The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-07-28
GRENADA, MISS, SATURDAY, JULY %. 1900.
An unknown burglar was blown

An unknown burglar was DloWn
to atoms in an attempt to blow open
the safe in dry goods establish
ment at Naylor, Ga. The burglar
was evidently green at the business,
as he used sufficient dynamite to
copp pletely wreck the building.
All vessels arriving at San Fran
cisco from Hawaii will be subjected
to quarantine inspection on ac-
count of the plague. Health officers
of San Francisco succeeded in pre-
venting spread of the plague from
the three mild cases in that city and
all danger is past.
The report of Commissioner OF
Patents Duell for the fiscal year
ended June 30 last shows a total of
26, $40 patents granted, including
reissues and designs. There were
1000 trademarks, 682 labels and SO
prints registered. Patents that ex.
pired numbered l9,9SS.
Captain Charles j. Holmes, mas
ter of the schooner yacht Idler,
which capsizef off Avon Point,
drowning five men and a baby,
has been arrested on charge of
manslaughter. AT the coroner's in
quest over the remains of the unfor-
tunate passengers testimony was
introduced which tended to show
that Holmes was guilty of criminal
negligence, and his arrest followed.
1t is probable an extra session OF
congress will be called to deal with
the Chinese situation. At Wash
! lngton the opinion prevails that the
United States will eventually have
to send $4,000 or 10000 men tc
China. In such an event, that mum.
ber cannot be spared from those now
in The service, hence it will be nee
0 esssry for congress to increase the
t army. H.
4 Mr.. Roberts. director Of the mint
has authorized the director of thu
i United States mint at San Francis
co to pay for gold bullion shipped
u there from Alaska in drafts on tn,
subtreasury at New York. This &C
u tion is taken al the repeated reques
{ of the San Francisco banks. and al
so for the purpose of maintaining
. considerable supply of gold at tha
> point in view of possible shipment
N to Manila and China.
!, The German press, while express
II ing the fear that the Chinese rebel
> lion will cost many lives of Euro
n peans, and that the war will last
a long time, urges immediate actio
= on the part of the government t
% meet the conditions as they exist
II Information has been given out g
IL the German foreign Office to the effec
le that there is no truth in report
cabled from London about lack G
r harmony between Russia and Gel
1t many in the Chinese matter, an
4 that the latter government will max
d no objection to Russia acquirin
'e Chinese territory.
S, Ex-Lieut. Gov. A. V. Eskridgt
il of Kansas, editor of the Empori
s. Republican, committed suicide at h
re home in Emporia by shooting hin
m self through the heart. Mr.. Esl
" ridge had been ill for several months
ty A strange coincidence about the S,
re icide is the fact that Eskridge use
le the same weapon with which Cha
ry Cross, who wrecked the First M
tional Bank at Emporia, ended h
s. life. When the bank closed it hel
er Eskridge's notes, which practical
es left him a bankrupt. He bougl
ne the pistol with which Cross ende
re his life, and used it to end his ow
IL after lapse of several years.
er DR.. Bellinzaghi, the Brazilis
IL physician commissioned by Il
an Mexican government to try Il
On serum cure in the hospitals at tt
e. city of Vera Cruz, reports exceliel
d. progress. One patient, a Mexica
er after the injection of the serur
in grew steadily better and the blac
nd vomit ceased. Another patient, {
e- Italian, was treated with similar 7
suits. Physicians are watching Il
IS treatment with eager interest.
RS A proclamation of commercial I
ed ciprocity with Italy has been issu,
d. by the president.
OF The leading Chinese merchants
ny San Francisco held a mass meetil