The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1910-01-21
GENERAL NEWS.

Two persons were hurt when the
st. Louis-New York express on the
Vandaiia road was derailed at Wood
land, III. A broken frog caused the
wreck. Two sleepers were over
turned.
A new universal language, known
rs lido" has appeared in New York.
1t is said to be superior in some re-
spects to Esperanto. Prof. Jesperson
of the University of Copenhagen is
said to advocate it.
The alleged confession of Ray Lam
phere, reported to have been made to
a Laporte man by the former hired
mar of Bell Guinness, the murderess,
while he was confined in the Laporte
county Jail, and printed in a ST. Louis
paper, found very few believers in
Laporte because of the inaccuracies
which it contains. According to the
confession Lamphire went to the farm
house at night with a woman, chloro-
formed Mrs. Guinness, her three chill
dren and Jennie Olson. He and the
woman then searched the house, inc
ing between $50 and $40. The house
was accidentally set on fire.
The members of the royal family,
with the exception of Princess Louise,
daughter of the late King Leopold,
have arranged to do everything posi-
BILE to avoid lawsuits and scandal in
connection with the distribution of
Leopold's fortune.
This statement ~epitomizes the for
NAL announcement made public by
Clifford Pinchot, who was recently re-
moved as chief of the forest service.
He declared the great moral issue that
o faces h country is not the loss
of natural resources SO much as wheth-
err special interests or the people shall
rule.
The grand jury which has been in
vestigating the defunct Citizens State
bank of Edgemont, S. D., which closed
Its doors three or o u years ago, re-
turned indictments against the presi-
dent, James A. Stewart, and the cash
Ter, c. A. Grippen.
An adroitly worded resolution com
mending ex-President Roosevelt, con
graduating President Taft and indoors
ing the policies pursued by Clifford
Pinchot while chief forester, with ref
erence to the leasing of grazing land
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adopted by the American Live Stock
association at Denver.
A concurrent resolution introduced
In The New York legislature proposes
to put that body on record against the
federal income tax. The resolution is
drafted along h line of Gov. Hughes
special message, recommending the
nonratification of the federal tax.
The interstate commits
sion in Washington began an investi
cation of the subject of milling in
transit" privileges accorded by rail
ways on many commodities.
The New York military academy at
Cornwall, N. Y, vas destroyed by
fire. No n was injured.
The Portuguese government has is
sued a denial of the Lisbon police re-
port of a conspiracy against King
Manuel.
Deaths and accidents were reported
in P%ittsburg and surrounding territory
in the walk of a new storm followed
by zero weather.
There is reason to believe that
Japan and Russia have reached a com
plete agreement on the naturalization
of the Manchurian railways proposed
by the United States.
Sunday was dry" at Indianapolis
as the result Of an order from s. L.
Shank, the new mayor.
Fire. which originated In the up
fostering department of the Youns
& Chahee Furniture Company al
Grand Rapids. Mich, resulted in {
million-dollar conf1agration. Thu
Daily News. Shepard building ant
Furniture Exchange building were en-
tirely destroyed