The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-04-08

gressiye elements of the democratic
party for preliminary work for the
great battle Of 1905.
Former Senator Stewart, OF evada,
has left Washington to make lis home
in Tonopah, New.
President Roosevelt has left the na-
tional capital, to be absant about two
months. The first week will be taken
up by the trip to the southwest, cul-
minating at the Rough Riders reunion
at San Antonio, Tex, after which he
will plunge into the wilderness and
live next to nature for awhile.
A Naples dispatch of the I'd inst. said
that Secretary of State Hay, who ar
rived on the steamer Cretic, spent a
portion of the day there and proceeded
to Genoa, was feeling greatly improved
by the trip.
President William F. Potter of the
Long Island railroad died in New York
of cerebro spinal meningitis after a
months illness.
Thirty pieces of old silver coins, the
latest decipherable date being 1925,
were found by Nicholas Goetzinger
| while digging fence postholes at Tenn
pleton, Ia.
Rear-Admiral Robley D. Evans,
"Fighting Bob is at sea again, in
command of the battleship squadron
of the North Atlantic fleet. He has
hOisted his flag on board the Maine.
John McClintock, for many years a
! member of the band Of Angel Dancers
| at s'The Lords Farm" near Park
Ridge, n. J.. where he was known as
John the Baptist" committed suicide
by shooting.
MONTAGUE White, professor OF ora
tory at Beloit (Wis.) college, was &C
cidentally drowned in Rock River.
On the testimony Of two former en-
plOves of the defunct Storey Cotton
Co. of Philadelphia, Stanley Francis,
accused of being n Of the promoters,
has Eeen held for trial in the United
States court, with bail fixed at s5o,ooo.
| Frank Bvers. Of Harlan. Ia, a student
in the University of Michigan at Ann
,rtOr, was drowned while canoeing in
The Huron river.
The coroner's jury at Collinsvile, ILL.,,
in the case Of the killing OF Barney
Vassalo by John Berta, returned a YER
dict of justifable homicide, as the kill
ing was done in defense of his fBar-
as wife, who was killed by Vassalo.
Eight thousand people assembled In
Convention hall at Kansas City, MO-,
to hear the Metropolitan opera COM
nany produce "Parsifal.' Excursion
trains were run from all n~eighboring
| cities to accommodate patrons.
Francis McCord, son of the late mill
| ionaire James McCord, Of st. Joseph,
Mo, died unexpectedly at Asheville, N.
| c., of tuberculosis.
The will and codicil of the late Mrs.
Jane L.. Stanford nave been admitted
% probate in San Francisco. OUTSIDE
Of specific requests covering $4,000, 900
10 relatives and $4,000 to various
charitable institutions, the entire es-
tate goes to the trustees of Leland
Stanford, Jr., university.
Lightning struck the t1agpole on the
public school building at Riverview,
Kas., shattering the cupola and caus-
ing a panic among the $50 children
who were playing i'll the school yard.
A few were stunned and others hurt
by flying bricks and splinters.
III u tuildtc speculation W eNS
cashier is alleged to have been the
cause Of the failure Of the Citizens say
ings bank Of Lorain, o. The shortage
amounts to $S7, 900. The cashier and
two others have been arrested on
charges of embezzlement.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
Railroad Co. will build an extension
from Chamberlain, S. D.. west through
Lyman county, S.. D., opening up a
new region of rich, new lands.
The date of sailing of the transport
Manchuria for Manila, with Secretary
Of War Taft and party, has been
changed from July 1 to July 8, in Or
der to allow some of the party to fill
desired engagements.
BY the wreck of a west-bound Great
Northern passenger train, just east OF
Basin. Mont, by the engine RUNNING
into a slide. Engineer John Weber was
killed and Fireman Davis severely in
iured. The passengers only received
a shaking up.
J. Morgan Smith and wife, sister
and brother-in-law of Nan Patterson,
were arrested in Cincinnati on a charge
of conspiracy to murder Caesar Young,
in New York. An additional indict-
ment, charging conspiracy, has been
returned against Nan Patterson.
The dedication of the statue of La
fayette, which was to have taken
place in Washington on July 4 Of this
year, has been postponed till 1906, as
the statue will not be ready in time.
Upwards of 500 acres of forest and
prairie west of C~oshocton, O., has been
swept by fire, doing an immense
amount Of damsge.
Mrs. Roosevelt, accompanied by
some of her children and relatives,
boarded the yacht Sylph at Jackson
vile, Fla, and will take a cruise for
several days. Miss Alice is mistress
of the White House ad interim.
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