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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-15

A part of the credit for the wonder
full development of Japan in civiliza-
ton is due to the Empress Haruko.
She married the emperor 80 years
ago, and. like him, is a strong sup
porter of western ideas. The empe-
ror is the 121st in his line, and the
first who has given his wife a seat
at his table and a voice in the ma
tional councils. She set the example
in abandoning the customs of stain
ing the teeth and shaving the eye
brows.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-15

The house passed the Grout olco-
margarine bill by a vote of 1876 to
.a2. The bill as passed makes al
articles known as oleomargarine,
buterine, imitation butter or imita-
ton cheese transported into any
state or territory for consumption or
sale subject to the police power of
such state or territory, but prevents
any state or territory from forbid
ding the transportation Or sale of
such product when produced and sold
free from coloration in imitation of
butter. The bill increases the tax
on oleo colored in imitation of but
ter from &c to loo per pound, and
decreases the tax on oleo uncolored
from &c to 4c per pound.
The government agricultural de-
partment crop report gives the cot
ton acreage as 25,034,734. The
statistician reports 10, 100000 bales
as the probable cotton production
of the United States for 1900-1901.
In the making of this estimate the
same methods and agencies have
been used that were employed last
year. Many thousands of ginners
have, however, made reports for the
first time. The estimated yield in
pounds of lint cotton per acre, is as
follows: Virginia, 1870; North
Carolina, 1919; South Carolina, 1877,
/, Georgia, 1.2; Florida, 1873; Ala.
, hama, Isl; Mississippi, 159; Louis
D lana, 234; Texas, 226; Arkansas
: 22S; Tennessee, TT; Missouri, 275
1 Oklahoma, 31S; Indian Territory
2S9.
e James Shields, a nephew of tn,
e late Marcus DAILY, was shot and ia
tally wounded al his home in Butte
3 Mont, by his wife during a quarrel
S The United States court of ap
peals overruled the demurrer of O
e NJ. Carter, former captain in tn
Z army, under sentence of five year
S for Incorporating government
funds while in charge of work il
It Savannah harbor. Carter has bee
d returned to Leayenworth to com
plete his sentence.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-15

Matrons of infant asylums say that
a young infant will be cross all day
If dressed in a gray frock. but con-
tented and happy if dressed in a bright
red frock. Children from two to four
are much less affected by their dress.
1t is commonly observed in kinder
gartens that the younger children
prefer the red ~playthings, while the
older children prefer the blue.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-15

Robert W. Wilcox will be An inter-
esting parsonage in the next Ii
gress. He is the first delegate to that
body from Hawaii. Mr.. Wilcox is the
leader of the party which has favored
the restoration of Liliukalani to the
throne, and consequently opposed to
the annexation of Hawaii to the
United States.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-15

The distinction of being the oldest
married couple in the country is
claimed by Mr.. and Mrs. o. c. Thorn
burgh, Of Forest Grove, Ore, who re-
Gently celebrated the seventy-first an
niversary of their wedding day. They
were married in Tennessee in 1929,
when both bride and groom were II
years of age. After Mr.. and Mrs
Thornburgh had been married for /;
years they removed to Keokuk county
H., where they spent the next Is
years of their married life. For the
last 3s years they have lived in One
eon.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-15

Some idea of the magnitude of the
work done by the railroads of this
country in keeping up roadbed may be
obtained from the statement that
during the past four years the Santa
Fe route has replaced nearly $500
bridges on it's line. of an aggregate
length of almost 40 miles, by 9.92
miles of modern steel bridges. 2s,s7
miles of embankment, 297 arch cul-
verts, 1874 ows of cast iron pipe and
275 rows of culvert pipe.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-15

The present population of Okla
homa is 396,245. That of the Indian
territory is 391, 800. The combined
population of the two territories is
over 7ss,000. Their voting population
is more than $4,000. They would be
entitled to send four members to
the popular branch of congress under
the 100000 ratio, or Whereabouts,
which is to be adopted by congress
for representation in the house of
representatives and the electoral col
lege for the next ten years.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-15
CURRENT COMMENT.

