The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-06-04


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change Telegzaph company ~ Lon
don, Eng. says important nsgOttar
lions : II progress between R0u-
mania and Bulgaria
One hundred and thirty pints q
whisky and 50 quarts Of beer were
poured into the Lawton (Ok.) sewers
BY Sheriff Tom Richardson. upon
court order The liquor had been
seised IN dry territory.
The casualty list q the British m
tle1hip Triumph. torpedoed or the
0aI1ipoH peninsula, shows that the
Officers and II men were killed and
that 40 men are missing.
George A. Bigaman. Republican can
didate for city clerk Of vandalia, Ill.
1t the recent city election. has filed
suit In the county court contrasting the
election of Fred Chandler. the Demo
cratic candidate.
Chief Of Police Healy OF Chicago
has ordered the arrest Of all persona
conducting baseball pools. His action
followed the conviction Of William
Rapp. who was given the maximum
fine for running . pool.
Six foreign miners were buried un-
der q fall Of slate and earth in mine
No. 9 of the Jamish Coal company. at
Fafrmont, w. Va. Two were taken
out dead. Doctors said that two 9TH
ers might die.
A cigar stub is thought to have set
fire to the Pana. ILL.,, opera house,
which burned. The loss was $40, 900.
The annual commencement exercises
Of the Pana high school were held
there. |
A resolution asking President viii
son to call at once q conference Of
neutral nations vas adopted at q
meeting of the New England Pac@
conference. 4
The mail and passenger steamed W.
G.. Butman sank between MetiIlcus
and Rockland, Me-, in a rough sea
The 10 passengers and crew r hfe.
The special session of the Arizona
legislature virtually ended with the
completion Of an appropriation bill.
The bill provides $1,40O. 900 a yea for
the maintenance Of state government.
Emperor William has pardoned tive
nuns of the convent at Roye. who
dere convicted of having concealed a
wounded French soldier in the con-
vent last December.
A man who called himself Sugs
Otis of San Francisco was detained
for observation following an attempt
to see the president. Otis said he
was related to Harrison Gray Otis OF
Los Angeles.
William Lowe was killed and Dep
utl Sheriffs Joseph King and James
Pennington ere shot while attempt
ing to raid a blind tiger on the Ken
tucky-Tennessee line.
Gov. Whitman of New York and hi.
party departed for the San Francisco
| exposition on q special train. The ex
penses Of the trip are to be paid b,
the state.
mo soldier or sailor, whether Of
ficer or private, may be served q drinl
in the Seventh district, London, ex
cept between noon and $3.50 o'clock u
the evening""
The customs appeal courts decision
sustaining the Underwood tariff law
5 per cent clause will be taken to tn
supreme court. 1t means %refundinI
almost Sic, 000, 900 already collected.
Denmark, Sweden and Norway hav
officially notified both Austria an
Italy that they intend to preserve tn
strictest neutrality in the Austro-Ital
ian a
Barney Oldfield did not appear ii
the 5OO-mile race at the Indianapoli
motor speedway. The car which Ole
field entered for the race was dan
aged in practice.
Rev. Arthur Mcclure, D. D., head Q
the manual training department G
the Christian college of Bangkok
Siam, was struck by IN automobile a
he was alighting from a street a q
San Francisco, CAL, and injured Il
tally. He bled to death before b
could be taken to a hospital.
Miss Edna Engel, the 17-year-ol
daughter of Caspar Engel. at Kenosh'
Wis, was scared to death by a nous
The mouse ran out from under a piet
of furniture as she entered her roor
Mrs. T. Davies Of Chicago is repor
ed recovering from the second Cae
arian operation she has undergone
two years. The baby is strong ar
well.
Gov. Capper of Kansas drove
miles through mud and rain to deliv'
an address to one boy. Some weel
ago the superintendent of schools
Maple Hill exacted a promise tn
Gov. Capper would address the grad
ating class. When the govern