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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-04-28
Cole Will Not Quit,

Insurance Commissioner w. G. Cole
has given out to the press a sta tement,
to which he was impelled by frequent
and oft-repeated rumors as to his inten-
tdon for the immediate future. His
card is as follows:
SIN order that there may be no mis-
understanding as to my intentions, L
desire to say that l shall continue to be
insurance commissioner of the State of
Mississippi until my successor is elect
ed by the people and has duly qualified
to succeed me, or until the office has
been abolished"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-04-28
FINGER CUT OFF TO GET RINGS
Ghouls Mutilate Young Woman
While She Is Unconscious.

Colorado Springs, Colo.-Passing
through the city today on a Denver and
Rio Grande train bound for Chicago,
where her parents reside, was a San
Francisco refugee, who said her name
was Miss Logan. She wore a bandage
on her left hand and said that while she
lay unconscious upon the floor of the
lobby of the St. Francis hotel in San
Francisco after the earthquake the
third finger of her left hand was cut off
and she was robbed of rings that she
had worn there.
The young woman is about 20 years
of age and is almost Frustrated with
grief and Indignation.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-04-28
DOGS FEED ON N FLESH
Half-Starved Animals Dig Corpses
From Ruins.


San Francisco. One of the grewsome
scenes that has followed the fire vas
that witnessed on Telegraph and Rus.
sian hills and along the entire north
beach or front of the city this morning
found eating human bodies. The ami
mails were discovered gnawing and
tearing at the corpses half-buried in
the ruins. Where only a les or an arm
protruded the dogs were digging for
the rest of the body.
Men who had been sent into the ruins
of homes to look for what little prop
erty that might have escaped the flames
came upon this sickening condition and
Immediately reported it to the naval
officers in command of the water front
military districts.
In response to their appeal that some
thing be lone blue jackets were detail
ed to cover the sections designated and
kill dogs found in these vicinities.
All morning rife reports could be
heard on the hillside and along the
beach as the dogs were killed. Men
we're pressed into service either to bury
the carcasses of the dogs or throw them
into the bay. In a few places smould-
ering fires were found and then it was
possible TO cremate the animals.
1t was not thought there were so
many dead in the ruins of Telegraph
and Russian hills until the dogs were
found there digging for the bodies.
When the dogs have been run down
and slain a further search will be made
of those sections to obtain the bodies
and bury them as soOn as possible.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-04-28
aApIENr SAYINGS.

Nearly all great orators and authors
use words that are smaller than their
ideas.
True friendship may safely be tested
IN the seething flames Of time and
poverty.
It sometimes happens that a good
mans conscience doesn't prevent him
from accumulating money.
Billiards and matrimony are similar
in some Gegree-lots OF kisses and
scratches in both games.
Better wear a Bingham dress that Ii
paid for than a satin gown purchased
on the installment plan.
When a man fails in business his
wife tells the neighbors that he was
too honest to succeed, but what she
tells him in private is another story.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-04-28
New LIGHT on Scriptures.

A former bishop Of the Episcopal
church of Indiana once preached to a
black congregation. At the conclu'
sion of the discourse, several OF the
negroes crowded about the preacher
and praised his sermon, saying 1t was
the best they had ever heard. One
enthusiast exclaimed:
Bishop, you toll US things we nevah
knew befo'."
Indeed" said the bishop, gratined
at the praise. What was it I told you
that you never knew before?"
"Bout Sodom an Gomorrah. Why,
bishop, l always thought they was Q
man an his wife."-The Reader.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-04-28
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
Insurance Figures.

Insurance Commissioner Cole has is
sued a comparative statement of the
insurance business written by the va
rious insurance companies in Mississippi
last year. The life insurance premiums
collected were $2,S52,4 95. 70, a loss of
SS33,SO7.S7 as compared with premiums
for the previous year. The fire insur-
ance premiums collected were S2,5l4,-
590.27, an increase of SlS0,4S2.45. The
total premiums collected by companies
of all classes were So, 95S, 666. 76, an in
crease of 1927. 242. 9S over the premiums
of the previous year.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-04-28
TO BLOW UP HOTEL.
Well Developed Plot in Ohio Is Dis
covered in Time.

