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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17
CLAIM FOR LONGEVITY PAY.
II Found to be Valid, VIII Make the
Naval PersOnnel Bill n Cost
ly Enactment.

Washington, Nov. 13.-Alfred Lee
Royce, chaplain in the navy, has
brought action in the court of claims,
based upon construction of the
naval personnel bill, for $500 back
pay, which, if decided in his favor,
would result in the payment of
considerable back pay to all Of
ficcrs and warrant officers of
the navy appointed from civil life.
The action is based upon the clause
in the personnel act providing that
"all officers, including warrant Off.
GERS, who have been or may be ap-
pointed from civil life, shall, on the
date of their appointment, be credited
for computing their pay with five
years service"
A chaplain in the navy ranks as
lieutenant. His longevity pay as well
as that of all officers does not begin
until the end of five years service. In
| the case of Royce, who was appointed
in 1881, it would amount to $500 per
year for five years. If his claim is
good all other officers, surgeons, pay
masters as well as warrant officers
have claim for longevity pay from
the date of their entrance into tho
service. Comptroller OF the Treasury
Tracewell has given an opinion
against the validity of Royce's claim
contending that the intent of the Law
was only to give the allowance to OH
GERS who have not been in the serv
ice long enough to begin to receive
longevity pay.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17
COVERED WITH CORPSES.
A Carnival of Human Slaughter, on
Amur River, Told Of by
Belgian.
UNTOLD THOUSANDS WERE SACRIFICED
Nayigation of the River All But Inn
possible. Owing to It's Being Lit
orally ChOked with Surging
Masses Of Tangled and Manglcd
Chinese COrpses.

London, Nov. 14.-The Globe pub
fishes letter from a Belgian who
has been travelling to Pekin via the
Trans-Siberian railroad. He de-
scribes, under date of September 6,
what he saw in the Amur river. His
account surpasses in horror those pre-
viously published.
1.-The scenes / have witnessed dur.
ing the three days since the steamer
left Blagovetchensk," he says, ARE
horrible beyond the powers of de-
scription. 1t is the closing tableau OF
a fearful human tragedy. Two thou
sand were deliberately drowned at
Morxo. 1000 at Rabe, and 5000 around
Blagovetchensk, a total of l2,00t
corpses encumbcring the river. Navi
CATION was all but impossible. Last
week a boat had to plow her way
through n tangled and mangled mass
of corpses lashed together by theil
long hair The banks were literally
covered with corpses. In the curvei
of the stream were dark, putrid, nau
seating masses of human flesh anC
bone, surging and swaying in the
steamers wake. The captain vainl,
ordered full speed ahead. The sigh
and smell will be ever with us.
From Blagovetchensk to Aigun. 4
kilometers. numerous villages studde,
the bank, with a thriving. industriou
| population of over 100000. That o
| Aigun was 10000. No one will eve
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17
EUGENE DOHERTY'S HEIRS.
They Want nm Accounting From the
Portland Gold Mining Co. of
Doherty's Interest.

Denver, Col, Nov. 14.-A suit for
81, 100000 against the Portland uold
Mining Co. has been brought in the
United States district court by the
heirs of Eugene Doherty, one of the
original patentees of the Black Dia-
mond mine, which was acquired by
purchase, in 1895, by the Portland.
In 1896 Doherty was killed in a shaft
OF the Black Diamond mine, and the
suit is brought by his heirs TO re-
cover the amount alleged to be due
his estate. There are eight heirs, all
of whom live in Ireland. The com
plant alleges that no account was
ever made by the Portland company
tc Doherty for his interest in the
Black Diamond
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17
BANKER MILLIKIN's GIFT.


Decatur, H., Nov. 13.-It is public.
" announced that Hon. James Mill.
kin, the Decatur banker and philan.
thropist, had added $4,000 to his gift
to the proposed industrial school to
be established in Decatur. He had
previously given .$316.oo0. Citizens
gave 100000 and the Cumberland
Presbyterian churches of Illinois, In
diana and Iowa will give 100000. II
is expected that other wealthy Deca'
tur people will richly endow the insti'
tuition.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17
CAPT. JOHN D. HART DEAD.
He Was Owner of the Two Famous
Cuban Filibustering steamers
Bermuda and Lauradn.

