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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-06-08
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS
C. O. D, Whisky Traffic.

The action of the United States court
in Kansas City in turning down the
application for a mandamus brought bv
the whisky distillers to force the Amer
lean Express Company to carry and de.
liver their goods C. o. D. in prohibition
or local option districts in Mississippi.
causes general satisfaction throughout
the State. 1t is believed that had the
court sustained the application and
forced the express company to accept
the goods the company would not have
been able to maintain Offices in any but
the larger business centeTs in the State.
The representative of the company, act
ing under instructions from General
Superintendent Kinch, has paid into the
State treasury the amount due as PRIV
ilege tax, which is $500, in addition to
which is che mileage rate of 81 for every
mile Of first-class track covered, and 81
for each second, third or fourth class
track, Had this, or any other company
operating continued to run the COLLECTION
delivery whisky traffic as a side line, IN
lieu of the $4,000 State tax, in which
they would have been mulcted for each
of said offices, in case of failure to pay
thew would have been compelled to pay
$50 a day to the State and a IKE sum
to the county in which such office was
located, and operated as such depot.
This could have been recovered to the
State or county ciyily or jointly, by
suit in any court Of the State.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-06-08
Armed Force Collecting.

The news Of the riot has reached
NaCO, on the border line between Art
zona and the state Of Sonora, and 800
Americans armed with rifles have col,
iected IN order to proceed by train to
C%ananea and aid the Americans.
A number Of the private residences
OF Americans have been dynamtted by
tho rioters, and the family of Col.
Greene has been sent on n special
train to Naco. Col. Greene himself re.
manned ut the camp and Is making ev.
cry effort to aid the Americans in put.
ting down the riot, Practically every
policemen In the town was killed by
the rioters.
The Americans have banded to-
Eether and are doing everything pos,
sible to protect the mines, "a wen as
the remaining American homes,
Something like 5000 men are EN-.
ploycd In the mines by Col Greene
and the majority Of these are Mexi.
cans.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-06-08
VOTE SMOOT MUST GO
VERDICT OF THE SENATE COM
MITTEE ON ELECTIONS.
Chief Complaint Against Sm0nt Is
Founded On His Allegiance to
Mormon Faith,

Washington, u. C,-By a vote Of
z to 6 the senate committee on priyi-
IcEes and elections voted that Senator
Smoot is not entitled to his seat.
Senators Burrows, chairman; Dolli-
yer, Pettus, Dubois, Bailey, Overman
and Frazier voted for the resolution.
Senators Foraker, Beverage, Dilling-
ham, Hopkins and Knox voted for
SmOOt.
The committee voted unanimously
to have a vote IN the senate at this
session.
The chief complaint against Smoot
was founded upon his allegiance to the
Mormon faith, his alleged participa.
ton in the Temple rites, etc. A peti.
ton pleading that he be driven from
the senate was signed by hundreds Of
thousands of American wives and
mothers and presented to congress.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-06-08
WITH TREES
Louisville and Nashville Preparing
for Supply of Cross Ties.

Birmingham, Ala.-The Louisville
and Nashville railroad is making an IN
teresting experiment in r culture in
Baldwin county, which lumbermen and
Others who are looking far ahead to the
time when there will be a timber famine
in the South are watching with inter
est. About q year ago the railroad
purchased 1,040 acres of land in Bald
win county and began clearing it of for
the purpose of planting catalpa trees
on it for fence posts and cross ties. The
catalpa grows very rapidly, expanding
al inch in diameter in a year and grow
ing seven or eight feet in height. 1t is
said that cross ties made from 1t last
thirty-two years. Out West, where it
is cultivated, large fortunes have been
made in handling the timber, so it is
stated.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-06-08
ELEVEN MEET QUICK DEATH.
Electric Car overturns While Round
ing a Curve at High Speed

