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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-04-22

Work is under way on fourteen
miles of the Mississippi Central rail
road from Brookhaven east. The road
will prove a great boon to the people
of that section of the State and will
open up a splendid trucking and fruit
growing country after the timber is
cleared away.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-04-22

Shubuta reports the location of a
large cross-arm plant and a lumber
mill with 10000 fee per day capacity.
These two enterprises will mean a
great lee to that town and the sur
rounding country. 1t is located in the
heart of the yellow pine belt and is
surrounded by fine lands for trucking
when denuded of timber. 1t prom
Uses to show a healthy growth during
the present year.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-04-22

Vaiden's handsome new courthouse
will be formally dedicated on May
2. An elaborate program is being
prepared and some of the leading ora
tors of the State will make speeches.
1t is a substantial and commodious
building and the people of hat thriv-
ing burg have a just cause to be hap
Ply over its completion and occu-
pancy.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-04-22

Jackson's two million dollar manu-
featuring concern and railroad are as
sured facts. The ground for plant
and terminal facilities, as we'll as i'm
mense bodies of timber up Pearl river,
have been bought and paid for. It
promises to be-the largest numbering
concern in the State.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-04-22

r. H. Parker, of near Waynesboro,
is the right kind of a farmer. He is
successful and prosperous and Own
one Of the best farms in that section.
Mr.. Parker always raises all the meat
needed on his farm and never sells
less than from 1000 to 5000 pounds
each year. He keeps bees and gets
more honey than his family can use.
Good stock only will be allowed to re-
main on his farm, which consists of
800 acres.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-04-22

The last census only gave Missis-
sippi three cities with oven 10000 in
habitants, but the mex is reasonably
sure to show up nine with that num-
Der, and probably ten. Two or three
of these will likely go owe the %. 900
mark. With a proportionate increase
for the next FIVE, as in the past five
years, the State should show up two
and a quarter million people. 1t looks
very much that way low.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-04-22

West Point has succeeded at last in
getting her sewerage plant completed
and the streets in condition again.
1t will prove a great blessing to the
town in every way.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-04-22

The action of Mississippi farmers in
forming an association to handle the
cotton crop and care for the surplus
will be the entering wedge that will
put thousands Of spectators out of
business who have amassed immense
fortunes manipulating the price.
These fellows never saw a bale of spot
cotton, likely, but they have managed
to control the price and prevent the
producer from getting what it was
worth. The movement is gaining
friends every day and, being a worthy
cause, shoald be encouraged and main,
tanned at all hazards.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-04-22

Notice has been issued by the SUI
pervisors Of Jones county that $4,000
worth of bonds would be sold to build
a courthouse at Elli5Vilie. This is
only in keeping with the general order
Of things in Mississippi at present
Courthouses to cost from $50, 600 to
SIS, 900 are becoming the rule instead
of an execution
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-04-22

Reports from the cotton section OF
the State go to show that the work OF
preparing ground and planting is two
weeks behind and that it is believed
that this will help the campaign for "A
reduction very materially. Corn is
doing finely and the truckers are in
good condition.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-14
PR|NTERSSTR|KE
ON IN EARNEST
GENERAL CALL IN CHICAGO AND
SIMILAR MOVE is TO BE MADE
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
TO GO ON IN ST. LOUIS

Chicago Sept. l3.-A general strike
of the printers in Chicago which viii.
be part of a simiiiv throughout
the country will bsacalled tomorrow
firms that refuse to sign the unian
against all book and job printing firms
that refuse to sign the union agree
ment providing for an eight hour day.
Three hundred Chicago concerns,
employing 1000 prlHters, will be asked
to grant the union demands. The strike
Is on at present against nineteen Of
the thirty-seven firms belonging 10 the
Chicago Typothetae and Il involves $50
members of the union. All remaining
firms either have agreed to install the
eight hour day on January next or
have promised to hold aloof from fight
being waged between union aud the
Typothetae.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-14
Between Norway and Sweden
Hangs in Balance Over the
Question OF the Nations
For tificati0ns
THE OUTLOOK ISGLOOMY
YET REPORTS SAY THAT A
TREATY MAY YET BE SIGN.
ED-THE TROOPS ARE
NOT BEING MoBo.
LIED.