Philadelphia, Nov. 14.-Capt. John
y. Hart, of Cuban filibustering fame,
died of apoplexy aged Al, During the
year 1896 two of Capt. Hart's vessels,
the Bermuda and the Laurada, made
frequent trips to Cuba with arms and
ammunition for the Cubans. Capt.
Hart was convicted in December, 1896,
of participating in filibustering ex-
pedition and was sentenced to two
years Imprisonment. In February,
1898, the sentence was put into exc
cution and in June of the same year
Capt. Hart was pardoned by President
Mckinley.
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JOINT NOTE 0 POWERS
Terms Agreed Upon to Form Basis
of Peace Negotiations With
the Chinese.
BITTER PILL AND HARD TO SWALLOW.
The Chinese VIII Find Out. Before
They Have Got Through with
Their Lesson. that the "FOreign
Devils" are Not to be Monkeyed
With.

Berlin. Nov. IA semi-official dis
patch from Pekin, dated November IL,
gives the test of the joint note of the
powers to China. confirming the Lon
don Times dispatch. dated Pekin. No
vember II. Among the additional stip-
ulations. the note requires China to
erect expiatory monuments in every
foreign or international burial ground
where graves have been profaned.
The COnjoint Note.
The London Times dispatch re-
ferred to above is as follows;
pressed by the common desire for
speedy termination of present con-
ditions, the foreign ENJOYS have final
ly agreed to the following terms. to
be presented in IA conjoint note which,
subject to the approval of the govern
ments. will be pressed on China as
the basis of a preliminary treaty:
China shall erect a monument to
Baron Won Ketteler on the site where
he was murdered, and send an i'm
perial prince to Germany to convey
an apology.
"She shall infiict the death penalty
on II princes and officials alread.
named, and suspend provincial exam
| nations for five years where the out
RACES occurred.
"In future all officials failing to pre-
vent anti-foreign outrages witniI
| their jurisdiction shall be dismissed
| and punished. CThis is modifica
| ton of Mr.. Congers proposal.)
| Indemnity shall be paid to TIL
states, corporations and individuals.
1.-The tsung Ii yamen shall be abol
ished. and its functions vested i'll
foreign minister.
Rational intercourse shall be per
mitted with the emperor, as in civ
ilized countries.
THE forts at Take and other fort
on the coast of Chi Ii shall be razeC
ard the importation of arms and wa
material prohibited.
permanent legation guards shaI
be maintained. and also guards o
communication between Pekin an
the sea.
Imperial proclamations shall b
posted for two years throughout tn
empire, suppressing Boxers.
THE indemnity is to include CON
pensation for Chinese who suffere
through being employed by foreigr
ers, but not compensation for nativ
Christians. The words missionary an
Christians do not occur in the note.
Commenting on what it calls NJ
, Conger's excellent suggestion fc
the dismissal of officials permittin
anti-foriegn outrages," the Times r.
, marks that this is the only conside
able addition to the terms which ii
ministers propose to submit TO Chir
last month"
1t saws that american sense of Ju
tice and humanity is too strong an
American intelligence too keen TO
deluded by the pitiful Chinese appe
against the execution of the Pao lii
Fu officials"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17

