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The Grenada sentinel., 1906-03-31
FOUR FIREMEN Persisted
Results OF Fire and Explosions In
Six-StOry Factory Building
In New York City.

New York.-Four gallant firemen
perished and about a score of firemen
and citizens were injured, Monday, in a
fire accompanied by series Of explo-
sions that demolished a story fac
tory building at Bedford and Downing
streets, in the Greenwich village dis
trlct on the lower west side of the city.
That the damage, which is estimated at
from 100000 to 100000 was not far
greater, was declared by Chief Croker
TO be due to the explosions which shat
tered the building and crushed the
blaze beneath tons of debris at the mo-
ment when the flames were completely
beyond control and threatening to
sweep the entire block. One fireman
was taken out Of the building alive, but
died almost Immediately. The bodies
OF his three comrades were recovered
The dead are:
FOREMAN John Walsh and Firemen
George c. Cristman, Thomas L. Hal
pin and j. Healy, all of Engine Com
pany No. IA. Firemen Jacob Cohen
and Lewis F. Call, also of engine IA,
were burned and bruised and removed
TO the hospital. The other persons in
Jured were, for the most part, employed
In the factory, dwellers in the adjacent
tenements and persons passing in the
street who were struck by falling
Dicks OR fragments of glass. None Of
these was seriously hurt.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-03-31
MlSPACEL GETS TWO YEARS
Former Cashier of st. Charles CMO0
Savings Bank Convicted By
Friends on own Testimony.

st. Charles, Moon Friday Anton
F. Mispagel, who admitted on the wit
ness stand that he had falsified the
books of the ST. Charlesi savings bank,
of which he was cashier, and had thus
concealed a shortage for years. was
found guilty of embezzlement and
sentenced to two years imprisonment.
Mispagel was convicted by his own
testimony, according to the jurors, who
were all his personal friends His ad-
mission that he had sworn to state
ments made to the secretary of state,
when he knew those statements en-
bodied false entries made to cover up
a shortage, more than offset his decla-
ration that he had not profited hy the
shortages and his explanations that
the money was lost through had loans
through errors of Judgment and not
by theft. p
Fourteen informations were filed
against Mispagel after his arrest. He
was tried on but one of these informa-
tions, which covered various sums ag-
$4,000.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-03-31
STRICKEN IN HIS PULPIT
Rev. j. ID. Lentx, Latter Day Saints
Preacher, Killed By Lightning
While Preaching.

Carson, Ia.-While he was engaged in
preaching to his congregation, Sunday,
Rev. j. B. Lentz, pastor of Latter Day
Saints church at this place, was struck
by lightning, which caused his death
within half an hour. The bolt des-
cended during a hard thunder storm
and was communicated to the preacher
by a chandelier hanging directly above
his head. The shcck threw him to the
floor in an unconscious state, while
many persons in the audience were par
TALLY stunned. After nearly everyone
had fled from the building Lentz was
carried out, but failed to regain con-
sciousness. The church took fire, but
it was saved. Lentz leaves a, wife and
two children. . !,
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-03-31
HAS FINISHED IN NEW YORK
ATTORNEY-GENERAL HADLEY
OF MISSOURI RESTS.
Testimony Taken In His OIL Trust
Ouster Suit VIII Be Certified to
the Missouri Supreme Court.

New York.-The taking of oral
testimony In this city in the proceed
ings brought by the state of Missouri
to Oust from that commonwealth the
Standard OIL Co. of Indiana, the Wa
ters-Pierce Oil Co. and the Republic OIL
Co. on the ground that they constitute
combination in restraint of trade, was
ended, Tuesday. Attorney-G General Had
ley of Missouri, who has been present
during most of the time since the local
inquest began, announced that with the
days adjournment the New York pro-
ceedings were ended. He instructed
Commissioner San5orn, before whom
the witnesses testified, to send a certi-
fed copy of the testimony to the su-
preme court of Missouri, where 1t will
become a part Of the record in the
states case.
Practically the last move Mr.. Hadley
made in the case was to introduce tes-
timony showing the difficulties under
which most of the witnesses who are in
any way connected with the Standard
Oil Co. were served. He put in the
record the fact that every effort had
been made to secure the testimony of
John d. Rockefeller, but none had sue
ceeded. He introduced copies of letters
written to attorneys of the Standard Oil
requesting that officers of the company
accept service. The request applied to
John d. Rockefeller along with several
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-03-31
A FIVE YEARS. SENTENCE
Thomas NJ. Casey, Former Manager
of the Salmon Bank at CIin-
ton, Mo-, Sentenced.

