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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-02
POLITICIANS AND THE FEVER
Dreaded In the Feyer-Stricken
City of New Orleans.

New Orleans, Aug. 30.-PoliticS has
been injected into the yellow fever sit
uation here, and the better class of
citizens fear that the physicians who
are striving TO stamp out the scourge
will be hampered in their work by
~Unscrupulous men who are using
this time of distress to either seek
office or aid their fricnds to secure
such.
1t is hard to tell which is to be
dreaded most-the work of the politi-
clans or the yellow plague.
In spite of the fact that little, if any,,
progress has been made in the battle
against the plague, an organized fight
is beng made to GUST the chairman OF
the city board of health, DR.. Quitman
KOhnke.
Last March, several months previous
to the outbreak of the fever, a cam
paign had been made by certain ward
leaders in behalf of a councilman here,
who is incidentally a physician, and
who wishes the position of chairman
of the health board. This office has a
salary of $4,000 attached to it and en-
viable appointive powers. Every night
for a week or more secret meetings
have been held, and as a result DR..
Kohnke and his friends are prepared to
receive a request from a small minori-
ty of citizens, asking for DR.. Kohnke's
resignation. DR.. Kohnke declared he
will not resign.
Reports received here from the coun-
ty parishes of Louisiana are not very
discouraging. The fever is spreading
throughout large part Of the state.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-02
AN EXCEPTIONAL SHOWING
Everything in "A Business Line, Ac-
cOrdinG to Bradstreet's, is In
q Prosperous Condition.

New York, Aug. 26.-Bradstreet's
weekly review says:
August, a period of exceptional ac-
tivity in all lines of trade and in
dustry, draws to a close with buying
showing further expansion, cereal crop
yields or prospects close to the best.
railway tonnage increasing, collec-
tons in the west, north and east re-
ported generally better, money excep-
~tionally easy for this season, notwith-
standing increased crop moving re-
quiremCnts and confidence on all
hands of a large and prospectively
profitable fall and winter trade.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-02
FOR A FULL INVESTIGATION
The EuuitabIe Life Assurance So
ciety Joins the State of New York
in Asking Full investigation.

New York, Aug. 26.-The Equitable
Life Assurance society has Joined with
the state of New York in asking for a
full investigation in court of its direc-
tors and officers and their alleged
wrongdoings in managing the moneys
of the society. The document which
this determination was the
answer of the 40 Equitable directors to
charges made against them in connec-
ton with a suit against the Equitable
Life Assurance society by the state.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-02

The results of the census Of the Rus
Sian empire, taken eight years ago,
nave just been published and give the
total population of Russia at 1860,
6S2 inhabitants. Of whom 62,512,69S are
men and 63,167,9S4 m The num-
Der Of illiterates is returned at 49,,
O7O,436, or 70 per cent. of the popula-
ton. AS to the several classes, the
moujiks Cor p~easants) are numbered
at $685. 4S and the middle classes at
1886, 1892 persons, while the members
of the nobility are given as 1,S50,285.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-02

There is a spot in the United States
of Colombia where a five-mile ditch
would connect the Atlantic ocean
with the waters of the Pacific. Indeed,
there is a spot there, in the province
of Choco, where q little homemade
canal did exactly this thing over a
century ago. It is written in history
and can be found in wellnigh forgot
ten tones that natives passed in their
canoes from the waters of the Atrato
to the Rio San Juan by NEAR Of an
artificial cut.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-02
CONFIDENTIAL DEATHS
and Wife Meet~Death Al
most simultaneously when u
Thousand Miles Apart.

New York, Aug. 30.-Separated by
1000 miles of distance, Mrs. June John
son and her husband, Allan Johnson, a
Little Rock (Ark.) banker, met death
almost simultaneously.
At the precise hour when Mrs. John
sons body was taken from the bathing
waters OF Coney Island a telegram
reached here to inform her of the death
of her husband. The wife was a maya
zine contributor, who wrote under the
non de plume Of Helen Dixie Johnson,
anG the husband was president of the
National Exchange bank of Little Rock.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-02
GEN. w. w. BLACKMAR'S WILL
Chair in which Gen. Grant sat
When Negotiating With Gen. Lee
WiIled to Government.

