The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-08-02
Enois in the western part Of Tex

as G1l c0lslQeraO4e carnage 10 C1oEs'
and several lives were lost.
Chas. VI. Schwab, president Of the
United States Steel company, IS
dangerously i'll from a stroke OF
apopleEy.
\ colony Of fifteen Filipinos have
taken up their residence in Caldwell
county, Texas. These colonists are
direct from the Philippines, and at-
ter establishing homes Will send for
other members Of the al
John DorSch, alias Gene Sykes.
claiming to be a minister of the
Christian faith, was arrested al
Austin, Tex, last week on the
charge Of bigamy. 1t is claimed
Syke, or whatever his real name
NAV be, has five living wives, two
in Arkansas, one in Mississippi and
two in the state Of Washington.
In a four handed fight at Green
vile, Miss, Neal Conley was shot
through the heart. Officer Burns
received a fatal wound, Ed Schraw-
Der was shot through the left should
or, and Chief Of Police Quinn re-
ceiyed a bullet in the right hand.
The fight was the result Of an old
teud between Schrawber and Con-
ley.
Mrs. Ellen Wright. Of LaSalle,
H.. lost her life in an attempt to
protect her pet dog. She vas walk
inr along the railroad track with her
pet dog, and a passenger train was
almost upon the dog when Mrs.
Wright leaped to its rescue. She
tossed the animal to safety, but was
unable TO avoid the train, which
crushed her 10 death.
The largest annual seed distribu-
ton ever made by the government
viii be begun early this fall. Some
important changes in the plan Of
conducting this distribution will be
established by the department Of
agriculture. With a view Of hand
ling the seed TO better advantage,
the country has been divided into
six districts, and seeds and plants
particularly adapted to each district
will be distributed therein. In years
past much complaint has been made
that the seed is received too late in
the season, and this fault is to bt
overcome by starting the distribu-
ton this year September /.
The annual report of the coal pro,
duction shows that there are twenty.
eight states in which coal was pro
duced in 1901. The greatest in.
crease in 1901 was in anthracite
coal in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania
is also credited with the largest in
crease in the bituminous product
followed by Ohio, Illinois, IVES
Virginia and Maryland in the orde.
named, each of these states increas
ing its output over 1900 by nor,
than 100000 tons. The entir,
gain for the United States was 20,
026,659 short tons, valued at Sal,
611,G1j, an increase in value o
1876 per cent. The total production
for the year was 292, sos, 4S6 shor
tons, valued at $346, 763,039. Tn
production in 1881, twenty years pre-
vious, was e5,881.030 short ton:
valued at S124,349,1S0 so. The pro
duction for 1901 was 269,SS1,S2
short tons, valued at 5000, S91,364
The case Of Gen. Clayton, amba:
sador TO Mexico, charged with own
ing stock in a Mexican mining CON
pany, and failing in his official ca
pacity to properly protect the intel
ests of one Mr.. Mealy, has been re
opened. The above allegations WEI
made sometime ago, and caused Gel
Clayton to visit Washington b
=. direction Of the president. TIL
ambassador made an explanation
. which was accepted by Mr.. Roos'
welt, and it was officially announce
, that Gen. Clayton had been full
%exonerated. His explanation VIZ
, that he had acted simply as the e,
I ecutor of the estate of a ralatiy
and did not himself own any stoC
in the mining company. Senate
; Penrose has since filed addition
aiidayits at the state department
t in which it is alleged that Gen. Cha,
I ton actually holds 100 shares
d stock in the company and has bee
one of its directors. Upon Il
0 strength of these afiidavits Senat,