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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-06-23
REGARDED AS CHEERING.
A General Frightening of the Situa-
tion P~resaged.

London, June 20, 2:10 p. m.-The
news from Shanghai is regarded In Of
fetal circles as distinctly cheering.
After the grim reports current, the
dispatch announcing the arrival at Pc
kin of the relief expedition command
ed by Admiral Seymour and the safety
of the legations, which, later, was con
firmed by a dispatch from Shanghai,
published in the second edition of the
London Times, announcing, on the au-
thority of the ta-o-tai, Sheng, that Sey-
mour's force arrived at the Chinese
capital June II, presages, il is hoped,
a general Frightening of the situation
No details have yet been received of
the casualties or VI the condition of
affairs at Pekin, but well-informed
people express the opinion hat the
summoning of Ii Hung Chang to the
capital f~orseshadows the early submis-
sion of the dowager empress to the
dictates of the powers.
Word From Re0r-Admiral Bruce.
The British admiralty has received a
cablegram from Rear-Admiral Bruce,
dated Taku, June IS, via Che Foo, June
20. After a mere mention of the cap,
ture of the forts at Taku Admiral
Bruce adds: 1.-The Chinese admiral
was present with the allied fleet, his
flag flying from a cruiser. At a meet.
ing June II, he agreed to anchor with
the fleet, putting u his fires.
No News From Seymour.
mo news from the commander-in.
chief, and the advance guard. A heavy
fire was heard at Tien Tsin the night
Of June IT,"
In conclusion Admiral Bruse SAYS:
Three thousand Russian troops
commanded by a major general, are
here. My communications with the al
lied authorities are most harmonious
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-06-23

Havana, June 20.-An official state
ment, issued Tuesday, says: 1.-The ex-
animation by expert accountants of
the t~reasurer's Office from the date of
its inception last year has been com
pleted, and the office is found to be in
excellent condition. The statements
that have been made of extravagance
and large salaries in Cuba are absolute
ly without foundation. In fact, the
highest salaries paid in the island are
paid to Cubans. The reported extrava-
gance is absolutely false"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-06-23
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED,

The sheriff's posse at ST. Louis NAV
be mustered out Saturday.
A ST. Louis posseman shot AT n r,n
ON driver who shouted ''scab' If .
Trensit a crew, and nit Miss Winnie
Alter, aged 10, in the left leg.
Two Transit company cars were
dynamited at st. Louis, Tuesday night
in II case injuring the motorman
wrccking the car and SCATTERING win.
dows in the vicinity.
The census enumeration shows ,b,.
Quincy ILL.,. has Il population OF 36.6sO
The full-blood Cherokees refuse IN
be enumerated. The census officials
are having a hard time with them.
Five hundred Tammany braves will
attend the Kansas City convention.
They will charter two special trains.
President Halves of the St. Louis No.
lice board has issued orders to the
captcirs to have all lawlessness
stopped in their districts.
William H. Linn, aged - years. the
wealthiest merchant in Decatur, Ill.
died Tuesday.
james Thompson. aged Sc years, died
at his home in bingham, Ill.,, Tues.
day, of old age. He was a veteran OF
the civil a
Rear-Admiral Schley telegraphs
fro m Montcvideo, Uruguay, that bis
squadron has been released from quar-
antinc at that point.
The democrats convention of the
Thirteenth Illinois district nominated
John Eddy, of Bloomington, for con-
gress.
Trustees of the University of Ten
nessee have decided to erect, at a cost
of $25, 900, a building for women.
The second trainload of corn donat-
ed by Kansans to the starving of India
started Wednesday morning. The
ing 1000 bushels Of corn.
The president has appointed Gen.
Lloyd Wheaton, colonel of the Tween.
tieth regiment of infantry and briga.
der general of volunteers, TO be major
| general of volunteers.
Two men were killed, five seriously
injured and ten slightly injured in a
wreck on the Gr%eensburg branch Of
the Louisville g. Nashville railroad at
Calvary, Ky.
The German kaiser has ordered all
the naval battalions to be modified
and these will sail under the command
of Maj.-Gen. Won Hoepfner, on board
the armoured cruiser Fuerst Bismarck.
for China.
Green b. Mays, a lawyer and promi-
nent politician, committed suicide with
a pistol in Lee county, Tex, No cause
is assigned.
DR.. l.. T. Ferris, a prominent prac-
ticing physicians of Fountain Green,
ILL.,, is dead. aged 81. With his wife he
celebrated his golden wedding May 90.
Clearance Mayer, who was recently
extradited from the United States,
charged with forgery, has been con-
victed at Havana, Cuba, and sentenced
to eight years imprisonment.
The adjoining plants of the Carroll
Porter Boiler & Tank Co. and the
James Rees & Sons Co. engine builders.
at Pittsburgh, Pa, were destroyed by
fire Tuesday night; loss, $4,000.
Frank Helm, aged IS, tried to fright
en- some boys at Coal Bluff, Ind, by
pushing the butt of his gun through a
bridge under which they were playing
The gun was discharged, and Helm
was instantly killed.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-06-23
TO THE ARTILLERY SCHOOL.
Two batteries Leave San Francisco
for Fort Monroe to Attend
the ARTILLERY school.

