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The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27
A Pension Problem.

Pension Clerk Simonton of the
auditors Office is becoming some
what bewildered over the prospect
for the pensioners under the forth
coming distribution, which will be
made in November. About one half
of the co1ntie. have made reports for
the new roll and all of them show
heavy increases. The increase in all
classes, from the present outlook,
will materially reduce the pro rata
in each class. The last legislature
appropriated literally for pensions,
but even with the large increase in
the appropriation made the pros
poets are that the non-preferred class
Of pensioners will not get more than
SIG. This would be less than they
have ever received. There is a nota-
bic increase in the number of wo-
1ncn pensioners and the classes that
show total disability or almost total
disability.
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27
Negro Murderer Arrested.

w. S. Brown, a negro wanted at
Uniontown, Ala, on a charge OF mur-
der, was arrested at St. Louis, Mo-,
by Detective A. w. Wilkinson on evil
dence contained in a letter Brown
wrote, which accidentally fell into
the hands of the detective.
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27

At the meeting of Spanish-Ameri-
can War Veterans, at Indianapolis,
on the 22!, the adjutant general of
the association, w. C. Liller, was re-
moved from Office for alleged incom-
potency. He will take the case into
the courts.
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27
White Man Found Dead.

The dead body of white man, with
his skull crushed in, was found along
side the Louisville & Nashville rail-
road tracks, near Scranton, Miss. Pa
pers ON his person identified him as H.
Rathman, a cigarmaker, from Cincin-
natl.
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27

A regiment of Canadian soldiers,
by special permission of the United
States government and of the Cana
dian militia department., took part in
the parade at Detroit, on the 22d, in
honor of President Roosevelt.
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27

Maj. William f. Estes, a veteran of
~ years of age, died at Texarkana,
Ark. He was a member of Jefferson
Davis regiment in the Mexican war
and lifelong friend of the confed-
crate chieftain.
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27

While returning from school, on the
18th, at Williams station, Mich, three
little boys stopped to play in an ex-
cavation on the roadside. The earth
became loosened and several tons of
it came down on them, crushing them
to death.
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27
Farmer Murdered.

Thomas H. Womack, a prominent
farmer, was murdered at his home
near Medina, Tenn. Mrs. Womack
found her husband shot through the
head, and saw two men escaping from
the house. The motive was evidently
robbery, as several valuables were
missing.
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27

Judge Gannt, of the Missouri su-
preme court, On the 22d, rendered a
decision in the bribery habeas corpus
cases refusing to release the former
members of the st. Louis house &C
delegates who are in Jail ON charges
of bribery and perjury.
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27

The Sovereign Grand Lodge I. O. O..
F., in session at Des Moines, Ia, on
the 18th, repealed the amendment to
the constitution adopted at Indian
apolis in 1901 admitting members of
mixed Indian and white blood,
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27

Louis Won Reucau. a German mining
expert, was imprisoned for 80 hours
IN tunnel in Grose mountain, Colo
rado, but was found uninjured by q
rescue party.
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27

A report from United States Consul
Heeman, at Odessa, says the Russian
wheat harvest is exceptionally large,
and that all crops, with the exception
of flaxseed, are the greatest in the
last ten years.
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27

The executive COMMITTEES 81 the
Old Ladies Home Association, re-
cent? organized for INDECENT and
homeless women in Mississippi, has
announced itself in readiness to con-
slider offers Of site donations, and il
i Likely that there win Be Y sharp
oonpefition between the leading
tovns q the stats 10 secnre tn
home. fsirly good prog i -
iug n,ads i eollsct tin fund
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27

The body of Christian Ehlen, a
resident of ST. Louis; VINO died of ap-
oplexy on board steamer while on
the passage from Alexandria, Egypt,
to Trieste, Austria, arrived at New
York on the 21st.
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27
william Hicks, AIRED 80.

