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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-10-05
! AT the National Capital :
Gossip of People and Events
Gathered in Washington

again given an illustration CT the ex'
tent to which personal feeling doml-
mates officials in Turkey in such ap-
pointments. The new minister is the
son of one of the intimates OF the
Turkish ruler, the well-knoWn lZZet
Bay, the sultan's personal secretary
for foreign affairs, which office, neces-
sarily. has brought him into frequent
and close contact with his sovereign.
lzzet Bey is also legal adviser to the
sublime porte. The fact that with SUI
ficient influence with the sultan to
enable him to select almost any diplo'
matte post for his son, Izzet should
have chosen Washington, is regarded
as a manifestation of the growing ap-
probation in Turkey Of the import
ance of America as a factor in inter
national affairs.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-10-05
UNCLE SAM ENRICHED BY
LOST MONEY ORDERS

the order constitutes nothing more
than a receipt. Many persons also
are in the habit of purchasing money
orders before travelling from n place
to another, with a view to converting
them into cash as needed, and these
are lost through carelessness, by fire,
or otherwise.
Notwithstanding this, the govern
ment has wisely made provision for
the payment of money orders lost or
destroyed, by the issuance, upon sat
isfactory proof of loss or destruction,
of a duplicate money order payable to
the payee or remitter making applica-
ton therefor, as the case may be.
Provision is also made for the pay
ment of orders which are not present
ed for payment before the time limit
provided by law has expired.
In one instance a claim for the
payment of a lost postal note was
allowed % years after it became in
valid. 1t will be seen that as trustee
for its citizens in the transfer of pri-
vate funds the United States eXer-
cises diligence in an attempt to find
the rightful owner. And yet millions
are yet outstanding for which claim
ants will never appear. This vast sum
is held in suspense by the govern
ment."
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-10-05
The Mormon Vote,

When the statehood bill was under
consideration in the senate last win
ter. and the fact was then disclosed
that there is a large Mormon const1-
tuency in Arizona and New Mexico,
the startling statement was made
that. mo Mormon could u for a high
political Office without the consent or
the first presidency of the Mormon
church." The Republican leaders IN
the late presidential campaigns made
a political bargain with some OF the
Mormon apostles that if the Mormon
vote was cast in Utah and other states
for the Republican candidates, there
should be no further legislation
against polygamy. The partnership
with the Mormons entered into by the
Republican national is about to Lead
them into an endless sea OF trouble.
It is a great satisfaction to Demo
Gratis that they are not eutangled witn
Il In any way.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-10-05

THE interstate commerce commits
y sion has made public an abstract
of it's nineteenth annual statistical re-
.tJrt covering the year ending June 80,
1906, showing the par value of rail-
way CAPITAL outstanding was $14,570,-
421,47S, or SCI, 1886 per mile of the rail-
ways in the United States. OF this
over SO per cent paid no dividends.
OF the railway stock outstanding ST.
-257, 175, 100 was owned by railway cor
porations and of railway bonds $641,-
305. 030 were so reported.
The aggregate gross earnings from
the operated mileage of 222,340 miles
of lines were $2,325. 1855 being
$243. 2S2, 761 greater than in 1905.
Their operating expenses were $685.
sS77,271, or s146,275,119 more than in
1905. The net earnings aggregated
1888, SS7 1896, an increase of S97, O07.-
$40. The net earnings per mile of line
averaged $3,548. The income attribut-
able to other sources than operating
reached $256, 1888, 591.
Deducting- fixed and other charges,
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-10-05
RAILROAD TOTALS THAT
MAKE A BIG SHOWING

the report says 1885, 1928 is the net
income for the year available for divi-
dends or surplus. There were 977,-
507,8 38 passengers carried, an In
crease of over 60, 900, 900, and 1,641,-
374,219 tons of freight carried, an in
crease of over 202, 900, 900. The aver
age revenue per passenger per mile
was 2.O02 cents. The earnings per
train mile increased both for passen-
ger and freight trains, and the aver
age cost of running a train n mile
increased. The. ratio of operating ex-
penses to earnings was owe sc per
cent.
The report shows 1857 persons
killed and 81, 706 injured. There was
a total of 1,521, 1856 persons on the pay
roll. The report shows that oae pas
senger was killed for every 2,227,041
carried, while in 1906 one passenger
was killed for every 1,375,S56 carried,
One person was injured for every "a,
276 passengers carried, as against one
injured in every 70,655 passengers
carried in 1905.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-10-05
ELECTED BY TRUST
SECRET OF ROOSEVELT'S FIRST
NOMINATION.
According to President Baer, the Coal
Combine Was Behind Him-Good
Reason Why Monopo!ies Are
Not Disturbed.