Brockton, Mass. Aug. 30.-The will
of the late Gen. Wilmon W. B!ackmar,
commander-in-chief Of the Grand Army
of the Republic, provides for a legacy
of $1,000 to Nancy T. Creel, of Louis
vile, Ky. whose mother served as
nurse to Gen. Blackmar after he had
been wounded in the civil war. The
testator leaves to the United States gov
eminent the chair in which Gen.
Ulysses S. Grant sat when arranging
the surrender Of Gen. Robert E. Lee Of
the confederate army at Appomattox.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-02
A SENSATIONAL SUICIDE
ROvven, of SubIette, Ill, Kills
Himself in minneapolis Church.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Aug. 2S.-But a
few minutes after the close of Rev. w.
B. Riley's address at the First Baptist
church, a man who is thought to be w.
Rowen, of Sublette, H., got up in a
pew and fired g bullet through his
heart, dying instantly. On search of
his clothes, a draft for $500 was found
On his person, made out in the name of
w. Rowen, Sublette, III. Some small
change was found in another pocket.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-02
FOUNDERED IN FIERCE GALE
shin struck BY an Enormous Wave
On Florida COast-Two Live
to Tell the story.

Jacksonville, Fla, Aug. 29.-The
American steamship Peconic encOun-
tered a fierce gale off the coast Of Flor
ida. Twenty of the crew of % drowned.
The ship was struck by an enormous
wave, the cargo shifted and the ship
sank.
Two of the crew. an Italian and a
Spaniard, secured the lifebOat and land
ed on Amelia Beach and told the story
of the disaster.
The vessel was laden with coal from
PHILADELPHIA to New Orleans.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-02
HnImes Gives Bond.

Washington, Aug. 30.-Former Asso-
ciate Statistician E. S. Holmes, Jr., of
the department of agriculture, indicted
together with r. A. Peckham and
Moses Haas, of New York, on the
charge of conspiring to defraud the
government by prematurely divulging
the department cotton crop reports,
surrendered to the United States mar
shall, and later appeared before Justice
Stafford and gave bond in the sum Of
SO. 900.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-02

A mountain at Singaung, in Upper
Burma, is entirely covered with great
blocks of iron ore. DR.. Noetling, OF
the geological survey of India, discov,
cred that the mountain was magnetic,
the tremendous attraction rendering
his compass and watch useless.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-02
AMERICAN ROLL OF HONOR
Thc noun Expended Last Year
For Pensions SIP -
sioners Close to Million.

Washington, Aug. 30.-Commissioner
of Pensions Warner has completed his
annual report and submitted it to the
secretary of the interior. 1t is said the
amount expended for pensions last
year is nearly $142, O00, 900, only a few
thousands less than the appropriation,
and that the on the pension roll
are close on to the 1000, 900 mark.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-02

Gheel, in Belgium, is a town oi
fools. In1beciles are sent there as to
an asylum, but, instead of being shut
up and deprived Of the pleasures Of
liberty, they are allowed to enjoy them.
selves like reasonable beings.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-02
The authorities have forbidden the

The authorities have forbidden the
use Of Hyde Park, London, by motor
cars during the afternoons Of July.
The term motor-cars includes electric
broughams and carriages, which is
rather hard on the large number OF
fashionable people who have replaced
their ~horse-drawn carriages by the
modern vehicle. The reason given for
this decision is that danger is caused
to the occupants of the numerous
horse-drawn carriages.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-02
Mrs. oxford's Body Found.

st. Louis, Aug. 29.-The body of a
woman found in the Mississippi south
of St. Louis proves to be that of Mrs.
Oxford, of D~uncanville, Tex, who COM
mitted suicide by jumping from Eads
bridge. The body of Estelle McMullin
has not been recovered.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-02
A Costly Fire.

Johnstown, Pa, Aug. 29.-The build
ing and stock of the Penn Traffic Co.,
which operates the largest department
store. are a total loss as the result of a
fire that started about II o'clock Mon
day. night among some refuse near the
elevator shaft in one of the wings of
the building. The estimated loss il
$500. 900, which is almost covered by
insurance.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-02
Gives His Authority.

