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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-11-19
leave to submit the following report for the
month of October, 1904,
Respectfully submitted,
b @ Adams, Mayor
rcron,o uEunRr
A c~oLLECToR's RI

Grenada, Miss, Oct. 81. l904.-To the Hon
orable Board OF Mayor and Aldermen: ]
have the pleasure to report tn at have col
lected the following privileges for the
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-11-19
Administrators Notice to Creditors

Grenada Oounty. fChancery Court.
The undersigned having beer duly al
pointed Administrator of the estate of r,
Payne. deceased, on the 9Th day of Noven
Der, 1904, hereby gives notice to all persoI
having claims against said estate. to hay
same probated and registered within twely
months, or they will be forever barred.
This the 18th day of November, 1904.
o. S. AVENT, Administrator.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1904-03-24

The afternoon trains carried num-
Der Of the Mississippi lawmakers to
their homes. Though the session viii
not be brought to a close until Tues
day at Il o. clock, the members real
ize that no business Of Importance
is to be transacted during Monday
and Tuesday, the only object of the
Of the meeting being to allow the
speaker and president to sign the bills
that have been favorably acted upon,
and those who had business at home
that demanded their presence and at
tention left on the first evening
trains.
All legislation was finished today,
what measures have now not been
disposed of are dead. 1t is highly
probable that there will not be
working quorum present Monday or
Tuesday, but as any number can meet
and adjourn, this is oil that is neces-
sary and all that Is desired to keep
the journal and records of the session
straight. Monday afternoon and
Tuesday morning there will be the
usual social meetings, presentation Of
presents to presiding officers, and 9th
ers, farewell partings and funmaking.
The Senate this morning, after
lengthy debate, declined to reconsid-
er the vote on the merger bill author
izing the merger Of the M. and o.,
and Southern roads.
The Senate and House today passed
the resolution authorizing the sale Of
the lands bought by the trustees of the
state hospital for the insane, about
which SO much has been said and so
many reports made.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1904-03-24

This afternoon the Sc hate passed
the House Bill confirming the merger
Of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad with
the Southern. This bin was debated
nearly all the morning, and IN some
respects the debate was the most
acrimonious that lfAs taken place dur
ing the session. Former Attorney
Gneral McClurg came in for some crit
icism at the hands Of the opponents
Of the bill.
The House this afternoon elected J..
II. Sharpe, of Lowndes, as its member
of the commission to build the new
Deaf and Dumb Asylum, and the SEN
ate elected l.. Il. Chiles, Of this city, as
its member. Both the Senate and
House passed a number Of local bills
this afternoon.
The House this morning again re-
fused to pass the boundary fee bill.
The bill was reconsidered by the
House on a motion of Mr.. Brown, of
Adams, and an amendment offered,
but when it came to pass,it failed to
receive the constitutional majority
There seems little hope for the pass
age Of the bill during the present ses-
sion, and the attorneys viii have to
wait two years and see what the legis-
lature will do then. In the meantime
the suit will have been decided.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1904-03-24
STATE CONVICT
COTTON CROP
INTERESTING STATISTICS PRE-
PARED By ASSISTANT CLERK.
s,67s BALES PRODUCED.
Seed to the Amount of $2S,5o274 Has
Been Marketed. Mail Robber In
dicted. Woman Shot by Mistake.

Assistant Clerk Lacy, Of the Peni-
tentiary Board of Control, has pre-
pared some interesting figures IN re-
gard to the cotton crop raised by the
State last year. The total crop raised.
was 1875 bales, and of this number
only thirty-two bales remain unsold.
Two bales have been turned over to
the Worlds Fair Bureau for the ex-
hibition at st. Louis. Cotton seed tc
the amount of $23,5O2.74 was sold.
OF the number Of bales raised, 1,747
were raised on the farm in SuRfower
county, and these sold for SO, ,4O2,3S
or nearly half Of the whole sum, which
was $2l7, ,935.54. The average price
received per-bale was $5s16 IL. The
cotton raised. and sold on the other
places, exclusive Of the new State
Farm, is as follows: Belmont, 3Sl
bales, at $21 ,S66.24; Rankin, 15l bales
at $S,36O,34; Weatherby, 4lS bales,
at $14, lag, go; Cutrer, 225 bales, at
$14, 4,S63.10; Darden, 332 bales, at $780,
s74S5; Edwards, 239 bales, at $l6,-
440.66; Watson, SO bales, at $5,S7S.l3.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1904-03-24
Governors Veto Sustained.