Poplar Bluff, Mo-, Nov. 13.-F0ur
lives are known to have been lost,
three persons fatally injured and
seven badly hurt in the burning of the
Hotel Clifford, a large three-story
frame building, in this city.
The known Dead.
Hick Clark, Doniphan, Mo.
Rebecca Owens, Poplar Bluff.
Shelby Dehort, Poplar Bluff.
Curley Berry, Poplar Bluff.
Fatally Injured.
Eta Hargrove, Poplar Bluff.
Winslow Stowe, Tennessee.
Missing.
Eugene Dalton, Hot Springs, Ark.
Badly Injured.
T. A. Smith, Poplar Bluff; burned
about hands and face.
Barney Pernaud, De Soto, Mo-;
hands and face burned.
Charles Stardly, Poplar Bluff;
bruised and burned.
Mrs. Benjamin Shelby, Poplar Bluff;
back injured; bruised and burned.
Pink Berry, Poplar Bluff; severely
burned.
Elmer Freshour, Poplar Bluff; Sc.
verely burned.
James Upchurch, Poplar Bluff; Sc
verely burned.
Besides the names given an un
known woman is thought to be fatal.
ly injured and about dozen more
were slightly burned or received
bruises in trying to escape from the
building.
| Eugene Dalton, who is missing, MAJ
be in the ruins.
The fire originated about 1880 a
M, in the rear of the hotel and in .
few minutes the building, which wa
entirely of wood, was a mass o
flames.
There were in the neighborhood o
forty-five guests in the building, ant
the porter, the only person awake il
the hotel,was unable to give an alarm
the smoke and flames driving hin
back.
The fire department was on han
early, but they were unable to rende
any assistance to the inmates.
The guests on the second and thir
floors were caught like rats in n traI
the fire preventing their escape by tn
stairs and they leaped from the SEE
ond and third story windows.
One of these, Heck Clark, jumpe
and broke his back.
Eta Hargrave leaped from a thirt
story window and suffered broke
limbs and internal injuries, which wi
cause her death.
One guest, Benjamin Shelby, force
his wife to leap from a second-stoI
window and thereby saved her lif
but lost everything they possesse
Mr.. Shelby tried to escape by IL
stairway, but the smoke and fiam'
drove him back, and he, too, sprar
from window.
], He asserts that he saw ten or fl
, teen persons in the hallway overcon
by smoke. If this is the case, dozt
or more bodies may be found in Il
: ruins.
Many of the guests had hal
breadth escapes in their nightclothe
losing everything else. their ha
and eyebrows were singed by II
n flames.
: Numerous feats of heroism are T
. corded. AS yet, it is impossible to tt
a just how many lives were lost.
! Quite number of the guests we
:, not registered and their names a
q unknown. Every room in the heus
+. As in number, was occupied. Men a
q now at work on the ruins, but ii W
a probably be several days before t
"a complete list of deaths will be obtai
n able.
!. The Clifford house was one of t
a. Oldest hotels in southeast Missouri
- w. p. Norrid was the proprietor.
"a and his wife escaped, but lost ever
re thing.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17

-FOUR PERSONS P[R|SH[D.
Three Others Fatally Injured and
Seven Badly Hurt in Hotel
Fire at Poplar Bluff, Mo.
the CLIFFORD HOUSE WAS DESTROYED.

The Missing Guest lay he Dead in
the Ruins-An Unknown Woman
Believed to Have Been Fatally
Injured-There Were Many Hair.
breadth Escapes.
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HENRY Willard IS DEAD.
The Well Known Railroad Magnate
and Financier Has Passed
Away.
HIS REAL NAME WAS HEINRICH aILeARD.

He Changed 1t, However, to Facili-
tate His Departure From Europe
for the United states, Where He
Began His Career as a Newspaper
Reporter mt BelleviIle, III.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17
SOME ADDITIONAL POINTS.
One of Them Contemplates Making
Pelxin an Open Port.

Washington, Nov. 14.--In addition
to the points said to be agreed upon
at Pekin, as basis for settlement
with China, as announced in cable
dispatches. it is understood that sew
eral other points are likely to re-
ceive attention when the matter is
taken up with the Chinese ENJOYS.
One of these is as to making the city
of Pekin an open port" for while
it is not on the sea coast, the purpose
is to extend to it that freedom of
commerce and intercourse with for
eigners which now applies only to
those open ports designated by trent
les with China. The suggestion that
this action be taken has been made
in high Chinese quarters, and its adj
visa bility is urged because Pekin, as
the capital of the Chinese empire, is
| the center of influence throughout
the country.
| Another Suggested Reform.
| Another point which may be pro-
posed is that capital punishment, by
beheading or otherwise, shall not oc-
cur in future by imperial edict alone,
but only after a trial such as is Civ
en- in civilized countries, the accused
having an opportunity to be heard.
This does not apply to the executions
made necessary by the Boxer move
ment.
From the southern Viceroys.
Official dispatches have been re-
ceived here from the viceroys of the
southern provinces of China, who
thus far, have been more friendly to
foreigners, stating that they were
shocked by the execution of the act
ing viceroy of Chi Ii
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17
THE CAMPAIGN IN HAWAII.
The Steamship China Left Honolulu
on the Morning of November
s, Election Day.
REMARKABLE CAMPAIGN HAD CLOSED.
Republican. Democratic and Inde-
pendent Parties Had Held Mass
Meetings and TorchIight Process
sions. Amid Scenes of Excitement
and Enthusiasm.

