and Hawaiian Volcano; Bat-
tie Abbey: Bohemia; Crystal Palace:
CliR Dwellers; Chinese Village: Colorado
Gold Mine; Creation; Coal Breaker;
Giro; constantinopls; nre-FishtiDg
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-06-18

The board Of supervisors Of tia
wanda county made a contract last
week with the Virginia Bridge Com
pany Of Roanoke, Va, to build an
iron bridge across the Tombigbee
river at Fulton, to cost $4,964, the
work to be completed as soon as pos
sible. This will be a great help to
the people Of surrounding countries,
and o much safer way for the people
Of this county to cross than the old
time ferryboat,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-06-18
Big Man and Little Woman.

She vas a demure little woman with
a baby. AS the a was crowded she
did not put the little one, who was old
enough TO sit UP, on the seat beside
her. She carried 1t on her lap, and
made room for a fie~rce-looking, big
man with a newspaper.
The child kicked Its tiny feet in de-
light at the strange things 1t saw while
riding along, and its shoes rubbed
against the big mans trousers.
Perhaps, madam" he exclaimed.
you imagine that this conveyance il
your private carriage7"
"Oh, no I DON'T" was the prompt re-
ply. "If 1t were you wouldn't be riding
In it."-Tit-Bits.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-06-18
CARS MINISTER is SHOT
Attempt 10 Asssssinnte Russian Ofn
ciaI on Street in Berne,
switzerland

Berne, Switzerland. June 1.-THE
Russian minister here, NJ V. v. Jad.
oyskl, was shot in the head and pain
fully injured Friday afternoon on q
public thoroughfare.
His would-be ASSASSIN was arrested.
He IL a Russian named LinItskl. lie
had been In Berne for some weeks,
and complained that the Russian au-
thorities had co10scated an estate be-
longing to him. NJ. Jadoyski's wound,
although It at first appeared to be
severe, is not dangerous.
The federal council, in extraordinary
session, decided to bring Ilnitzkl before
the federal tribunal.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-06-18

oroer service at the same rates
that prevailed before the exposition
opened.
II Is suggested that the stranger in
ST. Luis, who wishes TO find reasonable
clearinghouse rates, make inquiry at
a grocery store or meat market In the
vicinity where he desires to stop. The
grocers and butchers know nearly all
the boarding houses in their neighbor-
hoods. and they are quite willing to
oblige the stranger by directing him TO
a place to suit his purse and his tastes.
The want" columns of the daily news
papers also contain columns of small
advertisements for boarders or dodgers.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-06-18

Two sisters were assaulted by n
negro at Eupora, Webster county,
last week, and, if they are caught il
is practically settled there will be a
lynching. Every merchant in the
town closed his doors, hounds were
telegraphcd for from Greenyillc and
posses went in full pursuit. The
outrage was committed at the home
of a farmer named Dunn, two miles
from Eupora, whose two daughters
were alone in the yard when accost-
ed by a negro whose name cannot be
learned. The lS-year-old girl was
knocked down and her elder sister
went for a gun, but the cartridge
jammcd and she was Knocked down.
Before the negro could accomplish
his purpose the girl first assaulted
seized a scantling and struck the
man a singing blow over the head.
The negro fled and posses were i'm
mcdiately organized.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-06-18

