The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-10-26

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the st. Louis subtreasury accounts.
but say 1t is To- connected with the
sG1,200 shortage.
E. II. Hartman insists that Stuyve-
sant Fish broke the Illinois Central
directors agreement and they may
yet be heard from. :
Eastern trunk lines contend that
the grain embargo is entirely due 20
general prosperity and the lack Of
equipment TO handle the enormous
freight business now.
Bankers convention adjourns at st.
Louis, after providing for a special
commission to consider currency re-
forms.
Earthquake shocks portions of Ida
no and Wyoming. No damage.
Pythians select Boston as site for
next meet.
Mrs. Laura Cowdon, daughter Of
Bishop Henry c. Potter, OF New York,
commits suicide at New York SAM
tarium.
Regulations issued for Oklahoma
land opening place minimum price o.
So per acre.
AuxVasse (Mo.) bank cashiers foil
craftsmen in night battle. Robbers
escape with Sis under shotgun fire.
Ute Indians and cowboys said to
have fought in Wyoming. Two cow
bows are reported killed and many
Indians wounded.
DR.. Evans, of university Of Illinois,
declares jails are the greatest purg-
ers OF the tuberculosis germ. Illinois
state charity meeting to urge many
legislative changes.
Aggie Myers, sentenced to hang In
Missouri, to get reprieve of sc days.
Justice Brewer asks for complete
transcripts in Kansas City murder
case.
Vice President Harrahan of the H.
llnois Central says that he is not a
Hartman man, and he was not prom
lsed the presidency, supplanting
.Stuyvesant Fish.
stockholders of the Northwestern
authorize increase Of capital stock for
Sloo,o00,0 900 to meet future needs.
Mrs, Ida Young, of Omaha, satu-
rates her clothing with gasoline, and
IN the presence of n~eighbors, sets her
self afire.
Jury in case against Standard OH
90. at t1ndlay, O., fails to agree, and
Judge orders further deliberations.
Gen. Funston is transferred to st,
Louis, at head of Southwestern quar-
tiers, and Greeley goes to Chicago.
Edison and Peoples Gas companies
In Chicago are IN the verge of con
solidation, with capital of 500 900.
900. ~
Statistical news showing state of
crops weakens wheat and forces corr
a shade lower.
Cotton fluctuations are irregular and
close is steady at a net decline Of q
to Q points. . :
Managing Editor James keelev. Of
Chicago Tribune, declines $500 re.
ward for arrest of Paul Stensland.
j. ID. Young, of Houston, Mo-. re.
senator of Twenty-second
district, dies of consumption.
Articles of incorporation OF the Ar.
kansas Pacific railroad are executed
at Mangum, Ark.
passenger agents in ftty-frst con-
Vehtion at Atlantic City elect C, /,
stone president of association.
Inc cables indicate a bearish con.
1ltion in the grain markets. Liver.
POOL shows a shade lower.
A French submarine, with Ia men
aboard, plunges beneath the sea off
and fails to reappear.
Registered vote in st. Louis is 1875.
z5z, OF which newly enrolled is esti.
mated at 11,i13 and 33,051 transfers.
Leaders in the contest for the con
.rol Of the Illinois Central railroad ar
rived in Chicago for the annual meet.
.ng OF the corporation.
Zen thousand lies lost and $40. 600.
)oo damage caused at Hongkong by
September typhoon reported at Vic.
ora b. c., by japanese ship.
Jodia Hamilton, slayer of Parsons
.amily at Licking, Mo-, said to have
'een driven to deed by disappointment
n love.
Trial of the New York Central Rail.
'oad Co.. in the sugar rebate case at.
.racts much attention in eastern rail.
Dad traffic circles.
The Illinois Central. II is said will
'Her a settlement of the states claim
or back taxes after the annual meet.
ng in Chicago.
Three members of Patrick Harris
amlly, in st. Louis, were Injured in
Ire that practically destroyed his resi-,
lence. |
independent oil men at Muskogee. /
l., TO build pipe line to Arkansas river
o carry oil for transportation to Tex. |
IS by boat.
Lohgchamps race meeting at Paris |
'reaks up in a riot, caused BY unsat. 4,
sfactory start in free handlcap .
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