London, Sept. 13.-Dispatches from
Christiania represent the situation be,
tween Norway and Sweden as SER
ious owing to the determined attitude
Of the Swedish commissioners.
Dispatches from Stockholm however
are less pessimistic and express the
hope that Modus Vivendi will be
arranged.
Much interest has been aroused by
the presence In London during the last
few days of Fritjof Nansen, the Ar
tic explorer. who in February last
was considered 10 be likely candi.
date for the Premiership of Norway,
and who. since the dissolution of the
Union has been spoken of as the prob.
able first minister of Norway to Great
Britain
According to dispatch to the Tele-
graph from Gothenburg, Sweden. it
Is believed that Norway will accept
the Swedish terms and that Sweden
VIII agree to an arbitration treaty
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-14
CORPSE HELD WHEEL
OF the Ship During Terrible Storm
Port Reached in Safety.

Honolulu. Sept IA dead man
held the wheel of the schooner Charles
Levi Woodbury. during several hours
of the night Of August 8. on her trip
here from Laysan Island He was a
Japanese member Of the crew, and
| died clHtching the whel He was
found still holding it, and the vessel.
though greatly damaged by hurri-
cane which is supposed tohave caused
the seaman's death from over-exertion,
reached port In safety
The Woodbury. is the schooner for
which the United States tug lroquo;s
recently left here To search when she
was long overdue from Laysan. 1t was
found that she had put back after d
terrible experience. Captain Harris
who was In command, says that his
vessel was swept along at the rate of
nine knots an hour without a stitch
OF canvass on her He gave up hope
of saving her. and said goodby to
Captain Schlemmer, Of Laysan, who
was passenger.
/ Huiwarks were knocked away I'd
keep the decks clear Of water and oil
was poured on the ocean The schoon
er ran for Ave days and nights help
| less In the gale, without tho Captain
being able to take an observation b,
either sun, moon or stars.
| The Japanese complained Of feelins
unwell when he took hts place al
steersman, and he askei a companies
to stand by him for time. No on
saw him die, He was found dead AMI
sttff and holding the wheel AS wher
alive He had fallen forward, bu
his hands held on and the vessel wa,
holding her course fairly well
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-14
SPLASH OF BLOOD
On His Shirt Front Brouaht a Death
Sentence for an Innocent Man

Toledo, Ohio, Sept. 13.--Aecording
to the statement of Charles p Hays.
formerly Of Youngstown, Ohio, Chas
Sterling was hanged for murder 30
years ago on account of splash OF
blood on his shirt.
The story came out in a discuss on
over the dispatches of yesterday from
Minot, N. d., in which man supposed
to be Charles Herzig, confessed the
murder of Lizzie Grombacher, for
which crime Sterling died Hays. whc
now lives in Toledo, said.
IL was first supposed the girl had
been stranglcd by the junk deaoler
who found her with a veil tightly
drawn about her throat in thicket
some distance from the city. But the
evidence was lacking, and while the
Junk dealer was incarcerated, Charles
Sterling, a tramp was arrested and
charged with the crime. | was EN-.
ployed to secure evidence for Sterling
The evidence on which he was con.
victed was the films est ever heard
|of A splash of blood on his shirt
front drew his death sentence. al
though the state failed to show thai
he had been within mile of the
crime. The jury was determined III
hang some one, as the crime was bru
tai and the community much wrought
up. But In spite of this nearly every
one IN the city thought him innocent
land know positively that after he
was hanged some OF the jurors came
to that conclusion.
"Onc Of the most pathetic incidents
Of the trial and sentence occurred in
the jail. AS the time Of the execu
ton drew near woman. claiming to
be teriing's mother, called to see him
She claimed him and spoke TO him of
his home All he sa q was: Madam
you are mistaken, am not your son
Later Sterling admitted that she
was his mother bur that knowing
nothing could save him from the gal
lows, he decided be would not allow
his mother to suffer all her life
through the thought that her boy died
on the gallows. (
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-14
sroRk
Called on Mother and Daughter at the
Same Hour, Which is the Older?

Hartford City Ind, Sept IS. The
unusual coincidence OF woman be-
coming mother and grandmother at
the same hour occurred this morning.
Mrs Flora LcCheln and her daugh
ter, Mrs. Martin Knecht, are residents
of the South Side In this city. AT &
O'Clock Mrs LeCheln, large woman,
weighing nearly 220 opunds, gave birth
to a boy baby weighing six opunds.
AT the same hour her daukhter, who
weighs ITO pounds. gave birth to a ten.
opund son. The arrival and departure
Of the storks at the some hour, making
Mr. and Mrs. Flora LeChcin father and
mother and grandfather and grand
mother ls remarkable coincidence.
The question that will trouble the
two Youngsters, should they both grow
to manhood. IL, which Of the two Is the
older the uncle or the nephew? Inas-
much as their mothers can't tell. the
question will doubtless be a lifetime
dispute.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-14
PEACE MAY REIGN.
And Strike Of Freight Handlers In
Chicago May Not Occur.