Exhibition; Glass Weaving, Spinning;
German Tyrolean Alps; Golden Chariot;
Grants Log Cabin; Galveston Flood;
Haunted Castle; Hereafter; Hunting in
the Ozarks; Infant I~ncubators: Indian
Congress and Wild West; Irish Village;
japanese Village; Jerusalem; Jim Key
Educated Horse); Lincoln's Log Cabin;
Moorish Palace; Model Playground;
Miniature Railway; Magic Whirlpool;
Morocco; Mysterious Asia; Naval Ex-
hibition; Old Plantation; Old st. Louis,
Mo-; Old Cahokia Court House; Old
Virginia Homestead; Observation
Wheel; Palais Du Costume; Pottery;
Weller; Paris and France; Scenic Rail-
way; South African Boer Exhibits;
Streets of Seville; Statisticum; Sub
marine Diving; New York to the North
Pole; Trained and Wild Animals; Under
and Over the Sea; Upper Mississippi
Views; Water Chutes; Wireless Teleg-
raphy.
What run in all; what supplies the
Nv AAiob iiihI0 lhC NOuillNoo "AltIlo
go round? The majority OF visitors are
intensely interested in the mechanical
motive force of this greatest of EXPOSE
tons, and well they may be. One of
the most striking features is the power
plant. Never before at an exposition
has there been even half as much
power developed as supplied from the
various prime movers in the Palace of
Machinery. In a large boiler house
standing west of the Machinery build
ing, filled with the latest and best pro-
auctions of skilled boiler manufactures,
steam is generated to supply 80, 900
horsepower to the various engines in
he Machinery building, In addition
% this about 10000 horsepower Is re-
'eived by electric cable from power sta
ions in the city of st, Louis. But the
interest is in the engines them
selves rather than in the large capacity
If the exhibit, for among them is a
giant turbine or rotary engine develop
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-06-18
Louisville to Issue Bonds.

In an election held at Louisville
last week to decide whether or not
the town Of Louisville would issue
bonds TO the amount of $4,000 for
internal improvements the result
was rs follows: For the issuance
II votes and ] vote against the bond
issue. Louisville has about ninety
registered voters.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-06-18

ing 5000 horsepower, besides others of
a similar type of smaller capacity. This
is the first display of turbine engines
at a large expUsitiC2, as its develop
ment is a very recent achievement Of
mechanical engineering and invention.
AT the Chicago Exposition the larg-
est gas engine developed only ten
horsepower; the visitor to st. Louis
may see a gas engine with the capacity
of 300 times larger than the Chicago
engine. The 5000 horsepower gas en-
CINE is the largest engine of its char
acter ever built. Many other gas en-
gines of various types developing from
1000 to 1.750 horsepower complete this
feature of the exhibit, and there are
many of the more familiar reciprocal
ing engines of the latest pattern and
highest efficiency.
OF the total number Of prime movers
in the Palace of Machinery about one
half are comprised in what is known as
the Exposition power plant, the other
half being exhibitors engines. Nearly
all these engines are connected with
electrical generators and the power is
transmitted by cable throughout .the
grounds to the electric railways, the
machinery in operation in the EXPOSE
ton buildings, the pumps supplying
water to the cascades and fountains,
the refrigerating plant and for other
purposes. The total horsepower used
at Chicago did not exceed 10000 and at
the Pan-American not over 5000, in
comparison with the 10000 to $4,000
here.
Electricity had only five and one
half acres at Chicago. while at st. Louis
nine acres are given to the same de-
partment, besides a large display of
electrical generators In the Palace of
Machinery.
No one should be deferred from visit
ing the worlds fair because of the fear
that living expenses in st. Louis are too
high. II anyone has this notion 1t is
high time that it be dispelled. There Is
absolutely no doubt Of the fact that one
can find excellent living accommoda-
lions in st. Louis now at rates not ex-
ceeding the charges this same month in
New York, Chicago or any other great
American city.
No one need pay o than one dollar
q day for a good room. That is an aver
age rate. though many accommodations
of excellent character may be had for
less. There are many unrented rooms
at ave dollars q week, advertised every
day In the newspapers. Hundreds Of !
restaurants serve meals 81 give short
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-06-18
Cotton Acreage Increase.

While there has doubtless been
some increase Of cotton acreage in
Mississippi, experienced crop OBJ.
servers do not believe it will reach
the rs per cent estimate made by
the government bureau. The crop
has made good progress during the
week just closed, the weather being
very favorable to ito growth. Badly
needed showers occurred in several
parts Of the State.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-06-18
NINE DEAD IN A FLOOD
CI0Bdbnrst In Indian Territory
Causes Damage to Life and
Property.

Ardmore, l. r., June 1.-THE high
water has caused the death OF nine per-
Sons In the Indian territory. The dead:
Mrs. r. II. Wilson, her ~two-year-old
Daby and Miss Fay Davis. at Mil
creek. Five children OF Tony Jones.
in Kiamicbi valley.
Mrs Wilson, her child anu MISS Da-
Wis we're asleep In their home when 8
cloudburst gorged the creek, which
swept away the building. Tbs bodice
we're recovered.
All the tributaries Of the Washita ars
out Of their banks, and cotton and 9TH
er crops have been destroyed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-06-18

Pine Bluff, Ark, June 1.-THE levee
at ~Hannaberry, on the Arkansas river,
broke Friday, and more than 1000
acres Of cotton land are under water.
Every available man, together with
state convicts. is working to repair the
break.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-06-18
Disastrous Fire at Alderman.

