The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-10-28

The American Llnseed company
has secured corner ON the world 8
supply Of faXseed.
by calling out the reserve Great
Britain has an army of 1872, 1913 to
send against the Beers.
Railroads throughout the south
report they have all the business
they are able to handle.
A consolidation of the principal
bodybuilding firms of the United
States has been effected.
Admiral Schley will accept the
home proposed to be erected in Wash
ington by public subscription.
The mayor of st. Louis refused
to grant Mormon elders permission
to preach on the public streets.
Mrs. J. II. Gambrell and her
four children were cremated in their
burning home near Canton, Miss.
The total revenue Of the Pullman
Car Company for the fiscal year end
ing September 3Oth was l,4;2, 929.
Robbers broke into the bank at
Schell City, Mo-, gagged and bound
the Waterman, and secured $4,000
from the vault.
The Abercombie relief expedition
has reported to the war department
the discovery of an all-American
route to the Kloudike.
John Degaruett, of Centralia, Mo-,
shot and killed Miss Eliza Peraph
and then killed himself. The trag-
edy resulted from a love affair.
Frank Galbreath and Luke John
son. both colored, fought duel with
shot-guns on farm near Paris, Mo.
Both were riddled with buckShot.
Several hundred Confederate vet
Grams participated in the demonstra-
tionat Leavenworth welcoming home
from the Philippines the volunteers
from Kansas.
The Columbia defeated the Sham
rock three straignts in the inter
national yacht race, end the OLD
silver trophy will remain on this
side of the water.
Surgeon General Wyman, Of the
marine hospital corps, has received
a report to the effect that there are
l, 800 cases of smallpox in Preside
county, Texas. The pest has be-
come epidemic all along the Mexican
border.
James Bish, a young business man
of Fort Scott, Kas., shot his aft
ance, Miss Clara Stainbrook, and
then fired bullet through his brain,
The girl was only slightly injured,
and at Bish's funeral made an un
successful attempt to cut her throat
with a razor.
4 decision Of importance in bank
ruptcy cases has been handed down
by Judge jenkins in the United
States court of appeals. The court
rules that a judgment secured against
an insolyent person within fom
months preceding the filing Of bank
ruptcy proceedings is void.
The officials of the ordnance
bureau of the war department have
made the discovery that the large
supply of smokeless powder now on
hand is worthless. Through some
chemical process its explosive power
has been increased to such an extent
as to make it too dangerous to han
die.
Capt. W. J. Herring, of the
United States revenue cutter Cor
win, arrived at Seattle from St
Michaels and reports that over 5000
persons will be compelled to winter
at Cape Nome, owing to the lack
of transportation facilities. Capt.
Herring anticipates great distress in
the above camp this winter on &C.
count of scarcity of coal.
Joe Lefore, a negro murderer,
was put to death in horrible man
ner by mob near Canton, Miss.
Lefore confessed that he and three
other negroes went to the home of
J. II. Gambrill 20 miles from Can
ton, tied Gambrill's wife and four
children together, piled bedding on
them and after robbing the house
saturated the premises with coal oil
and cremated the family. LAHORE
was slowly burned to death at the
stake. Those implicated by LAHORE
will be put to death if they fall into
the hands of mob of several hun
bred men securing the woods in
search of them.
Count CastelIane. better known
in this country as the husband of
Anna Could, has organized a body
of young Frenchmen and rendered
their services to the Beers.
France and China are about to
rn+ into war over a disnutp ahOut th1