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The Virginia enterprise., 1906-07-06

SOME mems lives are like a book
and others are like blank book,
or would be if they were not given
an opportunity to occasionally veto
some ordinance which common
decency and the people demand.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-07-06

IT is Postmaster Atkins on now
if you please. O. w. Randall, form.
erly solicitor for the Hibbing Tri.
bune, has been appointed as assist.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-07-06
Timber Land Act June 5. 1873
Notice for Publication.
United States Land OHioo

y w.. United States Land Office, u
Writ. ..,., H. -. =. Duluth, Minn., MAY 28. 1906
j Notice IS hereby given that in compliance
with the provisions OF. the act of Congress- OF
June 8. 1878, entitled "An act for the sale Of
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-07-06

BERT MARSHALL, of Duluth, has
announced his intention of filing
for the Republican nomination for
register of deeds. He proposes to
learn by experience what the range
voters will do in the matter. And
he will doubtless think longer be.
fore deciding to act another time.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-07-06

n. c. PALMER on Tuesday filed
for denomination for the office of
register of deeds. Mr.. Palmer has
served the county faithfully, and
has many friends who will assist
him in his aspirations for re-elec-
ti0n
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-07-06

The Business Mems Association
OF 1shpeming decided to disband
because of lack of interest on the
part of members. But they got a
quorum at the last meeting and
made proper distribution of &C.
crued funds.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-01-13
MAY BE A GIGANTIC FRAUD
The Norfolk & Western Stock FOrg-
cry Probably One of the Most
Gigantic SwindIes.

New York, Jan. 9.-The Norfolk &
Western stock forgery, which on Sat
urGay was supposed to be a piece of or
dinar.y ~crookedness in the financial
world. has developed into what prob
ably is of the most gigantic swim
dies of the age. The immensely of the
fraud became known despite the most
stringent efforts to conceal it, and Wall
street stood aghast at the knowledge of
a crime that in all probability has net
ted its perpetrator millions of dollars,
and that has worked false paper into
the strong boxes Of nobody knows how
many banks and trust companies that
even now do not know that the "securi-
ties" on which they advanced money
are ~forgeries.
Instead of there being only a few
hundred shares of the counterfeit stock
afioat, it is likely to run into many
thousands, and a systematic search will
be begun at once to discover, if possible,
the extent of the bogus paper.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-01-13
Suit for Valuable Plantation.

An interesting and highly important
suit, involving the title to a large and
valuable plantation in Coahoma county,
has been filed by the heirs of the late
Henry Billingsly, jr. Young Billings
ly inherited a large tract of land from
his father, but died during his minority
without ever having been married,
leaving neither brother, sister, father,
mother nor descendants of them. He
was survived by his maternal grand.
mother and by n p%aternal uncle, and
the suit is brought by this uncle for q
One-half interest of the entire estate.
The statute of descent and distribution
in Mississippi provides in a case like
this that the estate shall pass to the
next of kin, computed according to the
rules of the civil law and representa-
ton among collaterals, except that the
descendants of brothers and sisters are
prohibited. The theory of the COM
plainant is that the land involved de-
scended to the grandparents as the
next of kin, and that the children Of
the deceased grandparents took the
share of those grandparents by virtue OF
the rule of representation.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-01-13
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS,
Condition Of the Treasury.

State Auditor Henry has completed
his supplemental report fr the balance
OF the year 1905, a report showing the
condition of the treasury up to the close
OF the year, and tho balance in the
treasury. The regular biennial report
closed with the end of September. The
report shows that on New Years day,
1906, there was a balance In the pocket
OF the State of Mississippi, the sum OF
S2O2, Sl2.26. The disbursements for the
same period were s555, 469. O5, with ac-
counts outstanding of $7,3O6. Oh. The
largest amount Of this expenditure was
for pensions to ex-Confederate soldiers,
the figures being S24S, 556.7 {. The total
receipts for the two fiscal years we're S.
S54, 918. l6. The distribution for tie
same period, 1852, 6O4. 4s. The re-
ceipts were increased by a bond issue
authorized by the legislature of $780,
900, and $500, 900 borrowed by the gov
ernor. The Legislature will have to
make provision to redeem these bonds,
as we'll as for the payment of the $780,
900 loan.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-01-13
RECOGNITION OF HEROISM
Survivors of the Bennington Disas-
ter Awarded MedaIs of Honor
and n Gratuity.

