The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-09-03

| Inc forest nrc W0lCl started In the
| Yosemite National park is completely
beyond control and was sweeping up
the canyon toward the famous MERGED
grove of big trees. The flames at the
OF the grove.
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway
commission is held responsible for
the deaths Of William Bourque and
ician Of q Knox car. In the automo-
bile races In that city on August 10,
in the finding of Coroner Blackwell,
made public, and investigation by the
grand Jury is recommended.
William Ball, owner Of several
horses being raced at the meeting in
progress in Henderson, KY. shot and
killed Ed. Duke, the official starter.
He fred four shots, all taking effect,
and the last three being pumped into
Dukes body as 1t lay PROSTATE In the
street.
AS the result of an automobile acct
dent on a prominent downtown corner
of Omaha, Miss Hopper lies in a hos
pital fatally injured, and George Gil
more, the driver of the car, barely
| escaped rough handling at the hands
of an excited crowd Of onlookers.
City Judge Clinton Armstrong com
| mitted suicide by shooting himself at
his home in lancaster, KY. He had
| been in i'll health for some time, and
this is believed to have been the
| cause for his act.
A record breaking claim in the Los
Angeles (Cal.) courts vas allowed by
Judge Wilbur. 1t called for the pay
ment of $1,32O,000 to the Hibernia
Loan and Savings Society of San
Francisco. . The claim was a note
executed by E. j. (Lucky) Baldwin
on January IL, 1909, due in one year.
The government of Cape Colony and
the admiralty have abandoned the
search for the steamship Waratah,
which is now about a month overdue
from Australia to London.
President Taft will have special
agents Investigate the facts in the
CT Olt OSclOy- nc
wants to know on his own account,
and from unbiased sources, just what
the facts are.
On a bet that his first-born would
be a boy, George Ward, a Chicago
newspaper solicitor, won a ride of
eight miles through the business dis
trict of Chicago in a wheelbarrow.
Charles Maine, the loser of the wager,
held the handles IF the vehicle and
furnished the power.
Stephen j. Chilson, who is wanted
in Iowa and Michigan, charged with
operating confidence games, was ar
rested in Chicago. The police declare
that he has cleared more than $4,000
through his real estate operations dur
ing the last year. He escaped from
custody in Muskegon county, Mich.
in January.
Henry G.. Mckenzie, an undertaken,
shot himself to death in his establish
ment in Indianapolis after having
written a note designating the coffin
he wished to be buried in. He added
that worry over business had driven
him insane.
The long drouth in Oklahoma, Ark
ansas and parts of southern Missouri
was broken by a heavy rain. The
heat, which has been excessive since
July Is, was checked. Satisfactory
yields of corn and cotton are assured.
Reports from Fort Smith, Ark, and
Muskogee, Okla, say the rain was
general and that the crops had been
immensely helped.
Another Indiana county-Union-
was added to the dry" list, as the
result Of an option election. The ma
jority against the saloons was 400.
David E. Thompson, the United
States ambassador to Mexico, has tel
egraphed the. state department that
there is no danger of serious trouble
in Mexico. He says the clements OF
disorder are practically confined to
the northern states of Mexico.
The boiler at Huddleston & Single
terry's planning mill at Rusk, Texas,
exploded, killing two men and wound
ing two more.
Samuel Keller, a widely known
newspaper correspondent and politi-
clan, died at Jefferson City, aged 81
years. A widow, who is a sister Of
Senator Charles ]. Hughes, of Colo
RADIO, and a son, survive him.
The Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City
railroad was sold under foreclosure at
Decatur, the purchase price being
SO, 200, 900, and Neil A. Weathers the
bidder.
Believing that an officer in uniform
is handicapped in the effort to sup
press violation of the prohibition law
in Nashville, Mayor James S. Brown
has instructed Chief of Police Henry
Curren to order all patrolmen to lay
aside uniforms until further notice,
and report in plain clothes. The men
will also discard their police clubs.
Six million feet of lumber were de-
stroyed by fire on the docks of the
John Schroeder Lumber company at
Ashland, Wis. The loss is between