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The chronicle=news., 1912-12-17

UIttluB UpOu ttb o1uUC00Ss So0 0uV
nodded towards him. ITO be renewed
when the little church mouse brings
Il back to ms." she returned eoldiy.
They turned their backs upon each
other and walked away.
A week passed. and the little church
mouse prowling about In the darkness
Of the basement. saw something
through the gloom that Glittered even
more brightly than did his own eyes.
Cautiously. hunGrily. he approached
n. smeit OF Il. felt OF II with his gray
whiskers. then stood II up before him.
Its glitter fascinated him. Surely this
glistening thing about the size Of .
kernel Of corn must be good to eat.
and he tried his sharp teeth upon II.
Yet gnav a. he would. he could not
even scratch II. and At last he decided
that II was only good TO play with.
He was little thing. and half starved
~ arc all church mice. 20 Il came to
pass that Il was not long before be
had worked bis head and forelsss
through Il and was running about
with II encirclinS his middle. . very
small creature wearing . diamond
saddle with gold Girth. Il was fun
for . time. but he soon became tired
Of Il and tried to crawl out. He
could not. Becoming panic stricken
he fed frantically up tho atalrp,
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Janet. alone and
very unhappy. sat in
her pow At the
Christmas morning
service. II was rath.
er chilly In the
church and she slip
ped one hand Into
her muR. Then she
gave Q start. for with.
In II she felt q small.
struGRlinG thing
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Mr.. Single.
ton came in.
The opening
Of the door
ro u . Q d Dor.
othy. and. SEQ
Ing her father.
she stretched
eager arms to
him and cried
out:
Father. dear,
I don't want .
tree. I Just
want mother
for Christ.
mas"
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onsred my services. He took me at
once into the stateroom and intro.
ducsd me to . worried.looking young
man. There was no need to ask bis
trouble. On the couch tossed . little
girl OF hve or sig years. her cheeks
and eyes bright with fever.
! had . few simple remedies with
me. but the child showed rather
alarming symptoms Of an aggravated
cold. Deciding TO take no risk. ! sent
telegram ahead. and when We reach.
ed Chicago . physician with necss.
sary medicines cams aboard and &C.
companied Us to Buffalo.
Dorothy escaped all Of the naladiss
With which she was threatened and
BY the time We reached New York
was very much better. However. Mr..
Singleton. her father. retained me.
and the three OF us went to . fash.
The chronicle=news., 1912-12-17

Of His Spirit wrought upon His day
His token Of love everlasting and
that even We are not forgotten"
Tightly his arms closed about her.
HARRY IRVING GREEN.
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3@al lkesssg
HOME Fur CHRISTMAS

HAD bssa west taxing
. convalsscsnt patient
70 his home and vas ~.
turning TO New York
when . case fell unsx.
pectedly into my hands.
Tho Pullman conductor
startled u early one
morning BY calling out
to know II there was Q
physician IN the car.
There was no response.
- -lak>..s A-aAAa
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-07
DIXON'S DEMAND
TURNED DOWN
WANTED $50 TICKETS FOR ROOSE
WELT COMMITTEE.
NEW GIVES OUT Statement
Will Not Enter Into a Controversy With
Dixon, But Will Distribute Tick
cts as They Have Been
in the Past.

Chicago.-Col. Harry S. New, chair
man of the subcommittee on arrange
ments for the Republican national con-
vention, declared that, despite various
reports and controversies, his committee
would follow the system of seat distri-
button in vogue four years ago and pre-
viously in handling applications for
seats at this years convention
Col. New also said he would decline
10 enter into further discussion with
any one on this point, but he de ivered
the following at United States Senator
Dixon, Col. Roosevelt's campaign man
ager:
II wish to deny Senator Dixon's pub
lie statement hat he asked for $50 tick
cts for the personal use of Col. Roose-
welt. The telegram which l received
read: For the use of the Roosevelt ma.
tional committed l do not want to be
put in the position of having been dis
courteous to Col. Roosevelt or any other
distinguished citizen.
"If Col. Roosevelt were to make ap
plication for a reasonable number Of
tickets for his own use, for the use Of
his family or for personal friends he
| would get them"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-07
NEGROES THREATEN
ATTACK ON HAVANA
10000 KNIVES AND MACHETES SOLD
TO BLACKS.
HOUSES ARE BARRICADED
Province of Santa Clara Is in a State Of
Terror-Frequent Clashes Are Re-
ported From Vicinity Of
Daiquiri.