William Hicks, aged 80, one of the
best-known citizens in the vicinity of
Paducah, KY, died at his home near
that city of general debility. He had
been in the employ of the 1llir ois Gen.
trail railroad for 30 years.
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27

The rescue steamer Windward, hav-
ing on board Lieut.. Peary, the Arctic
explorer, reached Sydney, Cape Bre-
ton, on the 18th. Peary says that
while he did not gain the object of
his quest he made valuable discov-
cries and he feels certain that the
north pole can be reached.
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27
Electric Cara Collide

Two electric cars collided at the
base of Lookout mountain, near Chat
tanooga, Tenn. A. G.. Harris received
fatal injuries, and two lady passen-
gers were seriously hurt.
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27
Mississippi State News


There will be no extra session Of
the Mississippi State legislature.
The Governor bases his declination
to convene the legislature in extra
ordinary session upon the fact, as he
finds it, that the necessary relief
would not come by this step. His
poll Of the legislature developed the
fact that only fifty-fiye members
agreed to vote for an amendment to
the valued policy law exempting all
personal property from the operation
Of the law. The Governor found a
majority of the members in favor Of
amending the law as to cotton alone.
The Governor also found that the in
surance companies would not write
blanket policies on an amendment
as to cotton alone, and that many of
them would not write them at all un-
less the entire valued policy law
was repealed as to personally. Only
fourteen members of the legislature
were in favor of repeating the law in
toto.
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27

The transport Logan, which sailed
from Manila on the 10th, brings with
her Brig.-Gen. Fred d. Grant, who has
been assigned to the command of the
department of Texas.
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27

Christ Episcopal church, Georgetown.
ID. c., for more than a quarter of a
century, died of acute nephritis, on
the 21st, aged Sc years.
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27

When King Leopold of Belgium ar
rived at Spa, after the death of his
wife. he refused to speak to his
daughter, the Princess Stephanie, who
had married two years ago without
his consent, and compelled her to
leave the palace
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27

An expert of the agricultural de-
partment at Washington figures that
the corn crop of Missouri will be
close to 26O, ,OOO, 900 bushels.
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27

The residence of John d. Rockefel-
Ter, at Pocantico Hills, Westchester
county. N. Y, was destroyed by fire,
on the night of the 18th, the loss be-
ing estimated at $4,000.
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27
May Start Gambling Crusade.

A Hot Springs '(Ark.) judge has
granted an injunction against the op-
orators of slot machines, and it is ex-
pected that general crusade against
gambling will follow.
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27
Adopt New COnstftuti on.

At Birmingham, Ala, the repub-
lican state convention adopted reso-
luton to accept the new state consti-
tuition, disclaiming all responsibility
for it's enactment. J. A. Smith, of
Birmingham, was nominated for gov
ernor. President Roosevelt was in
dorsed for 1904.
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27

President Roosevelt was rendered a
banquet at Detroit, on the 22d, by the
Spanish War veteran m session at
that city. 1t was a brilliant affair,
nearly eight hundred people sitting at
the tables
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27

Congressman Littlefield, of Maine,
announced, on the 18th, that he would
be a candidate for the speakership of
the house, to succeed Hon. d. B. Hen
derson, of Iowa.
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27
Confederate Veteran..

The confederate veterans of east
Tennessee and southwest Virginia
held their annual reunion in Bristol,
Tenn. There was marked reduction
In membership. >@ =
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27


William Hooper Young. accused Of
the murder of Mrs. Pulitzer. whose
body was found in New Jersey ca
nal, was arrested at Derby, Conn, on
the 21st, disguised as . tramp. Next
day he was fully identified by parties
from New York, admitted his iden-
tity, and is said to have made con-
fession Of the crime.
At Birmingham, Ala, on the 10th,
IS persons were killed and as many
more injured by panic in church
IN which negro conventions was be-
ing held. a fight, mistaken for : IRE,
started . stampede, which could not
be checked until police and drcInen
succeeded in releasing the negroes
from their pinioned positions IL the
entrances. All the deaths were either
from crushing Or snffocation.
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27
Sweet Potato Crop short.

The sweet potato crop, SO impor-
tant factor in the winter living of
the poorer people of the south, is re-
ported to be very short in Alabama
and Georgia.
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27

Marie Henriette, queen OF the Bel.
grams, died suddenly at Spa, Belgium,
On the 10th. She had been ill for sew
eral months.
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27
MRS. ]. E. O'DONNELI
Was Sick Eight Years with
Female Trouble and Finally
Cured BY Lydia Z. PinkhAmsS
Vegetable Compound.

&. "DEAB MRs. PMKHAx have
never In my life given testimonial
before, but you have done 30 much for
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27
stote University.