The board of education of she city
of New York asks for $14,031,325 for
the getting of sites and putting up
new school buildings in the coming
wear. This indicates how immexse
are the expenditures of the greatest
city in the country.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-15

The census shows some uueer
things about Texas. For instance,
Bailey county has but four residents;
Cochran has Is; Andrews, 81; Lynn
II; Dawson, SO. twenty-five Others
have less than 500. Some counties
have no running stream within their
borders, some are hundreds of miles
from a railroad and others are almost
wholly inhabited by prairie dogs, jacl
rabbits and r~attlesnakes. Tom Greer
county. the largest in the state, has
$4,000 square miles, which is larger
than the whole state Of Ohio. and hai
but 6,sn4 inhabitants
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-15
~GLEANINGS.


Rev. ID. George S. Dickerman, gen.
eral agent of the Capon Springs tLa.)
conference. in an interview on educa-
t;op in the south, said, in answer to
tho question: what is and what
should be the attitude of negro edu-
cation as now practiced by missionary
enterprise to the public school system
in the south?"
"ITpon this subject my opinions are
more definite, but to express them IN
detail would require an extended DIS
cussiop. | think that the great es-
sential for the highest usefulness OF
these enterprises is a cordial coop
Grafton with all engaged in similar
work. To this end l should advocate
large liberty of action for the mis-
sionarv on the ground, and en-
couragement from the boards IN the
north to cultivate, in all ways, close
a~filiation with the public school SUI
perintendent, and a general ADJUST
ment of methods and management &c
accord with the prevailing ~education'
al system. / am confident thai differ
| ence would rapidly melt away with .
more familiar acquaintance and ful
| discussion among those engaged II
| this work, and that their united Ell
| forts would be tenfold more chectlv'
| than they can be with divided coun
sells"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-15

Mrs. Sarah Russell, who keeps house
for her son on a farm ear Malone, N.
Y, comes by her LOG years naturally.
Her father, a French soldier who
fought with Napoleon, lived to be 96
years old, and her mother died at the
age of iii. Mrs. Russell herself ex-
poets to live longer than her mother
did. She is still able to do the house
of walking in to Malone, a distance OF
more than IA mile. She was born in
Canada and wildly remembers many
incidents of the war of 1912.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-15

The financial operations OF the
p~ostofice department for the last
fiscal year are shown briefly in the
following statement, taken from
Postmaster-Genera Smiths annual
report:
Revenues and Expenditures-Or-
binary postal revenue, Slo0,o99,-
1873. A: receipts from money order
business, S1,455,145.S5 total re-
ceipts from all sources, $102.354,-
$40. 80; total expenditures for the
wear, S10..74O,2 67,499 excess of ex
penditures V e receipts, $780,
6SS. 20.
On the LIST of July, 1899, there
were 391 rural delivery routes in OPP
Grafton. Within the fiscal year,
under an appropriation of $450,o00,
this number was increased to 1,214.
On the 1st of July, 1900, the appro-
priation of S1,..5O,000 became avail
able. and ON the 18th of November
2.614 routes had been located and
established, 61,979 miles in aggre-
gate length, covering 66,S42 square
| miles, divided among forty-four
| states and t~erritorities, and serving
a population of 1,SO1,5 24.
Money Order Business-The total
| transactions for the fiscal year 1900
amounted to $255,670,227 9S. Or
ders drawn in Cuba and Porto Rico
called for the payment. respectively
of SO, 1851, $50 and $1,s42,542. The
total number of po%stoifices at which
money order business is transacted
is now 3O,23s, out of 1868 post
offices in operation in the United
States at the close of the last fisca.
wear. such facilities having been ex'
tended to 1866 offices during the
year.
Mail Transportation-At the enc
of the fiscal year the total humble
of inland mail routes was 35,32O
having a length of 500,9S9 miles
on which the annual travel amounted
to 45a. 205,1f3 miles. As compares
with the preceding fiscal year, al
increase is shown of 1881 routes
4.04O miles in length of routes, an
13.46O,S27 miles in annual trave.
The total cost of this service wa
$55.146,O59 IS, an increase of So.
9,645. s..
Railway Mail Service-At tn
close of the fiscal year there wei
, 1.26S lines of travelling postoffict
in operation throughout the %countr,
having a total length of 1886
!, miles and requiring the services {
S,794 clerks. who, in crews, travele
a distance Of 200,672,1S5 miles. III
demands upon the railway mail Sc
> vice requires the use of 1868 ca
and parts of cars, twenty-five sire
;, railway cars in cities, and scvent
y two apartments on steamboat line
. 1t is estimated that 1872 ,607, II
pieces of ordinary mail were handl,
together with 19.S50,19S package
cases and sacks of registered matte
and the errors of all kinds amount
to but one in every 1918 pieces d
tributed.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-15