San Francisco, June 20.-Battery NJ
Third artillery, and Battery NJ, sixth
artillery, have left this city for Fort
Monroe, Va, on a tour OF duty at the
artillery school of instruction. They
tok with them, in custcdy, as far as
Kansas City, Peter C. Deming, former
captain and assistant commissary OF
subsistence, U. S. ", who goes as prs
os er to ~ a sentence of three years
He was tried by court-martial at the
Preside, last March, and found guilty
of having embezzled funds of the gov
eminent.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-06-23

In a brief article in the Century
magazine attention is called to the
importance Of suitable weather in
novels. The writer states that the
author of inexperience introduces
weather simply as a bit of pleasant
padding, while with those with whom
writing is a great ant the weather
plays as important part as it does in
the conversation Of a bashful man.
This is true, and readers are not slow
to appreciate weather effects in lit
%erature. What would a mad Lear be
without the background of a storm?
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-06-23

According to German statisticians
there are nine cities with more than
are: Berlin, 1,650,000; Vienna, 1,416.,
900; Hamburg, 626,ooO; New York
$4,000; Amsterdam, $4,000; Brussels
45s,0OO; Munich, All 900; Chicago,
407, 900; Leipzig, 400, Forty-fou1
others have over 100000, including in
the United States, Philadelphia, St
Louis, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, Buffalo
Cleveland and Baltimore.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-06-23
A writer in School and Home an

A writer in School and Home an
swers the query "why our leaders
largely come from rural life" He
d;smisses the reason usually given by
declaring that it is because most OF
the people live in the country. 1t Is
asserted that IS per cent. of the lead
-rs Of public life were brought up in
the country, a fact which, he declares
IS not remarkable when it is remem,
be:ed that in the days when these
leaders were boys at four different
periods the proportion of those liv
ing in the country was "a, 80, So aud
"a per cent, respectively.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-06-23

All that is done on the lakes in the
way of navigation is interesting along
the Mississippi, because the great
river some day will connect the lakes
with the sea as a deep channel. A
new type of ship, suited to both salt
and fresh water, is under coustruc-
ton on the lakes, and intended to
take cargoes from any lake point to
foreign ports. Each will load 2,50c
tons and cost S150,000.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-06-23

The outbreak in the San Juan peni.
Tertiary of 500 inmates Who mutinied
because they said their breakfast was
not fit to eat is proof that the man
agement of the institution does not
understand modern ideas of pencil.
ogy. There is not a prison in the
United States where some effort i.
not made to give the prisoners salts
factory food. The question of food
has been responsible for more trouble
at the prisons than anything else
The day of bread and water diet anc
of food not fit for animals has gone
out of fashion.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-06-23

Chicago, June 2o.-A special to the
Chronicle from Norfolk, Va, says. A
party of marines from the Norfolk
navy yard will be sem to China at
once Twenty-eight privates command
ed by two sergeants and two corpo-
ais, have received orders to proceed
Immediately to the Washington BAR
Iacks, there to join the Fourth bat
talon of marines. which is under or
ders to proceed to San Francisco over
land, to embark thence to China.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-06-23

Edwin H. Conger, United States
minister to China, at the time of the
civil war enlisted as a private in the
102d Illinois volunteer infantry. He
served with this regiment until the
close of the war, rising to the rank of
captain and receiving from the presi-
dent the brevet of major "for gal
liant and m%eritorious conduct in the
field"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-06-23

