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The Grenada sentinel., 1903-05-09

Members of the general assa mbly
of the Presbyterian church are con
sidering a resolution to allow negro
churches to have separate organi-
zation: Establishment of separate
jurisdictions for the negro and white
churches is strongly urged by certain
synods, and there is confidence that
the plan will be adopted by the gen.
eral assembly.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-05-09

Aged pensioners who surrender to
Cupid are making no end of trouble
for the pension Office The pension
commissioner, Eugene Ware, has rec
commended that congress enact law
which will place some sort of a limit
on the pensions of widows who
marry soldiers with zone leg in the
grave" It has been known for wears
that designing women sought matri-
monial alliances with aged pension
erS.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-05-09

Abner Fitzgerald, a negro, who
murdered A. Russell in Jefferson
county, September, 1902. was cap
tured last week in Tensas parish,
La., by Detective Charles Webb and
brought to Port Gibson and placed
in the county Jail for safe keeping.
Abner was indicted by the grand
jury and has been at large ever since
committing the deed.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-05-09

Japan proposes to be up with the
times. 1t has recently ordered some
A-ray machines in this country to be
used in the Toxic mint on the en-
Ployes whom it suspects of swallow
ing newly-minted coins and carrying
them away in their stomachs. The
N-ray will reveal the coins, even
though it may not disclose the spots
of guilt on the conscience.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-05-09
Opening Of 8eauvoir.

Reauvoir, the old home of Jeffer-
son Davis, was opened as a home
for INDECENT ex-Confederates on
May l, under, the auspices of the
Sons OF Veterans and Daughters of
the Confederacy of Mississippi.
Several applications for admission
have already been received.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-05-09
Strawberry Crop.

The promise of warmer weather
gives some encouragement to the
truck farmers in Mississippi, whose
strawberry crop has been cut short
by the cool weather and dry winds.
and it is hoped that the prevalence
of sunshine will bring out new
blooms and thus increase the per-
centage of yield, which is now
placed at only so per cent.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-05-09
Old Ladies' Home.

The work of raising a $4,000
fund for the establishment Of an
Old Ladies' Home in Mississippi is
progressing quite steadily, and sew
eral good-sized amounts have been
raised by the county associations
and forwarded to Mr.. Richard Grif-
fifth, of Jackson, treasurer Of the
State association.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-05-09
Wants Rural Delivery.

Gloster is preparing to secure
rural free delivery of mail, and pcti-
tions largely signed by citizens have
been forwarded to the postofice de-
partment through Congressman Nc
Lain. The work Of establishing
routes already granted in Mississip-
pi is progressing satisfactorily.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-05-09
Cars Built at Meridian

The Northeastern shops of Merid-
ian have just completed the con-
struction of sixty freight cars for
the Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific
railroad. The cars were built in
eight days, all the wood work being
from Mississippi timber and all Of
the iron from Alabama. The cars
are valued at $500 each.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-05-09
Bids for Federal Work.

Bids were opened last week in
Washington for the completion of
the approaches to the Federal build
ing at Jackson. There were two
bidders, both residents of Jackson:
II. X. Hardy, $4,397; and F. T.
Hamilton, $4,494.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-05-09
improvements for Meridian.

The Mobile & Ohio railroad is
making some extensive improve
ments at Meridian. About two
miles of new track are being laid in
the yards. The tracks will radiate
from the new union freight depot
that is in course of constructions
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-05-09

Senator Depew claims that the best
part of a mans life is from the age
OF 50 to 100 years. At least that is
the time when everybody is most
likely to want to hang on to it.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-05-09
Suicided With Shotuun.

W. c. Mercer committed suicide
last week by blowing the top of his
head off with shotgun. The trag-
edy occurred at his residence, six
miles north of Ripley. He leaves
large number of children and
grandchildren, and wife, to
mourn his death.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-05-09

Another one of the horrors of be-
ing king is that he has to salute all
other kings on the cheek. But mono
abdicate ON this account.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-05-09

The declaration of independence
mas been locked up out of sight; we
have rather made it up with England
OF late years, anyhow.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-05-09
Gunshot Wound Fatal.

Master Walter Caruthers died at
Charleston last week after two days'
suffering from the gunshot wound
accidentally inflicted BY Master
Roger Shackleford. !
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-05-09
Mississippi State Banks.