Washington, Jan. 6.-Recognition Of
the extraordinary heroism displayed by
the officers and crew of the U. S. S
Bennington, when her boilers exploded
on July 81 last, is contained in a gen.
eral order issued at the navy depart
ment by Secretary ~Bonaparte.
Each of eleven members of the
crew has been awarded a medal of hon
or and 500 gratuity. They are: John
j. CIausey, chief gunner's mate; George
F. Brock, carpenters mate, second
class; Edward Beers, seaman; Willie
1Cronan, boatswain's mate, third class;
Raymond E. Davis, quartermaster,
third class; Emil Fredericksen, water
tender; Rade Gribitch, seaman; VIM. G.
Shacklette, hospital steward; Oscar E.
Nelson, machinist's mate, first class;
Otto d. Schmidt, seaman; Frank E.
Hill, ships cook, first class.
The general order calls attention to
the Extraordinary heroism" displayed
by the officers and crew of the U. S.
S. Bennington at the time of the la
inevitable disaster which overlook that
vessel.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-01-13
EXPRESS COMPANIES ALSO
They Fall Into Line With the Rail.
roads in Cutting or All rec
Business.

New York, Jan. 6.-The express COM
panies have decided to join with the
railroads in refusing to issue passes for
the carrying of business free of charge.
Announcement to this effect was made
at the Office of the Adams Express Co.
in the following statement:
'The action of the railroads in cut
ting off free business has made it prac-
tically necessary for the express COM
panies to do likewise. Accordingly, all
the leading expresses have issued or
ders that on and after January Is they
will not carry any business free, Of
charge as a personal courtesy to. mer-
chants or other patrons or for any rea-
sonS
They will continue to exchange an
nual passes with each other and with
railroad lines"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-01-13
BIG BLAZE AT KANSAS CITY
Three Business Concerns Burned Out
and the National Bank of COM
merce Nearly Ruined.

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. 6.-The entire
downtown retail district of this city
was threatened, Friday night, by a fire
which started in the rear of the three
story brick building Of the Columbus
Buggy Co, on Walnut street, near
Tenth, destroying this building and the
adjoining building occupied by the
Kimball Piano Co. and the Hettinger
Brothers Manufacturing Co., and badly
damaging the National Bank of Com
merce building.
The Columbus Buggy Co.'S building
and the building Immediately south,
occupied by the Kimball Piano Co.,
were very inflammable, and the firemen
were powerless to check the flames in
those buildings. The stock of the Co.
lumbus Buggy Co., too, fed the flames,
and all of the available firemen and fire
apparatus in the city were busted in
preventing the spread of the fire to the
large buildings on each side. 1t was
impossible, however, to prevent the
spread Of the flames to the Commerce
building on the south, and the Offices
on the first, second and third floors
were badly damaged by fire and water.
The Commerce building is n of the
finest buildings in the city, and the
lower floor is occupied by the National
Bank of Commerce, the largest finan-
cial concern in Kansas City.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-01-13
A WHITE HOUSE SENSATION
A Former st. Louis Woman FOrcfbIy
Elected From the White House
by Police.

Washington. Jan. Mrs. Minor
Morris, wife of a Washington physi-
clan, formely the wife Of a Mr.. High
leyman, and mother of two grown sons,
Locke T. and Wilbur H. Higleyman, Of
st. Louis, was forcibly elected from the
executive offices at the White House
Thursday afternoon, causing a sensa.
tional n
After being refused permission to see
President Roosevelt in the executive
Offices and declining orders to leave.
Mrs. Morris was forcibly elected from
the building, dragged roughly over a
muddy driveway and finally placed in
a cab in which she was taken to a
police station and thence to the house
of detention. She was shortly released
from arrest on a deposit Of collateral.
Mrs. Morris said her object in going
to the White House was to see the pres
ident personally in the hope Of securing
the reinstatement Of her husband, who
had been dismissed from the surgeon
generals office, at the instance of her
brother, Representative Hull, of Iowa,
There is evidently some ome family
trouble at the bottom Of the affair.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-01-13
!. CABELl BRECKENRIDGE
SON OF FORMER vICE-PRESI.
DENT Is DEAD.
He Served In the Confederate Army,
Attaining the Rank Of Drevet
Major for Gallantry.

