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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-05-28
Three-Cent Rate Stands.

There will be no disturbance of the
present passenger rates in Mississippi, so
far as the present railroad commission
is concerned. By a vote of two to one,
the commission first declined to put in
effect a 2-cent maximum ticket or train
rate order, which was made as a formal
motion by Commissioner Scott, Messrs.
Lee and Webb voting no. Directly af-
forwards Mr.. Scott moved that the
maximum be fixed at 21a cents, which
was also voted down in the same way.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-05-28
Reward for LYnchers.

Gov. Noel has offered a reward of
$500 for the arrest and conviction of the
party or parties connected with the
lynching of the negro, John Rist, at
Summit, recently, one of the q%uietest
affairs of the kind that can be recalled.
There are those who are conversant with
the facts and interested in the discov-
cry of the parties guilty of doing this
negro to death who would not stand
and await the offer of a %pecuniary re-
ward, who have strong suspicious as to
who the guilty parties are, and these
parties are now prosecuting a careful
and diligent inquiry on their own &C
count.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-05-28
Liquor Shipments Valid.

Washington.-The supreme court OF
the United States decided the case OF
the Adams Express Company VS.. the
Commonwealth of Kentucky, involving
the right to ship liquor into a local op.
ton county, in favor of the company.
The case involved the shipment from
Indiana and Tennessee to Bonneville,
in Hart county, for which the company
was fined $50 for each offense.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-05-28
Preparing for ~Encampment.

Major General S. Il. Keesler, COM
handing the Mississippi National
Guard, is in the city in conference with
Adjutant General Fridge and several
staff officers, relative to encampment
matters and certain necessary orange
nents that will have to be made in
order to promote the success OF the
many details connected with a military
outing and demonstration of the kind.
The work of preparation OF the grounds
selected as the camp site will be taken
n hand, the reviewing stand and the
lancing pavilion enlarged
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-05-28
Heavy Draft Coming.

Treasurer Edwards states that The
next heavy draft on the cash account
will be to meet the June distribution of
the common school fund, which is $416,-
5000, being one-third of the appropria-
ton for the year 1909, the other two
thirds having been drawn in January.
Before this is due, however, the treas
TRY will be augmented by the incoming
of the privilege taxes, which, it is esti.
mated, will practically offset the school
fund draft.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-05-28
New Telephone Company.

After a long period of canvassing and
negotiations, and awaiting the first fa-
vorable opportunity to launch an act
i've prospectus, the Mississippi Home
Telephone Company has at last been
practically organized, the final details
having been completed at a meeting held
specially for that purpose.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-05-28
Negro ENTERPRISE Chartered.

"The Negro Manufacturing, Commod-
ity and Supply Company is among the
newest concerns to be Incorporated in
Mississippi, it's charter having just been
approved by the Governor. The con-
Germ is domiciled at Greenville and is
capitalized at $25O,OOO, the shares being
placed at 81 each, and its purpose is to
do a general cotton manufacturing and
commercial business.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-05-28

SUFFERING
ONE YEAR
Cured by Lydia E. Pink
ham'sV Vegetable Compound
Milwaukee, Wis. -"Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound has made

u1o u wei woman,
and L would like to
tell the whole world
of it. / suffered
fromfemaletrOub
and fearful painsiD
my back. Ihad the
best doctors and
they all decided
that I had a tumo1
in addition to my
female trouble, and
advised an opera
ton. lydia f..
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-05-28
Commercial Travellers Meet.

With more than five hundred members
in attendance, the annual convention of
the Grand Council of Commercial Trav-
elers for Mississippi and Louisiana was
called to order in this city Friday.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-05-28
Will Finance Cotton Crop.

The Mississippi branch of the Farmers
Union and the financial institutions hold.
ing membership in the Mississippi Bank
ers' Association, through their respective
executive committees, have perfected ar.
engagements for handling the seasons cot
ton crop grown in this state.
The arrangement made is practically
the same as that prevailing last year,
the banks recognizing Farmers Union
warehouse receipts as negotiable instru.
ments, and making liberal advances
thereon to owners of cotton who desire
to hold their crop for better prices.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-05-28
Edwards Can't Attend.