The University Of Mississippi be-
gan its ifty-third year with appro-
pirate exercises The first day was
indicative Of = most prosperous year.
More students are On hand than for
merly, and dormitory rooms have
zbesn engaged. Additional rooms are
bang fitted to accommodate other
Students expected and the enroll.
msnt vii ahow over 800 when coru.
pletd
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27

Ex-City Treasurer Hale, of Colorado
Springs. pleaded guilty to embezzle-
ment of $4,000 of city funds. AS the
amount was made good by his broth
er, sentence was suspended.
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27

To know mankind is easy; but to com
prehend any one man or woman is impos
sihle.-Town Topics.
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27

President Roosevelt spent Sunday,
the 21st, in Detroit, and during the
day paid a visit to hospital to speak
to dying Spanish war veteran who
had expressed desire to see him.
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27

Love in Spectacles.-He-"I suppose now
that shall have to ask your father for his
consent" She-"No, Harry; after tho
first time you called pa said might have
you if l wanted you. Pa and I have under.
stood it for . long time. e."-Boston Tran,
script.
It's folly to suffer from that horrible
plague of the night, itching. piles. Doan's
Ointment cures, quickly and permanently,
At any drug store, 81 cents.
1 "Yen y say y yog haye . new idea for .
plot?" "Well, I hadn't thought much
about the plot. But l have an advertising
scheme that will make q fortune for any
book. Washington Star.
. Takes the burn out; heals the wound:
cures the pain. DR.. Thomas Electric Oil,
the household remedy.
Amenities of Invemtion-
Jaspar-Marconi and Tesla were very po
litely sarcastic to one another.
Jumpuppe-Yes, indeed. They seem to
have swearless cussing down to fine point
Judge.
To know mankind is easy; but to com
prehend any one man or woman is impos
Sihle.-TOwn Topics.
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27

They Don't wasn't Roosevelt.
Locomotive firemcn Mt Pine Bluff,
Ark, are kicking because President
Roosevelt was made an honorary
member OF their brotherhood.
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27

Thos. H. Sharkey, the private de-
tective. was held to $4,000 bail, on
the 22d. to answer for the death of
Nicholas Fish, the New York banker
who was killed in a saloon brawl
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27

Husband. Killed Insolent Negro.
gro, made an insulting remark to
Mrs. Sanford Williams, at Lafayette,
La, and was killed by her husabnd.
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27
Increase il Realty Values.

The assessment rolls now being
received at the auditors office will
make a most remarkable showing,
from the present indications, and
will fully sustain the claims msde
that Mississippi has made wonderful
industrial progress during the past
year. Out Of eighteen rolls received
up to date the net increase in valua-
ton Of the States realty is over
$6,O00,U0O. In actual figures the
increase is $6,159,161. This is the
net increase from the eighteen coun-
ties which have made reports. In
cluded in these eighteen counties are
several that showed decrease in val
uation. Taking these figures as
basis, the auditor assumes that the
net increase in the valuation of real
ty for the State will be about $15,-
100000, and may reach $18, 200, 900.
The city of Natchez is after the
bridge which President Geo1ge
Gould of the Missouri Pacific pro-
poses to build across the Mississippi
river. Natchez has come out in op-
position to Memphis and is a rival
with Memphis for the bridge.
Natchez asserts that if the Goulds
are in earnest about bridging the
Mississippi river, Natchez is unques-
tionably the place of all places to To-
cate it. Natchez points out that the
Fort Scott road, which belongs to
the Missouri Pacific system, is al
ready at Natchez, and that at about
ten or twelve miles west of the city
the Texas & Pacific would be tapped,
and at Clayton, little farther west,
the Missouri Pacific itself would be
tapped. 1t is suggested as a still
further inducement that there are
also lines under construction which
would come to the bridge at Natchez,
and that the tolls on these lines
would be a source of profit to the
owners.
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27
Now Capitol Cornerstone.