Chicago, Sept. 13.-The relations be
tween the railroad companies and their
six thousand freight handlers, who are
demanding increase in wages assumed
more conciliatory aspect today and
the indications tonight are that the
threatened strike will be averted.
agreed to meet Observation-Disclosures
Although refusing to treat directly
with the Union the railroads have
agreed to meet the employees as indi-
yiduals and arrangements have been
made by the Union to have commit.
tee representing the men in each
freight house meet the railroad off.
cials tomorrow in effort to reach an
agreement.
General managers of the railroads. /,
was said tonight would agree to sign
a working agreement similar to that
which expired last June but would re.
fuse to recognize the union or agree
to any increase in wage scale. Hereto
fore the roads have been unwilling to
renew the agreement or even agree
to arbitrate the difficulty.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-14
NEAR THE SPOT
Where Husband and Four Soss Were
Killed Mrs. Murphy Died.

Fairmont, w Va. September 1S.--
Bridget Murphy is dead A simple
announcement but it recalls many
memories of her family to folks living
in the nelghborhood. She was born
in Ireland 86 years ago, and was the
widow OF Nichloas Murphy. When The
couple came to this country they set
tied at the place where she died Muir
phys Gut, 1t was called, after the fam.
lily name. II Is little out-of-the way
place along the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad Its chief distinction was
that seemed fated Some time after
the Murphys settled there the hus.
band was killed in a train wreck. AT
intervals thereafter four sons were
killed on the same spot and In the
same manner - mangled in train
wrecks. The iniirmities of age, coupled
with grief over her numerous bereave-
ments, caused the aged widows death
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-14
OF Immense Proportions Made
by Official Of Life insurance
Company by Shsdy
Dealings
CONFESSED ON STAND
THAT THE COMPANY WAS HAND
IN GLOVE WITH THE BIG SYN
DlcATEs AND DEFENDED
THEIR ACTION

New York, Sept. ia vigorous de-
fense of the syndicates and their oper-
ations in connection with the insur-
ance business and the frank statement
OF the personal profits gained through
their operations, made by Frederick !
Cromwell the treasurer of the Mutual
Life Insurance company. was the fea-
ture of todays sess ems Of the legisfa-
tive committees. probing the methods
Of the life insurance companies Of
his state.
The defense of the syndicate was
made by Cromwell soon after he was
called TO the stand and in an address
In which he explained the operations
Of these syndlcates. When he became
treasurer of the Mutual life. the total
assets we're a 100000 now this
transactions In his department exceed
hundred mill on per ann,im
II Is Impossible to buy adyanfag-
eonsly large blocks OF securities ex-
cept as they are foated BY the syndI-
! Gates, he said. and We have to 20
into them 70 get our investments and
yet them in sufficient size and at
ground floor prices. We could not
make our Investments without syndi-
Gates and we are partners Iii every
synd cate into which we 90. The
company's assets are now over $780,
100000 and while Ii has hundred
million invested in bonds and mort
cages, it's constantly under necessity
If finding additional Investments for
| accumulation of funds.
The. acknowledgement of personal
urofits was made Iii the tahulHted
sta'emept presented 10 the committee
lftcr recess ii showed thar rsruuis
veil had made personal profit of
s2G,37i from the syndicate's opera
ions during the last Ave years. In
| vh'ch he individually and the Mutual
| 4ife insurance company has partici-
1afsd
When probing the transaction In
the Pennsylvania railroad as conver-
ltibles. III which Cromwell made no
that the Mutual Iifes holdings In the
Pennsylvania were five millions
Il was also stated that the one mll-
lion pounds sterling subscription I'd
the Japanese loan was shared by the
United tates Mortgage and Trust CO..
and the Guarantee TTust CD because
the Mutual Life had put men In Fi,e gii-
rectoratc OF these companies 10 look
after its own interests
The results Of our connection with
these companies said Cromwell Is
that In IA years we have made through
them a profit Of s1C,000,000 for the
1olicy holders II we had not these
nst 'tutions we should have to turn
the Mutual Life into a banking insti-
tuition, as well as a life insurance
company. This we could not do.
This being the state of the case,
| II is natural we should help these sub
| sidary institutions to make money and
should throw opportun Ties hi their
way The men who are In them are
| not there for their own profit They
never get dollar out of the Mutual
unfairly, and anything they make
through these trust companies and
banks the Mutual is for the policy
holders and policy holders alone.
4
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-14
PLOT AGAINST
ROYAL HEADS
GENERAL OUTBREAK IN BALKANS
WAS PLANNED-KINo PETER
TO BE AssAsslNATEp-PLoT
AGAINST THE SULTAN