Havana.-The residents of Havana are
barricading their homes in expectation
OF an uprising. The sale of more than
10000 knives and machetes by Spanish
firms to negroes has been reported to
President Gomez, causing great excite
ment, especially in Vedado and Mariana,
the two most exposed suburbs. A large
number or rifles which have been hidden
at Vento, in this province, also are in
the possession Of the rebels.
President Gomez directed that an or
der be issued to all police, rurales and
reserves to hold themselves ready for
instantaneous action.
Practically all the negroes have dis
appeared from the streets during the last
t%wenty-four hours and the white inhab-
itants are keeping indoors.
Reports to President Gomez from San
tiago state that the army under Gen.
Monteagudo has been split into small
bands to fight the Estenoz forces, which
are similarly organized.
Seventeen men were found dead neal
San Luis. They are said to be Hay
%tians, indicating support from that coun
try.
Monteagudo sent a courier to Esteno;
telling him that he must surrender with
in forty-eight hours or be summarily ex
ecuted when captured.
A proclamation issued by the Spanisl
consul-gcneral advises S%paniards to taxi
no part in the fight against the blacks
fearing retaliation.
The body of B~uenaventura Parada hal
been found on the battlefield near Var
ARABIC. He was president of the indie
pendent colored party.
Estenoz, the real leader of the negr
insurgents, has captured and burned tn
town of Lamaya, on the branch line @
the Cuba railroad, 20 miles from Sar
tiago.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-07
HOW Beef TRUST
HAS BOOSTED PRICES
FOOD ANIMALS NEVER so PLENTI.
Full AS NOW.
HOW PRICES HAVE SCARED
Report Will Be Made Basis for Suit to
Dissolve Trust, Which Will Be
Filed by Attorney General
Wickersham.

MISUNDERSTANDING an exhaustive
investigation of the increased cost OF liv-
ing, the department of is about
to lay bare a series of the most start
ling facts Oh the subject ever placed be-
fore the American public.
In this report it is shown that during
the past ten years the wholesale price
OF al lmeats has increased from 25 to 100
per cent. 1t was in this period that
the beef trust established its malevolent
domination of the meat food products
OF the entire United States.
In the same period the wholesale price
for poultry has increased more than
SO 1-3 per cent, while eggs, which i'll 1890
sold wholesale at the ~remunerative price
OF II cents per dozen, were in December.
1911, sold at the arbitrary price of 40
cents per dozen. In 1896 Elgin butter
sold at IS cents per pound. In Decem-
Der of last year it reached the unpreee-
denied price of sc cents per pound.
Considered in connection with a bulle-
tin issued by the department of com
merce and labor only a few days ago
presenting facts to show that not since
1907 have food animals been so plentiful
as now. the statement of market men
that the record-breaking high prices are
caused by a shortage of cattle is not
taken seriously.
The most remarkable jump in prices
occurred in the pork market. In 1897
pork sold at $500 a barrel, the low water
figure for the twenty-five years. In 1910
pork rose to $23.73 a barrel, the rise for
the thirteen years with several minor
fluctuations being gradual. In January,
1911, the price was quoted at $22.47. 1t
rose to S22.75 in February and then be-
gan a gradual decline until it reached
$17.56. In 1890 Western salt beef could
be had from the wholesaler at $1S per
barrel. BY December, 1911, it had jumped
to $50 per barrel.
Short ribs sides of bacon, the cheapest
meat listed, cost least in 1890, when the
price dropped to 4 40 cents a pound
Its maximum wholesale price was in
1910, when the price went to IL 9-1C
cents a pound. Throughout 1911 the
price lowered between II cents and 8 IL
cents. A gradual decline followed dur
ing the last six months in 1911 and
continued until the jump in price reg
istered during the present year.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-07
THE CUBAN INSURRECHON
Revolution May Develop Into a Long
Guerilla War.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and destruc-
live guerilla warfare is expected to fol-
low the mobilization of Cuban govern
ment troops in Guantaamo where the
negro revolt is strongest, according to
advices received at the staote depart
ment.
American consular officers in the dis,
affected district expressed the opinion
that the evident determination of the
rebels to avoid a pitched battle would
force an extended campaign before the
government troops can accomplish def
tie results. Dispatches indicate serious
damages to foreign property may be ex-
pected. The insurrectos are reported
to have broken up into small, rapidly
moving bands, conducting raids.
The situation is beginning to resem-
BILE that existing in Mexico in the early
stages of the revolution in that the
criminal characters who are found in
every community are beginning to take
advantage of the disturbed conditions
for organized robbery and plumber.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-07
COTTON ACREAGE DECREASED
Crop Later Than Last Year in Most
States.

