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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-05-28
The American Supply Co IS Building
on North Second Street
Scene of the Blaze.
The DAMAGE TO THE CONCERN
WILL REACH UPWARDS OF SIC, 600.
Many Other Business Embellishments
We're For "a Time in Danger, But
Prompt Work BY the Fire De-
partment Kept 1t Confined to One
Building.

st. Louis, May 25.-Fire which was
discovered at 1890 p. m. il The four
story building at the northeast corner
OF Second street and Franklin avenue,
the American Supply Co., was burning
freely half an hour later, and the
building seemed TO be doomed.
There was danger of the flames
spreading to other large establishments
near by, among them the establishment
Of the L. M. Rumsey Manufacturing Co.
and that Of the j. w. Burns Betting L.
Hose Co.
AT 1890 a general alarm was turned
in, as the fire had spread north to the
Garlock Packing Co., and was gaining
rapidly.
The American Supply Co. and the
Garlock company occupy the entire
quarter block north of Franklin ave-
u and OF the east side of Second
street.
1t was considered certain that the
fire would spread across the alley north
and across the other alley toward the
east.
A vast quantity of extra infammable
material was in the supply company's
store.
The fire was carried north by the
awnings in front of the buildings,
which caught from the flames pouring
out of the windows.
At 1915 the fire burned through cleo
trio light wire poles and dropped the
live wires into the street. No one was
hurt.
At 12:45 the fire attacked the plant
of the Rawley Lead Co., at 908 North
Second street, adjoining the building
Of the American Supply Co. on the
north.
For a time it looked like the build
ing would 60, but the firemen, by con-
c%entrating their efforts, prevented the
fire from spreading to that building to
any great extent. Considerable dam
age was done, however, by fire and
water.
The fire was discovered by an m
ploye of the American Supply Co.
With other employees, he was eating
his lunch on the second floor of the
building. A spark which fell neal him
attracted his attention. Investigation
showed that the third floor was in
flames, and that the fire was spreading
rapidly among packing cases and fur
The employees rushed up to the third
with hand grenades, but the fire
had made such progress that they could
check it.
A great quantity Of hay used in pack
Ing glassware for shipment was on
the third floor. 1t fed the flames to
and by the time the firemen ar
they were breaking through the
roof.
The damage to the American Supply
Co., where the fire started, will reach
$50, 900 and $4,000. Two thou
sand barrels of stock had only recently
been received and had just been un-
The principal part Of the stock
S composed of queensware.
The building is owned by w. L. Kline
will be a total loss.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-05-28
He WAS A GERMAN BARON
Guido Won S~teinwnhr Found Dead I'm
His Room mt NinneapOIIs-Due
to Natural Causes.

Minneapolis, Mimi, May 25.-Guido
Won Steinwehr was found dead in his
room here. Deputy Coroner Irvine
performed an autopsy and found death
was due to natural causes.
The dead man had been engaged in
farming near Hillsboro, N. D., with his
brother William, and was well-to- do.
He was a German baron, AMI came OF
a long line of illustrious ancestors. HIS
grandfather was a acknowledgement
in the German army, and his uncle,
Admiral Count Won Steinwchr, is on
the personal staff Of the kaiser.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-05-28
THE BEST LONE roo GOOD.

JaPan's Most Eminent Surgeons to
Superintend the Hospitals.
Toxic, May 25.-Doctors Hashimoto,
Sato and Kikuchi, three of the most
eminent surgeons of Japan, have been
appointed superintendent, respective
ly, of Toxic, Hiroshima and Matsuyama
hospitals. The government is securing
the pest talent available and is care
fully equpping hospitals for the treat
ment of both japanese and Russian
wounded. DR.. Hashimoto is the m
peror' sphysician.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-05-28
Educational Bureau.
BY KATE MARKHAM POWER.

