The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-11-26
LATEST NEWS or THE WoRED
TERsELY. TOLD.
NORTH, EAST, SOUTH AND WEST
Notes From Foreign Lands Through
out the Nation, and Particularly
tho Great Southwest.

ment notifying its men hat aftei
January 1, 1910, it will employ onl.
non-union men, but that the presen
eight hour shift and the present scale
of wages will be maintained. The
company employs $500 men.
Frank Whitening, a member of
jewelry firm of Chicago, spent severa
anxious hours M New York until he
found his trunk, containing $4,000
worth of jewels, which disappeared
from in front of the Herald Square
hotel. A porter, who had been eau
toned to watch the trunk left it with
the taxicab chauffeur, and the latter,
when a man and woman appeared as
passengers a few minutes later, took
them as the trunks owners and drove
away. Three hours later the taxicab
returned with the trunk and valuables
safe.
The Montgomery county grand jury
at Litchfield, ILL.,, has returned an in
dictment IN the charge of attack on a
woman against DR.. Algy F. Strange, a
dentist of Litchfield, who is alderman
from the Fifth ward. DIR. Strange was
indicted on complaint of Sophie Coye.
q domestic.
William H. Thompson, 81 years old,
was arraigned at Rockford, ILL.,, on a
charge of embezzling $4,6S1 from the
school fund of Rockton district, of
which he was treasurer twenty-five
years. He waived hearing, but was
unable to furnish bail of $4,000 and
was committed to Winnebago county
Jail, the oldest prisoner that it has
ever received.
Columbus, O., veterans of the civil
wal have started a movement having
for its primary object the prevention
of the unfurling anywhere of a rebel
flag and ultimately to have congress
enact a law prohibiting the display of
any flag but the stars and stripes on
American soil. -. a ~
Andrew Seseley was shot and killed
by R. E. Pertle, at Steelton, Ok. The
men Quarreled owe a game of cards.
Aaron McMurdy, Is years old, shot
a negro man named George Coleman.
who had attempted to hold up himself
and friend at Poplar Bluff, Mo. The
story as told by the boy is that he and
his friend were walking home when
the negro stepped out of an alley and
raised his right hand. The spot was
lonely one and the boy did not take
chance of the negro, but pulled a
pistol and fred two shots, n of which
took effect in his assailant's left eye.
The boy was placed under arrest. The
negro was given medical treatment,
but is not in a serious condition.
Charles Long, an Iron Mountain
conductor, was struck by his
train in the yards at Poplar Bluff, Mo-,
and died a short time after. He was
about 80 years old and leaves a widow
and small child. His home was in
Ark.
Mrs. W. T. Halves, of Hawesville,
KY, was attacked by a negro at
Ind. Several women, who
happened to be near, went to Mrs.
Hawes' rescue. They attacked the ne
gro with hat pins, badly decorating his
face. The negro made his escape.
Rev. DR.. Cashar Wistar Hiatt, pas
tor of the Euclid Avenue .Congrega-
tional church at Cleveland, O., for thir-
teen years known as a leader in the
church in America, has
announced his forthcoming retirement
the pulpit.
After a search lasting more than
years, Edward Williams of
Vallejo, Cal, found his daughter, Mrs.
Albert NJ. Jackson at her home in
Chicago. Twenty-three years ago Mrs.
Williams and Observation-Disclosures
eft Williams home and disappeared.
A petition has been filed n the pro-
bate court at Chicago by L. S. Ows-
executor o. the estate of Charles
Yerkes, asking for the confirmation
u! an agreement entered into between
Mrs. Mary Adelaide Yerkes, widow OF
he late Charles T. Yerkes, the execu-
,or of the estate OF Yerkes and the
heirs of the Yerkes estate.
Arthur George, who shot and killed
liS divorced wife at Brighton Beach
N May 13. was convicted of murder
the first degree, and will be SEN
ehced to death: The case attracted
attention because II wa the frst in
which a new state law that limits the
of the insanity plea was applied.
Cards announcing the approaching
marriage n2f 7Congressmapf!IMo Norris
Sheppard of the First Texas, district,
home is in Texarkana, to Miss
lucille Sanderson, also of Texarkana,
RI out. The marriage will take plsee
Il.
The federal grand jury in New York
riday indicted James Fegd4nnagel,[
miner superintendent Of the Williams
ufg refinery of the AHEe
company, charging conspir-
y to defraud the goverdnaenf ny-ussE
4 false weights on sugar imported
Is this country.