The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-06-11
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HAPPENINGS IN OUR OWN AND
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Nations Find Somewhat to
Edify and Instruct.

Col Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt
have gone to New Orleans. AS the
xaests of John Parker, they will go to
Pass Christian, Miss, and from there
said on Parker's yacht for a cruise
among the islands.
The Mississippi river is out of it's
hanks north of Cairo. ILL.,, and thou
sands of acres of wheat and corn are
under water.
=. w. Griffin, president of the closed
Athens (Ga.) Trust and Banking COM
Rany, was convicted by a jury in SUI
xerior court in connection with the
failure of the institution.
Mrs. Helen s. Amend of New York,
who inherited $500. 900 after the death
81 her husband, Lincoln Amend, ~
years ago, was arrested on a charge
~ shoplifting.
The Duke of Brunswick is about to
make his debut on the turf with a rae
ing stable. The duke is Emperor Will
Hams s~on-in-law. .
The army transports Buford and
Fitzpatrick, now at Galveston, will be
semi 10 Vera Cruz to bring back Amer
1esn and other foreign refugees from
that port,
lester the ~2-year-old son of Mrs.
Voiney Moore, who resides near Ger
ard. H.. He'll into two feet of water in
n galvanized tank kept in the yard of
his home for the storage of rain wa
ter and was drowned.
The fishing schooner Aloha was
burned to the waters edge in the Gulf
of ST. Lawrence. Capt. Cole and his
rev of Is men reached shore in
dories.
tian for mayor of Los Angeles is con-
coded by Frederick J. Whiffen's cam
Paigu managers.
The population of the city of Oma-
ha was increased by 1880 when the
proposition of annexation carried at
a special election in Omaha, South
Omaha and Dundee by a majority of
3 to 4.
The crew ii the German submarine
that torpedoed and sank the British
Aattleship Majestic in the Dardanelles
viii drink champagne at the expense
Il T.. B. Maloy, a well-known Pitts.
burg financier.
A peremptory writ of mandamus
vas issued by the supreme court OF
West Virginia against the Baltimore
Il Ohio railroad, ordering the railroad
10 comply with the provisions of the
zcent passenger fare law.
One of the worst outbreaks of pei
1agra in the history of Arkansas is al
= lumber camp II miles soKheast o.
Klainview. Montgomery county. O.
- white children in the camp, 2S art
affected.
Four more Minnesota counties hav'
gone dry as a result of the election
The counties ARE Douglas, Fillmore
Rock and Mobiles.
KING George V. of England. VIII
was born June 3, 1865, was SO year
cd Thursday
John Keppler. 1O3 years old. o
H.. for a visit with his daughter
Mrs. John Lawler.
Eighty and one-half per cent c
3.195 fires in this, Allegheny count.
Pa, during the last yea were of il
eendiary origin. while only l per Gel
we're unavoidable.
The Norwegian navy has been 81
xiched to the extent of about $4,000
~ coo German and English mine
Kicked up off the coast.
There are 34.003 men, women, boy
and girls entered in the better farr
ing campaign of the Texas industri
congress.
Warren Frazee of West Palm Beac
IA. botter known as Alligator Joe
IL dead Of pneumonia, after an illne
~ q week. He had been exhibitil
5000 alligators at the Panama-Pacif
exposition.
Sir Edgar Speyer. with his wife al
sanity. have come to New York for
IAort holiday. Sir Edgar recently
signed his privy councillOrship
Great Britain because Of growing 81
9estions and charges OF disloyalty
The British crown.
A dispatch from Amsterdam to I
Exchange Telegraph company "a
n DR.. Bernhard Dernburg will
given charge OF the press bureau
sanitation for Scandinavian COZ
Aies. with Headquarters in Cop
Tue annual convention Of Pythi
Uskers win meet ct Galena. NJ.
J1ne. 1915.
With the sinc emAltera ru1hed
ordsrs. voluntary increase ~
geont O. wages Wan nnnouncoo
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