The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-11-12

Fire crippled the pla1k q - 49,
mont (Tex.) E~nterprisey destroying :
warehouse and damaging the main
building.
Az q result Of drinking = quart Of
whisky In Is minutes, William Spely,
16 years old. OF Leavenworth, Kan,
died at his home.
The Milwaukee Electric Railway
and Light company has petittoned the
Wisconsin railroad commissi0A for an
thority to fix the rates OF fare by
zone.
Robbers blew open the safe OF the
Majestic theater. less than 100 yards
from the executive mansion at Spring
field. Ill, and took $940 in cash.
Judgments aggregating $780, 900
have been filed against Col. John T.
McGraw. Democratic national commit
teeman from West Virginia.
The three Republicans elected in
ew York last week to I'LL COMPRESSION
al vacancies favor a prohibition
amendment to the constitution of the
United States.
Revolutionists in Guatemala gained
a decisive victory rel President Ca
bera's forces at Vale de Ixtatan.
A cold storage egg sold in New
York after Nov. Is must be stamped
as such and all dealers in them must
| display signs stating that cold storage
| eggs are on sale.
The Berlin Socialist newspaper Vor-
waerts has been suppressed by the
| government.
Detectives are taking snapshot pho
tographs of every employee of the Bal
timore & Ohio railroad they see TAX
ing a drink of liquor.
Mrs. William Swindell. SIS a old,
is dying at a hospital in B~elvidere,
Ill. She lost her balance on the stair
way of her home and fell Is feet on a
sharp post, which pierced her torso.
. .
The supreme court of the United
States announced a recess from Nov.
Is to Nov. 20.
Queen Elizabeth" a black Minorca
hen, at Carlisle. Pa, laid 343 eggs in
343 consecutive days, from Nov. 4
1914. to Oct. Is, 1915. inclusive.
American marines in Haiti nave had
two more engagements with revolu
tionists4
An agreement to rush to trial three
additional suits involving appropria
tons of $500 was reached by P. ]
Lucey. encouragement, and F. S
Munro, attorney, as a result of the
Illinois supreme court ruling.
The late Mrs. Fannie Mast Gamble
of Cincinnati left $125,O0O to the pen
sioE fund for preachers of the Meth
odist Episcopal church.
John Peters Of Los Angeles, Cal.
a passenger on the Yosemite, sho
and killed himself while the boat wa,
nearing Port Townsend. Peters ha,
been suffering from the delusion tina
he was being pursued by a ghost
A Jury before Judge Cooke, in Chi
cago. returned a verdict awarding d.
Richard T. Tivnen $500 for service
/ rendered Bernard Mahon, retired M
: son contractor, in stopping a nos
bleed.
The great volcanic peaks nliamn,
$4,000 feet, and Dedoubt, 1890 fee
: on the west shore of Cook Inlet, ar
5 smoking.
The Colorado supreme court gran
ed, a stay of execution until Jan.
: 1916. in the case of James C. Bulge
e sentenced to die.
Mayor Newton D.. Baker of Clev
land, O., was elected president of tt
; National Consumers league.
d Owing to snow avalanches, milital
/ operations in the Carnic Alps are
a standstill for the present.
The oilcloth manufacturing plant
. G. NJ. Bailey Sons & Co. of Winthro
: ~ WOo OAAAAO0. Tx IOt0l 1OS0 W.
100000.
l. The sixteenth SON of Presidel
j. Yuan Shi Kai was born. He now b;
r 81 children.
!. Coke production in the Connel
vile (Pa.) region has practically do
BLEED since the first of the year.
M H4
= st. Louis has invited Billy Sunds
for an evangelistic campaign.
!. Mr.. and Mrs. William b. Mills
Pana,s Ill, celebrated their fifty-se
s enth marriage anniversary with
:. family reunion.
Announcement was made by q lea
ing Paris newspaper that one OF. q
le masters Of contemporary Art has be,
a commissioned to. make large BIZ
d relief Of the execution OF Miss Edi
It Cavell. which will be presented to Il
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