Auditor Cole issued the statement
OF the standing of the State banks
in Mississippi, which makes a most
phenomenal showing. The figures
are simply amazing, and taken in
connection with the recent figures
prepared and given out by Secretary
OF State Power make a wonderful
industrial showing that will prob
ably not be equaled in the country.
According to the statement pre-
pared by Mr.. Cole there is an in
crease of twenty-nine banks over the
statement of last year. This in
crease OF twenty-nine is without TAX
ing into account that one bank went
into liquidation, two others consol-
idated with other banks and three
State banks became national banks.
Perhaps the most extraordinary
item in the statement given out is
the increase in actual cash deposits
in the various banks. This item
shows that there is nearly $5,OOO,-
600 more money on deposit this year
than there was last year.
The increase in capital paid is
81 ,3O1 ,5O4.63. The increase in sur
plus is $2,858.99.
The increase in assets over last
year is nearly seven millions.
The Capital State Bank of Jack
son, one of the banks at Clarksdale
and one at Laurel became national
banks. The Biloxi Savings Bank
consolidated, and the Oakland Bank
of Tallahatchie consolidated with
the Charleston Bank. The Mer-
chants Bank of Grenada went into
liquidation. There are a total Of
153 State banks now doing business.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-05-09
CURRENT COMMENT.

Most of the remorse in ell these
boodling operations appears to come
from being found out.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-05-09

twenty-five tnOuSdnu rllneSe
families are to be imported into
Mexico for work on hemp planta-
tions.
The visit Of King Edward of
England to the pope at Rome
aroused the protests Of British pro-
testants.
H. G. Webb, prominent student
and football player of Cornell Uni
versity at Ithica, N. Y, has mys-
teriously disappeared.
Because he lost his position in
the census department, l.. H. Mag
mum killed himself at Washington
by drinking carbolic acid.
The immense manufacturing
plant of the Deering Harvester
Company at Chicago has been closed
down by a strike of it's 10000 en-
ployes.
G. Hallman Sims, of Atlanta.
Ga, was sentenced to six years in
the penitentiary for the embezzle-
ment of $4,000 from a bank in
that city.
During family quarrel at Gales
burg, ILL.,, Mrs. Edward Morrissey
was killed by shot fired by her
husband and intended for the lat
ter's brother.
Mrs. Adolph Luetgert, for whose
murder her husband was convicted
and died in the Illinois penitenti-
ary, is said to have been discovered
near Spartansburg, S. G.
Officials of Oklahoma complain
that packers have been guilty Of
shipping tainted meats into the ter
rltory and the law will be invoked tc
put a stop to the practice.
President Castro, of Venezuela,
has issued drastic decree against !
foreigners, which, it is expected,
will stop all immigration to that
country and the introduction of for
cgn capital.
In order to reunite husband and
wife whose separation she had un-
Intentionally caused, Miss Jane E.
Hawkins committed suicide at
Bridgeport, Conn, by drinking
laudanum.
The worst blizzard of the season,
accompanied by temperature sew
cral degrees below the freezing
point, swept over Wisconsin. Min
ncsota, Iowa, South Da',ota, Ncbras-
ka and Kansas.
A statement of the customs rev2-
MUGS in the. Philippine archipelago
show that the receipts for the month
Of January, 1908, were $806,961.-
Sc, as compared with $321,15 in
the same month in 1899.
The largest hotel in the world,
which will be over half mile long
and $50 feet deep, covering an area
Of fourteen acres, is to be erected
on the Worlds Fair grounds at st.
Louis by an excursion company,
which expects to take thousands Of
school children to st. Louis, fur
nishing transportation, board and
lodging and admission to the
Worlds Fair grounds for certain
fixed sum.
Within few hours after the mar
riage of the earl of Yarmouth to the
Pittsburg heiress, Miss Alice Thaw,
vrits of attachment were issued
against the earl for debts aggregat-
ing about thousand dollars.
The bank at Modesto, small
town in Illinois, was entered by
who blew the safe open
with dynamite, wrecking the build
ing. The force of the explosion
aroused inhabitants of the town and
he robbers fled without securing
my money. |
The monthly statement of the
public debt shows that at the close
# business April 80, 1908, the total
lebt, less cash in the treasury,
to $93s,935,418, de- ]
'rease as compared with April l,
903, of 1868, sol.
Millionaire Yerkes, who is con-
tructing an underground railway in ,
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-05-09
Concessions Llthonraphs, L

Secretary Fitzhugh Of the capitol
commission last week received the.
handsome and elegant autographed
invitations to the cornerstone cere-'
monies, which the commission orl
dered to be sent out ID fpreicn
guests who are to b iavit
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-05-09
Critical Situation.