Des Moines, Ia, Aug. S0.-Gov. Cum
Minis, replying to the letter of Secretary
of the Treasury Shaw, gives the Des
Moines Capital, LATE Young's paper, as
the authority for his assertions in re-
gard to Secretary Shaw's reference to
the reciprocity treaty with France
which failed.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-02

The great Beaujolais wine district
In France is said to fairly bristle
with cannon" The wine growers are
firmly convinced of the efficacy Of the
cannon to destroy the hail in the
clouds and to turn it into a mild rain
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-02
TRAMP AND HIS DEADLY GUN
Man Shot to Death BY q Tramp,
Whom He Had Directed On
His Way.

Brazil, Ind, Aug. 29.-At Caseyvirie,
eight miles north of hsre, a tramp in
uuired Of Steve Kovio, who vas return
ing from a dance with his sweetheart,
the way to Perth. Koyio told him, but
he lost his way, and, thinking that
Kovio had deceived him, he returned,
and. without warning, shot Kovio. who
fell dying in the arms of his sweetheart
The tramp has not been captured.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-02

Unless it may have been by Korean
raids in the centruies past, Japan has
never been invaded by a foreign foe.
Their racial descent is practically pure
hence their intense love of country
and entire seIf-sacrifcing patriotism.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-02
Morgan Sees the President.

Oyster Bay, l.. l., Aug. 80. Pier
pont Morgan had a conference with
President Roosevelt concerning sale of
the Canton-Hankow line to the Chinese
government. A New York dispatch says
the road has been sold back to China.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-02

At the Shokonsha festival, which il
held in Japan every May, the names
Of all soldiers who fell in battle the
previous year are officially printed.
The soldiers who succumb to disease
are not thus honored.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-02
TWO DEAD, THREE DYING
Terrible Accident at the Electric
Light and Power Plant at
D~anviIle, Ill.

Danyille, H., Aug. 29.-Two men are
read and three more in a dying condi-
ton as a result of the bursting Of a To-
inch steam pipe in the Danville electric
light plant. John Richards, George
town, and William Thornton, Danville,
died Monday night. The other injured
are Ed Caldwell. Georgetown; A. A.
futile and Samuel Niccum. Danville.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-02
MAY BE steIIa McMullin,s Body.

st. Louis, Aug 29.-The body of a
woman, supposed to be that of Stella
McMullin, has been found near Festus.
Miss McMullin was drowned with
young Churchill while bathing in the
river here. Festus is where the par
ents of the young woman reside.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-02

Prof. P. Ct. Holden, the apostle Of
seed corn testing and Iowa's recog-
nized authority on corn, who is in De5
Moines. recently made the statement
that with favorable conditions for an
other month Iowa's corn crop will GO
over 400. Gee, 600 busne,s-the biggest
yield the state has ever hoped for, and
20 per cent. greater than the yield of a
year ago when Iowa made its record.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-02

A newly arrived immigrant who had
seen the sign Shoes repaired while you
wait" opened a barber shop and put a
card in his window which bore the le-
gend: "A good shave while you wait"
And the novelty of his announcement
really attracted customers. The waSs
enjoyed jollying him, and he actually
Guided better than he knew.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-02
CHOLERA APPEARSIN MANILA
Two Soldiers Dead at Camp Me-
KinIey and Several Deaths
in the City.

Manila. Aus. 26.-An outbreak OF
cholera in Manila has been reported.
1t is thought that it is due to green
vegetables from Hong Kong. Two SOL
diers have died at Camp Mckinley,
is ~quarantined. In the city sew
eral natives and one American woman
have died. The surgeons Of the board
Of health state that the outbreak is not
serious.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-02
Reunite.

Bloomington, H., Aug. 26.-veterans
from many states attended the annual
reunion here of the Ninety-fourth ILL
nois volunteer infantry, commanded by
Gen. John McNulta, and which was n
Of the famous commands of the civil
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-02
EducotionaI CONGRESS.

Portland, Ore, Aug. 29.-The Lewis
and Clark Educational congress as
sembled in Portland Monday for a four
days session. Among the speakers was
DR.. A. s. Draper, commissioner of edu-
cation of New York.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-02
Dispute over Candy Causes Murder.