In giving $4,000 for his new English
bulldog Richard Croker has paid the
highest price on record for a dog of
that breed. Rodney Stone, the ami
NAL in question, is a wonderfully
fine specimen Of the most useless Of
all dogs.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-06-23

Washington, June 2o.-Secre,.r,..
hay and Root, Assistant Secretar;os
Meikeljohn and Hackett and Adm;rs,
Crowrinsbield held a long copferenoa
with the president. On leaving ,to
White House they stated that notbine
had been heard from Pekin. and tho.
inc conference was on the subject Of
now communication with Minister
Conger could be availed at the earlies,
possible moment. They declined. how
ever, to say what conclusion had hoo,
reached or to discuss the mattor
further. There is nc doubt that tho =,
ficials here regard the Chinese sitno.
ton as very critical, and that mor.
vigorous measures than any hitherto
contemplated r under consider.
ton.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-06-23
THE COMMANDMENT AT rAKU.
Was Under the Immediate Of the
Russian Captain, DubrowoIski,

St. Petersburg, June 21.-vice-Ad-
miral Alexjeff, from Port Arthur re-
porting the capture of the Taku forts,
says the bombarding feet was COM
msndcd by the Russian captain,
Dubrowolski as senior officer present.
The Russian losses were two lieuten-
ants killed, one severely and one slight
ly wounded, and 16 men killed and 81
wounded. The gunboat Giljak, was
seriously damaged by a shell below the
water line and must be locked for re-
pairs. The gunboat Korejez was Leak
ing in six places, and had her cabin
destroyed. The gunboat Bobr was
damaged. Besides the above, Admiral
Alexjetf says the French warship
Lion, the British Algerine and the Ger
man gunboat Iltris participated in the
engagement
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-06-23
without Foundation.

Washington, June 20.-The dispatch
from Shanghai to the effect that the
United States transport Thomas WIN
troops from Manila, was diverted al
Nagaseki, and had arrived at Taka
with 1900 men, is said by war depart
ment officials to be without founda'
ton.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-06-23

Norwich, Conn, June 20.-By the
death of David Dwight Wells, son of
the late David A. Wells, the well-known
political economist, Harvard Univer-
sity is richer by about $4,000. The
same sum goes TO the Springfield city
library, Springfield, Mass, and to Will
Jams college, Williamstown, Mass.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-06-23
Jap.nc.e Force. ru.h,nr 60

Japanese Forces Pushing Fee
Washington, June 2o.-The Ams,,
cen minister at Toxic telegrapbs ,ha.
two transports with 1900 men and ,oe
horses sailed from Japan for Tatn
that 500 japanese troops have alreaSr
landed and that five japanese war vs.
sells are not at Taku. He adds H..
tne japanese government is prepared
to send additional forces should ths
necessity arise. VIC
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-06-23

A citizen of Texas tells the country
to look out for a surprise when the
census returns are tabulated. He ex-
poets for Texas the largest percent
age of gain in the whole country,
aud a total of 4,000,000
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-06-23

The total receipts for C~ongrega-
tional home missions for the year
were S532,336; total expenditures,
S52O,s35. The receipts show an in
crease for the year of $4,000. Twenty
six hundred congregations and mis-
sionary districts have been supplied
with preachers, and 210 new Sunday
schools organized. Seventy-four
churches have been organized and c.
houses of worship completed.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-06-23

Georgia, which has a large popula-
ton of negroes of voting age (1sO,-
ooo), is one of the southern states
which have not adopted a constitu-
fional restriction on suffrage.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-06-23

If the Chinese should refer to the
little American fleet as IA tub navy"
Admiral Kempff will show them their
mistake by doing a little laundry
work for the empress dowager.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-06-23

A Pennsylvania mar has patented
a form of jug that allows its contents
TO flow out quietly, without any
sound of gurgling. The handle is
hollow and so, it may be remarked, is
the idea. The gurgle of a canteen
just filed with spring water is GER
tainly musical. The word "gurgle''
itself is rarely descriptive and pleas
ing. Somebody will be trying next
TO patent noiseless breezes and put
rubber tires on the chariot of the
winds. Pray let the brooks and the
jugs gurgle on, good apothecary.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-06-23

