The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-01-28
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The American steamship Ausable, |
from Galveston for Esbjerg. Denmark,
taken into Kirkwall Jan. IA, has been
released.
w. ]. Mayfield, so years old, was
taken from the jail at Boston, Tex, |
and hanged to a tree about a half mile
south of
A fall of 12 inches killed Andrew
Myers at Terrell, Tex. He was alight-
ing from his automobile when a mis-
t threw him to the ground, break
ing his neck.
Mrs. George korkett of New York
had her veil singed off and face bis
tered when she pulled open a crema-
tory door for a last ook at her hus-
band.
Herman Lunning, 70 years old, a re-
cIuse who lived at Dubuque, Ia, was
found with a piece of wood six inches
long and nearly one inch wide driven
through his skull.
The 700 employees of the Davis &
Furber Machine company of North
Andover, Mass, who struck last week
for an advance in wages. voted to &C
cept the company's offer of a 10 per
cent increase.
The Belgian Count de Prelles de la
Nieppe has been arrested at the in
stance of the Belgian authorities at
Calais, charged with frauds involving
several million francs.
Charles Douglass, a negro held in
the Greensburg. Pa. Jail under SEN
tence of death, attacked his guard and
beat him into insensibility. He then
took the keys and escaped with two
other prisoners.
The United States has notified
Great Britain of its objection to the
application of the trading with the
enemy act in a manner affecting
American trade.
Bank traits with an estimated
value of $4,000 and a small amount
of money were in a mail pouch stolen
and rifled at Newton. Ia, after the
outbound mail left the postoffice.
Mrs. Jane Mccoy, 95 years old. one
of four surviving real Daughters OF
the Americai Revolution, is dead al
her home in Oakley township, Macor
county, Ill.
President Poincare and Alder
Thomas, under secretary for war
were present at the trials at Satur.
Camp of the newly invented trencl
cannon and bullet-proof shields.
Mrs. Joseph Tumulty. wife of TIL
secretary to the president, was ope
rated on for appendicitis.
A bill introduced in the Cuban col
gress provides a credit of $4,000 70
the entertainment of Col. Roosevelt
during his forthcoming visit.
Petitions were circulated in Roc
Island churches seeking to get the Il
cal option proposition on the ballo
at the spring election
Charles Dolan and Joseph Greenl
were perhaps fatally injured and l
other miners were seriously hurt b
an explosion of powder or a work ca
in the Apollo mine of the Pittsbur
Coal company.
The ~6-year-Old son OF Charles Ii,
get of Gaskins City, ILL.,, was badl
injured by the explosion sof a dyn;
mite cap which he had placed on
stove. The sight Of n eye was d.
stroyed.
The total booty of the Teuton,
allies during II months of war
summed up in Vienna. as follow:
sNearly s.OOO,O 900 prisoners, 10.0t
guns. 5000 machine guns, while Al
900 square kilometers of enemy tie
ritory has been occupied"
The house of representatives h,
adopted a resolution revising the 'cs
endar Wednesday rule" so as to spec
up its work.
Seventeen oil experts have lie
Pittsburg for Colombia, South Ann
lea, to explore in the interior OF tn
country, which is said to be the ric
est in oil in the world.
The submarine HIS, which r
aground on a mud flat at San Diet
was pulled off by the mother sh
Cheyenne.
A report compiled by the harh
master and just made public. sho'
that Seattle's export trade to Via
vostok in 1915 was $s.312,663, CO
pared with 1882 in 1914.
The entire village of Louise. Mis-
was destroyed by fire. The Method
church was the only building /
standing.
A resolution calling for the subm
sion OF q woman's suffrage consti
tional amendment in the South Ca
lima general assembly was defeat
by . vote Of 81 to 81 In the low
house.