The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-18
The action of the Philadelphia cts

ZenS COmnlCtee IN appTOpIldtiHS @o'ooV
of the city funds to be used in gcyilH
municipal work to the unemployed at
| the rate of 81 a day was denounced by
a majority of those present at a meet
ing Of the conference of unemployed
labor. A resolution was adopted con-
demning the committees action.
Through the inCuisitiveness OF q
brother, the marriage of Miss Lena
CLANCY of Belleville, H., to Arley Wa
| tiers, a teacher in the Mount Vernon
| schools, has been made public. The
wedding was celebrated in Belleville
last October.
Tarrant county, Texas, is aroused
| over the triple tragedy Of NJ. F. Ger
| rell, his wife and infant daughter, who
| were murdered in their home at Wau-
| tega. They were beaten into uncOn-
| seriousness with clubs and died. Next
| cans are suspected.
Twenty-four hours rain has put the
Trinity river out of its banks, the over
now at Dallas, Tex, making the river
a mile wide. Two negroes were
drowned. Many yards of railroad
track have been washed out. The
crest Of the flood is reported at Den
ton.
Fifteen-year-old William Stulkey of
Brooklyn shot and fatally wounded
his father, John, 81. who was quar-
reling with his mother. Immediate.
ly after the shooting the boy ran away
and has not been seen since. Stulkey
is dying.
Two thousand persons are reported
dtad in disastrous floods which have
occurred in the province of HUI Peh,
China. Most of the victims were Occu-
pants Of junks.
japanese authorities investigating
the attack on the American consul at
Mukden, claim to have discovered evil
dence that Consul Gen. Straight struck
the first blow. The other Japanese in
vOlved are said to havo then gone TO
the assistance of their countrymep. A
full report has not yet been made on
the occurrence.
The government is not prepared to
sue the paper trust, but has hopes.
Attorney General B%onaparte so notified
Speaker Cannon in response to the
speakers recent house resolution of in
Quiry.
The police authorities at Pert Ar
thur, Man. are having trouble with
the 10 DUukhObOrs who are under ar
rest for parading without clothes. The
"Douks" refuse to eat and will sot
dress themselves, and it is feared
some will starve to death.
Representative Lilley proposes tc
the abandonment of six
naval stations as mere money sinks
and submits resolution asking presi-
dent tc appoint commission of / n
quiry.
Secretary Root and Ambassador
Bryce sign treaties appointing com
missions for the elimination of Cana
dian boundary and settlement of fish
cry disputes.
The financial panic of last fall has
So lIlCI cdSSu jlIc AuluDCl VI 1ilooilS pCA-
sons in public hospitals that DR.. Fer
ris, president of the New York state
lunacy commission, has been led to is
sue a public statement, showing the
necessity for the immediate cOnstruc'
ton of a new hospital near New York
city.
France and Portugal have closed an
agreement to eXterminate cannibalism
and native allies in the recent cam
paign there have made it an invari-
able rule to eat the bodies of the
enemies they have killed in battle and
several Europeans are said to have
met the same fate.
Letters have been sent to all rs
tional banks by the comptroller of the
currency reminding them that they
must not contribute from bank funds
to political campaigns. A law forbid
ding such bank contribution was
passed by congress last spring and
the letters are merely a reminder to
the banks.
Following an attack on 12-year-old
May Morris at Longview, Tex, Albert
Temple, a negro, was captured by 4
posse and lynched. He confessed and
was taken to the courthouse yard. A
rope was placed around his neck, a
horse driven from under him and he
was Left hanging.
Ten miners were killed by a gas
explosion in the Norton Hill coliiery
at Somersetshire, Eng. The first par
ty of rescuers narrowly escaped death
from the fumes and several are yet in
a critical condition.
Fearing that others might be in
iured by his example, Day E. fillmore
of Los Angeles began eating after
fasting for 43 days. Recently a st.
Paul man died as the result of a pro-
longed fast to reduce his flesh, an"
Elmore concluded that the example
was bad. Elmore's fast reduced his
weight SO pounds.
poliayino the health of his infant