Vienna, Sept. 13.-According to a
telegram from Belgrade a plot has
been discovered there and at Sofia 10
Torment general outbreak in the
Balkans with view of compelling the
interference OF the powers in hope
that Macedoian autonomy will be pro
claimed
The alleged plot, the kilograms say
included the intention 10 assassinate
King Peter Of Seryia aud Prince Ferd
lnand of Bulgaria. Thoise engaged
in the plot at Sofia have been impris
oned. 1t is added that a recent at
tempt to assassinate the Sultan Of
Turkey is supposed to have been thS
work of the same organ zation.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-14
Oppressive IN NORWAY

Christiania. Sept. 49, Semiofficial
denial Is given tonight to the state.
ment given in the Dagblad Of Stock
holm today that the second to sixth
year classes of Norwegian conception
were to be mobolized. 1t is said thar
only a few guards of the Norwegian
army near the frontier has been cal
led to arms. A dispatch from Karl
stad to the Aftenposten says that a
feeling Of depression prevails as to
the outcome Of negotiations and that
the attitude OF the Swedish commits
sioners regarding the fortifigcations
has grown stronger.
The d spatch says it is hoped, how
ever, that Modus Vivendi will be
reached after the signing Of the treaty
of arbitration,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-14
ALL IN VAIN


kenosha, Wis. Sept Yesterday
Daisy y. Rogers was granted q divorce
from Charles Rogers, the son OF the
late Daniel q Rogers. Of Milwaukee,
She sought the divorce on the ground
of dcsertion. II being, however, the
general impression that she had sac
= feed her love that her husband
supposed to have been lefl by his faith
er, who left nothing TO Charles as long
as he lived with DAISY Rogers.
Today when settlement was about
20 be made of the estate twas learn
ed that the estate was so much small
lcr than was supposed thar the hus-
band who gave up his wife for for
tune has been footed He will receive
only $500 a year.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-14
A SERMON
Demanded by the Jerring penositors
OF the Cashier

Exen'a, Ohio, Sept 13----George
W Snypp cashier of the defunct Far
mers Bank at Spring Valley, drove
into that village last evening to get
the few articles Of household goods
remaining In his former home. AS
soon as the depositors of the defunct
bank learned Of his presence, crowd
went to the house and called to him
to come out aud preach to them. This
request was probably due to he fact
that he 'iscd to preach occasionally
while banker In the village.
While the crowd was jerrng at him
others got his buggy at the rear of the
house, painted Il red and blue, cut
his harness and turned his horse
loose. He stayed in the empty house
until morning, then repaired his rig
enough to allow him 10 drive away
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-14

Negro Waiter Kissed the White Girl
and He Goes to the "Pen.r

Baltimore, Md, Sept. 13.--John l..
Fedderman colored waiter. was sen
fenced TO two years In Jail by Justice
Carr today on the charge Of assauting
Miss Mary White, by hugging and kiss.
ing her, at Mt Holly Inn, Monday
night.
Fedderman said he kissed Miss
White as the result Of wager, and
that he had to do It win n dollar. He
sa'd that he had never been arrested
before, and that several guests at the
inn had been former employcsl
Migs White became hystcrical at the
hearing
MI. Holly Inn II a fashionable subur-
ban hotel, and Miss White is a govern
css 10 family residing there. After
Feddcrhan kissed the young woman
ne fci and was captured by the police
several miles away
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-14
NO MERCY
Says the Judge Who Warned Against
Lynehins the Negro, Hsle.

