The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-10-01
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:. T0e eight hag-draped caskets, con-
jtAtning the dead OF the F4. which ar
rived aboard the United States steam
n Supply at San Francisco. have been
bhdpped east
William Isabel was killed in q knife
duel with Sherman Isabel in the fam
W parlor at Rienzi, Miss.
The Turks are rushing moro rein
foroements to the Dardanelles, expect
ing . renewal of the An%glo-French Of
fenstva.
A z-cent letter rate and extension
of the parcel post system to all coun-
tries on the American continent were
discussed at a meeting Of the United
States International High commission
on uniformity Of laws.
Michael McGraw. 30, and John
Grant, As years old, were drowned
near Tulsa, Ok, when a broken cul-
vert let the horses and wagons into
nine feet OF the Arkansas river.
An outbreak of typhoid fever In
Menard county, ILL.,. caused a call for
assistance to be SEN to the state
board of health. There are 80 cases
at Petersburg, Is at Athens and nine
at Greenwich.
ESvo ypinofin NJ tho o0Nf0nf~ ~ tho
stomach inc portions of the liver and
kidneys of Mrs. Polly Davis of Breath
lit county, KY, whom Mrs. Mamie
Hamlin of Fayetteville, Ark, was &C.
cused of poisoning, shows no evidence
of poisoning.
Jacksonville, Ill, will continue to
live under the commission form of
government. At a special election the
commission form of government was
voted to be retained. The vote was
2.773 to f,442.
Esther Morton, a wealthy and promi-
nent business man of Providence. KY,
shot and killed Harvey Mcdowell,
whom he had found with his wife, and
shot and mortally wounded Mrs. Nor
ton.
Isabella Wade of Chicago, who was
arrested in Milan, Italy, in June,
charged with being an accomplice of
q Bavarian officer, Martin Schehmam-
mer, previously accused of espionage,
has lei released.
Tennessee has established a cattle,
sheep and swine quarantine against
Illinois.
Solomon Bryson. II years old. of
Columbia, Mo-, was married to Mrs.
Fannie Lewis, 60.
The British horse transport ship
treal to England, was torpedoed by a
German submarine off Fastnet.
Benjamin Chamberlain, formerly a
prominent Columbus, O., politician,
killed himself in Los Angeles, Cal.
Q .
Judge Christian of thu district GRIM
ina1 court sent J. Evans Smith, q New
Orleans CLa.) Item reporter, to jail
for "a hours for refusing to tell his
source of Information for a story con-
corning cabarets and resorts.
The body Of Miss Gladys Doyle Of
Lake Charles, La, 1t years old, be-
lieved to have been poisoned, has been
ordered exhumed.
President Robert G.. Allen of the
Little Rock club of the Southern as
sOciation turned we to the Arkansas
p~enitentiary 100 baseballs for the use
of prisoners.
Harry Thaw has arrived in Port
land. Ore, from San Francisco and
met his mother.
Two men were instantly killed at
the new high level bridge being con-
structed over the Cuyhoga river at
Superior avenue. Cleveland. O.
Fifteen bishops and archbishops
participated in the conservation OF
Eev. A. J.. Schiller as bishop Of Ell
Paso.
| The first Australian to win the Vic
toria cross in the present var is
Lance Corporal Jacka of Bendigo, in
this state (Victoria). In the trench
fighting he single-handed shot five
Turks dead and bayoneted two others.
Former President william II. TAFT,
who has been making = spaking tour
pf the west for several weeks. settled
at San Diego. Cal, for . short vaca-
kion. He intends to play golf.
I Dr.. Victorlno de Il Pl&xa, president
Of the Argentine republic, ratified the
parcel post convention between the
United States and Argentina.
Nine hours after the New York
halfway disaster several Broadway
movie theaters Were showing the
NINA to packed housee.
0tudent walters WIN IS 1anployed Is
ssEve the meals II Princetnn univer-
A1ey C0mmons.