HarrisOnville, Mo.-The ex-bankel
Thomas NJ. Casey, former manager o.
the bank of Salmon & Salmon, o
Clinton, which failed last summer
with heavy liabilities, catching many
poor depositors, pleaded guilty here
Saturday, in the circuit court to q
Charge of forgery, and was sentenced
to five years in the penitentiary.
John l. Hinkle, prosecuting attorney
of Henry county, recommended that
the punishment be fixed at five years
in the penitentiary.
A short talk of explanation was
made by W. E. Owen, one of T. NJ.
Casey's attorneys. The court accord
ingly sentenced the banker to five
years Imprisonment in the state pen
itentiary.
Six other indictments for forgery
against Casey were dismissed by the
prosecuting attorney. The proceed
ings IN court consumed but half an
hour. After receiving sentence, Casey
was taken in charge by Sheriff Smart.
who started during the afternoon for
the penitentiary at Jefferson City with
the prisoner.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-03-31

There are 100000 Indians in the
country. Of the 10000 who are out.
side of the Five Civilized Tribes OF
the Indian Territory and outside OF
the state of New York, 10000 are at
tending school. Civilized clothes ara
worn wholly by 100000 Of these 170..
600 Indians, and are worn partly by
10000 more; four-fifths of these re.
side in dwelling houses of civilized
style; 10000 talk English enough for
ordinary purposes, and most of these
can read it; and 10000 are members
Df churches. Practically al the
members Of the Five Tribes talk
English, all wear civilized clothes, eli
have good schools, and all live In
dwelling houses.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-03-31

Fully 5000 women earn their liv
ing. and many fairly good incomes
by working as peddlers on the streets
OF New York. This number does not
include the house-to-house canvassers
but applies only to those who use the
sidswalk for their store and the curl
~ their counter. They are so scat.
tered throughout the city that one
would scarcely think Of them in such
numbers, and the majority of them
are piling up bank accounts from thu
profits. There seems to be somethins
for the middleman in everything sold
from shoestrings at five cents q
dozen to bananas two for a penny.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-03-31
TO SAVE NIAGARA FALLS
Recon- m n datiOn of American Wa
terways Commission Sent to
Congress.

Washington.-Need and appropria:
ate legislation for the preservation
of Niagara Falls is recommended in
the report of the American water.
ways commission, sent to congress
Saturday afternoon by the secretary
of war.
The report recommends that legis-
lation be enacted that will limit the
withdrawal of water from the Amer
ican side to 2S,500 cubic feet per Sec
ond, this provision to remain in force
two years, and then become the per-
manent law of the land. Ins the
meantime Canada shall enact legisla-
ton limiting, the diversion of water
on that side of $4,000 cubic feet per
second.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-03-31

The South is making tremendous
strides in manufacturing. The cap
ital of $257, 100000 invested in mills
and factories in 1880 had increased
to $1.500.00O in 1905. The value OF
Its products Of manufactures grew
from $457 100000 in the former yea1
to s1,750,000,000 in the latter. The
value OF its exports of all sorts,
which was 1921, 100000 in 1880, was
s555, 100000. In 1905. It's railway
mileage in the quarter of a century
has Jumped from 10000 to 10000
miles, its farm products from $500,
100000 to s1,75O,OO0,OOO, and the as
sessed value of it's property from
$4,000. 100000 to $6,5O0,OOO, 900.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-03-31
Before entering on a stage caree

Before entering on a stage career
every young woman should consider
with care her chances of making hel
way. It has been estimated that there
are more than thirty thousand mer
and women connected with amuse
ment enterprises in America. A Ger
tain percentage of this number ars
managers and directors, but the grea,
Wajority is made up from those who
Tread tho boards. According to q
manager who has been In the bust
ness for many years, there were this
last season over eight thousand play.
srs-men and women-in New Yorl
seeking engagements.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-03-31
TORNADO IN OKLAHOMA
Three Persons Seriously Injured and
Thousands of Dollars Worth
of Damage Done.

Perry, Okla.-At least three per-
sons sustained severe injuries and thou
sands of dollars worth of property was
destroyed in 4 tornado that struck the
neighborhood south of Billings, Okla,
late Sunday night. Mr.. and Mrs James
Russell were critically hurt as they lay
in bed: The house was literally blown
to pieces over their heads and they were
buried in the ruins. Mrs. Sam Merri-
field sustained serious injuries in a
similar manner
The cloud was seen first south Of
Billings. 1t split, half funnelling to-
ward Red Rock and the other sweeping
down north over Ceres.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-03-31
OLD-WORLD ODDITIES.