Some weeks ago State Treasurer Ed
wards received an invitation from Viii
liam N. Chapman, president of the Ma
tional Association of Comptrollers ant
Accounting Officers, to attend the fourth
annual convention, which is to be helc
at Hotel Pontchartrain, Detroit, Mich.
June 3 to 6, or if he was unable to leave
to designate a substitute to represent
Mississippi.
Mr.. Edwards states that he finds that
it will be impossible for him to get away
at that time, and he has therefore sent
an invitation to Hon. B. w. Griffith, OF
V%icksburg, who is n of the keenest and
best posted ~financiers in the state, to
attend as his substitute.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-05-28
Plan Riding Tournament.

Arrangements are about completed for
a state riding tournament, which is being
gotten up by the Kinds County Humane
Society, or under its auspices, with Mrs.
w. S. Horsford, probably the most sue
cessful and best known horsewoman and
animal breeder, not only in Mississippi,
but in the South, as n of the active
managers. 1t is hoped to have the only
troop of cavalry, troop A, of Clifton
vile and Brooksville, in Noxubee county,
present, as General Keesler has approved
such a plan.
There will be many civilian riders on
hand, and incidentally many fine mounts,
many of them Mississippi-raised animals,
ridden by Mississippi riders, male and
female.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31
LAUNCHING A KITE AT THE MOUNT
WEATHER OBSERVATORY.

raised at times when the wind was blowing a
gale of fortysix miles an hour.
One of the accomplishments of the obserya-
of temperatures and the direction of the winds
at attitudes varying from half mile to two
miles, and at times more than four and one
quarter miles, for periods of more than three
months at a time. The instruments which are
sent alOft now record not only the conditions
ot temperature, but the air pressure humidity
and the velocity and direction of the wind
The mechanism which is taken up is con-
tanned in box with an opening in its side The
eter, barometer, hygrometer and thermometer
Each of these meters has a finger recording
on cylinder operated by clockwork The rec
ords of these fingers linn a picture of the
upper air which is of great interest to the
weather man. These records are of especial
value to the forecaster at Washington for they
materially assist him in making his .'guess'
about the future weather In the middle Atlantic
and New England states
In order 10 determine the altitude OF tho kite
at any given mcmont while il is in the air
rlsht-angled theodoite is used BY means Of
'ils the observer follows the flight of the kite
or balloon. and the angle indicated on the in
strument assists him in determining the yerti-
cal side OF the triangle representing the alti-
tude of the kite.
Aerial explorers who have desired 10 get rec
ords above the range of the kite have used
small balloons. 1t is essential that they shall
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31

plant for making gas for the imitation Of the
small balloons. More than twenty-five kites
and number of balloons kept ready for
service, and five men devote their entire work.
ing time to the aera! work involved in the ex-
ploration of the upper regions.
The apparatus foI manipulating the Kites and
captive balloons is placed in circular house in
the centre of the field fT9rl which the flights are
begun. II ;s arranged to reVolve after the
fashion of the dome of an astronomical OBJ
serVatory or the Old Windmills on the eastern
end of Long Island in order that it may ac-
commodate itself to the direction Of the wind.
The kites ANA balloons are held in leash by
means of piano wire, tie lishtest known bond
with sufficient tensile strength. The supply of
fifty thousand feet is wound upon n reel Oper-
ated by an electric motor. This Will permit
balloon to rise nearly ten miles into the air
Kites have hecn raised to a height of 23,1 IL
feet an altitude said to be a record for kites.
The strain upon the kite wires Is sometimes
beyond comprehension, the kites having been
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31

