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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22
IS IN LOTTERY NET
CHIEF WlLkIE PLACES FORCES
TO EFFECT ARRESTS.
THE EXPRESS COMPANIES ARE NEXT
Game Better Than a Gold Mine. Vic
Tins Being Mainly Poor and
Foreigners.

Chicago. III. -- Further exposures
OF the gigantic lottery operations
centralizing in Chicago, made Wednes'
day by United States secret service
agents, show that the network of the
scheme spreads from the Atlantic to
the Pacific coasts, and that wholesale
arrests are about to follow.
D. II. Johnes, accredited head of the
Old Reliable Guaranty Loan and Trust
Company, the name under which the
scheme was operated, waived exami-
nation Wednesday before United
States Commissioner Foote and was
held to the grand jury In bonds of
$4,000. He deposited a certified check
for that amount.
The statement was made by one of
the secret service men that during the
time In which the game has been
working Jones has cleared more than
1000, 900, but that he has lost a great
part OF 1t operating on the Board Of
Trade. Following his arrest, he is al
legged to have made several attempts
TO warn his agents elsewhere. John
u. Miner, who was arrested as an al
legged partner in the concern, and Miss
Cora Green, confidential secretary OF
Jones, have been admitted to bail in
the sums of $4,000 and 5000, respect.
lively. John T. MARYLAND, alleged East
ern representative OF the company,
who was reported arrested Wednes-
day, was not captured until Wednes-
day night. He was taken at McKees-
port, Pa, by secret service men.
Express Companies Involved.
Wednesday Chief of the Secret Ser
vice John E. Wilkie issued additional
instructions to bis men over the coun.
try to make a special search for
agents of the concern and to probe the
matter of involving express compa-
MES as agents. 1t is claimed they
handled the business Of the company
with full knowledge that 1t was a lot
terry and In violation OF the federal act
Of 1895.
The promoters OF the scheme, It is
stated, took 20 per cent of the gross
receipts, the agents 20 per cent, and
the remainder was paid in prizes.
The business was increasing at an
enormous rate, mostly among the
poorer classes and foreigners. The
majority Of the smaller agents were
saloonkeepers, tobacco dealers or
small shop owners.
Several times during Tuesday night
when Jones remained In custody in his
hotel apartments, he Is alleged to
have threatened to commit suicide.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22
Badly MutiIated Body Found.

Johnstown, Penn.-Badly mutilated
and bearing marks showing that
he had been shot repeatedly and
terribly beaten, the body of William
Cline, a prominent citizen Of Bolivar,
Pa, near here, was found Sunday In
a field a short distance from that
town. The earth vas torn up over a
space of a quarter Of an acre around
the body, indicating that Cline had
made a hard struggle for his life.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22

Marconi Is through with so simple a
problem as wireless telegraphy across
the Atlantic, and is now getting ready
to send messages across the Atlantic
and America to the Pacific. Mature
reflection should induce him to delay
his experiments until after the foot.
ball season II he does not want his
sound raves disturbed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22
Injury Fatal to Oil Official

Bayonne, N. J.-E. w. John.
son, assistant superintendent of the
Standard Oil Co., died as a result
Of injuries he received when a car.
riage in which he was riding was
struck by a trolley car. The horse
was killed and the carriage was
wrecked. Charles Olmstead, the mo
torman, was held on a charge Of HON.
icide.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22
Two NEGRO sprinters Dead.

Rapid City, s. D. John and
Joseph Graves, noted colored sprint.
ers, are dead here as the result Of
knife and CLUB wounds inflicted in a
fight with Ed Wallace, also colored,
several days ago. Wallace claims self.
defense. 1t is alleged that Wallace
vas beating a woman and the Graves
brothers interfered.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22
For Violating Sunday Laws.

Kansas City, Mo. - The grand
jury has returned 149 additional in.
dictments against persons charged
with violating the state law which for.
bids labor on Sunday. The indict.
ments are against So persons, IA
of whom are charged with selling in.
t~oxicants on Sunday. The injected
persons will be arrested and compelled
to give bond within 48 hours.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22
pleads for River Improvement.

Lake Providence, La. - An ad-
dress urging harmony of all sections
OF the United States to the end of Sc
curing $500 900 annually from the
United States for river and harbor
improvement was issued by Congress
man P. L. Ransdell, president of the
National Rivers and Harbors Con-
yroau
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22
Rev. R. A. Meeks Declines.

Rev. r. A. Meek, presiding elder Of
the Greenville district, has declined
the editorship of the New Orleans
Christian Advocate, to which he was
recently elected. His reason for de-
clining was that he preferred the regu-
lar work Of an itinerant Methodist
minister, and he wi | continue in that
field
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22
Mississippps New Industries.