Mississippi's drouth continues to
increase in seriousness, and the sit
uation has now assumed very crit
ical phase.
More than forty days have now
passed without rain. The drouth
area covers practically the entire
State; only few communities hay
ing been favored with light showers
during the period.
The weekly report of the weather
bureau issued April 80, while con-
servative in tone, takes a very dis
couraging view of the outlook for
the farmers, and unless there is a
general rainfall within the present
week all crops will be from six weeks
to two months late.
In places where corn has sprout-
ed the stands are being ra pidly
thinned out by the dry winds, and
nearly all vegetation is wearing a
sickly appearance. The fruit crop
is being greatly damaged by the
young fruit dropping from the trees,
and the yield of peaches will be
even shorter than last year if pres
ent prospects continue.
Cotton planting is still being
pushed, but termination is impossi-
BILE under existing climatic condi-
tions.
The Grenada sentinel., 1903-05-09
Coon Hunting Tragedy.

Bill Winters, white farmer, liv-
ing about two miles south of
Charleston, was the victim of hor-
rible accident at Woodstock last
week, while out coon hunting in
company with his brother, Winter
Winters. They had a coon up q
tree, and while Winter was making
the last stroke to fell the tree Bill
stepped back, and when the tree fell
it struck BilPs shoulder, knocking
him senseless. He sustained other
injuries, from which he may die,
though the attending physicians
hold out hope for his recovery.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-25

T7UEEItLI enough. when considered
as an abstract proposition.
~ science has done almost as much
1891 for the amusement Of man as for
- the amclioratiun Of his condition
in other directions. No great discovery or
invention has been handed forth for general
use but has been almost Immediately
adopted for the purposes OF the stage, that
mimic world, whore the mirror Is held up to
nature that every man may see therein all
natures but his own. II may be that from
an exact literary standpoint the modern
stagccraft has made but slight II any ad-
vance over that Of the ancicnts. but i'm a
purely mechanical way the progress is
such as occasionally astonishcs even one
who has been familiar with the thcatcr
for many years. Undertakings that but a
very little while ago would have been con
sidCrcd ChimcriCal are now carried out
with a success that is all but marvellous.
Realism has been the keynote of the art
world for more than two decades, and while
the ideal still has its place and it's
devotees. the worshipcrs at the shrine of
the real have become more numerous than
were all the visitors to the fame not
So very long ago. ON the stage We have
had tank plays and sawmill dramas, and
almost every conceivable form Of life's me
chanical adjuncts has been presented in a
practical shape. Sometimes the realism
has been carried to an extreme, as. for eX-
ample. during the production OF a sawmill
play In a Council Bluffs thcatoT a few years
ago. one Of its scenes required that the
hero be- bound on a log and fed into a
huge saw. ordinarily he would he res
rucd by the heroine, who throw OFF the belt
and stopped the machinery just in time
On the occasion referred to, the herotn"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-25