At Yale the average expenses of the
present graduating class have been:
Freshman year, Ss5s; sophomore year,
ssSs; junior year, S972; senior year,
S ,001. The average is materially
raised by the extravaganza of the
richer students.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-06-23
RELIEF COLUMN At RENN.
Admiral Seymore, with the Relief,
Reported to Have Arrived at
Pekin Sunday.
A FRIGHTENING UP OF THE SITUATION.
Report of the Bomhardment and
Capture or the Taku Forts For
warded by the Russian Admiral
Alcxyen-The Russian Captain,
DubrOw Olskf, Was in Command.

Shanghai, June 20.-Rcports from
CT iDese sources, credited by the local
foreign officials here, say the legations
at Pekin were safe June II Sunday,
and that Admiral Seymour. with the
relieving column, reached Pekin that
day.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-06-23

Gold for France.

New York, June 20.-It is announced
that Lizard Freres will ship s6Oo'ov
and the National City bank $4,000 goia
to France Thursday.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-06-23
CURRENT COMMENT.

The five civilized tribes are the
Cherokees, C~hickasaws, Choctaws,
Creeks and Seminoles. Their total
population is 66,2ss, including claim
ants.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-06-23

Washington, June 20.-A %cablegram
ha sheen received at the state depart
ment from United States Consul Fow-
Ter, at Che-Foo. The consul says that
no communication has been had with
Pekin for six days past; that the mis-
sion at San-Chow has been looted. but
that the Chinese general carried the
missionaries off in safety to an un-
known place.
The Chinese ships in the harbor have
left for the south. The Russians on
tinue to land troops at Taku.
The French consul from the north
west region of Shan Tung reports
that the Hogan British mission at
Tsang Chow has been looted. 1t is not
reported that any of the missionaries
were killed, but they were carried off
by the Chinese general and their
whereabouts is at present unknown.
The governor has left Chenang, the
capital, for Te-Chow, q point near the
coast.
Chinese ships have left for the
south. Troops are leaving. Nothing
has been heard at Che-Foo about the
Pekin force for six days"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-06-23

Washington, June 2O.-A cableginm
has j, st leen received at the navy de-
partment from Commander Taussig
announcing the arrival of the York
town at Che-Foo from Taku, where he
went with dispatches from the de-
partment. Another cablegram is ex-
pected shortly from Taussig dcscrib-
ing conditions at Taku.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-10-02
A FIRE AT FLORENCE
Several Buildings Burned-Little In
surance-Scarcity of Water.

(Correspo-d ence of the MesSenger.)
Florence, S. c., September 26.
A conflagration which had it's origin
in John D. Trevathan's bicycle estab-
liShment on Dargan street at u O'Clock
last night destroyed James Stackhouse
& Sons livery, feed and sale stables.
Trevathan's bicycle establishment, A.
Theme & Bros repair shop, the ware
house of E. J.. Pendergrass, the resi-
dence of Mr.. Henry S. Corby and
Streete.'s restaurant.
Stackhouse & Son will be the heav-
lest looSers by the fire so far as per-
Sonal property is concerned and Miss
S. j. Stackley as to buildings. The
buildings used by ~Stackhouse & Son,
Trevathan n Sureeter were h prop
erty of Miss S. j. Stackley, and
warehouse and Corby's residence were
owned by Mr.. George Stackley.
The value of the buildings viii foot
up $4,000 which was partially insured.
The value on personal property, such
as merchandise, tools, etc., is placed
at $4,000 which is covered by only
about 81, 500 insurance.
The fire made rapid Roadway. On
account of the terrible drought we have
had, the fire ciSterns We're very low
and water was scarce. 1t was neces-
sary to move the steamer from we'll to
we'll, hence the Roadway made by the
flames.
There was no live stock burned as
the attention of the people was given
ITO removing them from the stables.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-10-02
MENTION.