The report Of Secretary Of State
Power shows that the capital author.
lied BY new industries Incorporated In
this State during the past two years
will aggregate about s55, 0oO, 1000, which
is an increase Of nearly $40, 100000
the preceding two years. This
capital is the actual capital paid for
and authorized for investment in cor
porations.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22

II is heard from Washington that
collecting old bank notes has be-
come quite n fad" It is, however, a
more widespread custom for people to
10 their level best to collect any old
kind OF bank notes.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22
Gen. Grant at Jackson.

For the first time since the civil war,
when he entered jackson with his
fathers army Of invasion as a boy OF
the staff, Gen. Frederick Dent Grant,
commander of the department Of the
East, United States army, visited Jack.
son last week, and spent the day there
as the guest Of Gov. Vardaman.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22

Cowess Isle Of wight Great
Britain. not content with possess-
Ing the largest warship n As
world in the D~readnaught. has con.
structed IL fastest aghting craft A.
stroyer Ia the Mohawk. On her ON
cial trial In the North sea Friday, ne
Mohawk maintained for six hours =
mean speed Of s4M knots an hour.
In nix runs over : measured mils ~
Travelled n the rate Or 34ik knots ~
hour. This 4 equal to forty mlles.
The Mohawk \ fttted With staam tur.
lines ana : vatsE tubs boiler nsJns IA.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22
To Improve Pearl River.

Congressman Bowers of the Sixth
district states that he hopes to secure
another appropriation at the approach
Ing session Of congress to continue the
work OF improving Pearl river south
ward from jackson, his ultimate pur-
pose being to have the stream made
navigable from jackson to its mouth.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22
Veteran Instantly Killed.

J. D. Hope, M Of the most promi-
nent planters in Lafayette county, was
killed near Oxford. He accidentally
fell against q belt which was moving
machinery, and was hurled against the
wall OF the building with such terrific
force that death vas instantaneous.
He was a widely known Confederate
veteran, and has for several years car
ried the Lamar Rifle battle flag in all
the Confederate reunions in the South.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22
Gold Nuqaet Found In South pakota.

Burke, s. D. Nels Magee, .one
of the pioneers Of Gregory county,
is in Burke exhibiting a nugget of
pure native gold weighing 81 grains,
which he recently found on a gravel
knoll, in Trip county. He declares
that there is much more of equal pur-
lty In the same locality, as this is un.
doubtedly a glacial deposit.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22
Identity Explosion Victim.

Spokane, Wash. - Albert Grant.
who was killed by a mysterious dyna-
mite explosion here Monday, has
been identified as the missing son
Of Albert Grant, Sr, of River Forest.
Ill.,, whose family has been seeking
him for six years. Grants father is
said to be a large stakeholder in the
National Biscuit Co.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22
Soma Wrlter Die..

Los Angeles, Cal.-Juliette Estelle
Prescott Mathis, es years old, a writer
OF songs and verses, formerly a
resident OF Illinois. died here at
the home of her son. Frank C. Pres.
colt, registrar Of the United States
land office.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22
REPORT
United States to Have Coaline Sta
ton in Lower California.

Washington, Assistant Secretary of
State Adee tonight confirmed the Asso-
ciated Press dispatch from Mexico,
which states that the United States
would be allowed to maintain two coal.
ing ships at Magdalena bay, on the
coast Of Lower California, for a period
OF three years. provided a like conces-
sion was made to the government of
Mexico by the government OF the
United States, y.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22
Arrested on Federal Charge.

Kansas City, Mo. II. J. Egan,
Of Omaha. I'M Of the organizers
OF the Interstate Fiscal Agency Co.,
agents for the Kansas City Life Insur-
ance Co., was arrested Thursday night
upon a warrant sworn out by a post.
office Inspector, charging him with
using the mails to defraud.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22

Now an English schoolmaster comes
forward to announce that he has dis.
covered a secret cipher which proves
that neither Shakespeare nor Bacon
wrote the plays; the author was real.
ly the Earl of Southampton. However,
these remarkable ciphers generally in
the long run amount to zero.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22
c~ottonseed Prices Low.

The cotton oil mills in Mississippi
continue to offer only s11 and sl2 per
ton for seed, ~contending that the cur.
rent prices for the various products win
not warrant . higher quotation. II
sone sections the farmers are using
the seed for fertilizer purposes.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22
Family Overcome bx caa.

st. Joseph, Mo. Mayor William
E. s. Pratt and their two chill.
dren, and Mrs. Jennie Taylor, the
mayors sister, ere overcome Mon,
day night by fumes from the hot air
furnace at their family home, in
which natural gas is used as fuel. All
are confined to their beds, but they
will recover.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22
cyclists Get FIRST Spill.