New York, Jan. 81, Cabell Brock
inridge, son the late John G. Breckin.
ridge, who was vice-president Of the
United States in the administration of
James Buchanan from 1857 to 1861,
died, Monday, at the home Of his SON.
in-law, John G. Ten Eyck, at Yonkers,
N. Y. He was 81 years Of age.
Mr.. Breckenridge came north a few
days ago in the hope that a change of
climate would improve his health. He
declined steadily, however.
Mr.. Breckenridge was born in Lex
ington, KY, and when the civil war
broke out enlisted as a private in the
confederate infantry. He was promot-
I'd fer gailantry on the field until be
became a brevet major. After the fall of
Richmond, Maj. Breckenridge went to
Arkansas and later to st. Louis, where
he engaged in business. He was ap-
pointed surveyor general of the terri
tory Of Washington by President Cleve-
lard in 1885, serving through Mr.. Cleve-
lands term.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-01-13
GENTRY MURDER IN CHICAGO
NO TRACE FOUND OF THE FUGI-
TIVE MURDERER.
The Police Think That Frank j.
Constantine, Accused of Crime,
Has u Criminal Record.

Chicago, Jan. S.-Investigation by the
police of the murder, at her home on
Lasalle avenue, of Mrs. Arthur w. Gen
try, have resulted in developments that
lead them to the belief that Frank J.
Constantine, accused of the murder,
had a criminal record previous to this
crime. Letters found in the fugitive's
trunk, written by his parents from New
Rochelle, N. Y, seem to indicate that
Constantine fed from his home to es-
cape the results of a crime, though it
seems clear that his parents did not
know what caused him to leave home.
The diamond ring pawned by Constan-
tine at a Clark street pawnshop was
much too large for Constantine's fin
ger, Constantine posed as a sol of
wealthy parents who sent him money
regularly, and the police are now
working on the theory that he did this
in order to divert suspicion from him
self of other misdeeds.
Efforts to locate the driver of the
cab that conveyed Constantine to the
pawnshop have been, so far, unsuccess-
full, and no further trace has been
found of the fugitive.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-01-13
SHIVERED WHEN COLD CAME
Earthquake Shocks Felt In West.
ern Missouri, Eastern
and Southern Nebraska.

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. S.-A distinct
earthquake shock, with a motion from
north to south, lasting from twenty.
three seconds to n minute in dura-
ton, was felt in western Missouri.
eastern Kansas and southern Nebraska
at about 6:17 o'clock Sunday evening.
The territory affected extends from Me-
braska, on the north, nearly to the Ok
lahoma and Indian territory line on the
south, and from Salina, Kas, on the
west, to Kansas City, st. Joseph and
Joplin, Mo-, on the east. With the ex-
ception of knocking plaster from the
walls at some points in Kansas, no
damage was reported, although persons
ran to the streets at some places in
fear that their houses would tumble
in
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-01-13
LOSS TO THE EMPIRE STATE
The State Normal College at Al
bany, n. ", Partially Destroyed
by Fire-LOss, 5000 900.

Albany, N. Y, Jan. 4.-Fire broke
out Monday night in the north build
ing of the State normal college on Will
lett street, north of Madison avenue,
and at 1920 had entirely destroyed the
north building. 1t spread to the resi-
dence CT President William ]. Milne,
and threatened to spread still further
under the sweep of a stiff northwest
wind. The other buildings were saved
with the utmost difficulty.
One fireman was seriously injured by
falling debris. The loss, it is believed,
will reach or exceed 5000, 900, against
which there is an insurance of $780, 600,
permitted by a special act of the legis-
lature.
An immense stained glass memorial
window, given to the college by the
students and alumni, was destroyed.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-01-13
STATE LEGISLATURE.
First OaY.

With q good deal of genuine enthu-
siasm both houses of the legislature
of Mississippi began the first day OF
the special session.
The senate transacted little business
after organizing, and adjourned to an
afternoon hour, when the senators re-
turned. to hear the governors message
read.
The house was called to order by
Speaker E. N. Thomas of Washington
county, who addressed the assembly,
saying that the session began its opera
tions under the most favorable circum-
stances, and that conditions were ex-
tremely favorable for it's success.
AT the conclusion of the address by
the speaker the seven new members
present were sworn in. A roll call was
responded to by lis members, there
being but 134 in the house.
Bearing greetings from Gov. Varda-
man to the whole legislature, individu-
ally and collectively, and with wishes
for the health and prosperity of its
members, the committee from the gov
rnO pre-cntcd his message, which
was read, after which the house adj
jOurned.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-01-13
UNsEAso NABLE WEATHER
II Adversely Affects Retail Trade
But In Keeping Outdoor Activi-
ties Booming.