Chicago. Nov. IA special to the
Record from Honolulu, November c.
(via San Francisco) Gays;
The steamship China leaves this
morning at daypreak, the first Ameri-
can election day in Hawaii. Last
night closed a remarkable campaign.
All three parties-the republican.
democratic and independent-held
mass meetings and torchlight pro
cessions Almost the whole popula-
tion of the city was out, either to
take part in the professions or to see
them.
Street Corner Scenes.
For week several corners of the
city had been the scenes of almost
continuous campaign meetings. Re-
publican, democratic and independ-
ent orators alternated with or fol
lowed one another. The crowds
sometimes cheered all speakers inn
partially,and once refused to listen tc
any. On this last occasion the speak
ers' stand was toppled over, but ma
tive Hawaiian speakers climbed tele-
phone poles and from this safe emf
rence kept up the flow OF speechmak-
| ing.
An order by President Dole.
Gov. Dole has directed that the
number of booths at each polling
place shall be increased to n sufficient
number to provide facilities for all
voters.
4 Severe storm.
One of the severest storms known
in this region for Is years swept this
part of the Pacific the latter part oi
last week. Vessels arriving from the
east and west report experiencing II
The schooner John &. North. at Ma
hukona, was swept away from it,
anchorage and at last reports had moi
returned.
Had "a Terrible Experience.
The steamer Waialele. which wa'
chartered by Prince David Kawanana
koa to take him on campaigning
tour around the island of Maui. had ;
terrible experience. 1t was caught il
gale off the coast of Maui, and fo
eight hours was unable to make mor'
than three knots headway against th'
wind, while the seas swept over il
decks.
Granted an EiGht-Hour Day.
The carpenters of Honolulu hav
: gained the eight-hour day, the con
tractors granting the unions de
mand.
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VOLUME XLVI.
%Pl[R king DEIHRON[D..
k.reus Daily, the Copper King Of
Montana, vanquishsd By
Relentless Death.
/ WAS 4 VICTIM OF sRIsHT's DISEASE

1875 He Had Been . Resident
:, Montana, and was ultimately
',..,,aed with the Mining Devel-
oument and Politics Of the Terri
tory and state.
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Gov. Dole has directed that the
number of booths at each polling
place shall be increased to sufficient
number to provide facilities for all
voters.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-17
Had "a Terrible Experience.
Granted an Eight-Hour Day

The carpenters of Honolulu have
gained the eight-hour day. the con
tractors granting the unions de-
mand.
Mesa free press., 1900-11-23
Price Of Admiralty

Washington, Nov. 9.-The annual re-
port of Paymaster-G General Kenney of
the navy deals in large figures. He
shows that last year he spent $10, 659,
600 on account of construction and
purchase of ships, 1898 900 for repairs
to ships, $11,715,000 to keep ships in
commission, including pay $1,5S9, 600
for the marine corps and $56,983 for
the naval militia.
The paymaster general says that the
naval storehouse at Cavite has proved
of great value as supply base and
the bureau intends to meet the de-
mands of the fleet for supplies without
purchasing on the station as far as
possible. The refrigerator ships have
been employed with the most satisfac-
tory results and have been veritable
boon to the men.
Mesa free press., 1900-11-23
SCORES ANOTHER VICTORY
A Terrible Disease Conquered by Dr..
Williams Pink Pills Doctors Efforts
Had Proved Unwilling and Cure was
DesDaired of.

OeSpdlfCO OF
From the Journal, Mount Pleasant, Io,ca
Another person released from the
terrible grasp of an agonizing disease,
another name added to the long list
of those who have received new life
by the use of DIR. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People.
For years a sufferer from the cruel
disease of st. Vitus' Dance, scarcely
able to move, the power Of speech al
most gone, and all efforts 10 cure Ter
proving in vain, Mrs. Minnie Fielder,
Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, thought her case
hopeless and she had sunk to the
blacklist depths of despair.
She turned as a last resort to DR..
Williams Pink Pills, and the wonders
worked by this remarkable medicine
are told in her own words:
81 was afflicted for years with st.
Vitus' Dance. The first symptoms OF
the disease began in 1889, when the
nerves began twitching in my left
hand. I consulted physicians OF this
city, but none of them ever did me a
particle of good. After had suffered
for two and one-half years, the disease
continuing to grow worse, | heard
VI LII. WlllldMo LIN AAA0 Az = go
People.
ct was in 1891 that was induced
to try them, and / was surprised at
my rapid improvement. | took only
two boxes, and was entirely cured. 1t
was hard to realize that I, who for
over two years was scarcely able to
walk, and who often found it almost
impossible to talk. should be restored
to perfect health and in full possession
of all of my powers by two boxes OF
this wonderful remedy.
81 am happy to state that my health
is still perfect and have never had
the slightest symptoms Of return OF
the disease, although it is eight years
since I was cured.
IT know of others who have been
likewise benefited and are as grateful
as myself.
MRS. MINNIE FIELDER"
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restore shattered nerves are contained
in a condensed form in DR.. Williams
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They build up the blood, and restore
the glow of health to pale and sallow
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strain, overwork or excuses of what
ever nature. DR.. Williams Pink Pills
are sold in boxes (never in loose bulk)
at so cents box or six boxes for $3.50
and may be had of all druggists, or
direct nv mail from DR. Williams Med
icine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
Mesa free press., 1900-11-23
HIS BIGGEST FIGHT.
The Veteran Called 1t the Battle of
the Conscript.