Providence, r. Eleven persons
are dead, a score seriously and many
others slightly injured as the result OF
~oyerturning Of a crowded electric car
at Moore's Corner, Mast Providence,
early this morning. More than n
hundred young men and women who
had spent the evening at Crescent Park,
six miles below the city, were on a
chartered car, returning TO this city. 1t
is believed that two Of the injured will
die.
The motorman was unfamiliar with
the road over which he was travelling.
The car, an open one, was OF heavy
build and was crowded. Fog prevented
a clear view of the road ahead, and the
motOrman, unable to see far ahead and
unaware of the sharp curYe below,
allowed the car to coast rapidly down
the hill. Suddenly he felt the a
swinging to the curve, and realizing the
peril, applied the brakes and reversed
the power, but the car vas thrown
twenty feet from the track.
Seven passengers were pinioned be-
meath the car and instantly killed.
Those who were able begun the work of
rescue. a large joist was used as a
lever, a pile of stones forming a full
crum, and the car was raised from the
ground just enough to permit the ESCAPE
of the imprisoned passengers. Two
persons had succeeded in escaping when
the joist broke under the weight of the
car, and the heavy vehicle fell back,
killing two of the injured.
The rescuers again raised the al
from the ground, and by building a pile
of stone, kept it in position while the
dead and injured were removed. Two
of those taken out, John Gavin and
George Atcheson, both Of whom had
sustained fractured skulls, died within
an hour.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-06-08
Cotton Crop Report.

New Orleans The Picayune's CORE.
%spondents in the cotton belt report that
there has been good progress made by
the cotton crop during the past week.
kaln has been comparatively light, but
sufficient except in a few instances, and
all crops, but particularly cotton, have
Deer benefited. The stand is good and
the plants are growing vigorously.
Although slightly behind the average
date in the matter of growth, the cot.
ton fields are said to be uncommonly
clean and well cultivated. A fine corn
crop is promised in Louisiana,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-06-08
Drainage Meeting.

The land owners of the Black Bayou
drainage district held a meeting at
Greenville and adopted resolutions re-
questing the board of supervisors of
Washington county to order a survey of
the district, to be made at a cost not
to exceed $1,000. This is the first
drainage meeting held in the delta, and
should the survey prove that the land
can be successfully drained and the
1000 acres now worthless, on account Of
standing water, be brought into cultiva-
ton and $3,OOO,O0o of hardwood timber
on the land marketed, it will cause like
meetings in other counties to be held
and hasten the further development Of
the great delta.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-06-08

ed an imposing spectacle. About tho
altar e grouped the bridal party,
headed by the dowager empress and
the members Of the royal family, who,
in turn, were surrounded by the Span
i5h cabinet officers and other officials
and the foreign ministers and special
ENJOYS, all in state uniform.
The American special envoy, Mr..
Frederick Wallingford W~hitridge, and
his staff occupied a prominent posi-
ton. Mrs, Collier, wife of the minis
ter from the United States, was the
only American woman inside the
church, Mrs. Whitrtdge, the American
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-06-08
CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL DAY
Services at Arlington Cemetery-Wil-
liams and Herbert the Orators.


Washington. Several thousand per-
sons today visited the National Gene
terry at Arlington, where with music
and oratOry tribute was paid to the
Confederate soldiers whose bodies lie
at rest beside the soldiers Of the North.
The exercises we're held in the COnfed-
crate section of the cemetery, where lie
267 ~Confederates, who died in hospitals
and prisons in the vicinity of Washing
ton, and whose bodies were placed there
through the act of the late President
Mckinley. The services were under
the auspices of the Confederate Vete-
ran Association of Washington, the
Daughters of the Confederacy and the
Southern Relief Society.
Music was furnished by the Thir-
teenth Cavalry Band. Addresses were
made by Representative John Sharp
Williams of Mississippi and Hilary A.
Herbert, formerly secretary of the
navy. A feature of the exercises was
the unwilling of the floral Southern
Cross by Miss Elizabeth Gould. 1t
was the gift of A. J. McLaurin Camp,
No. 305, United Confederate Veterans,
of the District of Columbia. An i'm
mense floral wreath, on which was in
scribed the word "Fraternity," the gift
of the Confederate cities OF the dis
~trict, was placed on the monument to
the unknown Union dead, while a beau
tiful climax of the days ceremonies
was the decoration of the newly made
grave of Gen. Joseph Wheeler.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-06-08
Farmers Institutes.