The Greenville Times had in its last
issue a leading editorial which might
we'll be printed in nearly every paper
in the State, the only change from the
original being in the substitution OF
other land there are plenty
Of them for Greenville.
Mr.. Crosby was in McComb City
during the press convention, and the
editorial is the result of his visit to
the magnificent school house just com
pleted there, at a cost of SAC, 900. The
patriotic writer says:
THE man or woman who is opposed
to a new public school building, if the
city has such a one, should go to Nc
Comb City n visit the handsome
school building there recently erected
at a cost of $40, 700. Every citizen
takes a pride in it and the many very
complimentary remarks paid this in
~stitution of learning by the visiting
members of the Press A~ssociaticn
spoke volumes for the progress and
advancement of McComb City. This
building is not only a handsome struc-
ture, but light, heat, ventilation and
every convenience for the health and
advancement of the student has been
carefully COuSluSItu anu pIONlucu AOI
In its construction.
Such a building raises McComb City
very high in the estimation of every
visitor to that city, for it shows that
the people consider the welfare of the
school children above all else, and no
sacrifice is too great for them to make
for the future builders of the State.
And McComb City has but half the
population of G%reenville.
rs G%reenville to advance? Her
march in progress will be measured by
her school buildings. We may have
every other advantage in the way OF
commercial enterprise, yet, if We con
tinue to have cramped and unhealthy
school buildings, Jul broad and shaded
avenues our magnificent sacred edi'
fees, our stanch business institutions
and a hundred factory sites would
fail to attract the homeseeker and in
duce him to locate here with his fam
lily.
Leaving out the question of induc
ing h-omeseekers TO Greenville, there
is the welfare of our own children to
be considered, and if every voter will
ponder the question well, we believe
that not only civic pride, but the
great heart interest every father feels
for his children will prompt him to
vote for the school bonds. If your
neighbor hesitates and fails to see
the great advantages to be derived by
the erecting Of an adequate school
building labor with him long and pa.
until you have convinced and
won him over to the side that stands
for liberty's progress and enlighten-
ment. Let every friend of the bonds
cast his vote, and it is very impor.
tant that he do this, and there will be
no doubt of the result of the bond
and the fair city of Green.
Vile will rank among the foremost.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-05-28
Mississippi State News
Crop Growth Retarded.

Inc weekly crop bulletin of the
weather bureau says:
The week was exceptionally favor
aole Tor farm work, and as a result
crops are in an excellent state of
cultivation, but the cool and general
~ dry weather has very materially
retarded growth. Corn is small, and
IN some localities stands are poor
while In others it is needing rain,
out on the whole the crop is in fair
condition and is improving. The
early planted corn is being laid by
IN the southern counties. The cool
nights have caused cotton to grow
very slowly; there is much COM
plant OF poor stands in the northern
portion of the State, where consider
able replanting has been necessary;
In oDae of the northern counties the
poor stands are due largely to a
marked deficiency in rainfall. Over
the southern portion of the State
cotton, although small and back
ward, is generally doing fairly well
chopping out is making good prog
ress and cultivation has commenced.
Oats RI doing fairly well where
moisture has been sufficient, but in
many localities they are heading low
and will be a short harvest. Dat
harvest has begun south. AS a rule
sugar cane is up to good stands and
doing we'll. Melons are doing well
in Jones county. Vegetable crops
are generally making a fair yield
and potatoes, cabbage and beans are
being shipped. Peaches are quite
promising and the early varieties
are ripening nicely. Only fair crops
of pears, plums and apples are indi-
Gated.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-05-28
SUIClDED BY SHOOTING.
A St. LOuis Girl Ends Her Life With
a Pistol Bullet Because of
III Health.

st. Louis, May 25.-Miss Beatrice
May Clifton, % years old, stenographer
for a printing house on Third street,
and who was at different times en-
ployed as cashier for E. j. Arnold C
Co., and as secretary of the Interna-
ton Investment Co., get-rich-quick
concerns, committed suicide Tuesday
evening about six o'clock by shooting
herself in the left breast. Ill health is
said to have been the impelling cause.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-05-28
For the Old Soldiers.

The nursery of H. P. Cassell, To-
Gated near Canton, has donated to
the Beauvoir Soldiers Home,
through I. NJ. Henry, secretary, sew
eral hundred fruit trees and various
kinds of shrubbery, consisting of fig
trees, Japan persimmons, Japan
plums, grape vines, roSe bushes, etc.
Fruit of the above character does
well on the coast. Through 0. l..
Mckay, Meridian, the United Com
mercial Travellers Association has
donated IT, Home a fine Jersey COW
and a beautiful parlor organ. The
Home is badly in need of several
more milk COWS.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-05-28
FORWARD MOVEMENT RESUMED.
Several Japanese Columns Reported
Advancing In M~nnchuria.