Ihere Is now every probability
that the cold veterans" of Mississiu-
pi will be gratifed in their desi1e
to have the cornerstone of the new
capitol laid on the birthday of Pres.
ident Jefferson Davis.
The capitol commissioners have
never taken any action on the mat
ter, despite the strong concurrent
resolution adopted by the house and
senate at their last session, request
ing the commission to fix the date on
June 3, the, anniversary of the birth
of Mr.. Davis.
In its session, just closed at Hat
tiesburg, the reunion meeting of the
Mississippi veterans passed a resolu-
ton preferring a similar request,
and this resolution will doubtless be
laid before the commission when it
meets next month.
Maj. R. A. Dean and Col. w. II.
Stovall, of the capitol commission,
have expressed themselves as favor
ing the birthday of Jefferson Davis
as the date for laying the corner
stone, provided, of course, the build
ing shall be ready by that date. The
commissioners say that the good of
the State is first to be considered.
A. and M. College.
The Agricultural and Mechanical
College opened last week with the
largest attendance for the first day
in its history. While the total enroll
ment for last year was 604, the indi-
cations are that this number will be
exceeded. President Hardy has es-
tablished a practical working boys
course, by which poor boys can earn
money and become regular students
afterwards.
New hank.
The Peoples Bank of Sumner
has been organized, the following of
ficers being elected: z. D. Jen-
nings, T. G. James, r. T. Wade,
Smith Murphey and R. II. Hit. z.
.. Jennings was elected presidents
Smith Murphey vice-president and
II G. Buford cashier. The capital
stock IS $50, 900, and SIS, 900 paid
in, The bank will commence busi-
ness at once.
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27
smothered Under Cotton. I

a negro boy was found dead in .
cotton house near Ruston, La. The
cotton fell over him apd he was
xmothered to death. Il.
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27


NJ. A. Jones, farmer residing q
few miles from Aberdeen, has tab
ulated statement of dates of <<first"
and killing frosts" covering tho
past twenty-eight years, without
missing q date. It shows that the
earliest "first frost" was that Of Sep
tember II, 1902, and the latest were
those Of November 4, 1881 and 1900.
The earliest killing frost" was on
October 8, 1889, and the last was
November 20, 1881. These dates
were scored in the timbered region
Of Monroe county and are interest
ing, inasmuch as the appearance Of
frost figures materially in the sea-
SONS yield Of cotton.
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27
SOUTHERN oLEANlNos.
Four Kflled, SIX Injuredl.

BY an explosion Of gas in the Stat
ford mine Of the New Central Coal
Co., near Fairmont, w. Va, four men
were killed and several others badly
hurt. The explosion il said to have
been caused by the firing Of charge
Of dynamite. AT the time of the ac-
cident there were only rs men at
work, and all have been accounted
for. Supt. Stewart was at the mine
when the explosion occurred, and
took charge of the work of rescue.
All the bodies were recovered.
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27
Weather and Crops.


In its review of the weather and
crop conditions for the past week
the bulletin. of the weather bureau,
Mississippi section, says: 's
'|The mean daily temperature av-
eraged from 6 to 8 degrees below
normal. The first of the week was
warm and pleasant; moderate to
heavy rainfall occurred over the
eastern half Of the State on the 11th
and 18th, which was followed by
clear and much cooler weather with
light frosts at several places.
"There has been no improvement
in the condition of cotton. The sta
pie is opening very fast and on hill
lands and in many localities on bot
tom lands the crop is practically
made and picking is we'll advanced,
especially over the central and east
ern portions of the State, where a
very light yield is indicated. The
cool weather of the latter part of the
week was quite favorable for picking,
but retarded the development of the
bolls; the rain on the 18th also dam
aged the quality of open cotton.
Rust and shedding are still prevalent
in a number of counties, and COM
plants of boil worms are diminish
ing.
"Corn is being gathered. Cane,
rice, peas and potatoes are generally
doing well. Sorghum is making q
good yield. Pastures are improv-
ing.n :E--
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27

A number of the survivors of Col.
Dan McCook's brigade, who are max
ing tour of the battlefields where
the brigade fought during the civil
war, held memorial exercises at Ma
rietta, Ga. The survivors will erect
monuments and marks on the differ
ent positions held by the brigade dur
ing the battle fought.
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27
Street Railvvay Consolidation.

1t has been announced that the
merger of the three street railway
lines of Macon, Ga, has been COM
pleted. The deal involves about ST.
0OO, 900, and was arranged by Savan-
nah, Richmond and Macon capitalists,
who have bought out Boston owners
of two of the lines. T.>J. Carlin, pres
ident of one of the lines, will be in
control of the operation of thescon-
solidated system.
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27
Predicts City's Destruction.