Mr. E. B. Hargett, Of Silverdale, was
in the city yesterday.
Mrs. ]. D. Rose, Of Rocky Point, Wis
lied the city yesterday.
Mr.. J. NJ. Lee. Of South Washington.
was on our streets yesterday.
Mr.. ]. H. McNeiu, a prominent mer-
chant OF Lumberton, was a welcome
caller at The Messenger sanctum yes
terday.
Messrs. s. T. Freeman and c. B.
Redmond, Lumberton merchants, came
TO the city yesterday with the Elrod
excursion.
Mayor W. L Hill, Of Warsaw, pres
tdent OF h East Carolina Fruit and
Truck Growers Association, was in the
city yesterday.
Mr.. N. A. Carter. Of Raynham. came
to the city with the excursion which
came in yesterday owe the Atlantic
Coast Line from Elrod.
Messrs. A NJ. Breeze, r. S. Proctor.
o. p. Chitty, J. A Mccormick. and r.
n. Ammons, Of Pembroke. Were here
on the Elrod excursion yesterday.
Dr. K. J. Powers, of Willard, one OF
the Atlantic Coast Lin surgeons, spent
yesterday in the city. He expects soon
to locate in Wilmington and Will re-
move his family here next June.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-10-02
THE A. G N. c. RAILROAD
Management Has Good Results.l
Personal Notes.

Correspondence of the Messenger.)
Goldsboro, n. c., September q.
The Atlantic and North Carolina
Railroad Company placed an order
with Pitman & Griffin, brick makers
|of this city. yesterday for 500, 900 brick.
THE company wanted 1,000,0 600 but our
brick plants are so crowded with or
Iders that a contract only was closed
for the above amount. The Atlantic
and North Carolina, under n aggres-
i've and progressive management OF
president Jas. A. Bryan is making
many needed improvements. AT
lGoldsboro it is erecting a new br1ck
Warehouse 60x200 feet, Is foot pitch at
Ia cost of $1,000. At LAGRANGE the pas
isenger depot has been enlarged, SIDING
put in; at Kinston the passenger depot
lmoved back and platform widened;
Iold freight depot torn down and a
lnew brick warehouse 40x20 feet, Is
fleet high being erected. Improve
lments are noticeable at Caswel, n
dover. A new depot is built at Tus-
t~carora- At New Bern h round house
has been repaired, new machinery
Inlaced at a cost of S., 772.OO (. new paint
Shop of brick 44x9O feet. new oil room,
new turn table built of bridge steel,
ITO tons capacity; two new warehouses
built, one on Neuse river 6Ox21O feet,
tone on Trent river 70x240 feet at a cost
|of $1s, 900; a belt line connecting At
llantic Coast Line with the Atlantic
land North Carolina There are slfgnl
Improvements at Wilson's and a new
depot at Croatan. At Morehead are
decided Improvements in new covered
platform, well bored 300 feet deep
foundation built for a 10000 gallor
water tank. etc.
Henry Pate and Miss Dora CASEY
lwere united in marriage last might
Rev. W. G. Newton officiating. Thers
WAS an unusually large crowd OF youns
people present at h marriage Whlcf
took place in Eastern G~oldsboro.
w. K. Lane went to Philadeipnls
this evening to enter Jefferson medi
Ical college-his third year at this insa
tuition.
The 2k-year-old child Of Mr.. W. 7
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-10-02
Dunn News Notes.
Correspondence of The Messenger.)

Correspondence of h Messenger.)
Dunn, N. c., September 26.
The local telephone exchange is be-
ing rapidly placed in working rider.
We have a line to Ellington and New
ton Grove. Our town is connected with
GoldSboro, Raleigh, Durham, Green's
boro and Winston by a. long distance
phone line.
The town is growing rapidly; all the
factories are running on full time n
shipping lots of furniture and turpell-
tine tools.
Messrs. E.. F. Young and Hood &
Grantham have just completed two
nice brick stores. The building Of
Messrs. Hood & Grantham is an ele-
CANT two-story drug store, with offices
up stairs. The store has a p~ress-brick
and galvanized front that presents a
handsome appearance, and is a credit
to the town.
The little son of Mr.. and Mrs. E. T.
Young fell from the second story Of
the phone exchange office last night
and broke his leg, and was right seri-
ously cut on the chin and probably dis
located an arm.
There is considerable talk over the
prospec of the factories on the Cape
Fear between AveraSboro and Nc
NeilIS ferries, fOur or five miles from
here. The power there is very fine. A
survey has been made and we think
developments will begin soon. uch
an industry would add greatly to our
county and this entire country.
MOSES.