Mathew Faulds, weaver of Kilmar.
mock, Scotland, has been at his loom
80 years, and he is more than 80 years
of age.
At the recent funeral of King Moro
dom of Cambodia the official mourners
at the funeral gave voice to their griet
through megaphones, with much eff
feet
William Reitz, of Dusseldorf. Ger.
many, has lost the sight of his eve
from injuries caused by grain of rice
which was thrown into it on the day
he was married
An Edgbaston (England) woman.
who was summoned for annoying
neighbors by blowing a whistle, said
she had been hypnotized, and blew it
to call attention to the fact
Says a Toxic newspaper: "On ac
count Of advanced age, Count Taxa.
yuki Sasaki (79) and Viscount Tom.
oyuki Hayashi (S4) have obtained the
privilege of carrying sticks in the i'm
perlal palace"
Bristol (England) police sergeant
the other day proved the serving of a
summons on himself for allowing a
chimney at Stoke Bishop to be on
fire. He was witness and defendant,
and was fined IS 3D.
A London druggist had to pay SIS,
including cost of litigation, for selling
water that was dirty and full of
moldy growths to a man who had
asked for distilled water The drug.
gist's defense was that he thought the
man wanted the water for the pur.
poses of photography.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-03-31
CHARGES OF CONSPIRACY
Five Arrests Made in Connection
With the Enterpri rise Bank Fail
ure I'm Pittsburg, 7a.

Pittsburg, PA number of arrests
were made, during the afternoon, in con-
nection with the failure of the Enter
prise bank. Forest Nichols, private
secretary to w. H. Andrews, and
George L. Rallston, Charles Menzener
and Edward T. Mcmillan, former clerks
in the bank, were arrested on charges
of conspiracy to defraud on information
made by Special Bank Examiner Ed
ward P. Moxey
George E. Cook, an alleged partner
Of Cashier Clark in several real estate
deals, was also arrested.
Nichols and Rallston gave bail in
5000 each. The other two are ex-
pected to furnish bail"
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-03-31
TRAIN WRECK IN WYOMING
Ten Killed and Seventeen Injured
When Northwestern Train Goes
Through Cut.

Cheyenne. Wyo.-A work and pas
senger train wept through a cut on the
Northwestern Railway, 20 miles north
west of Casper, Wyo., Monday morn
ing. Ten persons were killed and II
injured: Railroad bridges are washed
out and surgeons were sent TO the scene
in wagons.
Most of the killed were Austrian la
borers on their way to grading camp.
They were In a caboose. which fell in
the river, and car, loaded with a
heavy tank, fell on the caboose, drown
ing the unfortunates like rats in a
iran. - <ss-. ~
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-03-31
FOOD HELPS
In Management Of a r. r.

LII MdUdSeIue1lC OI a n. II.
Speaking of food a railroad man
says:
"My work puts me out in all kinds
Of weather, subject to irregular hours
for meals and compelled to eat all
kinds of food.
''For z years I was constantly trou-
bled with indigestion, caused by eat
ing heavy, fatty, starchy, greasy, poor
ly cooked food, such as are most ac-
cessible to men in my business. Gen.
orally each meal or lunch was fol-
lowed by distressing pains and burn
ing sensations in my stomach, which
destroyed my sleep and almost unfit
ted me for work. My brain was so,
muddy and foggy that it was hard for
me to discharge my duties property S,
"This lasted till about a year ago,Ei
when my attention was called to Grapes.
Nuts food by a newspaper ad. and r:
concluded to try it. Since then l have
used Grape-Nuts at nearly every meal
and sometimes between meals. We
railroad men have little chance to pre-
pare our food in our cabooses and
ma Grapes Nuts mighty handy, for it
Is ready cooked. -, -,s. <. gss-
To make long story shofk Graff- (
Nuts has made new man Of me.ff
have no more burning distress in my
stomach, nor any other symptom of
indigestion. / can digest anything SO
long as I eat Grape Nuts, and my
brain works as clearly and accurately
as an engineers watch, and my old
troubles have disappeared en-
tirely." Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich.
There's a reason. Read the little
book. "The Road to Wellvilie" in pkgs.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-03-31

Since 1877, when the government
began its work Of educating and pre-.
pairing them for citizenship, the In
dians have made far more progress
than the whites ever did in any equal
time. The Cherokees, Choctaws,
Chickasaws, Creeks and Seminoles
have been governing themselves for
two-tbirds of century. Citizenship
Is near at hand for all Indians, and
with the tuition which they are re-
reiying and under the incentives
which are offered to them, they will
probably make as good use Of 1t as
hs average white men haYe done.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-03-31