There was no vote in the House this
morning on the governors veto of the
Holly Springs Normal Bill, as it was
supposed there would be, from the
ruling made by the Speaker at the
session yesterday afternoon. The
Speaker reversed himself and an
nouneed that a motion to reconsider
the vote was not in order. This ends
the matter, and the school is not like
ly 10 get any appropriation.
A point has been raised in regard
TO the passage of the Uniform Text
book Bill which gives promise Of COM
plicating matters considerably, and
which, if carried to the floor Of the
Senate, may result in a reconsidera-
tion of the bill and its defeat,
which the schoolbook lobbyists are so
much bent on. On Monday the SEN
ate Conference Committee reported
back TO that body that it had con-
Cured in the House amendments to
the Senate bill, and this report was
adopted and the measure passed. Now
the point is made that the Senate
Committee did not concur in but one
Of the amendments to the bill made by
the House, and that touching the per-
sonnel Of the amendments, it is claim
ed, were not considered and were not
included in the report Of the Com
mittee. Therefore, The Senate could
not have concurred in them. There
is a strong probability that this point
will be raised on the floor Of the Sen
ate, and the uniform textbook meas
ure, over which so much labor has
been spent, may yet fail to become a
law
The Port Gibson reveille., 1904-03-24
LIMIT TO IMMIGRATION.
OHIy Certain Number Received From
One Country.

New York-"I favor the scheme
FOR the restriction Of immigration, "
says Representative Adams, CT Penn
sylvania. "And, what is more, the
novelty possesses the unusual merit
cf being just the thing that IS need
ed to fit the situation. 1t is a simple
proposition, involving no troublesome
or unjust educational or health tests.
/ would limit immigration from each
country to $4,000 souls per year.
This restriction is not to apply to
Canada, Mexico or Cuba, nor to per
sons seeking admission temporarily
in the pursuit Of business.
The practical result of this law
would be to affect only three coun-
tries; but they are the three coun-
tries that are sending hordes to our
shores every year, and the great out
pouring from which is responsible for
most Of the agitation in favor Of re-
strictive laws. The three nations that
we must put up the bars against are
Austria-Hungary, Russia and Italy.
The frst-named country last year sent
100000 immigrants to the United
States; Italy sent 100000, and Russia
sent 10000.
They are the only nations that sent
To our shores more than 10000 immi-
grants last year. Therefore the enact
ment Of this legislation would simply
mean that the immigration from those
countries of southern Europe would
be very materially cut down, while
the door would still be left open to
the people whom we are anxious to
receive. estimate that the adop-
ton Of this simple proposition would
reduce immigration about 100000 a
year.
Commissioner General Sargent and
others who have studied this subject
agree that the undesirable aliens come
chiefly from these three countries.
They contribute the class OF foreign
ers who congregate in the large cities,
spreading disease and becoming
charges on the communities. These
people who come here with ideas that
do not assimilate with ours are far
more dangerous to the country than
the so-calIed Yellow Peril-the Mon
lian-that threatens the Pacific coast.
Tt costs New York state alone some
thing like $5,OOO,OOO a year to sup
port aliens who have become public
charges, and who ought properly to be
maintained in the almshouses of their
native lands. / believe that such con-
ditions as these will be vastly i'm
proved by the adoption Of my bill
restricting immigration from each
country to $4,000 souls per year.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1904-03-24

The House this afternoon passed
the Senate Chancery Redistricting
Bill, which provides for one addition
al chancellor. 1t also passed the SEN
ate resolution providing that the leg
islature shall adjourn on March %.
Another important measure acted on
was the Senate bill changing the pres
ent Local Option Law and requiring
that q petition for local option cleo
tion shall be on file for thirty days
before it is acted upon.
The Senate indefinitely postponed
the bill to issue bonds to refund the
Chickasaw School fund. II passed the
House bill fixing the State levy at 6
mills and voted down an amendment
to make the levy 1-2 mills. This is
the same levy as this year. 1t also
passed the House bill making it un-
lawful for any state or county officer
to take any funds intrusted to his care
out Of the state. The Senate receded
from its amendment to the Code bill
in regard TO the way that the commits
sioners are to be selected. The gov
ernor viii have the appointing Of all
Of them.
To-day was the last day under the
Constitution that the legislature could
pass appropriation bills. There are
one or two little ones hanging fire, and
in order to get around the Constitu-
ton both houses, when they adjourned
this afternoon, took recess, SO that
when they meet tomorrow it will be
the same legislative day as to-day.
In the House tomorrow an effort
will be made to reconsider the vote
whereby the Boundary Dispute Fee
Bill was lost.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1904-03-24
AMERICAN ToBAcCoINTEREsTs
Minister Griscom Doing His Best to
Protect Them.