Fort Worth, Tex, Aug. 2S.-A dis
pute over the division of candy led to
the murder of Willie Porter, white,
aged IL, by Arthur Palmer, negro, the
same age. Palmer plunged a pocket
knife into the heart of Porter, killing
him instantly.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-02
Used Fi.ta ON Husband.

st. Louis, Aug. 28.-John j. Miller
has entered suit for divorce in the cir
cult court against his wife, Charlotte,
alleging that she frequently beat him
with her fists and that she neglected
her household duties.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-02
f NEW AND OLD.

A Scotch Dominic. after telling his
scholars the story of Ananias and Sap
phira, asked them: why does not God
strike everybody dead that tells a He?'
After a long silence 4 little fellow ex-
claimed: Because there wouldna be
nobody left"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-02

A spreckIes Ship Seized.

Washington, Aug. 26.-The state de-
partment has received a cable dispatch
from Yokohama saying that the slip
Australia, owned by Speckles, had
been seized. The dispatch gives no
details.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-02

About n hundred years more will
be required to complete the work OF
making a typographical map of the
country which was begun by the Unit
ed States government in 1882.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-02

Hume, the historian, found himself
one day. at a social dinner. next to Lord
John Russell. In the oUr Of CONVEX
sation. his lordship said: What do you
consider tbs object of legislation"
The greatest good to the creates num-
ber," was Hume's answe. And what
do you consider the greatest number?"
continued Lord John Russell. Number
one. my lord was the historians
prompt reply.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-02

Mrs. John w. Mackay is a collector
OF old (and new c~andlesticks and has
a collection embracing more than
1900 and worth upward of $4,000.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-02

The exports of Cuba for 1904 aggre
gated in value $1,000 5000, eleven mil
lions than in 1903, and Of this
amount So per cent. came to the Unit
ed States,
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-09-02
las

Landlady-SOme OF my boarders
have been with me for years.
New Boarder-Haven't the strength
to leave, l suppose.-Judge.
Certainly Do.
Circumstances alter kisses.-N. O.
Picayune.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-06-30
SAVED BY A WOMAN'S WIT
She Sacrificed One Thousand Dollars
to Stage Robbers, But Saved
Twenty Times as Much.

A good illustration Of the quick wit
of woman appears in the following
incident of the old coaching days of the
far west. The man Of the tale does not
show off in the best of lights, and did
not deserve his reward, says Youths
Companion. The coach was on its way
over a lonely road, and carried among
it's passengers lady going to Join ner
husband and man travelling by him
self
81 have 81, 600 in my pocketbook, con
tidad the lone traveller to the lady, 'and
| feel very uneasy. Would you mind
concealing it in your dress? If we are
held up they are less likely TO search
you"
The lady consented and hid the roll of
bills. Toward evening the shout of
Throw up your hands!" brought the
coach to standstill, and four men,
masked and on horseback, demanded,
at the point of the pistol, that all money
should be Immediately given up. The
lone traveller passed over all his remain
ing cash, consisting Of few dollars,
and was congratulating himself on his
escape, when, to his horror, he heard
the lady say:
Il have $1,000 here, but suppose |
must give them up. and without further
hesitation she handed over the precious
pile Of greenbacks.
The robbers rode off in high good hui
NOR, but as soon as they were gone the
traveller let loose his wrath. He abused
the lady in no measured terms, and
hardly stopped short OF calling her g
coward. The accused said little, bu,
when the end of the journey was reached
she invited the angry man to her house
81 shall have to accept" he said, sulk
lily 81 haven't cent in the world
through your stupidity"
AS he was dressing for dinner tina
night his host came to his room.
Here are the thousand dollars" h,
said, which my wife ventured to Dor
row You see, she had $4,000 hid in he
gown, and she thought if she gave III
your thousand it would save furthe
search. Tnank you for the loan, whicl
saved me heavy loss
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-06-30
EARNING HIS WAY.