blanket II would be impossible for sound 10
travel through the tenuous air of this altitude
with its blistering light. One might speak. but
his neighbor al his elbow could not hear his
words
1t has been learned that the air lies about the
earth in al least three distinct layers or strata
The first nearest the earth, is approximately
two miles deep, extending To the freezing line
1t is a region of turmoil the waves of heat and
cold constantly eontending with each other
The second stratum extends above the first
for a distance of approximately six miles, its
chief characteristics being less eapriciousness
and gradually increasing cold and decreasing
humidity. The lowest temperature recorded in
this zone is that of 161 degrees below the freez-
ing point Fahrenheit. or 10 below zero. The
changes in temperature in this zone are be-
Heved to be due to great rising columns OF warm
air and the reflection of solar heat by the clouds
lying in the lower stratum. In this zone the
wind always blows eastwardly. apparently being
planetary swirl. caused by the revolution Of
the earth upon it's axis The greater the height
the more fercely does the air fly along.
The third layer discovered almost siTnul-
taneously by Teisserenc de Bort and Richard
Assman Europeans. who have been ranked with
Professor Rotch In their air explorations Il
was first thought that the temperature in this
zone remained stationary, but it was later found
that it actually increased above that Of the zone
below. How high this temperature rises has not
yet been determined. The turbulent air storms
of the lower layers are not felt here Rising
currents of warm air fiatten out when they
reach its under surface as smoke does against
a ceiling. There is practically no interrninglins
of the air of the lower layers with this stratum
Its currents are zephyrs as compared with TIE
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31
STUDYING THE UPPER AIR
Much Of Interest Discovered IN
Solring Its Heights.

Man, perhaps knows less about the ocean Of
air at the lotion of which he lives and moves
and has lis being than he does about the bot
How deep is this mantle of yapor wrapped about
the Garth? In what respects does the upper
air differ from the lower air" These and other
questions are interesting scientists.
Un1il recently the data obtained by aeronauta
and mountain climbers comprised the only
available information of Il reliable character re
garding the upper regions They found it 50
cold ana the air 50 rareficd that they could not
hope to live at an elevation much above six
miles. II was recognized that better llnowl-
edge of the atmosphere would help to a better
understanding Of natural phenomena and great
Iy assist in forecasting weather conditions.
Within the last few years steps have been
taken toward sounding the heights of this
ocean Of air by methods which will not hazard
the lives Of men, As i result of these investi-
cations some Interesting and unexpected dis
covCrics have been made Recently the United
States has completed the erection of a plant on
a mountain in the Blue Ridge, in Virginia
which has been styled Mount Weather for the
chief purpose of obtaining daily information re-
garding the conditions in the upper air. The
plant should have been finished some time ago,
but two years ago fire destroyed the main build
Ing. Fireproof buildings have now taken the
place Of the burned structure.
The Mount Weather observatory of the
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31

be as light as possible. At first paper was used
Now rubber is the material of the gas container.
The amount of gas which is placed within it is
fixed by the height TO which it is desired to
have the balloon go. As the gas expands under
reducing external air pressure, the amount of
gas in the bag is gauged that the balloon will
burst when the desired altitude is attained. The
apparatus then descends parachute. The
address of the owner and the offer CT a reward
generally bring the instruments with the rec
Ords back.
One of the problems of the student of the
upper air has been that of devising apparatus
which would work regardless of the cold. Usu-
ally ink is used in recording instruments of this
character but ink will freeze. When it is
allied that the temperature in the upper air
reaches point below any reported by DR.. Cook
or Lieutenant ShackletOn existing in the
polar regions. it is that ink is not likely to
continue in fluid state throughout the peregri-
nations of the flying vehicle. This difficulty has
been surmounted by smoking the cylinder. The
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31
The REEL HOUSE ON THE KITE AND
BALLOON FIELD ON MOUNT WEATHER.

record lines are then scratched in the smoked
surface. On one occasion the finder of such an
paratus was so particular that the instruments
should reach the owner in good condition that
he carefully polished the recording cylinder,
Ihere are several air sounding" stations
In the world. of the best known being
the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory AT
hyde Park. Mass, near Boston. Professor A
Lawrence Rotch, at this station. has made the
most complete exploration of the first four miles
OF the air yet reported. Ascents with kites and
sounding balloons are made by the air exploring
stations in the different parts of the world on
agreed dates. July has usually been the month
selected for the international week. of simuI
taneous observation. This year the 'interpa-
uohai week will fall in December
IL Is known that even In summer the layer Of
warm air is shallow, the temperature droppine
from uncomfortable summer heat to a moderate
temperature in a rise of 1.5OO feet II has been
learned that in the upper air there is none of the
diitused light which tempers the suns rays to
the eyes at the earth's surface At ten miles
above the earth the sun seems to shine out OF
black sky instead Of one Of a blue tint, and the
stars are visible at midday. They shine with
out the glimmering seen at the earth's surface
Ike SO many pin points of light piercing a sable
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31
BALLOON HOUSE AT MOUNT WEATHE.
VIRGINIA.