Mukden, May 25.-11 p. m.-Accord-
ing to the latest information obtain
able, the Japanese have resumed their
forward movement. Several columns
are advancing, though the bulk of the
invading party is still near Feng-
Wang-Cheng.
There are persistent reports Of a
bloody battle having taken place be-
tween the japanese army advancing
along the railroad from Pulantien and
the Russians, near Kin-Chou, Lao
Tung peninsula, resulting in the defeat
Of the Japanese with great loss.
Small parties of Japanese scouts have
been seen northeast of Mukden, at a
considerable distance, but no important
body Of the enemy has been located in
this vicinity.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-05-28
Louisville Gets the Shops.

For some time Louisville has been
working for the shops and relay sta
ton of the Gulf & Chicago railroad,
and this labor has not been in
vain. Some days since the railroad
company submitted to the people
of that town a proposition Whereby
they might get the shops and the
relay station. The people, seeing
that the proposition was a reason
able one, have accepted it, and now
have the assurance that the shops
and relay will be located at that
point. The grounds for these pur-
poses will be graded at an early date,
as the contractor, with his teams
and labor, is on the ground now.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-05-28
RUSSIAN FLYING COLUMNS.
The Japanese Infantry Unable to
Overtake the Mobile COssacks.

The Japanese Infantry Unable to
Overtake the Mobile COssacks.
Seoul, May 25.-Col. Kioshia's col
umn arrived at Niung-Yeng May II,
and found the Russians had divided,
party going northwest and the
other going east. The latter attacked
Ham-Heung. 1t was impossible for
the Japanese infantry to overtake the
Cossacks, so the column returned to
Anju, May %.
The main commissariat base of the
Japanese, which had been located at
Chemulpo since the outbreak of the
war, has been transferred to Seoul.
Twenty-Five officers and a large staff
of non-commissioned officers and clerks
have arrived here to take part in the
work of provisioning the japanese ar
mics.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-05-28
Not the Boil WeeViI.

A letter from Prof. Glenn W.
Herrick, State entomologist, states
that the insects recently discovered
in large quantities on the Grub
place, three miles from Weathersby,
In Simpson county, are not the boil
weevil. Specimens of the insects
we're sent to Prof. Herrick, and
while they are of the weevil species,
the insect is in no way related to
the boil Weevil.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-05-28
Building Schoolhouses.

New school buildings seem to be
the order Of the day in Mississippi.
Not only are the trustees of separate
school districts erecting many new
buildings, but much improvement is
being done in the country precincts
as well, and the school patrons are
beginning to realize that the best
educational results cannot be accom-
plished with poor facilities.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-05-28
A. & v. Improvements.

The Alabama and Vicksburg
road, which is b~allasting the road
bed of its system between Meridian
and Jackson, and from Jackson to
Vicksburg, is making good progress
with the work. The crew is nearing
Newton, coming towards Jackson,
snd the track that they have gone
over is made very hard and durable
by the slack iron that is placed be-
&waen the ties
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-05-28
Governor Eorrows $40, 900.

Gov. Vardaman formally closed
a deal last week with the Bank of
Biloxi and the Peoples Bank of the
same city for a loan of 100000, to
be used to meet the current expenses
of the Mississippi oyster commits
sion for the next two years, the legis-
lature having failed, through mad
vertence, to make an appropriation.
for the support of the commission.
The governor agrees TO allow inter
est on the loan at the rate of Z Per
cent.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-05-28
Working Together.

The industrial movement of the
State has been given a decided i'm
petus during the past week along the
line of the Mobile & Ohio and
Southern railways through the eff.
forts of the officials Of those sys.
TENS VINO have lst completed a tour
of the principal towns from West
Point to Greenville, and the branch
lines in the delta, for the purpose
of encouraging the establishment OF
manufacturing plants.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-05-28
WILL RAISE A NEW QUESTION.
The Laying of Marine Mines Unde
Ode War Conditions.