Washington. United States Minis
ter Griscom, at Toxic, is acting under
the instructions Of the State Depart
ment in endeavoring to impress upon
The japanese Government the proprie-
ty of protecting the considerable
American investments in tobacco
manufactures, in the preparation OF
the new tobacco monopoly scheme. In
% doing, the Minister is following up
the procedure he adopted in securing
the restitution Of losses suffered by
American whisky exporters. In the
case Of the tobacco factories operated
by American capital in Japan the
Japanese Government already has sig
nifed a willingness to pay for the fac
tories and goods on hand, and what
Mr.. Griscom is now trying to do Is TO
secure a proper allowance for the good
will and business about to be surren-
dered.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1904-03-24

Helena, Ark.-The jury in the Fed
eral Court brought in a verdict of
guilty against three Of the Poinsett
County whitecaps and released the re-
naming twelve. The convicted men
are believed by the jury to have been
the ringleaders in the mob that COM
PEELED a lot Of negro workmen to
leave the saw mill Of Davis e. Hodges,
near Whitehall, Poinsett County. Up
on the completion of the Poinsett
County case, the case against eleven
Cross County men charged with the
same offense, was begun. The cases
from Cross County are almost identi-
cal with the one from Poinsett, only
more serious, in that murder is alleg-
ed to have been committed by the
Cross County men, who are charged
with having killed ]. H. Brown,
private detective of Memphis, who
was investigating the whitecap out
RACES when he met his death.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1904-03-24
Condition of Farms.

The Special Committee appointed
from the House to visit the State
farms, made the following report to
the House, through their Chairman, A.
Miller:
"Mr. Speaker: Your Committee
appointed to visit and examine the
Oakley, Rankin County and Sunhower
farms beg leave to report that they
have discharged said duty.
eve recommend that the Oakley
farm be sold or exchanged for other
lands that lie contiguous to the Sun
flower farm, as we believ that it is to
the best interest Of the State to con-
centrate all Of the able-bodied con-
victs Of the Penitentiary on the Sun
flower farm, as we believe that it IS to
which lies near the city Of jackson,
can be advantageously used for hOspi-
tai agricultural and other purposes.
eve find that about 5000 acres of
land will be put in cultivation on the
Sunhower farm in 1904. Several
thousand acres have already been pre-
pared for planting. We find the diff
ferent camps, seven in number, to be
well and humanely managed; the diff
ferent eight cages, or prison houses,
are in a cleanly condition, and santa
ton has not been neglected. The
prisoners appear to be well cared for
and look stout and healthy. We ad-
wise the sale of Oakley or exchange
Oakley for lands adjoining the Sun
flower State Farm, for the following
reasons: Oakley as worked is un-
profitable to the State. It's sale has
been recommended by Governors Nc
Laurin, Stone and Longino. 1t is not
needed as a hospital, the Rankin farm
being ample for that purpose, and the
female convicts engaged in making
convicts' clothing on Oakley should
be located in the Sunfower farm. 1t
could be done more conveniently and
at less expense to the State. +"
The Port Gibson reveille., 1904-03-24

