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The Grenada sentinel., 1897-05-15
WILL NOT INTERFERE.
A Not Altogether Just Complaint
Against a Soldiers Home.
4 REGULATION GENERALLY N voGut
Is Made the Basis Of Complaint, and In.
dicates a Lack Of Desire on the
Part Of Pensioners to be Just
to Their Dependents.

WAsmSGrON. May IL. - Complaint
has been filed at the pension bureau
against the soldiers home at Roscburg
Ore, alleging that it is violating see
ton l745 of the Revised Statutes. max.
ing it lnisdemeanor for anyone pledg.
ing, or receiving as a pledge the mort
gage. sale, assignment or transfer OF
any right. claim or interest in any pen.
sion certificate, or to hold it a,
security for any debt or promise. Some
inmates of the home called attention
to the matter. and it was taken up by
several grand army posts, one OF
which, at Roseburg, has made formal
complaint.
The bureau has made an investiga.
ton and eXonerated the management
of the home. There are legal author
itic, both ways, and decision con.
STRUNG strictly the statute cited
would, it is stated, be not only
unjust. but lead to serious conse-
qurnces. The evidence shows that the
home directors have required all pen
sioners to surrender their pensions to
the treasurer Of the home. Four dol.
lars a month is then allowed each per
son for personal expenses, and the re.
[mainder is paid to dependent relatives
or, if there are none. the money is
accumulated for the benefit of the
pensioner. This practice is substan-
tally similar to that in operation at 2l
other soldiers homes. The pension
bureau takes the position that it is not
eXpedient to intervene in the case, as
the act of March 3, 1893 by implication.
sanctions the requirement, which has
been in force in most Of the states in
the homes.
The Grenada sentinel., 1897-05-15
TRAIN ROBBER PARKER.
sheriff Ruf7ner on Fresh Trail North of
Prescott. Ariz.

sheriff RufHner on a Fresh Trail North of
Prescott. Ariz.
PRESCOTT. Ariz., May IA message
has been received from Sheriff Rutfnec
which locates his posse 20 miles north
Of town. on fresh trail of Parker. the
train robber and murderer They We're
,amped for the right awaiting
the arrival of the Indian trail
ers. The other Jail breakers
cut loose from Parker, and have gone
in an opposite direction. 4 big posse
leaves on the north bound train with
fresh animals. Parker, since Sunday,
has been without food. and he is evi
IDENTIFY SO closely pursued that he has
become bewildered. A fight to the
death is expected, however, before he
is captured.
The Grenada sentinel., 1897-05-15
THE TELEPHONE DECISION.
A Prominent Telephone Man Gives His
Opinion Of 1t.

MADISON. Wis. May 1i.-Hon. ?. l..
Spooner. president of the Standard
Telephone Co.. one of the largest indie
pendent telephone companies in the
country. has this to say on the decision
OF the United >,ates supreme court in
the Herliner patent case:
My information is that the decision
simply acquits The Bell company and
the patent office If fraud and cod lusion
in the issuance Of the Berliner patent
The merits of the patent are not in
volved. Advices from independent ex-
changes all over the country show
them anxious to try conclusions with
the Bell COMPANY.
The Grenada sentinel., 1897-05-15
VENEZUELAN TREATY.
Reason for the Delay In the Exchange of
Qualifications.

WAsnINGToN. May ll.-Some days
will elap>e before the final ratifca-
tons of the boundary line arbitration
treaty between Great Britain and Nene-
zuela are exchanged. This is
due to the non-arrival of the
copy of the treaty prepared in
London for presentation to the
Venezuelan government, through its
minister at Washington. The time of
its arrival is uncertain. Hon W. L.
Scruggs having reached this country
with the copy of the treaty. prepared
BY Venezuela for the British govern
ment. the Venezuelan minister here
announces his readiness to exchange
ratitications.
The Grenada sentinel., 1897-05-15
An Inhuman CAPTAIN Indicted.

New YORK, May 1.-THE grand jury
OF the criminal branch of the United
States circuit court indicted Capt. Ed
ward W. Reed Of the ship 7. F. Oakes
for maliciously and without justitiable
cause, withholding food from the crew
Of his vessel on the voyage from Hong
Kong to this port.
The Grenada sentinel., 1897-05-15

WASHISHruN, May Ex-senator But
Ter introduced a resolution requesting
the president to inform the senate ''un.
der what authority the proposed sale of
the Union Pacific railway has been
agreed on between the executive and
any ombination of purcha,ers.
The Grenada sentinel., 1897-05-15

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May l2.-David
Fitzgerald, noted town character,
known widely as Rock Island Dave"
died at the hospital here from injuries
inflicted ten days ago by Thomas
Hyland, who sent him to the ground
with a terrific right-hander on the
head. Hyland will be held for murder
The Grenada sentinel., 1897-05-15
ON HIS OWN CONFESSION.