Boston, Mass.-JA few minutes
after riding had been resumed in tAs
six-day bicycle race there was = bad
mix.up, but the race ~ started again
with no withdrawals. AZ the end Of
the flrst hour the record stood "a
miles and ave laps for ten teams. The
eleventh team was ! lap behind.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22

New York. N. Y.-The Duchess
OF Marlborough. accompanied by Mrs,
Clarence H. hackey. whose guest she
is. visited the Tombs Tuesday after.
noon, The Duchess desires to com
pare conditions In American prisons
with those in English prisons.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22
To Improve Western Streams.

Omaha, Neb.--senators, congress,
men, governors and business leaders
of the Missouri river valley gathered
at a banquet at the Commercial club
here Monday night to arouse action
toward securing Improvement Of the
western streams.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22

The vigilance committee OF an Ari.
iona community sent electorate reso-
buttons of congratulation to Il neigh.
boring order OF strangers on the oc-
caslon of the hanging of a horse thief.
There was the tie that binds,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22
Episcopal Conyocation.

The annual session Of the jackson
convocation Of the Episcopal church
will be held at Crystal Springs from
Dec. 10 to II inclusive. The conyoca-
tion represents the principal Episcopal
chunches in the State, including those
of jackson, Yazoo City, vicksburg,
Natchez and Meridian, and its annual
sessions r always replete with in
tereSt,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22
Lookout for Migrants.

Meridian is being flooded with ne.
groes from the sawmill camps In the
southern portion of the State. The
police have been instructed to keep q
sharp lookout for these people, and II
any Of them are found who cannot give
a satisfactory account OF themselves or
who are not looking for work, they are
to be placed under arrest, and put to
work on the county roads.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22
ssrIke In Cotton MIND.

Plalnfeid, N. 1.-THE employment q
three girls who. It is said, refused 70
Join the Viewers union were the
aus Of a strike It the Lawton Cot-
ton Mills Monday, about 300 hands
Walking out. Nearly every department
Of the mills Ii aftected.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22

Wireless telegraphy is an accom-.
plished fact; wireless telephoning Is
nnder experimental processes, but the
imit OF human ingenuity is expected
10 be reached when 1t zones to wire
less politics.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22

At the ripe old age of II Henri
Rochcfort is still able to give up the
direction OF one Partisan newspaper
and take on that OF another. He re.
mains the worlds foremost fighting
oditor.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22

The Vanderbilt chef quit In a rage
the other day when the chef imported
TO prepare the wedding feast for Miss
Gladys arrived, so sometimes too
many cooks get into a row before they
Get . chance to spoil the broth.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22
Flre In Packing Plant.

Harrisburg. Pa, Nov. 1.-THE
plant Of Swift q Co., the Chicago pack.
ers, was completely destroyed by IRE
Monday night, entsillng . loss Of $2to-
600. partly covered by insurance.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22
Mrs. Phillips Is Freed.

Cleveland, Ohio. - Mrs. Charlotte
Phillips was freed from the charge Of
killing her husband, John ], Phillips,
coal operator and broker, at the con-
clusion OF the preliminary hearing be-
fore Justice Brown.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22

A Camden, N, j., bank teller is
dead from blood poisoning caused by
handling money. Up to date this is
the most effective of all the arguments
against tainted coin that have been
produced,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22

Lillian Russell says she never bets
than 500 on the races on any
pne day, and that she always wins.
The two statements seem to be mu-
tually irreconcilable.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22

A Pittsburg father who spanked his
3s-year-old daughter for staying out
late at night was upheld by the Judge.
Evidently the old man doesn't intend
to spoil his child by sparing the rod.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22

A meteorlte recently fell upon the
Russian town Of VerkhnednIeproysk.
1t may be said, however, that the
name Of the place was the same before
the catastrophe occurred.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22
BURGLAR Kills a Merchant.

Chicago, III. James W. Ala
way, a wealthy commission merchant
Of Los Angeles. Cal, was shot and
killed by a burglar early Tuesday ct
the heme Of his brother.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22

Two.thlrds of the weight OF the av.
erage girl according to a London
chemist, Is sugar. We know several
loye.iorn swains who will believe that.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22
Reduce to EIGHT Hours.

Providence, II. l.--Many Of the Jew.
elry factories here went or an eight.
hour basis Monday, thus curtailing the
schedule IL hours . week. Several
thousand hands are affected.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22

There are 6,397 different kinds of
alcoholic drinks used In the world, ac-
cording to statistics, The job under.
taken by the w. c. T. u. looks rather
formidable, doesn't it7
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22

II envy the lot Of every man who Is
not an emperor" wrote Francis
Joseph long ago. And he never felt
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22

Hetty Green's comment that a girl
who seeks n husband abroad deserves
what she gets, is putting It gently, but
II should be construed from the strict.
~ snappish point OF view.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22
Light vots Cast.