sons who have seen the play will recall
that after the cruciiXion, Judas, almost
crazcd with agony, turns to Haran, seeking
to know if he is suspected as the betrayer
OF the Nazarcne.
"Didst thou hear his nance" he asks.
AS Haran answers "'Tis whispered his
name is Judas" there comes a flash that
causes many eyes to close involuntarily
and at the same time a terrific crash of
thunder breaks over the theater. Here, at
the very moment that the light from the
stereoptoscope is thrown on the drop, a man
in the wings brings together the points
Of two c]arbouS, which are respectively at
tached to the negative and positive poles of
a battery. The resultant spark or flash re-
lntorccs the effect produced 10y the store-
Optoscope.
The impressiyeness of the lightning dis
play is increased by the thunder, which in
this case is also the perfection of stage
mechanics.
At an elevated point on the stage a box
with three compartments has been built.
Each of the compartments is divided into
three sections, with doors passing from
one into the other. From the box itself
a small door opens on to a runway of
hardwood that extends to the opposite side
Of the stage. At the end Of the runway
there is a little alley, heavily padded, and
at intervals along the runway are placed
upright points Of wood. In each Of the
lower sections OF the box there is an
"ighteon-pound cannon ball and the upper
sections are filled with cohhlcsroucs
When the modern Jovc Wishes 10 rhunder
he simply opens the little door and allows
one of the cannon balls to roll down the (
runway, the projecting points producing
the uneven, Earring effect of a broken peal
of thunder. As the first ball is rcleased(
the one from the second section takes its
place, ready for the next peal. Where an
especially noisy crash is desired some of
the cobblestones are released at the same
time as the cannon hall. and. in conjunction
with it, clatter down the runway. At the
bottom the ball and stones enter the little
padded alley, falling noisolcssly. and are
gathered up by a boy, who returns them to
the box, so that the storm may be con-
tinuri indefinitely. For rhu eliminating and
most terrific crashes not only are the can
non ball and cObblosIOuos released. but
upon horrors head horrors accumulate"
by means Of the simultaneous beating of a
roll from a drum and the firing Of a doubles
barreled shotgun into an alright metal
cylinder.
As the stage is dark The man at tho stero-
optoscope and the "thunderer" are signaIed
by means of electric lights. Al a point
in the dialogue, a few speeches ahead Of
Nh" actual cue for m, fash ana the crash,
The stage manager presses a switch. and a
green light shows ar tho operators station.
y moment later I'd red light gives him The
10. for action. For m, storm scene about
twenty mon. AN rol1 are employed. and
They DO NOT have any rim, 20 waste either,
after tho curtain lHE ROLLED rrr.. nm .I. ..t
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-16
Senator Depew Tells Why It Did
Not Go to Spanish War;
WAS READY AND ANXIOUS
lie Went 60 Washington About Mat
ter Was Told service would be
Brief and Mortality Great

New York, April 16--In speech at a
dinner in the Seventh Regiment ar
mory last night Senator Depe'S made
public for the FIRST time reasons for the
so-called inactivity Of that regiment in
the Spanish American war He said:
II want to compliment this regiment
on its patient fortitude in withstanding
the floods Of abuse heaped on IT by the
public at the time Of the war, and since
then by refralning from explanations
of the exact conditions under which It
labored at that time. II stood ready at
a moments notice TO march to the front
with a thousand and fifty men.
Il was sent to Washington by the
regiment to see President Mckinley and
use every influence in my power to have
the Seventh New York ordered out.
spent an entire evening with the presl-
dent the secretary of war, and the gem
eral of the army, explaining the eager
ness OF the regiment to engage In the
war with Spain. The president told me
at that time that he could not use the
regiment. and that the secretary Of war
you'd not permit him 10 tell me why.
Later the secretary Of war wired me
that he wanted 80 900 men 10 march at
once on Havana against the 10000
Spanlards entrenched behind the
fortress there. He explained that the
service would be brief but that the
peril was great, and that the mortality
would be large. He wanted to know If
the Seventh would go on a moments
notice under these conditions. | imme-
dlately communicated with Col. Apple
ton, and he, with a staff of three or
four, called upon me Immediately after.
! explained TO him the message from
Washington and told him / would like
TO know how to reply The day follow
Ing he submitted TO me in writing the
Willingness and eagerness OF the reei-
ment to depart on an instants notice,
] sent this information to Washington.
but before the offer could be accepted
the face Of the situation In Cuba had
changed so rapidly that the government
was unable TO avail itself of the regi-
ments services
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-16
A Priceless PRAYER Rock.

Boston. April le-In memory Of his
hoyhood days as a worshlpper at ST.
Paurs Episcopal church. this city. j.
Pierpont Morgan has presented TO the
church a priceless Book Of Common
Prayer
The Book OF PRAYER was presented
TO the parish on Ulster Sunday. 1894
hut the gift was kept secret until last
Sunday. when Il was used for the first
time. During nine years II had lain in
a safe deposit vault
The book is a large folio OF 500 pages.
beautifully printed on heavy handmade
paper. and bound I'm vellum, with gold
clasps. ON the cover Is a rich design In
gold. The pages are decorated with
ornamental borders In black and white.
from original designs especially exc
cuted.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-16
An Endorsement on Paper Ordering
Killing Of Gen, Otis.
FOUND BY CAPT. j. M.TAYLOR
Runs as Follow.i "Lebereno Kotin-
ko, Feilcmno de C,Iz, 90 xii, Geu.
Obs. Commlsnoncd."