Mansfield, Ohio.-A fendish plot to
blow up the Won HOf Hotel was dis
covered today. By means of rubber
tubing the radiators of the hotel were
filled with artificial gas, and when l..
A. OFT, a jeweler, whose room is in the
block, lighted a match flames shot up
to the ceiling. All the radiators were
discovered to be filled, and a panic
among the guests was narrowly averted.
The matter is being investigated.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-04-28
Improvement of SunfoW er.

Chief of Engineers Mckenzie has
made a favorable report On the inn
proyement of Sunlower river from it's
mouth to Hushpuckana, and recom-
mends an appropriation of $l25, 900,
with an additional $1,000 for annual
maintenance. The contemplated i'm
provements will give a channel of three
ket in lowest water.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-04-28
HOUSE.


A message from Gov. Vardaman read
in the House and Senate had a whirlwind
effect. The Legislature Immediately
turned about-face and established a pol
lev entirely different from what it had
heretofore adopted.
The message related to the amend
ment, recently adopted by both houses
after some debate, allowing corporations
to hold and own pine timber land and
standing pine timber to any amount not
exceeding 100000 600, which was a
raise of 100000 over the present law.
The opponents of the bill opposed it on
the ground that under it the corpora
tions would gobbie up the timber land,
but the amendment had behind it a well
organized and powerful lobby. The Gov
ernor in his message opposed this raise,
saying it would foster the breeding of
trusts.
Immediately after the message was
read similar resolutions were introduced
in both houses reducing the amount to
$2,000,0 900 instead of $40, 1000, 900. After
a strenuous debate in both houses, DUR
ing which the leaders of the 50, 0 900
raise pleaded with the members to stand
by their guns despite the Governors
statement, the resolution passed, reduc-
ing the limit to So, 900, 900.
Mr.. Smith, of Yalobusha. called up a
bill requiring all public buildings to be
disinfected, and also coaches on all rail-
roads. The bill was passed.
Another bill passed requires all COM
mon carriers doing a C.. o. D. whisky
business to keep a record of all sales
that they make, so that the record
might be investigated by grand juries Of
each county. ,
Mr.. Bates bill to prevent attorneys
from signing the appearance bonds of
those charged with crimes and INSIDE
meanors was passed.
The bill depriving the revenue agent
of assessing back taxes on money on
was passed without opposition.
The resolution to give the Governor
power to suspend any State officer for
drunkenness or nalfeasance in office was
defeated by a vote of so to 46 ayes.
A resolution introduced by Mr.. By
mum, reciting that some State officers
had repeatedly d~isagraced themselves by
drunkenness and debauchery, precipi-
an infammatory debate, Messrs.
East and Nixon demanding that if such
were true the House imme-
ask the Governor for an exten.
sion of the session so that impeachment
proceedings be had before the bar of the
and that the accused might have
The chance of a free and impartial trial.
The resolution was rejected by a vote Of
to 50 nays.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-04-28
Sunday School Institute.

The Sunday School Institute for the
Greenville distaict of the NJ. E. Church,
South, was held at Greenville. Tho
institute was pronounced a great sue.
cess by all, and that it did much to
awaken an interest in Sunday school
work was the universal opinion.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-04-28

says "a kick from
q horse first weakened
back and affected
my kidneys. 1 be-
very bad, and
had to go about on
The doc
tors told me / had a
case of chronic rheu-
matism, but ] could
not believe them, and
finally began using
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-04-28
Ginners' Association Formed.

President J. A. Taylor of the Ma
tional Ginners' Association visited
Greenville and organized the Wash
ington County Ginners' Association.
1t is the object of the association to
enlist every planter as a member be-
fore the lst of July.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-04-28

Doan's Kidney Pills for my kidneys.
First the kidney secretions came more
freely, then the pain left my back. 1
went and got another box, and that
completed a cure. 1 have been we'll for
two years"
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-04-28
Byrd Made Judge.

Gov. Vardaman appointed Hon. j. +.
Byrd, of Newton, judge of the Eighth
judicial district. Judge Byrd will en-
ter upon his duties some time in May,
and his first term of court will be held
In Leake county.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-04-28
Large Land Deal.