The total wool product last yea1
reached nearly 300,o00,000 pounds
The demands of manufacturers used
up Americas supply, and the sales
for the year aggregated 233,021 900
pounds, ss against 27s,4O7,O0O pounds
for 1904. The imports of wool were
large, to meet the domestic shortage
In the first ten months of 1905 we
imported total Of all classes of wool
amounting to 22,52S,267 pounds.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-03-31

Rather than let his fortune remain
sf no use to the world and with nc
wife or relatives who needed it, JohI
y. Powell, a carpenter of Des Moines
Ia. always believed to be in poor cir
rumstances, has given $4,000 to Drake
university with which to help found
The $4,000 Carnegie library. The gift
was made secretly by Powell, who Is q
day laborer, and he was much sur
prised when it inadvertently waf
made public.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-03-31

One of the most remarkable opera
tons ever performed on the throat
has just been pronounced a success at
the Maryland University Of Medicine
hospital. A cancerous growth from
the hyoid bone, the larynx, part OF the
pharynx and the base of the tongue
were removed. The patient a man
about 40 years old, Is in a fair way
to recovery, but, as all the mechanism
Of the throat is removed. the man 10
epeechleSS
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-03-31
BIG FIRE AT YOUNGSTOWN, Pa
A Loss of Nearly Million DOIlSrs
Sustained, One Fireman Killed
and Several Hurt.

JOhnstown, Pa.-With tota
monetary loss estimated at nearly ST..
100000, one flrmena killed, several Sc
riously hurt by falling walls, Johns
town was threatened, Wednesday morn
ing, with devastation almost rivaling
that of the great flood. The fire broke
out at 1890 in the center Of the busi-
ness section and spread for three hours.
At $3.50 a. m. the chief of the fire de-
partment announced the fire practically
under control.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-03-31
HAS MADE AN ASSIGNMENT
Failure of the National Business
College at Quincy, Iu.-TRe TreS-
ident Under Arrest

Quincy, Ill.-The National business
college here has made an assign
ment to William T. Dwiere and George
Earhart. The liabilities are $4,000
and the assets 100000, but these are
largely in notes given by students for
tuition. John H. Hutchinson; the pres
ident and manager of the college, was
arrested on a''charge of making false
pretenses in connection with the selling
of the stock of the institution.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-03-31
yellow Fever at Panama.

Panama.-Another authentic case of
yellow fever having developed at Bocas
del TQro, H. d. Reed, executive secre-
tary in the department of government
and sanitation on the canal zone, will
confer with Foreign Secretary Guardia
regarding the most efficient means of
exterminating the fever there.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-03-31
Vein of Gold Discovered.

Austin, Tex.-Prospector 2. Oscar
Hart, New Yorker, on his way home
after a 7O0-mile wagon trip through
Death Valley, Cal, says that he discov-
cred a large vein of gold ore of fabu-
lous richness not far from "Scotty's'
wonderful mine, and that he will re-
turn and develop it.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-03-31
Mrs. Dan Norman Witnessed Execu-
tiOn of Curtis Jackson, Who As
saulted Her, at Poplar Bluff.

Poplar Bluff, Mo.-In a steady
pouring rain a crowd numbering hum
dreds stood inside the stockade erect
ed in the courthouse square and saw
Curtis Jackson, a 17-year-old negro
boy, legally hanged on the forIy-ninth
day after his crime, for an assault on
a white woman. The husband of the
injured woman sprung the trap at a
signal from the sheriff, and the wom-
an herself witnessed the execution.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-03-31
Texas Bank CIoae. Doors

Washington.-The national comp
troller of the currency has received a
telegram from the assistant cashier of
the First national bank at West, Tex,
that it has closed its doors. National
Bank Examiner Logan has been ap-
pointed receiver.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-03-31
LOST IN THE ADOBE WRECK
Three Young Men From Quincy, ILL.,,
Now known to Have Perished
In the Colorado Disaster.

Quincy, HIT is now said to be
positively known that Leonard Keck,
Frederick Nicloy and Wilfred Dickhut,
three young men who left here for Nc
Cloud, Cal, were killed in the wreck at
Adobe, Col. One of the survivors has
written that he left them in the smok-
ing car not ten minutes before the ac-
cident, and that the bodies, must have
been completely incinerated.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-03-31
THANKED BY PRESIDENT
President Roosevelt Thanks the
Gifts to Jap Famine Fund.