Death Preferable to Carrying the Secret
of u Murder.
NAPANEE. Ont. May IA short time
ago John +. Troy, a convict in King
ston penitentiary, confessed to shoot
ing Angus Mcleod at Napanee. in Sep
tember, 1872. Tuesday Troy was
placed on trial. lie said he
had entered McLeod's house to
rob it, but without any inten-
ton of murder. Mcleod caught him in
the act and he shot him dead. He bore
the secret as long as he could, but it
tormcnted him in his ontinemcnt un-
til death seemed preferable. Tn his
own confession Troy was found guilty.
The Grenada sentinel., 1897-05-15
THE TOWN. OF HAY.

TIE town Of Hay II far away.
The town Of Hay II far.
between its hills Of green and gray
Its winding meadows are.
Within the quiet town Of Hay
Is many . quiet glen.
And there by many shaded way
Are homes Of quiet men:
Ana there are many eyes alway
That turn with longing night and day,
Back to tAs town OF Hay.
within that good old town Of Hay
There was no pride of birth,
And no man there pursued his way
A stranger in the earth
And none were high and none were low
OF golden hair or gray.
And each would grieve at others woe
Down In the town Of Hay.
And many tired soul to-day,
Mid crowded thousands far away,
Weeps for the town Of Hay.
A road leads from the town of Hay
Forth to a world Of din.
And winds and wanders far away,
And many walked therein.
For In the crowds Of toll and stresS
Their restless footsteps stray,
Their souls have lost the quietness
OF that old town Of Hay.
But In some respite Of the fray,
In transient dreams they float away
Back to the town of Hay.
Old men are In that town OF Hay
Amid its quiet trees.
Who dream Of strong sons far away
Upon the stormy seas.
Old mothers, when the twilight dew
The woodbine leaves have pearled
Dream Of their boys who wander through
The wideness Of the world.
And tears fall In the twilight gray.
And prayers go up at close Of day
In that old town Of Hay.
A hillside In the town Of Hay
Is slanting toward the sun,
And gathered meath its headstones gray
Are slaepers one by one.
And there are tears In distant lands
And grief too deep for tears,
And farewells waved from phantom hands
Across the gulf Of years.
And when they place that headston<
gray
1t crushes hearts so far away
From that old town Of Hay.
Sam Walter Foss, in N. Y. Sun,
The Grenada sentinel., 1897-05-15
A Battle In Bechuanaland.

LONDON. May IA special dispatch
from Cape Town announces that seri-
Gus engagement has taken place in
Bechuanaland. Chief Toto has been
captured and volunteers have been
killed,
The Grenada sentinel., 1897-05-15
The Florida SenAt0rship.

TALLAHAssE, Fla, May 1a.--Col. Chip
lev gained four votes in the ballot for
United States senator, the result being:
Chipley, 40; Stockton, *6; Raney. 10;
Hooker, 5; scattering, s. The indica-
tions urc that Raney will soon retire
The Grenada sentinel., 1897-05-15
INTERESTING DISCOVERY
Plant Growth May be Accelerated by the
Use Of Ether or ChlOroform.

Use Of Ether or ChlOroform.
WASHINGTON. May 1l.-Un nited States
Consul Kirk at Copenhagen has made =
report to the department Of state Civ
ing description Of an interesting dis
covery in the physiology Of plants
made by Johansen, of Copenhagen.
The discovery is that plants are
SUSCEPTIBLE to the influence of ether or
chloroform. but in their case the effect
Is to awaken them instead Of putting
them to sleep. Also that the plants
are made to grow with great rapidlty in
or out of season, fact of the greatest
Importance to gardeners and florists.
The Grenada sentinel., 1897-05-15
Indeterminate Sentence Law COnstitu-
tiOnal.