The Laying of Marine Mines Under
Modern War Conditions.
st. Petersburg, May 25.-The British
and American press reports OF posi-
BILE protests against the laying OF
mines in the waters of the Lao Tung
peninsula of the danger of information
al commerce., evoke much interest here,
aud are the subject of the general
remark that there was no talk OF pro-
tests while Russian ships were being
blown up, it only beginning after the
Japanese ships met with disaster. Gov
eminent. circles are inclined to think
the reports of possible protests by the
powers are confined to the press.
Neither the British nor the American
embassies has received instructions on
the subject. The indications are that
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-05-28
Industrial Boom.

The week just closed has been one
of much industrial activity in Mis-
sissippi. The entire commonwealth
seems to be pushing forward with
giant strides, and new concerns of
all kinds are being launched, while
in every city, town and hamlet Of
the State the streets Ire lined with
building material.for new structures
about 70 be erected. Progress and
prosperity seem to permeate every
nook and corner of the State.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-05-28
Over Half Failed.

Less than half of the number who
stood the examination for a license
to practice medicine in Mississippi
succeeded in passing. This is a re-
markably poor showing when the
fact is considered that the examina-
ton was much easier than it has
been for many years, and a ma
jority of the questions were of an
elementary nature. Applicants who
stood the examination state that
anatomy was the only branch on
which hard questions were sub
mitted.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-05-28
PANAMA'S COMMISSIONERS
They Arrive in New York to Receive
Pay For the sthmian Canal
Concession.

New York, May 25.-Ricardo AriaS
and DR.. J.. E. Morles, special commits
sioners appointed by Panama to re-
ceive SO, 300, 900 on account of the canal
concession, have arrived here. Mr..
Arias said it was he purpose Of tile
commission 20 invest the money in first
mortgage bonds in New York or any
other locality wherever obtainable.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-05-28
Lonuer School Terms.

Prof. H. L. Whitfield, State su-
perintendent of education, made ad-
dresses at the following places last
week in the interest of his campaign
for longer terms in the country
schools; Braxton, Simpson county;
Durant, Holmes county; Clarkson,
Webster county; Maben, Oktibbeha
county; Bay Springs, Jasper county.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-05-28
NEW CHw ANG CUT OFF.
TeIegraphic Communication With
New Chwang interrupted.

st. Petersburg, May photographic
communication with New Chwang is
interrupted, and private messages for
points south of Lao Yang are refused
here at the telegraph office.
The nature Of the interruption with
New Chwang is not known, but the
cause for refusing messages south of
Lao Yang is the complete absorption
of the lines for military purposes.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-05-28
BOMBARDING PORT ARTHUR.
Admiral TOgO's Fleet BOmbardeG
For an Hour Tuesduy.

Admiral rOgO's Fleet BOmbarded
For an HoUr Tuesday.
Chefoo, May pa portion of the
Japanese fleet bombarded Port Arthur
at IL o'clock Tuesday morning. The
attack was witnessed by a Frenchman,
who left Dalny on the night of the 22d.
He says that eight large warships cir
cled before the entrance of Port Ar
thur harbor for one hour, firing boad-
sides at intervals of ten minutes.
Up to the time this Frenchman left
Dalny everything was quiet there, but
an attack on the part of the Japanese
was expected hourly. The military and
civil officials of Dalny were ready to
leave. Only a few civilians remain
there.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-05-28
THE WAY.

First Cripple Your Enemy in Battle,
Then Patch Him Up.
Seattle, Wash, May 25.-The Maya
saki Express of April "a, just received
here, says:
I'm connection with the announce
ment by her majesty, the empress, that
the wounded Russians should be given,
if needed, artificial limbs, it is reported
that a set of artificial arms and four
feet have been recently sent to the
Matsuyama Red Cross hospital, in
which the wounded Russians are re-
ceiving treatment"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-05-28
RumOrs of Heavy Fighting.

Lao Tung, May 25.-There are fur
ther rumors of heavy fighting at the
advanced positions of Gen. Fock's
forces on the Lao Tung peninsula, but
the correspondent has been unable to
officially confirm the reports.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-05-28
Newton Still Boominq.

On the southern end of the Mo
bile, Jackson & Kansas City road
the steel rails have been laid to a
point three miles north Of Newton.
The latter town is enjoying quite
a boom over the construction of the
system, and the Alabama & Vicks-
burg road is also making extensive
improvements of its facilities at that
place.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-05-28
Labor LEAVING Mills.