New York, Jan. 6.-Bradstreet's
weekly review says:
While unreasonable weather adversely
affects retail trade and recorders from
wholesalers, 1t at the same time highly
favors the leading industrials and OUT
door activities and facilitates railway
transport. Spring trade really shows
rather more than usual life, requests
for prompt shipments being in evidence
earlier than usual. Clearance sales are
a feature of retail lines, and the sea-
son as a whole in heavy wearing APP
parel has been, so far, disappointing.
Collections north and west feel this in
tluence likewise. Bank clearings break
all records for a holiday period, reflect
ing heavy end-of-the-year disbursements
and stock speculation.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-01-13
THREE KILLED
Collision, During q Blizzard, East OF
Cory, Past. Louis Wholesale
Merchant Injured.

Cory, Pa, Jan. S.-Philadelphia and
Erie train No. 4, running As miles an
hour, collided with a light engine at
Horns Siding, ten miles east of here,
Saturday night, in a blizzard, and three
trainmen were killed and 81 persons in
jured. When the crash came the smok-
er and day coach, which were filled
with passengers, were %telescoped, and
women and children were buried under
wreckage in the cars. Conductor Morgan
and brakemen worked heroically, and
with axes cut several injured from the
wreckage
Among the injured was Samuel Ilp-
stein, of st. Louis, a member OF The
wholesale dry goods firm Of Epstein C
Whiser, who left st. Louis for the east
last week on a business trip.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-01-13
Fourth Day.
SENATE.

Senator McNeal introduced a concur
rent resolution providing for a select
committee from the two houses to in
v~estigate and inquire into the whole.
sale lumber business of the State, as il
is, he stated, the subject Of frequent
complaint that these merchants and
manufacturers are in a combination to
advance prices to an %exorbitant figure.
HOUSE.
A resolution inviting w. ]. Roberg,
the boil weevill expert, to address the
house was adopted.
The question of the purchase OF
newspapers for members was settled
when a motion to restrict the purchase
to a single Jackson newspaper was voted
down by a large majority.
The following bills were introduced:
BY MI. MCGEE: To pay to the Missis-
sissippi Bank and Trust Company
money borrowed by the governor since
the last session to defray expenses Ell
the quarantine.
BY Mr.. Boddie: Providing that all
operators of stock markets or places
where futures shall be transacted shau
pay q license to the State.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-01-13
THREE Persisted IN A FIRE
A Girl of Seventeen and Two Won.
en- She Tried to Save Caught
In a Death Trap.

st. Louis, Jan. S.-To save Mrs. Pau
line Hermann, a helpless invalid, from
death in a fire in a boarding house, Sat-
urday evening, Miss Jewel Reed, II
years old, after reaching the street in
safety and giving the alarm, ran back
through a barrier of flame and smoke
and, with Mrs. Laura Pulvermacher,
sister of the b%edridden woman, attempt
ed to carry Mrs. Hermann from the
building, when all three persisted in a
bathroom, in which they were forced
to take refuge when the fire cut of
their escape.
Mrs. Emma Hilger, aged SO, another
sister of Mrs. Hermann, ~frenzied with
fear and the pain of burnt face and
hands, leaped from a rear window OF
the second floor to a paved yard and
was seriously injured.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-01-13
State Treasurer's Report.

The first biennial. report of State
Treasurer w. j. Miller contains the
usual full itemized statement of funds
authorized by the legislature, receipts
and disbursements. According to this
statement, the valuation of railroads,
~te.eyraphs and the like have been as
follows: For 1905, S37, $50, sos; for 1904,
s35, SCI 100; for 1903, 1874, 9S9, 279; for
1902, $50, 622, 121; for 1901, 1928, 295, 22s;
for 1900, 49,, O49, 1888; for 1899, $685.
553; for 1898, s25,224,5O7 and for 1897,
1924, 6S2, 1916. The table of valuations
and taxi rate for 1905 is also given, and
is as follows: Year 1905-Real estate,
S15l 500 ,047; personal property, $685.
0S7 ,5S5; total, 1924 1881 Tax rate
Ger ST.. 900. Sc.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-01-13
Third Day.
house.