SPRINGFIELD, H.. May l2.-The state
supreme court has handed down a d..
ci,ion declaring the indeterminate SEN
teuce law to be constitutional.
The Grenada sentinel., 1897-05-15

LoSDoN. May l2.-Sir Donald Smith,
the Canadian high commissioner, in an
interview, said he was hopeful that the
fast steamships between Canada and
Great Britain would be running within
two wears
The Grenada sentinel., 1897-05-15
A DUST BLIZZARD.
DY. PHILIP v. MIGHELS,
Copyright. 1871

[copy wright. 1871
As white aS marble and as fiat as the
top Of table, the great Round-rock
desert stretched away from the edge
of the thick-growing sagebrush Of Bar.
rem valley to the grayish mountains
east and north. It was soft as carpet
and as dreadful as pQison-for the
whits was thsl. 2 slkali. and it rose
in dast at the| fall OF a foot: Ten
miles in width and 10 in length. this
wretched spot lay naked of even the
slightest sign Of vegetation.
A road that cdryed its narrow way
through the sagebrush skirted the des-
ert on the west. BY the side Of this
stood cabin, back of which were
fenced Enclosures, traversed by an irri-
eating ditch that wound its way out Of
a distant mountain ravine. At the
front Of the cabin stood a watering
trough, but both this aud the irrigating
ditch were dry and dusty. A singular
place for cabin and ranch--but Na-
ture oontrives peculiar conditions in
Nevada, one of which Is the close asso-
citation OF deep, rich soil with desolate
alkaline wastes.
As the evening of certain day in
early winter descended, q man came
slowly down the field to the cabin
Throwing aside his hat, he slowly pre-
pared q meal. set the clumsy table for
two, and waited. From time to time
he went to the window and searched
the dimming foothills with anxious
eyes.
The darkness came down. the hours
went by, the dinner grew cold. When
nine o'clock had come he went without,
to raise long, far-reaching call. Away
of sounded an answering whoop. Fiji
teen minutes later appeared bright
faced boy, built in the mold Of IN In
dian, as spry Of foot as panther and
as stout as q sapling oak. The light,
as 1t fell on his face when the man had
opened the door, revealed marked re-
semblance between the two, as indeed
there should have been, for the pair
were brothers.
"Well. Leo. lad" said the elder. II
began to think YOU we're out for the
nieht in the Rio Fiat timber"
ITO tell the truth. 7 nearly was" !" the
bow replied. az he drew his chair to the
4able "r d;dr,t kno,v how late u wn.
and the darkness. caught me inst "A I
left the summitp
"How'd va. fip> YOUR wav? You
couldn't 20 by the stsrs on such night
a. this?"
"No. that. whv came 90 near n
being lost. for Of course I couldn't .ee
ANYTHING when once 7 cot In the trees.5
Dut ther. i. AWAY. a wind comes mn
%hro,oh the dead Pear gorge that one
"a, .m.l,--rather !. cold .ort ~ a smell {"
"you d,drr y wall oloro ~. .doe ~ ~,
roro. >" svcio,md nj, hrother
"Sh M. rm not ~ foolish 7 mat ont
nv h.o,,n.. .vsrv tim. 7 ,mslt tb.t
.oidsr a.. ana f,'r.hsr do,vn 7 co,,,d
ANAL ths ,amnracL.Nthsra,, univ one
The Grenada sentinel., 1897-05-15
hONDURAN STORIES.
Tho State Department Knows Nothing
About Them.

WASHINGTON. May 1a.-The state de-
partment has received no information
whatever regarding the reported kill
ing of Mr. Alger, the United states
consul at Puerto Cortez Hon.
duras, during fight between the
government forces and the revolution
lists, nor of the alleged insult to the
American flag by the Nicaraguan
steam tug Lucy B. In the absence OF
official information the department is
disposed to discrcdit the reports.
The Grenada sentinel., 1897-05-15
He Needn't Have Worried.

"Esmeralda," he said, hoarsely, II am
waiting for your answer"
"Oh, forgive me, Tom. I was think.
ing
what were you thinking OFF," ..
II was thinking how would have my
wedding dress made, dear."-odds and
EndA 3
The Grenada sentinel., 1897-05-15

WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE cabinet
meeting lasted an hour aud half. but
the announcement was made at the
conclusion that nothing Of Importance
had been considered.
The Grenada sentinel., 1897-05-15
Calhoun Arrives ut Havana.

HAVANA, May ls.--Wm. J. Calhoun,
the special commissioner appointed by
President Mckinley to investigate the
death Of DR.. Ricardo Ruiz, has arrived.
The Grenada sentinel., 1897-05-15

WAsHINGToN. May l!.-The statement
Of the condition of the treasury shows:
Available cash balance. seq, sos. .G2l;
gold reserve, $l47, ,995.Osl
The Grenada sentinel., 1897-05-15
Hum phrey Bills Killed.
general.