The statement of President Baer Of
tho Coal trust, establishing the exist
ence of a conspiracy between that I'M
lawful institution and. the Republican
National committee is exceedingly in
teresting. 1t shows at least that Roose-
welt owes his election as vice presi-
dent to the action Of that trust, and
explains ~inferentially why the Steel
trust and the Money trust are not
disturbed by our "~cantankerouS
friend in the White House. They
are good trusts'-good to the Re-
publican politicians, at least. But
there a be, in the estimation of an
honest man, no such thing as a good
trust since the very raisOn d etre OF
every trust is monopoly and extOrtion.
This is shown by the history of such
combinations. The first time the trust
when the Standard Oil trust was or
ganized. Then a number of compan-
les, firms and partnerships entered
into an agreement with a view to
monopolizing the oil business, and
absorbed so per cent of the petroleum
industry of this country. We all now
understand the methods of this heart
less monopoly. They put their affairs
in the hands of nine trustees" who
| fixed both buying and selling prices
of petroleum and refined oils and lu
bricants. They compelled the rail
roads to give them rebates, and in
that way destroyed competition.
Soon after this the Sugar trust was
organized on the same plan, and pur
sued similar methods. Then the trust
| era. set in, and all other business was
by degrees monopolized. One cor
| poration bought the stocks of Others
with new truSt-StOck which cost noth
ing but paper and printers ink, ant
| then by means of eXtortiOnate prices
| for the products of its cOnstituten
| companies paid larger dividends thar
| those companies could have paid i
| competition had not been destroyed
| The Sherman antitrust law, which
by the way, was written by Mr.. Isadol
Rayner, of Maryland, then a Demo
cratic Representative in Congress
and now a Democratic Senator, wa
passed in 1887, and has since beer
several times amended. Yet thu
trusts continued to multiply, because
the law was not enforced. Why wa
it not enforced? Mr.. Baer has jus
explained why. The Coal trust wal
in a conspiracy with the Republican
ticket-McKinley and Roosevelt
1900 and presumably also in 1904
What else could be expected? Presi
lent Roosevelt is the chosen instru
ment of the greatest trust on the fac
Of the earth-the harpy-like none,
trust. His characteristic policy" is
and has always been, an endless chail
of special favors to the Wall stree
bankers and the money power.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-10-05
N5MN1aAI1
[ &NS
@Ao >aSSpSGNa,
x H22

A WASHINGTON woman discov-
"A cred some days ago that her Ger
ma nurse was destroying the money
orders she purchased to remit to the
fatherland. She had torn up within
the last five years more than $500 of
money orders, thinking they were re-
ceiptS for the money deposited in the
office at Washington and that the
money had been duly sent to her old
another in Germany.
This incident recalls the fact that
there has accumulated in the national
treasury millions of dollars, possibly
ten millions, since the establishment
of the present system in 1864.
An official, speaking Of the system,
said: This vast accumulation of
money is steadily being augmented
from year to year, and unless the peo'
pile become better acquainted with the
character of a money order transac-
ton the accumulated sum promises to
become almost fabulous. This money
has accumulated through no fault OF
the United States. The system is
perfect and instructions relating to it
arc clear and ample.
For one thing it is known that
persons purchasing money orders ig-
norantly destroy them, believing thai
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-10-05
Practical Politicians.