passed bin for the sale Of the Deaf
and Dumb property in Jackson and
the Oakley and Belmont Plantations.
WEDNESDAY.
The House today fixed the state tax
levy at o mills, and authorized the
governor to borrow 100000, at not
exceeding 5 per cent, if he deemed it
necessary.
The House this morning reconsider
ed its vote on the Senate Boundary
Dispute Bill and adopted an amend
ment, offered by Mr.. Brooks, Of Nox-
ubee, putting the amount that the at
torneys are to receive at $4,000 II
they are successful. The bill was then
killed; the vote being rs to u. No
motion was entered to reconsider the
vote whereby the bill was lost. IL
looks very doubtful now whether
there will be any money appropriated
for attorneys fees in this ease.
The House this afternoon refused to
displace its calendar and take up the
redistricting bills. It also killed the
Senate bill appropriating $4,000 for
the State Revenue Agent to investi-
gate the books Of the Board Of Con-
troll and the different benevolent in
stitutions.
The Senate spent most all day in
discussing the Insurance Bill, passed
by the House some time ago, taking
the valued policy law off cotton and
personal property. The bill was
amended in some particulars, the most
important being that a company which
takes litigation out Of the state courts
and carries it to the Federal courts
forfeits its license. The bill was pass
ed by the Senate and now goes to the
House concurrence in the amend
mentQ.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1904-03-24
FIERCE BATTLE
on THE YALU
III WHICH RUSSIA CAME OUT
VICTORIOUS.
A FEW JAPS CAPTURED.
Unofficial News to That Effect Having
Reached Ohefoo In Private Dis
patch Prom Mukden-Czar's hcct
Combine.

Chefoo-A private dispatch receiv
Cd here from Mukden states that
battle has tagen place on the ialu
river in which the Russians claim to
have captured eighteen hundred prls-
oners.
ST Petersburg The whereabouts OF
the Vladivestock squadron Is a secret,
but there are those who believe that
the japanese may wake up to find that
the two diversions Of Russia's Pacific
squadron have effected junction.
The admiralty and Vive-Admiral
Makaroff, before he left for the east
regarded the fact that the feet was
separated as unfortunate for Russia s
chances Of success at sea.
The report that seven Russian war
ships were sighted the other day off
Gensan, Corea, creates much specula-
tion as to whether they could be the
vessels of the cruiser division from
Vladivostock under Capt. Reitzen-
stein.
The number of ships said to have
ben sighted does not tally with that
Of the Vladivostock division, which
properly consisted Of four fast cruis-
ers and the transport Lena. 1t Is
learned, however, that the outbreak Of
hostilities found two ships Of the vol
unteer cruiser feet at Vladivostock
and there is reason to believe that
these have since been fitted out with
guns taken from shore batteries.
1t is therefore possible that the
shipe sighted were those Of Capt. Reit-
zenstein, whose object, If be ventured
90 far south along the eastern coast
Of Corea, could hardly be anything ex-
eept to slip into Port Arthur. If this
is true, il is thought that the squad
ron must have already run the gaunt-
let Of the Corean strait and be close to
Port Arthur
In accordance with personal orders
from the czar, the English language
is now taught to the imperial. page
corps. Lessons began this week.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1904-03-24

Urumiyah, Persia.-An investiga-
tion Of the death of the Rev. DR.. Ben
jamin Larabee, the American mission
airy, announced from here March IL,
shows that Dr. Larabee, whose son Is
Superintendent Of the American mis-
sion here, was returning from Koya
to Urumiyah on horseback, accom-
panied by a servant, when both were
found dead by the roadside. Their
bodies had been stripped and mutt
lated and had numerous stabs. The
horses and packs Of the travellers we're
missing. DR.. Larabee leaves a wife
and four children. Steps have been
taken 10 discover the assassins.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1904-03-24
snubbed the President.

Chicago.-General Fred d. Grant,
Commander of the Department Of the
Lakes, startled the Irish Fellowship
Society at its banquet by snubbing
the President Of the United States in
toast assigned to him. General
Grant was asked to respond to the
toast "The President. Instead OF
the good words that were expected
his fellow-banqueters heard the fol-
lowing: "I can only say few words
tonight. In the first place, ! am not
a speech-maker; in the second place,
because | am soldier the ban Of 81
lence rents upon me; in the third
place, I do not know the President OF
the United States"
The Port Gibson reveille., 1904-03-24

The Washington County Medical
Society has been organized in Green
vile with about twenty-five members.
The following officers were elected :
President, DIR. Z. A. Cheek, of Arcola ;
Vice President, DR. o. w. Stone, Of
Greenville; Secretary and Treasurer,
DR.. M. o. Shivers, of Greenville ;
delegate to the State Medical Associa-
ton DIR. J. y. Smyth, Of Greenville.
DR.. Martin of Clarksdale, addressed
the meeting on the necessity Of organi-
zation as q means Of beneftting the
profession, increasing knowledge and
drawing its members in closer frater-
nal touch.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1904-03-24
Valley Trains Collide.

