The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-08-02
OF THE WORLD.

The rapid spread o. eaoleE2 : tA1
cause q p4uics throughout Egypt
The fri weeks contributions 10
the striking local miners OF Penn
srlyania exceeded half million
dollars.
The third annual encampnent Of
the Standardization war veterans
VIII be held II Indianapolis SePtem-
Der q, 3 and "a
Jehn ". Gates, the Chicago mil
lionaire. j. Ct the head Of a company
10 perfect and build airships. The
corporation has . capital Of $1,000
OO0.
Tie eolored people Of New Or
leans have organized q company and
propose 10 run a line Of hacks IN
opposition 10 the street car on &C
count Of the law providing for sep
ara-e ca-s for blacks and whites.
The charge has been made that
the ues-Fitzsommons pr-ze fight
was d prearranged affair, but a
strong DEM. Is made by the princi-
pals and tae.r managers. At any
rae. both Men were badly punished.
a strange phenomenon Is report
q in the southwestern corner Of
Louisiana. a mar.hy, uninhaoitabLe
section o. country. It IS SAID the
ground took FIRE several weeks ago
and has been burning eve since.
The soil in this vicinity for the most
part IS nothing but SEA marsh, and
il Is surmised that gas ! escaping
through this in sufficient quantities
70 make It combustible.
Taree American bandits held up
q passenger train on the Mexican
Central and secured over $4,000.
The robbery was enc Of the boldest
OF record. At a small station two
Of the bandits boarded the express
car and one went 70 the third-class
coach. The express messenger was
disarIned and the robbers helped
themselves to the cash. The robber
who entered the third-class coach
refused to pay his fare, when the
train was stopped and he was put
of. At the same time the two men
in the express car alighted and dis.
appeared in the darkness.
Lieut.. Foster, in charge Of thu
New Orleans branch Of the United
States photographic Office, has re.
ported TO Washington that a recent
survey Of the Gulf Of Mexico neal
the mouth Of the Mississippi riyel
/, shows only twenty-five fathoms 0.
water, where there were sixty faith
, oms at the time Of the previous sur
vey. Lieut.. Foster is puzzled owe
the phenomenon. Many believe tina
It was caused by volcanic ~upheavals
: the result Of the recent earthquake
in the West Indies, while other
think it is caused by a deposit Of sal
. from the Mississippi river. As a re
suit Of the discovery the government
probably will order a new survey 0
the entire gulf Of Mexico.
John ". Mackey, the millionair
Of San Francisco, died on the got
inst, in London, Of heart failure
: John ". Mackay played the hum
> blest parts on the stage Of life befor
be reached the role Of millionaire
He was IN turn newsboy on-Par
/, Row, New York city, bartender !
: Louisville, KY, laborer and minel
e and his life had been a long strul
gle with fortune when finally h
struck the famous lode which was {
4 weld for him and his partners mol
o than $1l0,000,000, Mr.. Macka
3 was born in Dublin, November q
: 1881. He a president Of ii
/, Mackay-Bennett Gable Compan,
8 president Of the Postal Telegram
/ Company and president OF the pro
s pectiye Pacific Commercial Cab
: Company, yice-president Of the ne
s7,o00,000 sugar refinery at Yol
kers, n. Y, Of which Gus Spreckl'
a is president; director Of the Cam
: dian Pacific railway, director Of Il
a Southern Pacific and director of Il
d new proposed railroad from Hayar
to Santiago, in Cuba.
q Mexican authorities are said
IS have recently executed thirty Yaq1
re Indians, most of them boys lie
d than 20 years Of age. They we.
q capfurad hv Moyican 4roopr in