The largest land deal TINT has ever
been made in Southern Mississippi was
consummated when the Jackson Naval
Stores Company of Biloxi became the
owners of the interests of the Furry &
O'Neal Company, situated in the south
ern part of Jackson county. The tract
of land contains 1000 acres, 5000 of
which has never been touched with an ak
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-04-28
RUNNING SORES ON LIMBS
Little Girls Obstinate Case Of Eczema
Mother Says: "Cuticura REM
edies a Household Standby"

Last year, after having my little girl
treated by a very prominent physician for
the Cuticura Remedies, and was so we'll
pleased with the almost instantaneous
relief afforded that we discarded the physi-
clans prescription and relied entirely on
the Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment, and
Cuticura Pills. When we commenced with
the Cuticura Remedies her feet and limbs
were covered with running sores. In
about six weeks we bad her completely
the trouble. We find that the Cuticura
Remedies are a valuable household stand
by, living as we do twelve miles from a
doctor, and where it costs from twenty to
twenty-five dollars to come up on the
mountain. Mrs. Lizzie Vincent Thomas,
Fairmount. Walden's Ridge. Tenn, Oct.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-04-28
Gnats Killing Stock.

Gnats have made their appearance in
the Big Black swamps nea Vicksburg
and are killing stock. These pests
gave considerable trouble last year and
a number of farmers suffered heavy
losses through the deaths of their ami
mails.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-04-28
Charged With Bootlegging.

Rufus Stringer of Jasper county is in
jail at Meridian charged with selling
whisky without license. Three cases
are alleged against the young man.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-04-28
Monument to Sailors.

A monument in honor of the sailors
of the Union navy in Western waters
during the Civil War may be erected
in the V~icksburg National Military
Park. A bill is now pending in con-
gress appropriating 800 0 for this
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-04-28
Decapitated While Asleep.

A white man named Dunn went to
sleep on the railroad track at Wealth
ersby and was decapitated by a train.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-04-28
Mississippi Legislature
SENATE.

AA0 Ohhbt eOON w oio DucoCu thV
bill to confirm and make final the trans
fer of certain lands of the State in Sum
flower county to the Sunfower Eastern
Railway, which transfer was made in
order to give the road right of way
through the State farm.
The chapter on the Agricultural and
| Mechanical College was called up by Ma
gruder, and the floor was at once taken
by Mr.. Farley, who desired to offer an
amendment to restrict and circumscribe
the age limit and to provide regular col
legiate course. He wanted to have some
provision for the opening of the doors
to all sorts of youths who would be bet
ter off in the fourth or fifth grades in
their own county schools. The amend
ment was voted down on a roll call,
which showed 10 for to 81 against the
amendment. The chapter was then
adopted.
The fire prevention bureau bill was
then taken up. The debate on its pro-
visions was carried on at length, but
smoothly and harmoniouslv. 1t passed
by one majority.
The joint committee on conference
touching the disagreement on the bond
and revenue bills came in with a re-
port. The report, which was adopted by
yea and nay vote, leaves the bill provid-
ing for the issuance of 100000 in
bonds and in addition authorized the
Governor to borrow 100000 this year
to meet the deficit that will exist be-
tween revenue and expenditure, and
500, 900 in 1907, if necessary, for the
same purpose. There will be 100000 of 4
per cent. ten-year bonds straight, to be
issued at once, and 100000 of twenty
year 3R per cent. to be issued to meet
the outstanding bonds to that amount
that will be due January /, 1907.
Senator Doss, a member of the finance
committee, called up the bill to provide
a salary for the commissioner of agri-
culture and to carry On the work mapped
out for the next two years. The bill
carries an appropriation of $4,000 in
round numbers, for the next two years,
for salaries, clerks and contingent ex-
penses, and was passed without opposi-
ton.
Senator Glover called up his resolu-
ton providing for a constitutional
amendment to so reform the poll tax
and school laws as to provide that the
fathers of cducable children between the
ages of s and IS years be compelled to
pay poll tax before they can attend the
public schools. The measure failed to
pass by a vote of II to 16.
The bill authorizing boards Of super
visors at any time after January 1, 1907,
to issue bonds for the purpose of estab-
fishing county convict farms, to be un-
der direct control of said boards of SUI
pervisors, was called up and passed.
The bill providing for an appropria-
ton to pay for the expenses of printing,
binding and delivering the code OF 1906
was passed. The bill provides $22,212
for the expenses of printing, binding,
indexing and delivering the completed
code.
Senator Stone sent up a resolution in
structing the revision commission to in
sert in the chapter on penitentiary as
salary of the chaplain the sum of $1,000
a year instead of $500, as there stated.
This was adopted without dissent.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-04-28
High Oaks Burned.