Winchester, Ky, Sept. 13.-Sam
Hisle. the negro who is alleged to have
assaulted Mrs. Bond near here some
time ago, was brought here from Lex
ington for trial today, His trial is set
Tor Thursday morning. There is much
'aik or mobbing him, but the vigorous
charge OF Judge Benton to the grand
Jury on the subject of mobs, and the
determined character of Sheriff Nc.
Cord have nipped the affair in the bud
y ls hoped, Judge Benton got wind
OF an alleged organized mob today and
called up the supposed members and
notified them to expect no quarter
from him In case they took part. The
sheriff has a strong guard at the jail
tonight.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-14

fever, although the consulting physi
clans are not unit on this point
was said TO be in satisfactory condl
tioil.
Many messages of inquiry as to
komura's condition, including one from
President Roosevelt, reached the hotel
today
Among those who called to inquire
after komura tonight was Rosen, one
OF the Russian peace ENJOYS.
A Acablegram was received from Ba
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-14
AT NINETY
He Applies for a License to Wed After
Having Beer Married Six Times.

Richmond, Va. Sept Ninety
years old six times marrcd. and tho
father OF A children IL the record OF
Jacob Kinney better known rs Ma.
jor" who applied for and got licen-
50 al tho Hcnrlco County Clerks offi-
CO this morning TO wed one Anna
Grcan, who Is also no novice on the
matrimonial sca. aud who Is sixty
years OF age. In recent years the
old man has been getting feeble and
has bccn supported hy his sons. when
asked what he meant BY getting mar
ricd, hc said "A need q helpmate."
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-14
MAY NOT YIELD

London. Sept 13.-Tha correspond
ent Of the Times at KarIstad says he
believes there Is disposition on both
sides to yield on the question Of de.
notation OF the FORTH cations and an
arbitration treaty, Sweden, he says,
does not want the historical forrresses
demolished and that If Norway Is viii
ling 10 demolish the modern forts
Sweden will be ready 10 conclude ar
bitratinn treaty for settlement of all
future differences but not those affect
sfig questions now under discussion.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-14
PUBLIC TO BLAME
For the increasing craze for Athletic
Games Says College Professor.

Ann Arbor, Mich, Sept. l3.-~Presi.
dent Angel, university of Michigan. in
his annual report made public today.
lays upon the shoulders of the general
public large share Of responsibility
for increasing craze for athletic games
The public Is as crazy about foot.
ball as the students" he said and adds
that one might as well ask the col.
lcge man not 70 share In the excite
ment Of presidential election as to
expect them not TO participate in the
prevalent craze for athletics.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-14
NEBRASKA STATE CONVENTION

Lincoln, Neb., Sept l3.-~The republl
can state convention will meet 70.
morrow 70 nominate candhate for
the associate Justice supreme court
and two candidates for university rc-
gents. Candidates for Justices are J.
y Amcs, cfLincoln, Edward n Duific
of Omaha, Q. A.Abbott, Grand Island
samuel 4. Davidson, Tccumseh. John
Y McPheely, Mindcn, Charles u. Let
ton, Fairbury.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-14
ARMIsrIcE DRAWN UP.

London. Sept 13.--Thc protocol Of
the armisticc between japan and Rus
sia conaists Of six paragraphs. fixing
the zone of dcmarcation between tho
two armies ID Manchurla as well dis in
the Tumen region, providing that the
naval forces OF ono OF tha belligerants
shall not lombard tho territory belong
ing 10 or occupied by The othor set.
ting forth tha, maritime captures win
not be suspended during the armistcc.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-14
NOSE CUT OFF
BY His One-Armcd Brothcrln.Iaw
Who Went on Rampage.

Brookville, Ind, Sept. 13.--Wm.
Curry's nose was cut off with butch
er knife welded by his brother-ln law.
Charles Peterman, in Metamora short.
ly after last midnight.
Peterman. who is one.armed sold
icr, smashed the furniture Of his home
rolled up the carpets and chopped
them into shreds. He Is in jail.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-09-14
POWELL QUITS
THE CONSULATE
RESIGNS HIS PLACE AS MINIS.
TER TO ,HAiTi-HAS FACED
RIOTS. REVOLUTIONS AND
FEVER LONG ENOUGH

Canton. N. j., Sept 1S.-Wm. f,
Powell, the Unied States minister Ia
Haiti, who IS on leave of absence al
his home here today announced his
intention of resigning. He gives as
his reason prevalence of revolutions
riots and fever in Haiti. Il have
tempted the fates long enough" he
said
In about eight days Powell will re
turn to his post at Port Au Prince tC
await the appointment and the arrival
of his successor. He has been minis
ter to Haiti ten years.