The Agricultural College will begin
holding farmers Institutes over the
State July Q, and will continue holding
them during the summer 1t is desired
to hold at least one institute in each
county and in counties where the inter
est seems to demand it more meetings
could be held. The institute manage
ment is going to secure wide awake and
enthusiastic men from different parts of
the country whose wide experience in the
several lines of agriculture will enable
them to be of great aid and benefit to
the farmers in Mississippi. The coun-
ties desiring farmers institutes should
make application as early as possible,
indicating the date most convenient for
the meeting.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-06-08
CHICAGO HAS A BIC FIRE


Chicago, - Fire completely de,
stroyed Elevator D, T~wenty-seo.
ond and Fisk streets, belonging
to Armour & Co. The fire was caused
by spontaneous combustion in the
grain. The elevator was rs by 200
feet, and about ten stories in height.
The fire spread to the enormous
plant Of the Commonwealth Electric
Co. More than a score of engines
and all the fire boats were at work.
A representative Of the Armour
company placed their loss at $780,.
600. The electric company lost about
S30.000-
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-06-08
SHIP TURNS UPSIDE DOWN
Sixty-Ffvc Lives Lost In us rbor at
Riga, Russia, On Ex~
cursiOn Steamer,

Riga, Russian overloaded excur.
sion steamer, capsized off a pier here,
drowning Go persons.
The boat had just started for Dub.
beln, a n~eighboring watering place,
when she keeled over and sank.
Only 10 of the IS persons on board
Of the vessel were saved,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-06-08
PRINCESS nNA OF BATTENpERa
NOW QUEEN OF SPAIN.

special ENJOYS wife, occupied a tri'
bune outside the church.
The princess nuptial guard Assem-.
bled at the ministry Of marine at 8
o'clock. Crowds filled the streets, and
troops were necessary to clear a way.
At $50 the gala coaches and the
princess splendid military escorts
moved slowly toward the palace,
where the young king was waiting his
future bride. The cortege was formed
outside the palace, and when, at s:35
o'clock, the pageant moved through
the streets toward the church, the en-
tire city cheered.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-06-08
Water Struck at Newton.

After making several attempts to get
artesian water and boring one well to u
depth of about 900 feet, the Newton
Oil and Manufacturing Company sue
ceeded in getting q good supply Of
water at d depth of something like 300
feet. The water, which is of a splen-
did quality, rose to within 65 or 70 feet
of the top, and a pump has been in
stalled to bring it above the surface.
The flow is 100 gallons to the minute.
The company is now using the water
for manufacturing ice, and all other pur'
poses at their plant.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-06-08
BAILEY MOVES TO
EXPEL BURTON

Washington, y. C,-Senator Bailey,
OF Texas, has introduced a resolution
in the committee on privileges and
elections for the expulsion of sena.
tor Joseph X. Burton, Of Kansas.
Action on the resolution went over
until next Tuesday. 1t is said that the
sentiment Of the committee Is such
that the resolution will be adopted II
Burton does not resign before the
next meeting of the committee.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-06-08
SUSPECT IN BOMB OUTRAGE
Kills a Guard and Then Commits
Suicide,

Madrid The capture and suicide at
Torrejon de Ardos of Manuel Morales,
the chief suspect in the bomb outrage
against King Alfonso and Queen Victo-
ria, adds another dramatic chapter to
the incidents surrounding the royal
wedding.
Morales was recognized in the little
town of Torrejon de Ardos. A guard
sought to detain him, but Morales,
drawing a revolver, shot the guard
dead. Then he surned to fee, but a
nunber Of inhabitants were upon him.
and turning the revolver upon himself
he sent a shot in the region Of his heart,
expiring a few minutes later. !
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-06-08
CONGRESSMAN ADAMS
SHOOTS HIMSELF

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Robert
Adams, Of Pennsylvania, shot himself
at his home in this city.
The shooting occurred in one of the
chambers Of the Metropolitan club,
where Adams was stopping. He was
found unconscious, sitting upright in
an armchair. The pistol was lying on
the floor.
He had shot himself through the
mouth.
He was taken at once to the emer.
gency hospital, where he died in a
short time.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-06-08
DR.. Bassett RESIGNS.

Charlotte, N. C,-John Spencer Bas.
sett, professor of history in Trinity Col
lege, Durham, N. c., has resigned to
accept a similar chair at Smith College,
Northampton, Mass. Two years ago
Or. Bassett wrote an article for a mag.
.aztne In which he asserted that with the
exception of Robert E. Lee, Booker T.
Washington was the greatest mar the
South had produced in q hundred years,
The article attracted considerable at
tention throughout the country and was
the object Of some adverse criticism.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-06-08
Bitten by a Mad Horse.

