The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1916-02-04
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HAPPENINGS IN OUR OWN AND
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Rioting occurred in Lisbon, Portu-
gal, in a demonstration against the in
creased cos of living. Attacks were
made on many bakeries and provision
shops in different parts of the city.
The American steamer Orleanian is
on the overdue list. She left New
York Dec. % for Malta and has not
since been reported.
According to DR.. Henry X. c. Car
roll, the number of church members
tories in 1915 was 39,38O,71S, a gain
over 1914 of 65S,64O.
The strike of 1900 employees of the
Union Drawn Steel company, which
was called for Feb. 1, was settled.
Through mediation conducted by
King Alfonso Of Spain, the German
dor, member of the Brussels bar, on
condition that he shall reside in Swift
zerland.
The Japanese foreign office issued
a statement denying the report that
Japan and England have signed a
treaty recognizing Japan's superior
rights in the far east.
Paul and George Rodgers, brothers,
81 and 80 years old, respectively, and
George, the 4-year-old son of the for
mer, were found asphyxiated in an
apartment in Tarentum, Pa.
The Scotch Socialist organ For.
ward, which was suspended by the
authorities several weeks ago, has
been allowed to publication.
Denmark is threatened with serious
labor troubles, according to a Copen-
hagen correspondent, who says that
strikes involving $4,000 men will be-
gin.
A navy department dispatch from
Charleston said that a steamer had
reported sighting what appeared to be
the missing submarine K-5 off the
Florida coast.
James Irwin, so years old, one of
the fOur persons shot in the back at
Albany, n. Y, by a mailman who i'm
mediately fled, died at a local hos
pital.
One OF the foul submarines Of the
X type, a member of a flotilla en-
route from the New York nav yard
to Key West, IS lost in the fog"
Oscar and Gustave Olsen, brothers,
both section hands, and William
Rhodes, a negro, were found muir
dered and robbed in the old railway
station at Kingston Station, R. I.
HiShwaymen held up an undertak-
er's wagon containing the body Of
Aleksian Agopoffs, a former Du Pont
employee, on the Hopewell road, near
Petersburg, Va.
The will of Curtis A. Petit, mil
%lionaire mine owner, who died two
years ago in Minneapolis, was de-
clared invalid by Judge J. A. Dahl in
IIC plODolC SouI q, dllu Tie cStdtS d
ordered distributed.
The London Weekly Dispatch states
the new budget will include taxes on
theaters, music halls, motion picture
theaters and other amusements.
Gov. Martin G. Brumbaugh of Penn
Sylvania was married to Miss Gloria
Belle aPrks, his distant cousin, ward
and housekeeper.
Mrs. Daniel Weingart, Miss Emma
Harbaugh and Mrs. John Myers Of
Chambersburg, Pa, were killed when
a milk train struck their automobile.
After physicians had pronounced
Harry Slade of Urbana, ILL.,, who killed
his two children, a defective, Judge
Boggs sentenced him to life imprison-
ment.
w. B. Prescott, former president
of the International Typographical
union, is dead at his home in Chicago
of a%poplexy. He was born and buried
in Toronto.
Grip caused 34S deaths in Kansas
in December, according to figures
compiled by the registrar OF the state
board of health.
George C. Carothers, special agent
Of the state department, has gone to
washington. having been recalled
from the Mexican border.
The department of internal reve-
nue. announced that total taxes for
the six months ending with Decem-
Der. 1915, amounted to 1909 900, 00s,
an increase of $50. 017,7 12.
The entire. village of Louise, Miss,
was destroyed by fire. The Methodist
church was the only building left
standing.
A. E. Pritchard, assistant postmas-
ter and superintendent of the finan-
cial division of the Salt Lake City
! postoffice. vas arrested, charged with
the embezzlement of $3,055 April 81.
1914.
Representatives Of the Montenegrin