Charles Morrow, a negro, at Bolivar,
Tenn, emptied the contents of n
double-barreled shotgun into the
breast and face of his wife. Then he
struck her with the weapon, imbed-
ding one of the hammers in her skull
over the eyes. Next he saturated her
clothing with coal oil and set fire to
them. The woman's screams attract
ed attention, but too late, as she died
soon afterwards. Morrow WAC cap
tured and is in jail at Bolivar.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-15

City Attorney W. Vollor and Attor-
neys Magruder and Bryson, OF Vicks-
burg, Miss, have filed a bill ! the
chancery court there to set aside and
annul the city contract and
with the vicksburg Water Supply Co.,
also their successor, the Vicksburg
Water Work Co. One of the provisions
of the bill is that sewerage can not
be constructed until the city owns
water works, either by purchase or
construction. 1t is thought that the
case will go to the supreme court, and
as matters stand will cause much de-
lay in the sewerage construction. The
city has by resolution said that they
no longer recognize the contract
which has been in operation for IA
years. but will pay a reasonable com
p~ensation for the fire hydrant service
The action of the city government has
caused much uneasiness among the in
surance underwriters. and the result
is watched with much anxiety by the
general public.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-15

The Southern Industrial convention
at New Orleans urged states in the
south to make efforts to turn the tide
of immigration in their direction.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-15

Tenderfoot-Did you folks lynch ths-
who stole the automobile here last wssI man
Cactus Charley-.Nope. We intendsj :.
but an investigatin' committee made som y,
experiments an concluded that the cSts
gittin' away with it.-Baltimore A rne !hlef
Strictly speaking, of course A man
be ready to die for two different g;rIa can t
out leading a double life.-Detroit Evil WIN
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-15

The next session of the Texas legis-
lature is %expencted to take favorable
action on the proposition to hold .
state constitutional convention.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-15

Indications everywhere Point "a
prosperity. for the coming vaar 70 great
sign OF a healthy nature. The ms 81
country, as well as Of an ipd; sGecess Of
ponds upon health. There can h va De.
# the stomach is weak. II yo De 10 health
stomach trouble try Hostettssvp'Sa eave any
bitters which cures dyspepsia Sslomaca
and biliousness. Obtain our Indigestion
~l90l-tree. 1t contains valuable nilffnanac fOr
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-15
Having Trouble with Smallpox.

Health authorities of Tennessee are
having much difficulty dealing with
smallpox situation, many cases hav-
ing been diagnosed as chicken pox.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-06
ENJOYS At LAST ACREE
ON TERMS FOR CHINA


difficult a
in the
those relating punishment indemnity
to 10 be
o
o. agreement
AGREEMENT MINISTERS
PeE5n Dec meeting
for the a
demand that those
acceptable the
that those officers within
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-06
SAD ROMANCE OF MRS. ABBY sage
RICHARDSON, WRITER, ENDS IN DEATH

New York, Dec. "a special cable
dispatch to the Brooklyn Eagle from
Rome says:
Mrs. Abby Sage Richardson, dramat-
list poet, literary critic and translator.
died in this city today she was the
widow of the late Albert Dean Rich
ardson, newspaper man and author,
for long time correspondent of the
New York Tribune in the civil war and
afterward an editor on that paper.
Mrs. Richardson arrived here with her
son, William Sage, the novelist. early
in November. and her death was Who'll
Iy unexpected by her friends In Rome.
Mrs. Richardson was born in Massa-
chusetts in 1857 Early in the sixties
she was married to Daniel Mcfarland,
a lawyer. About 1863 she secured a
divorce from him on the ground of
desertion and non-support. During the
war she supported herself and her
children by literary readings. but after
the close of the war she entered the
dramatic profession in the company Of
Edwin Booth and played with him IN
Shakespearean parts
In the meanwhile she became en-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-06
ANTI-POLYGAMY
BILLS URGED
Council of Women Passes
Resolutions.
MORMON LEADERS
ARE DENOUNCED
Congress Asked to Push COnsti-
tutiOnal Amendments.