John Cotton, of Meridian, was bitten
by a horse that had developed al I'M
mistakable case of hydrophobia, result
ing from the bite of a mad dog several
weeks ago. The horse attacked Cotton
without warning, fixing his teeth in the
flesh of his upper arm, badly decorating
that member. The horse was promptly
killed. Cotton's wounds were dressed
by DR.. Wadsworth and he was taken to
the Pasteur Institute in New Orleans for
treatment.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-06-08

Here IA 4 tip for housekoopers, The
California board Of health examined
into the process Of p~eeltng peaches
with hot I've and has said II doesn't
hurt the canned product Il particle.
The fruit Ia immersed In hot lye aud
quickly passed into cold running water
which washes away tho alkali. The
peel comes of like a glove and tho
fruit ia not handled. 1t Is clearly and
analysis made most carefully shows
no bad effect. 1t Is worth while to try
II in a small way, though hot lyo Ia
an ugly thing TO handle at any stage
Of the game.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-06-08

Three Children Dead Sitting in a Trunk.


K~ankakee, IlL-Missing since FIVE
O'Clock In the afternoon, three girls,
aged eight, six and two years, daugh.
tiers Of Mr., and Mrs. Adelord Van
slette. were found smothered to death
seated upright In a trunk, at Q p, m.
Mr.. Van Slette is a teamster. Ten
children comprised his family, includ.
ing the dead little folks. Search had
been made everywhere, according to
the mothers story. when at nine
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-06-08

Mrs. A. D. r. Whitney, the author,
died at her home in Milton, Mass. re-
Gently. Mrs, Whitncy's stories for
young people have made her name
well known throughout the United
States. Her writings include Faith
Gartney's Girlhood," "A Summer in
Leslie Goldthwatte's Life" Patience
strong's Outings" I'VE Girls" and
many other equally delightful stories
Tor girls. as well as a large number
OF poems, Mrs. Whitney often said
That writing poetry was to her the
greatest delight she believed It pos
sible to obtain.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-06-08
Jaybird Eats Chicken.

Recently a large sized jaybird excited
commotion in a hen yard at Mound
Bayou by picking up n of the young
chicks. He flew up into a nearby tree
with it, but the throwing of a few
stones caused him to drop the prey.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-06-08

One Of the remarkable revelations
Of the San Francisco earthquake has
been tho disclosure that practically
the whole Of Chtnatown-tho famous
Asiatic section OF tho city by the
Golden Gate-had been undermined by
q curious system Of subtorranean tun-
nelg, passages and rooms It WAS a
veFitahlo rabbit warren Now that we
know how the ground under this sec.
ton was huncycomhed, It Is no won
der that the San Francisco police were
unable to make arrests.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-06-08
BRING SISTER ANNA HOME
Helen Gould Sails For Europe TO
Bring Countess CasteiIane
to America.

New York--Miss Helen NJ. Gould of
New York is a passenger on board the
Deutschland. bound for C~herbourg, on
her way to Paris. Miss Gould had
booked her passage from New York
under an assumed name. She is to
bring back to America her sister An
ma, the Countess de C~astellane.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-06-08

o'clock she went upstairs, She
searched the different rooms and
closets in vain, and then, by mere &C
cident, saw a tray Of the trunk on a
bed. Suspectlng that the children
might have crawled into the trunk,
she raised the lid and was Mortified at
the sight that met her eyes, the three
missing children being seated upright,
dead.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-06-08
Ornhans' Home Completed.

The Mississippi Orphans Home build
ing at Jackson has just been completed.
The new building, a handsome three
story brick structure, with every mod
ern convenience suited to the needs of
a home for orphan children, was built
at a cost of $4,000 on a plot of ground
donated by Major R. w. Millsaps. This
was done through the liberality Of the
friends of the home in Mississippi with
out going in debt for a dollar, besides
the maintenance of the home with its
l05 orphan children.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-06-08
THE SUNDRY CIVIL BILL
THE LARGEST EVER REPORTED
FROM THE HOUSE.
CnrrIrs over Ninety-Fonr Million
Dollars, More Than Twenty-Five
Million For Canal.