A disastrous fire occurred at
Alderman last week, when the bust
ness houses of W. n. Hunt, DR..
James McGovern and J. H.. Evans
were consumed. Hunt loses about
$4,000, with insurance to the
amount of $4,000. McGoyern was
also partially insured, but Evans
policy had expired at 4 o'clock the
evening Of the fire.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-06-18

Mrs. Lilly Mcdowell, Of Holly
Springs, president of the State Di.
vision of the United Daughters Of
the Confederacy, has issued a cir,
cular letter to the State chapters Of
the organization asking them to con-
tribute literally TO the fund that the
Daughters Of the C~onfederacy are
now attempting to raise to purchase
a handsome oil portrait Of Jefferson
Davis, to be presented to the State
and hung in the Hall Of Fame.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-06-18
Clothing for Convicts.

The board Of control will, at their
next meeting, the first Monday in
July, let the contract for the winter
supply of clothing needed by the
penitentiary. About 10000 yards
Of cloth will be bought, os , which
the stripes that will adorn the on
victs during the winter months will
he made
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-06-18
Voted School Bonds.

An election was held in Green.
vile last week TO decide on the issu.
ing Of $4,000 Of school bonds.
There was some opposition shown
but the school champions carried il
by a big majority.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-06-18
CzAR'S LIFE IS ATTEMPTED
Two Internal Machines Found In
Royal Palace.
Hut IL Undoubtedly rrue
I'm Every Detail.

London, June 1.-THE Daily Mail as
serts: Two Internal machines were
found on the night Of June 7. concealed
In tobacco boxes in the Tsarskoye Selo
palace, where the car is o living.
One OF the machines was IN the dining
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-06-18
Soldier Commits Suicide.

San Francisco, June 11.-Tired Of
army life and disappointed because his
application for a discharge had been
refused, Corporal w. II. Cawley, Of the
Seventeenth coast artillery, committed
suicide by swallowing carbollc acid in
the presence Of his young wife.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-06-18
I.ebeaume Exonerated.

Springfield, ILL.,, June 1.-THE Ma
tional Travellers Protective association
completely exonerated Louis T. Ls-
beaume, national secretary-treasurer Of
the association who was charged with
embezzling funds Of the association.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-06-18
win I'm Claim Axain.f ChIns.

Denver. Col, June 11.--Mrs. Mary
Etzel. mother Of Lewis Etzel, the war
correspondent who was killed by Chi
nese soldiers, will file a claim against
the Chinese government for 10000
damages.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-06-18

The city officials of West Point,
last week, let the contract for a
$4,000 sewerage system, same to be
completed by September j, 1904
Work will be begun as soon as the
contractors can get men and ma.
teriaI on the ground.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-06-18
Corn Weevil at BeIzoni.

Word comes from the Belzoni
neighborhood that the corn wceyil
has appeared in large numbers and
is destroying considerable corn.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-06-18
Philippine Volcanoes.

Washington, June 11-According to
a bulletin issued Friday by the census
bureau In connection with the Philip
pine census, there are 20 volcanic cones
In the archipelago, OF which IL are
active.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-06-18
Given More Time.

Jefferson City, Mo, June 1.-THE su-
preme court has granted the St. Louis
Terminal Railroad Association of 81.
Louis 30 days In which to file It's re-
turn to the amended petition for custer
filed by the encouragement.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-06-18

Joplin, Mo, June 1l-Mrs. J. II.
Weyland was fined 500 and costs in
Justice Potter's court upon being
found guilty Of common assault upon
Mrs. Maud MCGEE, queen OF the Jop-
lin carnival. An appeal was taken.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-06-18
Engineer L. Honored.