New York, Dec. "a meeting was
/ held today under the auspices of the
INSTRUMENTATION Council of Wo-
ment for Christian and Patriotic Ser
1 vice, to further the agitation for the
adoption of an amendment to the fed
eral constitution forbidding poIygamy.
I Darwin r. Jones presided, and read d
I letter from ex-senator Edmunds favor
I ing the adoption OF such an amend
ment- The following resolutions Were
adopted:
Whereas, The Mormon leaders have
resumed their pOlygamOus practices
since statehood was given 10 Utah and
are everywhere jusufying these acts
Of bad faith by the persistent circula-
I ton, under the authority of their
church Of the book of so-called Doc
JrIne and Covenants, wherein the
practice OF polygamy Is enjoined by an
alleged divine revelation, and.
Whereas, The neighboring states Of
Idaho. Wyoming, Colorado and Ne
Vada, and the territories of Arizona and
New Mexico are already inOcUlated
with the virus of this evil which is
bound to spread into other states I'M
less it is speedily checked- and
Whereas The political influence OF
the Mormon leaders is not only suffi-
cient TO prevent the enactment Of anti
poiygamy laws in the state of Idaho,
which came into the Union pledged by
its constitution to prohibit polygamy
but even to prevent the enforcement
OF existing laws in Utah and the other
neighSOring states; be it hereby
Resolved, First, That we earnestly
urge congress to take pT 1mpt action
submitting to the several states d con-
stitutional amendment forever prohib-
iting the practice Of polygamy and
polygamous cohabitation in the United
States and al places subject to their
jurisdiction.
Second. That as a step toward this
end we urge the Judiciary committee
of the house of. representatives, before
whom bills are pending for the sub
mission of an amendment prohibiting
polygamy and pOiygamOus cohabita-
ton and providing for the disfranchise-
ment of those who persist in such prac-
tees, to give these important measures
immediate attention, so as to get their
report upon the calendar in time to in
sure its consideration during the pres
ent session.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-06
APPROP RIAT|ON
FOR SALT LAKE
Money For Federal Building
to Be Forthcoming.
PRESENT CONGRESS-
LIKELY TO GIVE IT
Irrigation Legislation is Conf.
IDENTIFY Expected.
CspecIal 10 - HeraIdn


Washington, Dec. Salt Lake and
Boise are practically certain to get adj
ditional appropriations for public
buildings this session.
No doubt now prevails among con-
gressmen but that liberal appropria-
tons in all directions viii be made this
session Appropriation for river and
harbor improvements in all sections
viii be greater, and this is also true
with respect to federal buildings. Salt
Lake and Boise are down on the list to
share in the liberality of this congress.
and additional appropriations win
probably be secured.
Chairman Mercer of the public build
ings committee of the house has called
a meeting for Friday to consider pub
lie building measures 1t is intended
first to give attention to those build
ings requiHng more money on account
of the rise in the price of building ma
terial. some of the main ones being at
Seattle. Salt Lake, Boise and Portland.
Ore. These are TO be included in one
general bill
Among the bills introduced in the
senate today were the following
BY Senator Thurston. creating an ad-
ditional judicial court to be designated
as the tenth. and to include the states
Of Kansas Nebraska, Colorado. Wv
Oming. Utah and Montana. and Great
ing court of appeals for the circuit.
BY Senator Warren. permitting the
free admission of honOrably discharged
soldiers and sailors into any hospital
of the United States for medical or
surgical tree tment-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-06
Honors In IWashington.

Washington, D. G. Dec. arrange
ments have been made TO pay fuH mill
tary honors to the memory of Colonel
Z. H. Liscum. who lost his life at Tien
Tsin, on the occasion of his obsequies
in this city.
His remains are now en- route to this
city from San Francisco for fnterment
in the national cemetery at Arlington.
The funeral party includes Mrs Lis
cum. widow Of the dead soldier, and
her brother and General James II. viii
son, and is expected to arrive in this
city next Monday morning. Colonel
Liscum's remains viii be placed in the
chapel of St PduIs Protestant EpiScO-
pal church, where funeral services will
be held Tuesday afternoon at 2.30
O'Clock. All the available troops in this
vicinity. including the cavalry at Fort
MyeT and the artillery at washington
barracks. viii escort the remains from
the church to Arlington cemetery. The
secretary of war has invited the ma
rine corps TO participate in the funeral
ceremonies, as marines formed an i'm
pOrtant part of Colonel Liscum's COM
mand at the time he met his death.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-06
Henderson to be Re-eleeted.