Washington.-Wed the presi-
dent sent the following telegram to Dr.
Louis Klopsch, editor of the Christian
Herald, New York:
Let me heartily thank you, and
through you the Christian Herald, for
the admirable work done in connection
with the famine sufferers "'in Japan.
You have now raised 500, O0e,"and you
have rendered a very real service to
humanity and to the cause of interna-
tional good will.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-03-31
The Japanese Railway Rtll,

TOkio.-The bill for the complete
tionalization of Japanese railways, as
amended by the house of peers, was
again presented in the house OF, repre-
sentatives. After strong opposition the
house adopted the bill as amended
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-03-31

Paderewski has retired to his palac,
Of Rion Besson, near Lausanne, Switz
srland, which he bought for 500, 900
The pianist has dotted his great parl
with greenhouses, and grows some o
the finest flowers, fruits and Yege
tables in Switzerland. He does MOI
sell any Of his products, but sends
them as presents to his friends.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-03-31
Rad Fire at Fayetteviile. n.

Fayetteville, N. ca disastrous
fire which started in the Frank
Thornton Dry Goods Co.'S stores at
night, in the center of the city, de-
stroyed eleven buildings. The loss is
estimated at 100000. No one was
killed, but several persons were hurt.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-03-31

Experts calculate that Irish bogs are
capable of turning out 50.000,000 tons
Of fuel n year for . thousand years.
and at the present prices this would
realize $6O,000,O00 q year.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-03-31
Death of an Aged Redskin.

Guthrie, Okla.-The venerable High
Back Wolf, more than 100 years old,
died near Kingfisher. He was the old
est living Cheyenne Indian, and one
of the oldest redskins in the south.
west.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-03-31
Judge Humphrey Denounced.

Chicago.-Federal Judge Otis Hum
pnrey is receiving by mail scores Of
letters from indignant persons all over
the country, who denounce his inter-
probation of the law, and call him a
"Beef Trust tool"
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-03-31
He Gets the Coin.

Mrs. Huggins-I hear your husband
has got political job. Does it pay
good salary?
Mrs. Muggins-No, the salary don't
amount to much, but the graft is all
that could be desired.-Chicago Daily
News
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-03-31
Insanity Plea saves Woman.

Roswell, N. M.-Saturday, Mrs. Mary
Aiken, who confessed to having buried
her child alive on January 7, was found
not guilty by the jury at Carlsbad In
sanity was the defense.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-03-31
Youth Hangs Self On visit.

Blackfoot. Idaho.-Thursday, Fred
L. Glessing. aged IL, of Ell Paso, ILL.,,
hanged himself in the cellar of his
brothers house. He came here for his
health.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-03-31
In the Penifentiary.

Jefferson City, Mo.-Former Bank
er Thomas NJ. Casey was taken to the
penitentiary Sunday afternoon, having
spent the night .at the Madison house
with the sheriff and friends. He will
probably be assigned to work as book
keeDer
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-03-31
A Curiosity.

Mrs. Flathunter-But where is the
room to keep a cook?
Janitor-In the Natural History.
mOOseum, mum.-N. Y. Sun. - - =
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-03-31

A woman in Collidge. Kan, tackled q
scarlet fever sign on her door. so that
she wouldn't have to send cut any
Christmas presents.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-03-31

There are said to be 20. 900 less WON
On than men in the state of Iowa, ani
the state is also short Of teachers.
The Grenada sentinel., 1906-03-31
SAW HER ASSAILANT HUNG

THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-12
WHY DID ROOSEVELT GET ITr
Paris "GI Bias" Thinks France Was Fin.
titled 20 Prize for Peace.
Special CABLE Despatch 10 THE sun.

Special cable Despatch 10 THE SUN.
PARIS, Dec. 1.-THE Oil Bias says il does
not grldge President Roosevelt the Nobel
peace prize. but IL cannot see why it is
awarded him. His greatest glory. says
the Oil Bias, ia having been a Colonel and
partaken in the infinitely glorious war
against Spain in Cuba. True, it was a
vaudeville war, but it was a war.
The United States, it says, has never
been no bellicose as il has since Roosevelt
became President. Undoubtedly Roosevelt
has spoken very pacific words, but his acts
nave not been pacific. As a ~megalomaniac
Roosevelt represents one Of the gravest
risks in the world. The Nobel prize COM
mittee are the latest victims Of American
bluf.
The Figaro on the other hand praises
President Roosevelt al standing for peace,
but says that IL the Nobel prize was to have
been given TO the most peaceful nation
France would have been entitled TO it.
BERLIN, Dec. 1.-THE award of the Nobel
prize to President Roosevelt is universally
indorsed here. One article on the subject
ia headed. The Prince of Peace" President
Roosevelt q success is contrasted with that
OF the Gar as convoker OF the Hague on
ference.