Returns from the recent State cleo.
ticn show that about 10000 votes vers
polied. which = n striking contrast %
800 votes cast in the primary Ia
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22

An Illinois woman asks divorce be-
cause her husband forbid her sitting
on the lawn, Few judges would con
slider this ground for divorce.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22

A Kingston. Ont, man broke his ribs
laughing at n Joke. The nature Of the
Quip ought to be a~scertained and put
on record as q side splitter.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22

A corset stay saved the life Of an
Akron woman who was stabbed by her
husband. The man should have known
that of course It would.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22

A Chicago man in Battle Creek fell
IS feet and escaped unhurt. He prob.
ably landed on a bale OF breakfast
food.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22

H~ydrophobla Is a disease, the gov
eminent investigators tell us. They
seem a dog.gone long time admitting
the obvious.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22

The brain OF a New York man was
found to weigh only half Of the al.
erage man. Science solves the mys-
teries OF the ages.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22

Pittsburg. Pa,-The Standard on
Company ~apnounced that scmcsset
Crude on IL nov quoted - u, :
reduction " 10 cont.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22

Prof. Todd also believes Mars Is In
habited; but, tush. he might as well
believe this as anything else.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22

Even false hair Is going up. This 10
IKE bringing the high-price epidemic
10 q head.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22

Reciprocity is essential to continu-
Gus friendship.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-22

Edison In Invented the phonograph,
but II would be unfair to suspect him
of designing the souvenir postal card.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-04-13

Don't forget that the Emery Realty
Company can show you some good
real estate bargains now and at any
time, but now is the time to purchase
your lot for a home for now is the
time to build.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-04-13

displays he will be. offered a splendid
pageant never before equalled in this
country
If genuine amusement and health
giving recreation be an item desir-
able in the sum of his expectations
he could find no better spot than the
shores and waters of the nations
finest harbor.
Last, but not least, he will find a
city beautiful, full to OVERLOOKING
with the wonders of industry, of
handicraft, of art, of science; city
olf fairy palaces, glittering under the
Light of Virginian summer sky, and
rearing aloft the symbols and the
tokens of the founding of the nation,
and over all the sentiment. of the
patriotism and the brotherhood of a
people first in peace, first in war, and
first in every good thing under the
SUM-
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-04-13

Monday, but got no definite state
ment as to the probable date of the
end of the American occupation. The
Secretary expressed the belief that a
census should be taken before ma
tional elections are held
Gov Hoch. of Kansas, granted a
conditional pardon to Willie Sell, the
quadruple murderer, who has been in
the Kansas penitentiary since 1888,
serving life sentence. A condition
of the pardon is that Sell mt5t not
in any manner exhibit himself for the
purpose of making money
Roosevelt has appointed negro by
the name oof Tyler, as auditor of the
treasury for the navy This appoint
ment will no doubt be strenously OBJ
jected to by the many white clerks in
this department. Tyler's salary is
Sd 900 a year, and he is the highest sal
aried negro in Government employ.
From reports received from all Re-
publican states that have no favorite
SOiS. IISSldCiil NoooSNSll ID IdNoIS u
for the third term, showing that the
Roosevelt-Ha hartman controversy has
not hurt the President politically
Efforts are being made to prosecute
Hartman for his allegations against
Roosevelt.
Chicago, until April 18th, will have
three mayors, and legal tangle
nearly resulted Mayor Dunno, who
was defeated in the recent election,
appointed mayor pro tenn during his
absence and mayor-elect Busse as
sumed office a week ahead of sched-
ule time. The regular time for the
exchange of office is next Monday
Uncle Sam is in need of few Hin
doc interpreters for the immigration
service at San Francisco and the civil
service bureau is holding examina-
tons of applicants. The position pays
the munificent salary of 5000 year
Examinations are also being held for
Junior clerks in the reclamation serv-
ice and engineers and carpenters in
the Indian service. at salaries of 500
year
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-04-13
A Century Ago

A century ago every gentleman
wore queue and powdered his hair.
All the population of village as
sembIed at the inn on post day to
hear the news
The church collection was taken
in bag at the end of pole with a
bell attached to arouse sleepy con-
tributors.
Virginia contained fifth of the
whole population OF the country.
Two stage coaches bore all the
travel between New York and Bos-
ton.
The Mississippi valley was not so
we'll known as the heart of Africa
now is.
There was not a public library in
the United States.
A horseman who galloped on a
city street was fined four shillings.
Stoves were unknown. All cook
ing was done before an open fire.
place
Six days were required for jour
ney between New York and Boston.
The whipping-pos and pil1ory
were still standing in New York and
Boston
Twenty days were required for
letter to go from New York to
Charleston by land.
When Virginian started on
journey to New York he made his
will and babe farewell to his friends
Dances in Philadelphia were given
every two weeks, but young men I'M
der 20 and girls under Is were not
admitted.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-04-13
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