High Oaks, the beautiful country
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford, in
Wilkinson county, was destroyed by
fire. The residence was one of the
landmarks of the county, having been
erected many years ago in ante bellum
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-04-28
State Medical Association.

The State Medical Association met in
annual convention at Jackson. 1t was
a representative gathering not only of
physicians but of splendid citizens of
Mississippi from all parts of the State.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-04-28
State Business League.

The Greater Mississippi Business
League will meet at Jackson on May Is
and 16. There will be delegates from
all sections of the State, and the series
of papers and topics is expected to be
the most interesting since the formation
OF the league.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-04-28
The Mississippi Central.

Work is now in progress o. the right
OF way of the Mississippi Central rail-
road, and it is expected that the 81
miles between Natchez and Brookhaven
viii be completed within twelve months.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-04-28
Director of Geological Survey.

>uhe board of trustees of the State
Geological and Typographical Survey
elected DR.. Albert L. Crider, professor
of geology ana %mineralosy at the I'm.
versity of Mississippi, as director.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-04-28
Disagreeable INTERRUPTION.

Muggins-My wife says I'm one in .
thousand.
Buggins-Gee! What a hopeless minor
ity.-Philadelphia Record.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-04-28
Didn't Work.

The Senior-So your old man has
struck.
The Sophomore-Yep; when I asked
him to dig up he said he guessed he'd
60 out with the rest of the miners.-N.
Y. Sun.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-04-28

People who have nothing worth while
to talk about usually manage to keep up
a lively conversation.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-04-28
CAN'T STRAIGHTEN UP.
Kidney Trouble Causes Weak Backs and
q Multitude of Pains and Aches.

Col. R. s. Harrison, Deputy Marshal,
716 Common St., Lake Charles, La,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-23
The Eur Trnde.

The fur trade of North America has
always been largely conducted on the
principle of barter, writes Duncan
Macarthur in the New England Mag.
azine. The transactions with the In
dams are carried on in Il very simple
manner. When a hunter brings in his
collection of furs to any trading post,
which he usually does twice a year, in
October and March, he is taken to the
trading room, where the official in
charge carefully examines, CLASHES
and values each skin, and when the
whole pack is gone over he hands the
Indian a number Of tallies, or small
nieces of wood or metal, each re. E.
sentiGg the value of a made beaVe.' =
and the whole representing the value
of the entire catch. The Indian tnen
proceeds to the storeroom ana selects
such articles as he requires-blankets'
capots, guns, knives. tea, tobacco, etc
in payment for which he hands back
his tallies until they are all gone ana
his purchasing powers are exhausted
He then departs, another hunter takes
his place and is dealt with in similar
manner. and so on unit, all the turs
In possession of the whole band OF In
dams have passed into the hands OF the
trader. Formerly it was customary 10
give n good hunter dram" and some
small presents in appreciation OF his
industry
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-23
GAMBLERS LUCK.
. Joke which Brought Fortune L.
its Innocent Victim,