Rev. Sitten, a travelling evangelist,
created considerable excitement at
Tulsa, I. T., by declaring that the
town would be blown to atoms by the
explosion of the gas wells. He says
divine wrath will surely overtalxe the
city. The cause of Rev. Sitten's pre-
diction is the refusal Of the people Of
the town to attend his meetings.
The Grenada sentinel., 1902-09-27

TIE DEM l1NEl1.
/ Y. BUCHANAN. Ed,tor and Proprietor.
GRENADA. S.. MISSISSIPPI.
Marie Henriette, queen OF the Bel.
g1ans, died suddenly at Spa, Belgium,
On the 10th. She had been i'll for sew
eral months.
An expert Of the agricultural de-
partment at Washington figures that
the corn crop of Missouri will be
close to 26O, ,0OO, 900 bushels.
Louis Won Reucau. German mining
expert, was imprisoned for 80 hours
IN tunnel in Grose mountain, Colo
rado, but was found uninjured by q
rescue party.
Congressman Littlefield, of Maine,
announced, on the 18th, that he would
be a candidate for the speakership of
the house, to succeed Hon. d. B. Hen
derson, of Iowa.
The transport Logan, which sailed
from Manila on the 10th, brings with
her Brighten. Fred d. Grant, who has
been assigned to the command of the
department of Texas.
Rev. Albert Rhett Stuart, rector OF
Christ Episcopal church, Georgetown.
ID. c., for more than a quarter of a
century, died of acute nephritis, on
the 21st, aged Sc years.
The residence of John D. Rockefel-
Ter, at Pocantico Hills, Westchester
county, N. Y, was destroyed by fire,
on the night of the 18th, the loss be-
ing estimated at $4,000.
Ex-City Treasurer Hale, of Colorado
Springs, pleaded guilty to embezzle-
ment of $4,000 of city funds. AS the
amount was made good by his broth
er, sentence was suspended.
Thos. III. Sharkey, the private de-
tective. was held to $4,000 bail, on
the 22d, to answer for the death of
Nicholas Fish. the New York banker
who was killed in a saloon brawl.
President Roosevelt spent Sunday,
the 21st, in Detroit, and during the
day paid a visit to hospital to speak k
to dying Spanish war veteran who
had expressed a desire to see him.
President Roosevelt was rendered a
banquet at Detroit, on the 22d, by the
Spanish War veteran N session at
that city. 1t was brilliant affair,
nearly eight hundred people sitting at
the tables.
A report from United States Consul
Heeman, at Odessa, says the Russian
wheat harvest is exceptionally large,
and that all crops, with the exception
of f1axseed, are the greatest in the
last ten years.
The body of Christian Ehlen, a
resident of ST. Louis, VINO died of ap-
oplexy on board a steamer while on
the passage from Alexandria, Egypt,
to Trieste, Austria, arrived at New
York on the 21st.
The Sovereign Grand Lodge I. o. O..
F., in session at Des Moines. Ia. on
the 18th, repealed the amendment to
the constitution adopted at Indian
apolis in 1901 admitting members Of
mixed Indian and white blood.
A reg iment of Canadian soldiers.
by special permission of the United
States government and of the Cana
dian militia department, took part in
the parade at Detroit, on the 22d, in
honor of President Roosevelt.
While returning from school, on the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-04

The decision OF Justice GieGerich, OF the
Supreme Court in denying the application for
an Injunction against adding land to Riker 5
Island for the benefit OF the city IS sound and
conmendabe Proof has been heaped upon
proof that this work has been carried on in
manner conducive to the PUBLIC welfare. that
il is steadily adding territory which viii he
valuable for municipal purposes. and that no
detriment to the general health or comfort
has been caused by the filling in which has
been in progress.
The belief is widespread that the effort 10 in
terfere with this enterprise was prompted by
selfish schemers in order to promote certain
individual interests which might be helped by
obstructing this work. The Supreme Court
has rightly set up barrier against intrfguers
who have sought 10 embarrass the operation
Of a plan Of so much genuine value TO the
community. Every precaUtion has been taken
by the public authorities TO satisfy those who
had a right to demand that the task should
be carried through IN such q way that there
could he no reasonable cause for complaint.
The Supreme Court rightly holds that the
whole scheme IS for the benefit of the tax
payers and is managed prudently; and the
gain 10 New-Yorl viii he by no means incon-
siderable