WashinstOH-The sundTy civil ap
preparation bill was completed and
Chairman TawHey was authorized by
the appropriations committee to pre-
sent II TO the house.
Largest Ever Reported.
II Is the largest sundry civil bill
ever reported, carrying $94,34G,573, of
which $25,4G0,991 is for work on the
Panama canal. The amount carried is
Sll,070,003 less than the estimates
from the various departments. The
canal appropriation is to be REIN
bursed to the treasury from the pro-
ceeds Of the sale of canal bonds,
which have been authorized to the
aggregate amount of $4,000 600.
DeductIng the canal appropriation,
the bill carried $1,721 $50 more than
the current sundry civil act.
Rivers and Harb0rs.
For river and harbor work, hereto
fore authorized and contracted for,
there Is appropriated ~$l7,318,97G,
which is $G,774,S44 in ey"ess Of the
amount available this year,
For new public buildings hereto
fore authorized and the repair Of
buildings, $5.170,5S2 is appropriated, a
reduction of $2,80G.C01 from the cur.
rent appropriation under this head.
Canal Items.
Among the items of appropriations
for the canal are; Pay Of officers and
employees on the isthmus other than
skilled and unskilIed ~laborers, $685.
058; skilled labor, $5,493, 020; un-
skilled labor $4,14S,459; purchase and
delivery Of supplies and equipment,
$l0,347,5l1; loan to, the Panama rail.
road for new equipment, ST. 900, 600,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-06-08

Dublin-A notable career closed,
when, after a long illness, Michael
Davitt died peacefully and painless
ly in the presence of his Oldest son,
Michael, and his two daughters, and
OF many Of his most intimate friends,
including John Dillon. Mrs. Davitt,
who had been in constant attendance
on her husband until a few days ago.
when she herself was taken Ill, lies
PROSTATE In the same hospital.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-06-08

Capt. F Wagner, formerly master OF
The big four mastod bark schIcfbeck.
but now second mate oR the British
ship ~Clavordon, lying at the Oriental
dock, was for Il months from 1903
TO eRrIy last spring. the central figure
In the notorious black bird" schooner
Samoa. During that time he was first
mate on the Samoa and captured 1900
blacks for use as slaves on the big
ropra plantations in Samoa. The cap.
tain speaks freely Of hls experience,
and tells some exciting tales Of what
took place during tbs time no was a
@blackbIrder."
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-06-08
Pushing Railroad Work.

The Kelso-Silver City branch railroad
is about completed from Silver City to
Holly Bluff, on the Sunfower river.
Work will be pushed forward as soon as
the waters recede. Even under favorable
circumstances, though, it will doubtless
be several months before this difficult
gap can be completed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-06-08

Chicago-George G. Roberts was
found guilty Of the murder Of John v.
Kopf and sentenced to 20 years in the
penitantiary. Kopf was a prominent
politician on the west side of the city
and last fall, during a fight at a pri.
mary he was stabbed by Roberts. Kopf
died within three days,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-06-08
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Count Honi Obstinate.

Paris-Count Boni de Castellane Ia
obstinate. 1t now appears that his
wife's suit for divorce viii be fought
to the finish. Hitherto the count
seemed to be inclined to accept the
inevitable, but he has suddenly be-
come exacting, The main point Of con-
tention is the children.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-06-08
Retired Minister Killed by Train.

Paris, m.-Rev. Silas Moffttt, a SUI
p~erannuated minister of the Radical
Baptist denomination. aged rs, WAS
killed on a railway crossing in Kan.
sas, Ill. His horse was also killed and
the vehicle torn to pieces. A waiting
engine concealed the approach of the
fast mail.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-06-08
Elevator and Wheat burned.

Chicago-Armour g. Co.'S elevator
~ built along a slip from the river
at Fisk street, vas destroyed by fire,
entailtng a loss of a million dollars.
In the building were about 500, 900
bushels of wheat. The fire Is thought
to have started from spontaneous COM
busion.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-06-08

Kansas City, Mo.-Wilibur Snod.
grass and Eric Mcconnell, election
clerks, have been indicted on the
charge OF striking off the names OF old
residents from the lists at the recent
aientiOn.