The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-03-03
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Nations Find Something to
edtfy and instruct.
Will H. Orpet, University of Wis.
consin student, charged with the muir
der Of Marion Frances Lambert,
pleaded not guilty and waived prelim-
mary examination.
Fire in the plant of Hubbard & Co.,
P~ittsburg, Pa, shovel manufacturers,
did $125, 900 damage.
The sinking of the Italian hospital
ship Marechiaro, near San Giovanni
di Medua, Albania, is reported in a
dispatch from Rome.
A slx-inch gun on the armored
cruiser San Diego, at night practice,
scored eight perfect hits out of eight
shots in ~ seconds, firing at q range
of 1900 yards.
The supreme court granted the ap-
plicatfon of the British government
for early consideration Of the appeal
of Ignatius T. T. Lincoln.
The British steamer Suevir, from
New York Feb. II for Havre, has
been abandoned Attire at sea,
j. w. Crow, a farmer, has pur-
chased 24,70O acres If land in Jim
Hogg and Brooks counties, Tex, for
$655,900 from c. W. Roberts, a
wealthy man of Los Angeles.
Pope Benedict has appointed Car
dinal Dominic Serafini pro-prefect of
the congregation of the propaganda
and Cardinal Falconio project of the
congregation of religious affairs.
Only 3h per cent of those paroled
from CALIFORNIA; penitentiar1es have
gone back to a life of crime.
Fire was discovered in New York
On the Eurymachos, a Russian ship
laden with munitions.
The Russian government has grant
ed permission to the wives and chill
dren of men who came to America be-
fore the war to leave Russia and Join
their relatives.
The Norwegian ship Ander, laden
with coal pit props. has gone ashore
in Blyth bay and is a total wreck.
Four lives were lost.
Five German generals who held the
iron cross Of the first class haye been
aAaiiod- In the battle Of verdhn. !
The selection Of Harold G. Town
send, a Chicago lawyer, as secretary
Of the Chicago Peace society to sue
coed Louis P. Lochner, resigned. is
announced.
A solid train of so carloads of Pu-
get Sound and Alaska salmon. with
banners on the sides, is en- route for
New York over the Union Pacific sys-
TEN.
According to testimony in a Chi
cago court, Charles H. Mccormick
lived through 20 years Of married life
without performing any labor. Mrs.
Mccormick was given a divorce.
big John Murphy and Milton
Armstrong, Danville (nl.) negroes.
were found guilty of murder and son
tenced to the penitentiary for 80 a
each.
). Grant Lyman, under federal in
dictment in New York on charges of
using the mails to defraud, admitted
his identity when taken before a
United States commissioner.
The superdreadnaught PENNSYLVANIA
remained at anchor at Portland, Me-.
on account of a dense fog which pre-
vented q run outside the bay for the
completion of her Standardization
trials.
The first filings under South Da-
kota's new primary law were made
when the names Of Woodrow Wilson
and Thomas r. Marshall were filed.
May 20 is the primary date.
A reception being given by the
Daughters Of the American Revelu-
ton In the dining room OF the Wind
sor hotel, Jacksonville, Fla, broke up
in q riot when a half dezen three-foot
alltgators escaped from 4 fountain.
A Jury returned a verdict of $3.50
for mss Edith Sage OF Minneapolis,
Mimi, injured when her automobile
collided with n belonging to Fred
T. Yates.
Microscopic moving pictures show
ing blood circulation In humans have
been completed Ut q Battle Greek san
ftarfum..
Jasper Perry, . convict in the Illi-
nois state penitentiary. was convict
ed Of the murder Of James Howard. a
fellow-convict on Dec. 20 last, and
was sentenced to be hanged.
Mrs. Ann r. Parsons, widow Of Ly-