ADBGtAut ~ 4 Alt 41ridtl-1
Washington, Dec Speaker Hen
derson win be reelected presiding Of
1cer Of the house for the Fifty-sev-
enth session. An agreement of this
kind has been reached between Presi-
dent Mckinley, Senator Hanna. Cen
ereI Henderson and other Republican
leaders. Henderson viii have, it is
said. the votes of all the western mem
bers.
The Arizona, New Mexico and Okla
hOma admission bills are certain to
pass before March I. All opposition to
the admission of these territories as
states now seems at an end.
Irrigation legislation beneficial to the
arid lands of western states win be
enacted into law this session if infor-
nation received by representatives Of
those states can be relied upon A
united effort viii be made by Utah
Idaho and other western representa-
tives TO get such legislation passed.
The Hull army reorganization bill.
up for discussion in the house. will
meet with opposition but is pretty Ger
tain to become a law, practically as at
present drafted. The powerful inhu-
ence Of the Mckinley administration
supporting it makes success absolutely
certain. with perhaps notifications of
minor Importance.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-06

gagged to be married to Albert d. Rich
ardson, whom Daniel mcfarland as
SaSsinated in the Tribune office in
1863. and TO whom upon his deathbed.
Mrs. Richardson was married, the
ceremony being performed by Rev
Henry Ward Beecher and o. 3. Froth-
ingham. MacFarland was acquitted
on the ground of insanity
Mrs. Richardson became the author
of Familiar Talks on English Litera-
ture, "Old Love Letters, stories
from Old English Poetry" History of
Our Country. 'Abelard and HelOise. a
Medieval Romance" as well as the ed
itor of Songs from the Old Dramat-
lists" and other books. Her sons as
suned their mothers maiden name of
Sage.
OF late years Mrs Richardson had
figured as drama fist. Many plays
from the French were translated by
her. She was also. with Colonel Abor-
alton. the author Of the plays. "A Co
lcniai Girl ana Sophia. just finished.
and get TO DE produced, and other
plays. including The Pride { Jennico."
which has had long runs in the Amer
lean metropolis and other cities.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-06

Dr. Wohl was dead. Chance had car
fled the bullet from Stokes pistol
through the head of the minister. kill
Ing him as he fell. The preachers bull
let had entered Stokes side below the
heart and passed entirely through his
In the haU of the minister's home.
fallen across the doorway, was found
Mrs Levine. 1t was first thought she
had been shot dead. but an investiga-
ton showed that she had only tainted
from fright.
Up TO a. late hour this evening RFr
Stokes has refused to say anything
concerning the tragedy.
Duel the Result Of a Cartoon.
The tragedy was the outgrowth Of
strained relations between the two men
for a week past. Mr.. Stokes. who IS
one Of the leaders OF the social set here,
saw a cartoon illustrating q german
given by the COtilier club, which Mr.
W0hl had used in a. sermon. The car
tO0n pictured a ball room scene with
various paths leading downward To
ruin" and among the places shown as
a result OF the dance was q famous
resort"
In some way the cartoon came into
the possession Of Mr. Stokes. VINO.
afterward meeting Mr.. W0l1l, told MIN
that If &c were not for his cloth he
would thrash MN. W0nl IeIOrJeQ tllaE
Stokes need not hesitate on that point,
and he was ready to meet him at any
time
Late tonight Mrs Levine, who Sad
been Frustrated, was prevailed upon to
talk Her version Of the story is as fol
lows:
THE conversation had been seeming
" amicable, and Mr.. Stokes was about
to return the caricatUre in his posses
sion when Mr. WOhl remarked. It's q
pity that cartoon is true
Stokes asked Mr.. WOhl whether or
not some of the most prominent women
in town had protested against the pic
lures as being personal and false. Then
it was that Mr.. WOhI hurled the lie
into Mr.. Stokes face"
Rev Mr.. WOhl was recognized as one
Of the most fOrcefUl and eloquent Of
Presbyterian ministers in this state.
Mr. Stokes comes from one Of the best
families Of the old dominion