The resolution of Mr.. Sample, which
In effect denounces several life insur-
ance companies for their lobbying
methods of the past, and provides for
the most drastic and heroic rules for
keeping lobbyists from members of the
house, was passed after a lengthy dis
cussion. The resolution provides that
all paid representatives of individuals
or private corporations created for
profit, having special interests involved
in legislation to be acted upon at this
legislative session are hereby defined
as lobbyists, and that the operations Of
such lobbyists are restricted to discus
sion before legislative committees, and
not then until after they shall have
filed with the clerk a written statement
showing who employs them and the
subjects. with which they are to deal;
that if any lobbyist shall attempt to
discuss any matter of legislation with
any member otherwise than in open
committee he shall be guilty of con
tempt and punished by Imprisonment
and excluded from all connection with
the house of representatives.
The usual appropriation bill to de-
fray the expenses of the present term
of the legislature was passed; also a
bill ap~propriating $1,25O,OOO for the
schools of the State.
SENATE
Several bills were introduced, among
them being n by Mr.. Graves, to in
crease the salaries of judges and chan
~cellors, which provoked extended dis
cussion, and was referred to the COM
mittee on judiciary.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-01-13
Second Day.
HOUSE.

Two and one-half hours were devoted
to the election of a door-keeper. T. j..
Kent of Copiah was finally elected. All
of the candidates, with one exception,
were Confederate veterans.
Two brief messages were submitted
by the governor. One asked that special
legislation necessary to aid COvington
county in restoring burned records, Of
both the county and supreme courts, be-
enacted. In the other the governor
nounced his approval of a bill passed
by the former assembly appropriating
funds to reimburse Attorneys Ander-
son and Southworth for their services
in prosecuting persons who had taken
part in lynchings in the State.
A committee was appointed to pro-
coed forthwith to the States farm in
Rankin county and make a thorough
examination into affairs there.
The governor e n a message to the
house vetoing the merger bill passed
just before the adjournment of the last
session. The veto is in exhaustive
form, giving the governors reasons
for refusing to approve the bill.
SENATE.
The senate held a brief session, the
session lasting only forty minutes.
A message from the governor an
nounced his approval of a bill passed at
the last session providing for school
fund distribution; to provide for the
better maintenance of the State libra
ry; to declare June g., the birthday Of
Jefferson Davis, a legal holiday in Mis-
sissippi, pnd to be observed as COnfed-
crate Memorial Day.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-01-13
States Historical Society.

The annual meeting of the Missis-
sippi State Historical Society was held
at Jackson with a g~ratifyingly large at
tendance, which included a large pro-
portion of ladies. Gen. Stephen D. Lee,
president, was in the chair. A series
of interesting papers were read and adj
dresses delivered. that of Prof. Gar
ner, a wildly drawn retrospect OF Mis-
sissippi in reconstruction days, being
particularly so. A paper, describing
Mississippi troops at Gettysburg, writ
ten by W. A. Love, of Crawford, was
read in his absence by w. Calvin Wells
of Jackson.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-01-13
APPEAL TO THE PRESIDENT
wOmen's Club Petitions the rresi-
dent to Save the Life of
Mrs. TOlla.

Hackensack, N. j., Jan. 8.-An appeal
to save Mrs. Antoinette Tolla from be-
ing hanged on January IL is said to
have been sent to President Roosevelt
by the Susan B. Anthony club of Gin
cinnati. In this appeal the following
question was asked: "Can a woman be
hanged in New Jersey for defending
her honor in her own homer"
Mrs. Tolla, who is a young woman,
shot an Italian who, she said, at
tempted to attack her i'll her own
home. A jury found her guilty of
murder. Mrs. Tolla still entertains
hope that the United States supreme
court will intervene and graft a stay
of execution in her case.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-01-13
eleven CLERKS RESIGNED
Missouri Pacific Clerks Object to
Working From Sixteen to Twen-
ty Hours q Day.

Nevada. Mo-, Jan. 9.-Eleven clerks
In the Missouri Pacific Office Of the
Kansas City and Joplin division, have
resigned because they were obliged to
work every day from 16 to 20 hours
under superintendent Stapp, with no
overtime.
They assert that they worked all
night on January 4, and until six
o'clock the next morning, so that the
monthly reports might be forwarded to
General Superintendent De Bernardo.
The men are satisfied with their sal
aries, but not with their hours, and re-
signed to better their conditions.