Washington April l5.--While eXamin-
ing papers captured from Filipino in
surgent agents Capt, John Nj, Taylor,
of the Fourteenth infantry, has dis
covered a remarkable document in
dorsed on the back with a direction to
kill Gen, Otis. That indoraem nj
Capt, Taylor insists, is in the hand
writing of Aguinaldo, the insurgent
chief, The translation Of the document
was:
"Our Honorable President: We the
signers who subscribe TO the declara-
tiun appended, by these presents pro-
test against the American proclama-
ton. We recognize no authority but
that Of God and the authority Of the
government, and we offer our lives and
property for the Independence of our
country.
"Manila-san Miguel, January ~,
1899 Felicano de Cruz" twenty-five
signatures follow
On the back Is written in the hand
writing Of Aguinaldo; "Lebereno Ko-
tionko, Felicano de Cruz, to kin Gen
Otis. Commissioned"
Capt. Taylor called the attention
the chief Of the bureau OF insuar az
fairs TO this document in. letter In
which he says
1.-THE note on the back is in the
handwriting Of Aguinaldo, a handwrit-
ing with which am familiar and one
of such peculiar mannerlsm that II
cannot be mistaken by one who has
seen much Of II. | have a quantity of
photographic letters and notes in my
possession, The most cursory com
parlson between them and the hand
writing of this note will show its iden-
tity.
ION Jan. 4, 1899, proclamation
was issued by Gen. Otis in which he
declared the sovereignty Of the United
States over the Philippines. Many
protests were drawn up In the Philip
pines against this Most Of them were
drawn up by order Of the insurgent
government, but this letter was prob
ably unsolicited evidence Of the ad-
hesion Of some Katlpunan lodge, or
one Of the popular clubs in Manala Or
ganized by Candico while in the pay OF
the United States government clubs
whose names covered their real pur-
pose. the formation Of groups ready at
given signal to attack the Amerl-
cans within the city
Probably this paper was handed to
Aguinaldo by delegation Of the sign
ers. II this was the case. the man
who signs first. Feliciano de Cruz, was
one Of the delegates.
"Aguinaldo probably talked with him
In private and as result OF the con-
yersatlon he wrote this note on the
back Of the paper The other name
does not appear In the signatures, He
was probably some follower or intimate
friend Of Cruz.
ut Is to be noted that Gen. Otis
residence was In the ward of San
Miguel. The signers OF this paper were
men who lived about It and knew the
ground well; some Of them may have
been servants in the house. The attack
on the American outposts did not occur
until Feb. 4, 1899"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-16

It Is charged at Otto Richter, picture
frame manufacturer. only one bullet
took effect. 1t struck Richter IN the
left breast above the heart. His condl-
ton Is serious. The negro was locked
up,
Tross came out OF a saloon, where he
said, he had been trying TO get work for
friend lie asserts that as DE lcft the
place men lnsulted him. Then be drew
his revolver the police charge, and fred
at Richter The wounded man says he
was merely an onlooker The shots at
tracted a crowd Of goo or 800 men and
boys. They pursued Tr0ss, stlll holding
the revolver IN his hand, who took re-
fuge IN a grocery store, whore he was
captured by policeman The crowd
fought TO get at Tross and boseiged and
nearly wrecked the store before help
arrived.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-16

In this city recently, In which he was
quoted as speaking disparaglngly OF
the negro as soldier, says that his
statements were misunderstood. In an
interview the general Is credited with
the following statement:
THE Inference from the interview In
question by which ] am made to APP
pear as disregardlng the lives Of the
negro and Filipino soldier Is ridiculous,
as my past record will sustain As to
the portion Of the interview relative to
the Filipino and negro soldier being
disparaged, was entirely misquoted.
for the wording was Of the harahest
character, when what intended TO say
was to express an entirely opposite
sentiment as to my feelings regarding
the Filipino and negro soldier
II class both as second only to the
American soldier and would venture
any military enterprise with either one
Of those natlonalitles.