The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-09-06
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
Ex-Goy. Hoadly. of Ohio, is

dead.
Alfonso, the boy king of Spain,
is said to be unbalanced mentally.
Labor day-September WAS
observed in all the principal cities
throughout the country.
Forest fires started by lightning
have laid waste large areas of tim
Der in the forest reserve of western
Wyoming.
In a fit of jealous rage Calvin Toll
ten, of Indianapolis, Ind, aged SIS
years, shot to death his wife on a
public street and then sent a bullet
through his own head.
1t is charged that the owners Of
the coal railroads in Pennsylvania
are violating the interstate COM
merce law, and an investigation is
being made. and suits are likely to
be instituted by the government.
Near Lexington, Okla, Chas. Da-
Wis, a young man, shot and killed
his grandmother as she lay asleep
beside Miss Davis, the murderer's
sister. Then Davis ran to the house
of Frank Clines, a neighbor, and at
tempted TO shoot the latter. He was
disharmed, but escaped. Davis is
believed to have gone suddenly in
sane.
Reports are still being received
at the wal department concerning
the devastating effects Of the chole-
IA epidemic that is raging in the
Philippines. Although the officers
in charge of the medical department
of the archipelago and the physi-
clans attached to the civil commits
sion have been doing their utmost
to stop the rayages, they have been
unsuccessful in even checking the
spread Of the disease, and now it is
believed only the typhoon season will
bring relief,
Arde Wilson, a negro, had a mar
row escape from death at the hands
of a mob at Sparta, Ill. The negro
entered the bed room Of a young
lady. who grabbed and held to him
until help arrived. He was placed
in jail but a mob gathered and
oyerpowercd the guards. Gathering
down the jail door, a rope vas placed
around Wilson's neck and he was
started toward a nearby hill. In
the confusion the moose parted and
before the crowd realized what had
happened the negro had slipped out
and had darted down the street. A
fusilade of shots followed but he es-
capped in the darkness.
A dispatch from johannesburg
says the worst feature of the situa-
ton in South. Africa at present is
that many Of the natives have pro-
cured firearms. The British au-
thorities have disarmed the white
inhabitants and thus the colored ma
tives are the only mes armed. There
are unconfirmed reports that these
armed natives are numbering the
Beers who are returning to their
homes. The Beers, the dispatch
says, are most concerned over sew
eral recent attempts by the blacks to
outrage white women. The whites
are unanimous i'll their opinion that
it is necessary to disarm every ma
tive.
Russell Sage, perhaps the great
est individual capitalist in the coun-
try, his wealth being estimated at
$100,000,000 takes direct issue with
Mr.. j. Pierpont Morgan regarding
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solidation of great industries. TIC
a fellow-passenger on the steamship
Oceanic, Mr.. Morgan said during
his trip to Europe that the era Of
combination has just begun and that
he has other vast schemes which are
to dwarf the billion-dollar steel
trust and the shipping combine
1t is this announcement by Mr.
Morgan that leads Mr.. Sage to SOUND
a note of warning. The veteran
t%inancier declares that such gigantic
combinations are a menace; thai
they will inevitably result in one
of the greatest financial crashes thi.
country has ever experienced, and
that ultimately the American people
will no longer tolerate them.
With a pistol in his hand, Jane,
/. Tindall, an escaped lunatic, en-.