Senator Chauncy NJ. Depew has sim
liar views about ~"practical' men in
politics that President Roosevelt ex'
pressed in his letter to that "undesira
BILE citizen" Hartman. The senator
says, Il have found from long expert
ence that what a man is in business
he is in politics; if he is practical in
the one he will likely be practical in
the other. The human equation en-
tiers in there as largely as in other
things"
He also seems to have a very bad
opinion of the Republican politicians
generally for he declares: Il have
observed, too, that gratitude is not
likely to be any considerable part of a
politicians makeup, and he is not
notable for a high regard for his
promises"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-10-05
Reduction of ArmamentS.

We have said but little about The
Hague Peace Conference, because 1t
was certain in advance of the meet
ing that it would result in a failure
1t now seems that the delegates are
ready to fight I'VE the Latin-Ameri'
can proposal to limit ornaments, and
the German delegation threatens to
leave the conference if the Latin
American proposition is discussed. SO
instead of promoting peace, the COIL
ference may break up in a row. The
delegates from the United States do
not appear to have any influence for
peace, perhaps because President
Roosevelt is looked upon as a war
lord like the emperor Of Germany,
and is constantly asking congress fol
larger ornaments.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-10-05
A TREASURE HUNT BY
THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

CHE active cooperation of the states
u of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
Srom the mouth of the Potomac to the
Mississippi, is enlisted in an investi-
;gation for which preparations are I'M
der way at the United States geOlogi-
cal survey.
A systematic study is to be made of
the age, character and general rela-
tons of the rocks of the coastal plain,
special effort being made to determine
1the position and extent of beds of
economic interest, including water
bearing beds, phosphate deposits, full
er's earth and other materials.
The general plan of the ~investiga-
tion was formulated at Washington on
January 1, 1907, at a conference in
vited by the director of the national
survey.
At this conference the work that
had already been done was discussed
and arrangements were made for one
of the most extensive cooperative in
westigations ever undertaken by the
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-10-05
Republican Corruption and Ethics.


The corporate corruption of the last
eight years touches President Roose.
welt at every point. He was the bene-
ficiary of the looting of the life insur-
ance companies, which gave the mon
ey held in trust for the widows and
orphans of Democrats and even OF
foreigners to Bliss and Cortelyou for
his benefit. And now comes the sworn
statement Of the coal trust that, in
1900, the anthracite companies at the
instance of the Republican campaign
managers advanced the wages of it's
employees and then entered into agree
ments to advance the price of coal
and get the money back from the peO-
pie in order to facilitate the election
Of the Republican national ticket upon
which Roosevelt was a candidate.
Then there is the Infamous union rail-
road station scandal in which it ap-
peared that Roosevelt favored the pas
sage of a bill by congress giving the
Pennsylvania railroad enormous dona.
tons in money and land, and a few
weeks after its passage received fav'
ors from that company costing thou
sands Of dollars. All this is the usual
way with the Republican politicians,
| but hardly agrees with the high moral
| tone that the president proposes.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-10-05
THE STORY.

A MESSENGER from King David!
"A The news Of his coming spread
6 ickly through the country about
Lodebar. and soon the people were
eagerly discussing the purpose OF the
visit. Did he bring good tidings or Ill!
Was his mission one of peace or did
ha come with some sinister motive?
And when it was learned that the
had gone straight to the
house of Machir, the chief man or the
Mace. in fact, the most powerful shiek
in that part of the country, and had
~inouired after one Mephibosheth, who
was said to dwell there, the know
ing ones said it BODIED i'll for the sun
of Jonathan, the son OF Saul.
Tidings OF the growing power OF
King David had reached Lodebar from
time to time and no more eager listen
or TO the stories could be found than
M%ephibosheth. Helpless as he was he
would always manage to get to the
Mace where the news was being dis
cussed, and though taking no active
mart in the conversation he inter
iected brief questions which always
brought out all the details of the
story.
Although only five years old when
the tragic events fell upon the house
hold of Saul they had burned them
selves into his tender mind. The con-
sternation of the royal household
when the dreadful tidings of the re-
su,t of the battle were learned, the
confusion as preparation was made
or fight, and then the mad. panic
stricken rush which followed as the
rumor came that the Philistines were
almost upon them. All this he re.
! memhered and then had come the aw'
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-10-05
SULTAN TO SEND NEW
MINISTER TO WASHINGTON