A head-end collision occurred in the
Yazoo & Mississippi yards at Cleve-
land when the Greenville accommo-
dation engine No. q crashed into ex-
ira 81 on a siding, severely scalding
and internally injuring Engineer
Frank Mclean on engine No. q.
The negro fireman, Tab Black, was
thrown from the cab and sustained a
broken wrist. Conductor L. {. Grown
was severely bruised abouG the head.
Newsboy ]. NJ. Miller had his arm
bruised. The accident was caused by
the failure of brakeman to close a
switch. Engine No. 27 is mass Of
kindling wood. Mr.. Mclean has since
died.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1904-03-24
LEGISLATORS
ARE THROUGH
SIGNING OF BILLS ALL THAT
REMAINS TO BE DONE.
Served as . Stormy Gilman 10 the
Tedious Dsliberation. Boundary
Foe Bin Again Refused Passage.


Very little business was done in
either house this morning. The House
reconsidered its action on the bill
which was sent sent over from the
Senate, to pay TO DIR. ]. #. Hunter
$1,000 for vaccine points purchased by
him as Secretary Of the State Board
of Health for use In the various coun-
ties. The Senate passed the boil wee
vii bin this morning, but cut the
House appropriation in two.
In the House and Senate this after
noon the conference agreement on uni
form textbooks was adopted. This
has the effect Of passing the bill and
making il law when il receives the
governors signature. The bill pro-
yides that the governor shall appoint
eight prominent educators, who, with
the State Superintendent of Eduea-
tion, shall constitute the commission.
The adoption Of the report gives the
book lobby a bad rundown. The lob
by has been fighting the House amend
ments, not desiring 10 have commits
sion appointed by the governor. When
the report came up for action in the
Senate this afternoon a number OF
members tok a crack at the lobby,
saying that it was infamous, one
member stating that the lobby had got
40 bold that one Of its members kick
cd him on the shin TO remind him to
vote.
The House passed the Graves Bill,
making the selling illegally Of whiskey
q felony, punishable by Imprisonment
In the penitentiary after the first Of
tense. The Senate failed to pass the
House amendment providing for the
election Of Judges by the people. The
House and Senate have both passed
such amendments, and the House
some days ago killed the Senate
amendment, and now the Senate kills
the House amendment, which means
that no amendment viii be submitted
TO the people next fall.
The veto message Of the Governor
on the Holly Springs Normal Bill viii
come up tomorrow morning in the
House, and some lively times are ex-
pected. II is understood tonight that
the Marshal county delegation is split
on the veto. Two members Of the
House will vote 10 pass the bill over
the governors veto, while the other
will vote TO sustain the governors 5
veto.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1904-03-24
Batson Oil Field Fire.

Beaumont, Texas. s.-Advices receiv-
"a from Batson by the Texas and Cuff
FEY companies and w. E. Brice, the
principal owners there, are that the
Gre which swept the Batson field was
sxtinguished by midnight. Mr.. Free
man of the Texas Company says that
II swept the entire eastern wing OF the
Geld, with the loss not to exceed $780,
900. None Of the large storage tanks
was touched by the flames, and many
Of the oil wells destroyed were yield
ing nothing but salt water, all OF
which reduced the possible loss.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1904-03-24
TOBACCO MONOPOLY.
VIII Go Into Effect on July-Lib-
eral Offer.

Tokio.-The proposed law relating
to the Government tobacco monopoly
If enacted will 60 into effect on the 1st
Of next July. The manufacture or
sale Of japanese cut tobacco will be
allowed to continue until April 10.
The government proposes to have the
stocks, machines and plants existing
on June 30 next appraised by joint
appraisers. As compensation for their
"good will" the Government proposes
to pay the manufacturers and dealers
a sum equal to their income for three
years as shown by their books. The
sum which will be required to launch
the monopoly has not yet been deter
mined, but the Government proposes
to make a large payment in bonds. 1t
is thought the only new customs duty
will be on sugar. Unless the conven-
tional tariffs interfere, it is probable
that a tariff will be levied on woolen
Stuffs.