The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-06-09

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A light engine crashed into the rear
end Of a Denver 8 itlp Grand" pls5"n
ger train at C0IoradD Sprtuga, tHJHrinR
eight persona
Emperor william bo| consented 10
act al godfather 10 the Hon born on
May 30 TO Frau Bertha Krupp Won
Bohlen nnd lIalbach
The war department Ia TO ask con
grnss for ar appropriation Of $4,000
tor the instruction Of officers aud men
of the national guard or thr United
States in military aviation,
Gov. r. L. Phillip Of Wisconsin has
suffered a sudden attack ri ]app"ndt
citta and wax taken to & Milwnuke"
hospital for an operation
The English military IrihWnaI has
granted a six months exemption to a
dentist who produced models Of jaw
bones, etc, TO demonstrate the work
he is doing for wounded s0lIi"rs
Construction work on the United
States railway TT ALASKA "a in fun
swing, Two thousand and five hun
drod men are working and the month.
ly payroll amounts 10 $l5o,000,
Italian losses resulting from the
AuStro. Hungarian Offensive are 10000
and tho Austro IlunEarians have not
taken more than l2.0O0 Italian prison
ors. says the Paris Matin
The Jury In the case Of Thomas Ca.
pello. charged with the murder Of Rob.
crt T. Kim, chief Of police, at SosApr,
III. on July T. last, returned q verdict
giving CappIio a HE sentence,
President Wilson attended memorial
exercises held In the Confederate sec.
ton OF Arlington national cemetery
The demand for sheep in Texas Is
greater than ever, Ewes are selling
vi 81 a head and lambs at 81.
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Rescue work at the scene OF the
Rock Island wreck near Packard, la,
has resulted In the finding Of nine
bodies.
TestifyIng at AT inquest over a child
that had died Of scarlet fever. DR.,
Wynn Westcott Of Hackney, England,
stated that 1t Is Il very curious thing
that burned children often have that
nta4ady.
Mrs. Arthur NJ. Dodge and Miss
Alice I'M Chittenden, presidents OF
the national and New York state ms,
sociationB opposed to w0man suffrage,
are in Chicago to fight any effort to
secure A suffrage plank in the G. o.
=. platform.
Judge Durham announced that he
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Clara Louise Peck Waite. wife Of DR..
Arthur Warren Waite, convicted of
the murder OF Mrs. Yates father,
John E. Peck.
Robert II. Ingersoll & Bro. and the
Waterbury Clock Co. Of Chicago. are
converts to the more daylight"
movement.
William J, Bryan said Col. Roosevelt
would not be nominated by the Repub-
liCan convention. He predicted that
Justice Hughes would get the nomina'
ton.
The Tennessee railroad commission
ruled the the present 3,Cent passenger
rate Of the Illinois Central Railroad
Is too high and the company was
given 80 days to reduce the rate to
~ cents.
Byron }. Sanford and J. +. Kelley
OF San Francisco and the Rev. Rich
ard Fysh Of Calwa. Cal, 81 years old,
were gwen jail sentences after plead
ing guilty to using the mails TO de
fraud in a land settlement scheme.
The house adopted an amendment
to the naval bill appropriattng
Sc, 900 O0O 10 eouin tho pure, sornd
Philadelphia, Nortolk, Cbarleston
Boston and Portsmouth. n. r. and
New Orleans navy wards to "hulld
such ships AZ NAV he ass,pned 70
them"
announcement has been made Of
the purchase of the Robert Palmer &
Sons %shipoutldlng Co by Charles W.
Morse and associates of New York.
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