The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-01-25
Terse Telegrams

+ v. B. Rucker, newspaper corrc-
spondent at Springfield, Mo-, ii brutal.
~ assaulted by two men.
Bill is introduced in st. Louis house
OF delegates to grant franchise to g.
centrfare street railway system.
British woman educator arrives to
inspect st. Louis schools seeking
knowledge for English institutions
benefit.
United States begins two suits In
San Francisco to force city to give
japanese equal school advantages with
Americans.
Arkansas files suit against six pack
ing companies, asking judgment aggre.
eating s24,0 900, 900.
President Roosevelt will favor deep
waterway to gulf In his ANNUAL mes
sage to congress at next session.
Locomotive engineers, in session in
st. Louis. adopt resolutions against
passage of the 2-cent fare bill before
thu .Iissouri legislature.
Southeastern lines will adopt an in
Interchangeable mileage book system,
the Southern railway withdrawing its
opposition.
Two men electrocuted, wires pros
trated, 100 factories darkened and
street car and train service impaired
as result of storm in st. Louis.
Real estate dealer Of Brownsville.
Tex, bl-mes army officers for riots.
asserting they knew disturbances
were impending.
Ohio river Is above flood mark and
great devastation Is expected to fol-
low continuous rains throughout val.
ley.
custer suit instituted by Atty. Gen.
Hadley, of Missouri, involves conten.
ton that several railroads cannot i.
troll express company.
President w. w. Finley says South
ern Railway has invested SOC. 900 900
IN improvements for taking care of
Report of J. P. Morgan's illness
causes slump In stocks. Amalgamated
shows further weakness.
During the consideration of the Dis.
OF Columbia bill notable speeches
made by Representative Foster.
u Vermont, supporting the president
n MS message on the JAPANESE sitra.
ION IN California, and by Representa-.
IVA Sheppard, of Texas, who enthused
ne democrats by a closely-prepared
ADDRESS on politics and tue state Of
he nation.
The rainfall at st. Louis for AZ houra
vas 3.22 inches.
folks anti-lobby bill may meet de.
eat In Missouri legislature, while tin.
ing measure may win.
Custer suit instituted by Atty Gen
of Missouri, involves conten.
ION that several railroads can not con. f,
rol express company. :
Estimates indicate that ST. Louis
cal and personal property in 1907 will
xceed assessed valuation of half-bil.
dollars.
Wabash will go steadily on with :
ie work of double-tracking between !,
!. Louis and Chicago and Toledo. =
At Bardwell, KY. a rear.end COLI. :
on between freight trains occurred. \
which four men were killed and sew. =
raj injured. Failure to observe n ;,
anger block signal is the alleged =
iuse. u
While propped up in bed, Gov. War. :
or Michigan was sworn in for his
'cond term as chief executive of the :
ate. u
Atty, Gen. Hadley of Missouri re. -
SEES to bring suit to dissolve tba
erger of the United Railway Co. and y,
Q Suburban Co. traction lines. in =,
! Louis, believing that the consoli. e
Ion was lawful. "
me isthmian commission opened :,
rs from private contractors for the
mpietion of the Panama canal. w -
oliver, OF knoxvillel, Tenn. and An.
n M. Bangs, of New York, associat.
together, were the lowest bidders
% per centum upon the estimated 0r