whii"ns currents of the second zone. II is ex-
cessively dry.
upon the season of the year the latitude. the
barometric pressure, and possibly on some other
factors not yet determined In summer time il
Hes about seven and one-half miles above the
earth's surface Its upper boundary has not
been reached, although sounding balloons have
risen above eighteen miles. 1t Is known that the
higher its lower boundary rises the colder IL *
and the lower it lies the warmer il becomes.
curious fact has been discovered regarding
air temperatures. Paradoxically, II is colder
eight miles above the equator in the summtr
than II is the same distance below the earth in
the temperate zone In winter. The explanation
OF this Is the fact that this layer lies closer to
the earth in the temperate arctic zone than il
does in the tropio.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-31

United States Weather Bureau is undoubtedly
the best equipped observatory for the eXplora-
tion OF the upper air strata which has been
erected 1t occupies a site half dozen miles
from any railroad station. at an elevation of
]. 20 feet above sea level. Standing on a spot
free from The smoke, dust and vibration of any
neigl,boring city and surrounded by the clear
cir Of the Blue Ridge, whore the winds blow al
most constantly with force sufficient to raise
q box kite, The observatory is in an excellent
position for the study of air currents. sclar
radiation, magnetism ana other phases Of
meteorology. The open country makes the re-
covcry of Wayward kites and their burdens Of
costly apparatus more certain.
The plant consists of Two large buildings for
administrative and research purposes and sev
eral smaller Buildings, including one for the
Storage of kites. reel house and compact
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-25
Phone to Check speeder..

Mayor Maloney has evolved a plan
whereby much of the automobile scorching
on Lower Broadway can be checked and
the violators OF the speed ordinance
brought to time. His plan contemplates the
installation of a telephone alarm. system
between the motor bridge and police head
quarters.
with direct telephone communicat ton with
the toll house on the motor bridge the po-
lice department would be enabled to OBJ
tain the description, If not the names, of
the occupants of any west bound auto
which might have been reported 10 have
been speeding on Broadway, and the MUM
Der of the car. Such information would
lead to the ultimate arrest Of the offend
ing parties. Most Of the offenders against
the speed ordinance cross the bridge, either
going or returning from Omaha.
Automobiles on West Broadway : en-
danger the life OF pedestrians and persons
driving In vehicles every day, and I am de.
termined 10 do what I can to stop a." de.
clared Mayor Maloney yesterday. by In,
stalling one Of the telephones of the private
system used by the street railway company
word can be sent quickly TO police head.
quarters or TO the toll office on the bridg,
of ''scorchers." I believe such a system
will do much 10 stop this reckless driving
OF autos on Broadway. In any case, 1t viii
do no harm to experiment with It,"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-25

Frightening outlook. and ever higher ideals.
moves on with a platform broad as father
land, tender as motherland, hand In hand
and shoulder to shoulder in its grand work
for home and country, for God and native
land"
Half an hour later another fea-
ture OF the session occurred. Mrs. story,
as state regent for New York, was called
upon to make her report. 1t was the re-
port over which one of the clashes had
taken place earlier in the week. AS she
faced the assemble her followers Wed with
one another in impressing on the meeting
that Mrs. Story had fallen short of the
president generalship by only five votes.
In her report Mrs, Story spoke of the 10y
atty Of New York to the organization.
The insurgents candidates for offices be-
low that of president general made prac-
tically a clean sweep, capturing almost all
of the more important places. The tellers
reported at tonight's session that the fol-
lowing had been elected:
Vice president general in charge of or
ganization. Mrs. Miranda b. Tulloch Din
surgent), District OF Columbia; recording
secretary general, Mrs. Mary r. Wilcox
| dnsurgenO of Tennessee; registrar general,
| Miss Grace NJ. Pierce dnsurgenO of New
York; librarian general, Mrs. Short A, VIII
lis dnsurgent) of the District Of Columbia
treasurer general, Mrs. w. D., Hoover lad
ministration) of Washington; historian gen
| eral, Mrs. Gertrude b, Darwin dnsurgenD,
district of Columbia.
Mrs. Wallace Delafield Of Missouri, Mrs
John Campbell of Colorado and Mrs, John
f. Witt of California were among the ten
J vice president generals elected.
Although the defeat of Mrs. Story for
president general was regretted by the in
surgents, they found cause for rejoicing to.
night at being in practical control Of the
national board of the organization.
The congress approved the election o
the various state regents. They include
the following:
Iowa-Miss Harriet Lake.
Kansas-Mrs. George T. Guernsey.
Missouri-Mrs Samuel @. Green.
~ebraska-Mr o. S. Ward.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-25
CORNING PREsBYTERY NEAR END
Election OF Omcers and Decision to
Build Monument