SPRISGFIELD, H., May la.-The enact
ing clause was stricken out of the
Humphrey bills. No. s5s, by a vote Of
l25 yeas to 80 nays.
The Grenada sentinel., 1897-05-15
Nominated MajOr-Generxl.

WAsHIsGToN, May l..-The president
sent to the senate the name of Brig
Gen. James W. Forsyth to be major
general.
The Grenada sentinel., 1897-05-15
Submits to Arbitration.

MADRID. May la.-peru and Bolivia
have submitted their territorial dis
pute to the arbitration of Spain.
The Grenada sentinel., 1897-05-15
Planning MIL Burned.

USIoNTowN, Pa. May ls.-Laughead
g. Madesettes' planning mill burned.
Loss, S., 200; insurance. SIS, 200.
The Grenada sentinel., 1897-05-15

WAsHINGToN, May l2.-The president
has practically decided to decline all
the invitations extended to him to at
tend Decoration day exercises. May 81.
The Grenada sentinel., 1897-05-15
Col. II. L. Rector Dead.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. May l?.-Col. II. C.
Rector. commercial agent of the Cotton
Belt railroad, died at his home in this
city this morning, aged 81
The Grenada sentinel., 1897-05-15
SHERMAN - sEvENTY-foUR.
Birthday Anniversary at the Secretary Of
Stnte'a Horns.

WASHINGTON. May ll.-JOhn Sher-
man, the secretary of state. celebrated
his seventy-fourth birthday anniver-
sary Monday night. The white marble
mansion which faces Franklin square
was ablaze with lights and filed with
the perfume of choice flowers.
The Grenada sentinel., 1897-05-15
Financial.

New YORK, May I. Money on call nominu,ly
at l'41lia per cent. Prime mercantile paper
}StGi per cent Sterling exchange easier, with
actual business in bankers bills at 4s7l4 Gtls:l,
Tor demand, and 1885, q ls6ia for 60 days Posted
rates, 4s'Gl4s7Is and lSs0 $50. Commercial
bills iS51e. Silver certificates 6oHasl, Bar sill
yer. CO.,. Mexican dollars 4;).. Government
bonds firm.
The Grenada sentinel., 1897-05-15

ST. Louls-Cattle-Fancy export IS Ob1s IS:
fair 20 choice, 1.3a14 50: butchers s.5pal As
cows and heiters s:.50G4oo HoS>-Packiny
s25sG315: butchers hogs - 7Jt3 80; lights
kS63Nas0 Sheep-Price' range at s32aLiG5.
sp,ns lambs. A5O3,oJ par 100 lbs
The Grenada sentinel., 1897-05-15
HORSES.

o-Hogs-Estimated receipts to-day.
$1,000 head: left over 600 head Market ac-
tive. weak to SC lower. Light ~ : t3 81; mixed,
u. 'Sls3 sss; heavy s3aOifa29 %: rough 34,a
800 Cattle-Receipts. 1900 head; market
steady to firm. Beeves, &.N6aG; cows and
heifers, Il so1i.+0; Texas steers, 49, lsls4 4O
stockers and feeders. a. 4at4,5O Sheep--Re-
ceipts llOOO head. Sheep and lamb market
strong to l0c higher. Native sheep saN94S;
westerns, S.5OG415; lambs. -. 75I545
KANSAS CITY-Catt!e- steers, s3 isA
400; Texas cows, 8. S5its 80: native steers. ss6s
95O; native cows and heiiers saOOI40O;
stockers and feeders ?: O0l1475; bulls 3 Oo1aS5
HoGs-Bulk OF sales at &,60G267l,: hcavies
8 85o33eTH; packers. S3sOl3.65: mixed rs A..
I3;0; lights, s3 5Sft3 10; yorkers, s36s7a1O:
pigs, ss75a36o Sheep Lambs, s3.5OI6OO;
muttons. r.. 2Jl4O
Observation-Disclosures at ED13q0
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-15
FOR THE GOLDEN GRAIN.
Harvest Home Praise Service at ST.
lanes, Church.

A Harvest Home Festival" service
was held in St. James Episcopal
church last evening. The modest little
church edifice at the corner of DeSoto
and Lawson streets was well filed with
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-15
GOV. CLoUGH AT HOME.
n Lot of Minneapolis
Lawyers Yesterday.