Ah'A-'NNhl iCNAm.
l1aVlh% lost every cent of his ready
Hoaey at the g&-ilg tables. an En-.
hsh visitor ut Monte Carlo wired =
pathetic appeal for help to a friend in
Lle!lAd. Two days latet ha rsce,l.,;
letter addressed in the friends hand.
writing which on being opened rereal-
Ell five pound note.
Without pHuSiug to read the letter
the plun,er FASTENED to Ciro's, the ia
nous restaurant in the Galerie Charles
III, and changed his FLYER" into
French money. From Ciros he went
straight into the Casino. where. Ell
perlehclnG an extraordinary run Of
luck. he not merely retrieved all his
previous losses, but gained Il substan-
tlal increase into the bargain.
Weary Of play. lie retired with few
cronies TO Ciro's again TO celebrate the
occasion. The usually genial NJ. Giro
met him ut the door of his establish.
ment with food of reproaches and
UphraidingS The five pound note was
bad! Ee waved Il angrily in the
plunTer'S face--mais ou. it was false,
this five pound note.
The plunger took the guilty FLYER"
and scrutnized it carefully. 1t was
one of the sham bank notes issued by
Sir Augustus Harris and bore on its
face an advertisement of the Drury
Lane pantomime. The English friend
himself as broke" as the Monte Carlo
plu9ger, had posted him the fiagrantly
worthless note rs a joke-a joke which
had the plungcr taken the trouble to
examine tie FLYER" o. read its cover
ING letter he would have seen only too
clearly himself 1t was fortunate that
he did not do so. He merely paid Giro
his - and, inviting the pacified res
taurateUr to share in the champagne.
pretended that the whole affair was an
Intentional witticism.
The conceit of a croupier. who fondly
imagined that he understood the Eng.
llSh language. was instrumental in pre-,
Senting another and far less expert
cncet Rritisher with LOCO francs.
This gentleman. handing Il 1000 frame
billet to the croupicr in question, ask
ed for plaques in exchange for it
Plaques are the large five louis gold
pieces peculiar to Monaco. The crou,
pier, fancying that the player had said
"blach" and was requesting him to
place the note on the black" COM
partn,eut of the CLOTH did so unob-
served. Black duly turned up. and the
croupier politely handed 1000 francs
to the surprised Brtisher.-Ward Muir
in Chambers Journal
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-23

He ottSuohcH raMauce of tbe Ger.
m"n is sa'aetia.'> trying 10 those of a
Different ia5it. '..a author. o. tAe trav
e,iu- a3.' ca Prom Holiday
la..i..,. desert Il young :tr. whom
- set at 4 Conan bath, i pretty
c2l-li!;c creature, named Marie, who
IL" HOY % ST TN AMI % nothing
ii! cay long,
Presently it was discovered that Ma
RE had lover She disclosed the facr
boldly.
My brautigam is young, handsome
rich she said proudly, looking up to
a tall English girl of seventeen. "And
have you not bridegroom too? Or
did you never have onef'
The English girl had never before
felt the humiliation caused by the lack
of bridegroom. So she shamefacedly
confessed that some one liked her, only
this spring. but
But you do not love him." interrupt
ed the German girl in loud but very
bad English. "Oh, love my treasure
so! | love him sor'
The English girl shuddered and
blushed to the roots of her hair. The
words had been distinctly spoken and
had evidently proved very amusing to
a party of English in the vicinity.
oh" she implored, would you mind
saying like instead of love next
time? We never say love in English.
We have no such thing
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-11-23
uidden bx Their CoIors.

To understand the value of what sci
entiiic men call protective coloration in
animals one need only look at the COM
mon ruffed grouse, or partridge, of
North America and consider how hard
it is 10 see him in the woods, even
where nothing intervenes to hide him
from view. His colorS agree so well
with the background against which he
stands that the eye is slow to make
him out. Mr. Gregory, in his volume
OF African travel, The Great Rift Val
lev" mentions several striking in
stances of animals thus protected,
among which that of certain monkey,
Colo5us occidcntals, is perhaps the
most peculiar. This monkey is cover
ed with a long, silky fur, arranged in
alternate stripes of black and white,
so handsome that the skin is much
priced by the natives for making head
ornaments. The contrast of black and
white is so marked that at first sight
it would seem to preclude concealment,
but its value is at once evident when
the animal is seen at home. 1t lives
in high forests, where the trees have
black trunks and branches, draped
with long gray masses of beard moss
or lichen As the monkeys hang from
the branches they resemble the lichen
so closely that Mr.. Gregory found it
impossible to recognize them, even at a
short distance