EYTASHINGTON.-As a ~forerunnner
Wv of the embassy about to be esta.b.
Iished by the Turkish government in
Washington, Mohemd Ali Bey is COM
ing to this capital as minister from
the sublime porte. The news came
to the state department from Ambas-
Sador Leishmann at Constantinople,
who cabled the department that the
porte had requested him to ascertain
whether Mohemd would be acceptable
in a ministerial capacity. The depart
ment replied affirmatively, and it is
understood that the e minister will
be in Washington by the time that
president Roosevelt returns to this
city from his western trip.
In the selection of Mohemd Bay as
minister to Washington the sultan has
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-10-05
CANNON IN NERVOUS STATE.
Evidently He Is Shylng at the Admin.
istration's Program.

Mr.. Cannon, who Gin all human
probability" as he says, will organ
ize the next Congress, seems to Tear
that "the boys" will not be "~actuated
by calmness and patriotism" Accord
ing to Cannon and the other Republf'
can leaders the next Congress will
stand pat on the tariff, sc it Is not
tariff revision that is feared by Mr..
Cannon. There now appears to be
no Republican leader who dares to lay
hands on the sacred tariff schedules
before election" and il returned to
power the Republican leaders will
take it as an endorsement Of the trust
protecting tariff and decline to re-
wise the tariff "after election" But
still with this standpat program so
adroitly fixed, something is disturb
ing Uncle Joe about what Congress
may 60, for he declares, "it would be
a crime if Congress should do any
thing at this time to upset business"
He further declared that business
might be upset lin half a dozen ways"
Now the Administration has a large
program of legislation for making old
laws more stringent and new laws
to enable the President to regulate
things" This program is doubtless
what weighs so heavily Oh the Speak
er's mind, for he evidently is not in
accord with the Presidents program
and says that Congress must give its
strength to the passing of the appro'
priations and refrain from making
mistakes" which would upset bust
ness and the Republican party at the
same time. Is there going to be a
fight between Congress and the Exec
utive, and will Speaker Cannon I'M
dertake to thwart an impetuous Presi
dent? But can Republicans afford tC
rely on the voters being satisfied witt
e~xtravagant appropriations and with
virtually nothing yet accomplished IL
the way of real reform and allow two
more years standing pat and only
promises for the future?
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-10-05
All Hollow Promises.

The Protective Tariff league is the
nerve center of Republican power, and
no action on tariff matters may be
taken, even by congress, till it shall
have been approved by the league. and
Speaker Cannon is the catspaw to do
it's bidding. Just how Mr.. Taft or
those who, like him, pirate OF tariff
revision can hope to accomplish the
needed work is not clear, but it passes
current for good fence" material, and
there you are. Nevertheless. these
tariff leaguers have procured a mer-
chant willing to go into court as a
loser by Secretary Roots ruling on
German trade, and SO give the lie di.
rect to Secretary Taft's pompous ut
ter C on Republican intent on tarih
revision-after the election.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-10-05
s ERMONETTE