Monmouth, III, June 11.-Monmouth
college conferred the honorary degree
Of doctor Of laws on John F. Wallace,
chief engineer Of the Panama canal.
Mr.. Wallace is a son of the first pres
Ident Of Monmouth college.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-06-18

~Twenty-One inferred.

Mason City, Ia, June 11.--Twenty-
n persons, several Of them members
Of the Grand Army Of the Republic,
we're injured in an accident, Thursday
night, on the Mason City 4 Clear Lake
electric railway.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-06-18
His unhappiness

"You growled1t cold weather.
%, yes"
And you'll growl when It's hotY"
That's what"
"wea. what do you reckon you're hsrs
for, anyhow"
My friend was the reply. that's jest
what keeps me a-growIin.--I can't IND
out!r-AtIanta Constitution,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-06-18

room, the other In the audience cham
Der. The mechanism in each was work
Ing when discovered, The strictest Sc
creoy Is observed, and this statement.
although true in every detail, is sure to
be cateEorIcally denied"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-11
BUYING, SELLING I'D.
AND BUILDING
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Magdalena winson and Nellie p. Sawyer, lots
Is and 10 Latham Brothers addition, $115.
Anna L. Peck and husband to Noah Schan-
field, part lot 2, block :, Westfalls addition
$2100. - -,
August Anderson and wife to Margaret Sull-
van lot - and part lot 80, L. G. Deming's re-
vision of block s, East Side addition, S1,750.
lot g. block 76 town Of Minneapolis. S14,OOQ ~;
Minnesota Debenture company to J. ]. Weber,
lot 10 and south half lot O. block IA, Walton
Mis- o. Werner to Amt Erickson lot IS,
block 10, Fo:est Heights. 1925. l. }.... "
Northwestern Realty company to Matt Is.
Fisher. part lot s, block IS, town OF North Min
Farmers Trust company lLtd.} to Martha
si5 Gek'rd' lot TO- O0eh l. chicago avenue raFh'
C1arafelia Herrick to Emma X. Carlson, lots
4 and s. block s. Mnnehaha addition $500.
STEELE S. Smith and wife to Elizabeth r.
Bradley, part lot 1 in section 81, town 11e,
range "a, $1,000.
Farmers and Mechanics Savings bank to Min;
reapolis Street Railway company ct al. lot
and part lot 2, block Is. Harmons addition,
$4,000.
Houghton G. Thomas to Hans J. Nelson and
yife, lot H. block 1, Monroe Street addition
Z. w Recxard and wife to John A. Magnu
son and wife, part lot 3, Auditors subdivision
No 81, 1910.
lots is and 10. block a. Prospect Park secont
division, revised, $1,000.
John J.. Stnhr and wife to Hans c.. Hoy, 10
6, block 20, West Minneapolis, second division
1000.
Five minor Deeds S54 s..-~...!-
Total, twenty Deeds $751; SIS: -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-11
LUCKY SHOT AT BIG GAME

Major Powell-Cotton tells the fol-
lowing story of his recent explorations
in Africa: 1--WE heard elephants
feeding in a thick bambooSclump. T
TOOK only one gun-bearer with me to
work toward them and I saw a group
of three or four, but as they We're all
COWS we retraced our steps without
disturbing them. a little farther: on
we could hear, another beast feeding
and thinking it might be a bull--for
these often feed apart, from the COWS
we picked -our;Sway along an old eIe-
plant path. The fallen bamboos and
the litter of. leaves on the ground
made it difficult to do this silently
The beast stopped feeding. There
was a moments pause and I could
hear the crashing Of bamboos as the
animal charged toward us screaming
loudly. 1t was impossible to tell ex-
actly the point where it would appear,
for, of course, the dense bamboo COM
pletely hid it from view. 1t was
equally hopeless to turn to, run, for
even along the path we had come the
interlaced bamboos would have
tripped one up at once; SO, signing to
me, ] held my double barreled gun In
readiness. AS the elephants head ap:
peared thru the bamboos almost facing
me, with trunk uplifted and ears
sticking straight out. I raised my rifle
and fired both barrels in quick success.
sion, aiming thru the trunk for the
frontal shot. Immediately, after. j
turned to fee, tripped and measured
my length on the ground, but had the
satisfaction Of hearing a, mighty crasI
| behind me as the elephant FELL