For a large part of yesterday, Gov.
Clough's reception room at the state
house looked like the approach to a
Republican convention in Hennepin
county. 1t was scene similar to the
congregating of flock of crows
around a sickly looking lamb in a pas
ture. 1t is pretty generally understood
in Minneapolis that at least one, and
possibly three of the judges in the
fourth judicial district may resign. 1t
is conceded that Judge Russell will
hang out his shingle as a private at
torney shortly, and the expectation is
that Judge Jamison will have space
left on the same shingle for his name
to be added later-if indeed he does
not make a hustle to have the letters
NJ G. put after his name and the syn-.
bol DENNIS after that of Hon. Loren
Fletcher They do say, too, that Judge
Simpson, although young and ambit-
ious, is finding the duties of the bench
too confining for his physical well be-
ing and his resignation is considered
a not very remote possibility.
So the Minneapolis lawyers are how
ering about the governors office like a
lot Of vultures. AS yet, as matter of
fact, Gov. Clough has no more judge
ships to give away over there than he
has foreign consulates, but the disciple
of Blackstone is not blind to the truth
of the old saying about the early bird
and his matutinal repast a la reptile.
So he gets on the ground early. Henry
J. Gjertsen, who has been a candidate
for the bench ever since the fourth ju-
dicial district was raised to a six star
galaxy, has friends urging him for the
place. Judge Andreas Holt, who now
dispenses justice in the ten, twenty or
thirty continuous performance branch,
sometimes known as the police court,
is also mentioned for elevation, he and
Gjertsen alike having a Scandinavian
ancestry which might be Of advantage
to them. John H. Steele, formerly judge
of probate, would also like to swing in
on the district bench. He would be a
sop to the silverites. E. ]. Mcmahon,
who has been roofing for the
party for long time without
apparent reward, also has some
backing There are at least
dozen Republican lawyers over there
avowedly after it. But Judge Johnson,
while the novice of the bench, so to
speak, is not backward about coming
forward with the intimation to- the
governor that perhaps it would be
polite to appoint Democrat. You see
Judge Johnson was just thrown in to
fill an unexpired term, and he feels
that it might be handy to come before
the people next fall with a strong play
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-15
Mrs. ScOtt's VIII.

The will of the late Mrs. L. N. Scott was
filed in the probate court yesterday. The
tntire estate of the deceased, estimated at
S11 600. is devised to the husband of the
testatrix, L. n. Scott, with the exception of
two bequests of $500 each to Milton and Ell
wood Murphy. the brothers of Mrs. Scott,
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-15


for a non-partisan, judiciary. So that
brings into the contest the friends of
f. c. Brooks, who have been pushing
him whenever opportunity has offered
for number Of years, although with
out any tangible success. 1t is also
suggested that the governor might do
well to appoint ex-Judge Pond, who
was one of the Democrats who broke
into the Hennepin bench the only time
it has been invaded by Democrats in
recent years. Of his colleague at that
time both have done well, Judge Smith
being still on the bench and Judge
Canty promoted TO tie supreme court.
The Republicans however. are in
clined to the belief that there are Re-
publicans enough in. the county to sat
isfactorily try all disputes arising in
that bailiwick, and they do not take
kindly to the Johffsonian idea of nom
partisan judiciary, Which they inti-
mate, is more high sounding than ,ex-
Dedient
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-15
NEW sELBY ORDINANCE.
Street Railway VIII Submit One
Next Tuesday.

The resolutions directing the street
railway company to pave Third and
Fourth streets with asphalt were quick
ly. disposed of at the meeting of the
committee on streets from the board
of aldermen yesterday Supt Smith
handed in letter from Vice President
Goodrich, of. the street railway com
pany, under date of Oct, i, which read
as follows: - -'' 80,
Our company Will submit an ordi-
nance Tuesday, Oct, 10, with such pro-
visions as will enable us to change the
Selby avenue cable line to an electric
line.",u5 tHz
After the communication, which WAS
directed to the chairman of the COM
mittee, had been read, the paving res
olutions were referred back to the
council without recommendations. The
members of the committee inclining
to the opinion that it would be well
to hear the propositions to be made
by the company before taking any fur
ther action. The letter from President
Lowry declining to accept the ordi-
nance was ordered filed.
The pay roll of the street commits
SionerS for September, from which the
name of J. G. Kjeilberg had been
stricken by the board of public works,
was laid over. The committee was in
formed that resolution would be in
troduced at the meeting Tuesday night
providing. for the payment of all the
commissioners. An adverse report was
recommended on the resolution of Aid
BigeloW directing. the city engineer TO
tear out the wooden block pavement
on Eagle street. 1t was suggested that
the pavement could be repaired by
having the bad sports filled with Gin
ders the same as had been done on
Chestnut street. at small expense.