the Conscript.
At gathering of Confederate veterans
was man who was known to have been
gallant soldier and who had an unmis-
taxable bullet scar on the left side of his
forehead.
IN what battle did you get that
wound p
.sThe biggest fight was ever in"
What fight was it 2"
81 cali it the sattle of the conscript."
Battle of the conscript? What do you
nean?'
Well. it was toward the end of the
war, after the conscript act had been
passed, and ! was one of a detail to get
a certain man in Tennessee who had been
conscripted, but who had escaped. We
located him at his home. and we pro-
ceeded to advance on the house.
AS luck would have it. was ahead
and was the first man to enter the house.
My man was lying in bed. and walked
toward him and told him to get up.
HE did So. but as he arose he came
up with revolver. We clinched, and Of
all the fights / was ever in this beat ALL
We tussled and we tussled. | found
the conscript was the better man, and
my only hope was either in holding on or
some OF our. boys coming.
81 kept on wrestling. my chief aim be-
ing to hold down that hand with the re-
volver. The affair was getting monoto-
nous to me and | was about to quit be-
cause the conscript had ME beat, when
some of the boys rushed in. but not be-
fore the conscript wrenched his revolver
arm loose and let me have it, and l was
hoored
The bullet struck me glancingly on the
side of the head and after burrowing I'M
der the skin for couple of inches pass
ed out without injuring the SKULL"
what became of the conscript 2"
'Would you believe that that fellow
escaped from camp that night? And the
Confederacy lost, in my judgment. good
scrapper. "-I.ouisville Courier-Jonrnal.
Mesa free press., 1900-11-23
81 WIN" AND "ILosE."
Sporting Men Ignore Their lenses
and Seem Pleased.

and Seem Pleased.
"Have you ever noticed the satisfied
manner of gamblers while twisting
their lenses into the L win and / lose
common to the fraternity?' remarked
man who has fondness for investi-
eating the peculiarities of his fellows.
IL have thought of that for a long
tlme-ever since that form Of express
sion came into common use among
gamblers. Watch the first sport you
hear talking in that style and notice
ing his method of expression. The
tense he uses evidently carries him
back, and he enjoys again in the pres
ent the pleasures of the act when he
speaks of it. Even if he says he lose
it gives him qualification, according to
the philosophy of Charles Fox, who is
authority for the statement that the
greatest pleasure in the world, next to
winning money. is to lose it.
1.-THE ungrammatical fashion among
gamblers dates back about Is years.
1t seems impossible to conceive any
reason for the custom other than the
one / have mentioned. That form of
speech is still growing in popularity.
The so called sporting mem have ex-
tended the scope of the present tense to
all their verbs. 1t jars on me some
times, but even then | find consolation
in the knowledge that if the sports
did not affect that particular style of
speech 95 in 100ef them would do even
worse, and their present picturesque
defiance Of grammar is relief from
the possibilities of such expressions as
Il seem and I done. New York
Times.
Mesa free press., 1900-11-23

Hon. Myron H. McCord, ex- Governor
of New Mexico, in letter to DR.. Hart
man. from Washington, D. c., says:
Dear Sir: At the suggestion of a
friend was advised to use Peruna for
catarrh, and after using one bottle
began to feel better, in every way. 1t
helped me in many respects. / was
troubled with colds, coughs, sore
throat, etc., but as soon as had taken
your medicine began to improve and
soon got well. I take pleasure in rec
ommending your great remedy to all
who are afflicted with catarrh.-M. Fl.
McCord.
Thousands of cases of chronic ca
tarrh have been cured by Peruna dur
ing the past winter There are no
successful substitutes for this remedy.
Send to DR.. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio,
for free catarrh book.