carriers; four commissaries; one a
carpenter; one dish washer; and
seven electricians. Fourteen rise at
four o'clock in the morning to build
fires in the furnaces; four make gar
dens and clean yards; two work on
the state farm; four are musicians, %
do homework. Then there are IL
janitors, two librarians, eight laundry
agents, leather worker, boarding
house keeper. Two milk cows at the
state farm, II make mechanical draw
lngs and 16 are engaged in various
kinds of newspaper work; four are
listed as doing odd jobs; there are
seven that work at printing, seven
press clothes, three find return in
Photographic work. two are painters,
seven are stenographers, four work at
surveying, % are teachers, one does
cabinet work, one is a clerk in bank,
seven are walters, one manages and
cooks for a club. And here, too, we
find the author, that omnipresent fell
| low these days; for two DO literary
work on magazines.
OF course the above means often
a youth must study when pretty tired,
must labor when he needs to be at his
books; but take it all in all, it is not
such a bad way Of beginning ones
fight in life-unless, indeed, overworB
brings loss of health, and then the
price is UNNECESSARILY too big. But
we nave in mind boys of the Other
sort that seem to us anything but sue
cesses, WAC have taken as a matter
of course funds advanced them by
sacrificing relatives. Often it is bet
ter for a boy to get things hard.
CHARLES THORNE
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-06-30
China's National Tree.

The tung-shu. or wood-oil, tree is
worthily named the national tree of
China. says Consul General Wilcox at
Hankau. 1t is stately in appearance,
with smooth green bark and wide
spreading branches, affording fine
shade 1t belongs to the Euphorbiacae
or spurge, family, Of which the castor
oil plant is member. 1t bears q
fruit resembling a shellbark hickory
nut, but as large as small orange
Each nut contains three triangular
seeds similar to small Brazil nuts. The
oil is pressed from these seeds and the
refuse is used as a fertilizer. The oil
is used principally for polishing WOOD
work and dressing leather. Considera
BILE quantities are exported. The wooC
of the tung-shu Is used for makins
musical instruments, line boxes anC
the framework of small houses. 1t /;
| free from the ravages of insects 1t il
believed that this tree might flourish
in the warmer parts of the United
States.-Youth's Companion.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-06-30
EARNING EDUCATION
STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
THAT EARN THEIR WAY.
Many Occupations That Help Out
How Some Of Students Have
Won Elevated Position
in Life.

1t was no uncommon thing back In
the days of the little red schoolhouse"
for aspiring students to exc out O
scanty allowance by any and every
sort of money earning; splitting wood,
believe, was the favorite occupation,
the surest of return We recently
came across notice that a very large
part of the students ct the University
Of Missouri were paying their OK
penses themselves, and were interest
ed to fad out what they worked at
The report OF the university pub
Usher points with pride to some OF
the alumni that likewise labored when
they were getting an education, aad
in Illustration that a boy apprecia e;
an education so obtained, attention Is
called to the rise in life Of these in
dustrious ones Judse j. L. Torrey
author of the Torrey bankruptcy ILL;
tbs late Congressman Cooney; B. 7
Galloway, chief Of the division o.
vegetable PHILOSOPHY and pathology
United States department of agricLl
lure, Washington; w. R. Dodson, II
,h2rge of agricultural education il
Louisiana.
These successful ones tell Of thell
early struggles with certain pride
Judge TorreJ added to his scant in
come ty playing man with the hoe, b.
| pruning grapes, shucking corn, an'
acting as commissory Of the boarding
department Congressman Coone,
taught school = the time-honore'
method of getting q start"-sold ap
pie trees and took contracts for cut
ting corn and broom corn. Speaking
of this stage of his life, he once re
marked: I'm the vacations earne
in the harvest and hay fields abou
| $50, and | earned SIS cutting weed
and building a fence on the stat
farm. The world looked upon me a
a poor young man, but regarded tina
as a joke. I had enough to lend
fellow student sufficient to pay hi
board for six months without charg
ing a cent of interest never fel
so rich in all my life as during thos
years | spent in the university"
The New York Tribune, comment
ing on the number of young men tc
day down Missoury," that are ind'
pendently striving for an education
gives the following ways in whic
they attain the almighty One
manager of athletics two boo
agents; one driver of bread wagon
one barber; three bookkeepers
seven canvassers; % clerks; six pape