The labor troubles in the lum-
Der district of South Mississippi are
daily becoming more acute, and sev
eral mills have closed down on ac-
count of their inability to C III
enough laborers to run regularly.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-05-28
Rev. James NJ. HawIey.

Pine Bluff, Ark, May 25.-Rev. Jas.
M. Hawley, pastor of Main Street
Methodist Episcopal church, south, died
Tuesday afternoon. Death followed an
operation for appendicitis
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-05-28
viii Develop Phosphate Beds.

Citizens Of Chickasaw county are
organizing a company with a capital
stock of $4,000, to develop the rich
phosphate beds of that county, the
product to be used as a fertilizer.
The plant will commence work by
July /.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-05-28
The Black Sen Fleet.

New York, May 25.-Intelligence
has been received from st. Petersburg,
according to a Times dispatch from
Vienna, that IA vessels of the Black
Sea fleet are being modified and placed
in readiness for service.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-05-28
both Legs Cut on hy rrnin.

Clinton, Mo-, May 25.-Clarence H.
Adams, of Harper's Ferry, w. Va, fell
under the wheels of a train here. Both
legs were severed above the knees, and
he died seven hours later.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-05-28
Must Go Through Decatur.

The Mississippi Railroad Com.
mission adopted an order requiring
the Mobile, Jackson and Kansas
City Railroad to build its line
through Decatur. Newton county.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-05-28
PHILADELPHIA to Have Phones.

A movement is on foot to estab-
lish a telephone company at Phila-
delphia, Neshoba county, represent
ing an investment of $4,000.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-05-28
Attention.! Withers' Artillery, Com.
pany A.

The following notices have been
sent out to all the survivors of With.
ers' Artillery, Company A, whose post
Office address could be found, and ii
IS earnestly hoped that every sur
vivor who fought so nobly and so
bravely stood the seige, will make the
effort of his life to come to Jackson
then, and be, one more time, with the
boys" who are left on this side of
the Great River. The families of the
members now residing in Jackson will
throw their homes wide open and do
all in their power to give the old Vets
a happy day, and no visitor need be at
one cents expense, except his railroad
fare. 1t would be we'll if the old
soldiers could, ere they they go hence,
see to it that their children and thei-
comrades children know each other
and continue through coming genera.
lions the friendships formed amid
wars alarms, and on bloody battle
fields. These dear old veterans will
not be with us many years and it be.
hooves each one Of us to do our share
toward Frightening these few remain.
ing years. The call follows:
"a CALL FOR A REUNION OF THE
SURVIVORS OF CO.. A. WITH
ERS' LIGHT ARTILLERY.
"In pursuance Of instructions given
me by a number Of the surviving menu
bers of Company A, First Mississippi
Light Artillery, when gathered to.
gether in the city of Jackson, on the
Sd day of June last, l hereby call a
meeting of the company to be held
at the courthouse in this city on the
Sd day of June next, at 10 o'clock a. m.
ut Is the earnest desire of those
Joining in this call to have all those
who are informed of the meeting to
attend, in order that we may have a
real reunion, and once more, if for
only a short time, enjoy being to-
gether, a privilege that was our for
many years.
"W. T. RATLIFF, Late Captain,
"Co. A. 1st. Miss. Light Artillery.
jackson, May IS, 1904"
Meridian is soon to establish a box
factory which will give employment
to a large force of hands and use TIM
Der that would not be available for
other purposes. Several varieties,
which would be worthless for higher
6AdQC WOLh, CoA NC ililHCQ III AO
manufacture of boxes. Boxes are nee
essary articles of m and the
Meridian people are right in provid-
ing a supply at home, making them
selves Independent Of any trust or
combine that might be effected in the
future.
West Point, in addition to other
enterprises, will install a sewer sys-
tenn to cost about $50, 900. Great is
West Point.
Recently Biloxi had a truck farmers
exhibit that was even a revelation to
the citizens of the town. The x
hibits were a credit to those who took
an interest in the matter, and the af-
fair will no doubt prove of benefit
to the community at large. When an
other is held there will be greater
competition for the prizes and, in con-
sequence, there will be an effort on
The part of the truckers to improve
their crops.
Push Mississippi" and wear a
Mississippi" button, especially when
you take a trip to points outside OF
he State, /