!, another side of David's nature
y revealed. Here he is the loyal
( friend keeping faith with the
choice companion of his young .
h manhood, Jonathan. Here, after
{ the flight of the years and the
y multiplying of the burdens and
/ cares resting upon him, we find
him taking time and thought to
h redeem the promise made so
+ long before. Loyalty to the
y friend of the long ago. Faith
( fitness in redeeming the prom
J! Use given. How splendid. David
h was king now, a mighty man of
7 affairs, a ruler yer a realm far
N greater than that which Saul
l had ever dreamed of ruling.
N Riches and honors were show
X cred upon him in such measure
as to have made it not at all
n strange il all thought and care
. for former things had been driv-
y en- away. But it was not SO with
K David. He remembered the
y promise of the years before and
4 he fastened to fulfill it.
Z Such act on the kings part
could not have been without
Z much sacrifice of personal COM
~ fort, as well as the giving up
4 of the rich possessions of Saul
I. which had come to him in right
N of his wife, MichaI, the daugh-
! ter of Saul. But these things
~ were as nothing in the eyes of
4 David in comparison to the
Y. faithful discharge of that old
"A obligation. This, then, we would
: emphasize in reference to the
" keeping of the promises made,
X seem they ever SO small and un-
" important: Personal comfort
4, and personal possessions should
Z never outweigh the importance
y of keeping a fair promise, hon.
: estly made.
~ How perfectly did Jesus ex-
i empI.ify this. He gave up his
Y riches that we through his pow
II erty might be made rich. He
! suffered that we through his
" suffering might be redeemed to
u God, and all because he sought
y. to redeem the promise which
a God had made to man in the be-
: ginning when God said that the
~ seed of the woman should
! bruise the head of the serpent.
" Another thought in connec
Il ton with this incident was the
y whole hearted way in which
N David did that which he had de-
( termined upon. He might have
" fulfilled his promise to iona
Il than by restoring Mephibosheth
v to the family possessions, but
n no., he would do more, this son
! of his dead friend should be an
u honored guest at the kings ia
X BILE. Yes, he Vas a cripple, and
Y certainly could not have added
4: any dignity or beauty to the
Y royal household, but such fact
N did not cause David to hesitate.
< In the divine-Iike spirit he
" would bring Mephibosheth into
Il his very presence where ne
Y could personally attend to his
a Comforts, This is the way God
I restores US to the lost heritage.
" He brings us into his very pres
q ence, crippIes in sin though we
Y are, and he there ministers unto
h US with unstinted devotion.
Z From the many-sided view OF
n David how we see reflected the
( divine attributes, even as we
" hear them breathed forth in the
Il Psalms which he has left US.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-10-05
Generous Act Rewarded.

An undertaken named Roberts, at
Walthamstow, England, several years
ago buried, at his own expense, the
bodies of a friendless woman and child
who had been murdered, rather than
see them laid in a pauper's grave. He
has just received $4,000, bequeathed
him by an old gentleman who had ad-
mired his act.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-10-05
Fewer Works of Fiction Read.

Librarians in many parts of Lon
don agree in stating that the public
taste for the reading of fiction is show
ing a very decided falling off. and that
the popularity Of works of travel.
history and biography is correspond
ingly increasing.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1907-10-05
Il viii Be Consulted, Anyway

If the tariff is to be revised by Its
friends, the United States Steel Cor.
~poration might be persuaded to serve
on the revision board. It's very friend
ly.-Ohio State Journal
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
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DUEL OF SOUTHERN GENERALS.
Killing of Walker by Marmaduke and
Its Effect on Confederate Fortunes.

"a duel between two confederate
important engagement, in the early
stages of the civil war, had something
to do with the final collapse of the
southern cause" said an ex-confed
crate living in New York after his
return from the Davis and j. E. b
Stuart memorial celebrations in Rich
mond, relates the New York Sun
1--WE were not as united as the new
generation would have you believe.
"There was always misunder
standing between the Richmond gov
ernment and the Mississippi de
partment. Early in the conflict / was
sent to Arkansas to learn the cause
of the trouble in the leadership.
Five men, whose names later be
came a part of the history of the
cause, were at variance at time
when unity was essential. These men
were Sterling Price, Marmaduke
Walker, Holmes and Pagan. Price
Marmaduke was born soldier
Walker was a martinent. Holmes was
uncertain in judgment. Pagan was a
good fighter when he was discreetly
directed.
when / reached Arkansas these
five men were before Helena for the
purpose of wrestling it from the enc,
my. 1t was strategic position at
the time 1t is not necessary to GO
into the details of the story. The
point is that the attack failed.
ut was a blow to the Richmond
government early in the couse The
failure lay not with the soldiers but
with the leader. Holmes had
planned the fight. Events showed
that he had no conception of the
strength of the Notifications of the
enemy or of the enemy's numbers.
after the failure dissensions
among the leaders increased This
was noticeably the case between
Walker and Marmaduke.
"If l remember correctly Walk
er ranked Marmaduke. In one
of the movements Walker had or
dered the troops under his command
to retreat. To Marmaduke was given
the post of danger-covering the re-
treat. He was assured that at a GER
tain point he would be reinforced by
Walker.
at was important that he should
have this aid. When he arrived at