Election OF Omcers and Decision to
BuiId Monument.
CRESTON, Ia, April 4-(Special)-
The Corning Presbytery, which Is now in
session at Nodawsy, elected commissioner
TO the general assembly to be held in Den
yer in May. at their Wednesday sessions.
The ministerial commissioner is Rev. A. K.
Kiser of Malvern; alternate, E. B.. Linn of
Emerson. From the eldership George
Fisher of Villisca. is principal, and S. Il.
Overmine Of Lenox Is alternate. The pres
bytery also voted that the churches raise
funds to the amount Of 8 cents a member
to help the synod erect a memorial com
memorative to the history-making prayer
meeting held on Prospect Hill at Sioux
City in 1869. marking the beginning of one
of the greatest home missionary move
ments in modern times.
The seventeenth annual meeting of the
Women's Missionary society is being held
In connection with this presbytery meet
ing. and Thursday afternoon was devoted
to reports and appointments Of committees.
A large number of delegates were present
and the reports of the secretary and
treasurer were especially encouraging.
showing a gain in membership and also
of gifts. The gifts to home missions last
year amounted to more than 81 LOO. The
election Of officers resulted as follows:
Mrs. Ferrons Of Clarinda. president of
home society; Mrs. J, p. Lin of Creston,
first vice president; Miss Black OF NAL
vern, second vice president; Mrs. e. c.
Hough of Villisca, secretary and treasurer;
Mrs. Dawson of Red Oak. secretary OF
box work; Miss Sarah Wise of Nodaway,
secretary of literature. In the foreign
field, Mrs. A. b. Turner. sr.. was elected
president, Miss LaRue of Corning first
vice president. Mrs. William Kittredge oil
Alton second vice president, Mrs. w. +
Crumm of Bedford secretary and treasurer
and Mrs. Clayton of Clarinda secretary OF
Christian Endeavor work. The presbytery
closes tomorrow. q g
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-25
Farmer. MirncuIou. E.cnpe.

oNAwA, Ia, April 24.-(special)-one Of
the most miraculous escapes from death
that has ever happened near Onawa oc-
CURED recently with a farmer named Tim
Rohan, He was driving a disc pulVerizer,
when the horses became unmanageable and
ran away, and he was thrown in front of
the machine. He was unable to extricate
himself and in his perilous position was
dragged about the field for two hours be-
fore discovered. His ankles and several
ribs were broken and his body was covered
with wounds. His clothing and Rat were
torn to shreds by the discs and he was
rendered unconscious. However, the wounds
received attention and he will recover, The
physician states. however. that only his
rugged physique and indomitable will saved
him. Besides his numerous injuries he was
nearly frozen when discovered by his son.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-25
Council Bluffs

Bluffs about the time the grand jury was
investigating the case. and. thinking the
matter had blown over, returned a few
days ago.
Pike is alleged to have had trouble With
a tenant, Warren Mulock. to whom he rented
a house at Seventeenth street and Twenty
third avenue. on February ~ Of last year
the trouble. II Is alleged, eliminated in
Pike taking a shot at Mulock after making
undry dire threats against him and his
wife.
Pixies hail under the indictment was orig
inally placed at $1,000, but Judge Wheeler
yesterday ordered It reduced to $500. Up to
last evening Pile had been unable to fur
nish a bond and was committed to the
county jail.