Memphis, Tenn.-Reports from CORE
spondents of the Commercial Appeal in
dicate a probable decrease in the acre
age planted to cotton this season of 8
per cent. These figures are, however,
more than usually indeterminate, as
considerable planting remains to be done
over wide areas.
Correspondents estimates on the con-
dition of the crop as compared to nor
NAL indicate a percentage of so to SO.
The crop is later than last year in all
states save the two C":o':nas and Texas
and over the whole belt the land prep
a~ration is less thorough and planting
was begun at a later date than last
year. Rapid termination has, however,
done much to restore the time lost.
The plant is generally healthier and
growing thrifty and where it is ad
vanced enough cultivation is making nor
NAL progress.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-07
SEEK S3O,OOO,oOO
TO REBUILD LEvEES
HUMPHREYS BILL PROVIDES FOR
REVETMENT WORK.
CONTINUE WORK THREE YEARS
II Plan Carried Out, Levee Will Be
Strong .Enough-Plan Concerted
Ca-mpaign-Measure Referred
to Rivers and Harbors

Washington. - Representative Hum
phreys of Mississippi introduced in the
house q bill appropriating 100000 900
for each of the years 1918, 1914 and 1915
for the repair and building of levees on
the Mississippi river and its tributaries.
The bill provides that $~10,000,o00 shall
be carried in the next rivers and har-
bors bills and that the secretary of war
be authorized to contract for the con-
tinuance of the work during the two sue
ceeding years at the same rate. Seven
million is set apart for levee construc-
ton and three million for revetment
work for each of the years provided for.
Heretofore about 100000 900 have been
raised by the various local levee boards
along the lower river and put into the
levees and during that time the federal
government has spent about $4,000, 900
for the same purpose. The chief of en-
gineers has estimated that thirty-two
or three million dollars more will be re-
quired to complete the whole levee sys-
tenn on both banks of the river from
Cape Girardeau, Mo-, to the gulf, and
it is the hope of Mr.. Humphreys to in
duce congress to provide two-thirds OF
this amount instead of requiring the
| local boards to raise the two-thirds az
heretofore.
eff this bill is accepted by congress-
he said, eve will be able in the next
| three years to raise all the levees to tn.
grade and section of the Dabney line
and 1 believe such levees will hold q
food as big as the one just passed. Three
million annually will enable the com
mission to prosecute the revetment
work, which is just as essential as leve'
building, and sever million a year fo'
three years ought to enable the local.
ties to get their levees up to grade"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-07
CRAzED BY INTENSE HEAT
Connecticut Man Walks Down Street in
Garden of Eden Attire.

Greenwich, Conn.-"Crazy with the
heat" is given as the cause of the antics
of two Greenwich men. August Johnson,
aged Sc, tried to drown himself near the
B%ellehaven dock, first by jumping into
the creek at low tide and shifting up
handfuls of water in his nose and mouth
and by holding his head under water.
When rescued he broke away and jumped
in again. He was put in a padded cell.
Hugh Elliott, aged 80, disrobed at his
home and in Adams Garden of Eden
attire, paraded the village streets calling
for Eve. Elliott was wrapped in a blan.
ket and taken to a sanitarium.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-07
Easy TO Lick Ru|

A couple OF little newd
front of the youngstown
gram bulletin recently |
printed lines and making |
the press reports.
Gee, it says here at
to be some O. trouble ~
account OBJ de treaty."
whats de difference,
other. "Dis country don
worry"
ooh, l don't know 50
speaker, ut might bring
"Huh!" shifted the SEED
Gle Sam could lick Russil
walton Army"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-07
SO Killed on Streets.

New York.-Twenty-eight children
were killed and ffty-nine seriously in
jured by vehicle traffic in the streets of
New York during the month of May,
as reported by the National Highways
Protective Society. The total number
of persons killed on the street during the
month of May was SO and 176 were Sc
riously injured. Automobiles caused the
death of Is and injuries to 112. Trolleys
killed 10 and injured SO. Wagons caused
the death of 81 and seriously injured %.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-07

Washington.-The senate committee
on naval affairs restored to the naval
appropriation bill provision for two bat.
tleships stricken out by the house. In
addition to the battleships, the senate
committee provides for eight submar'n ne
torpedo boats instead of four voted by
the house; retains the house provision
fer six torpedo boat d~estroyers, two
fuel ships, one to be built in a Pacific
coast navy yard; a tender to destroyers
and a submarine tender.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-07
Found Decapitated.

Sapulpa, Okla.-Sam Davis, a wealthy
Indian, was found dead near here. His
head had been severed from his body.
The authorities are investigating on the
theory that Davis met foul play and
that his murderer or murderers placed
his ~lifeless body on the railroad track
late last night. Davis, who was one OF
the richest Indians in this section OF
Oklahoma, was a graduate of Carlisle
University and well known over the
Southwest.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-07
Police Fight Rioters.

Newark, N. IA pitched battle be
tween 500 rioting lsborers and the en-.
tire police and fire departments of Kear-
ney was fought in the main steet OF
the town. During a preliminary skir.
mish the laborers felled Chief of Police
Tolen with a cobblestone and pursued
him to a vacant house, from which he
opened fire upon them. The rioters bonn.
barded the house for several minuse-
before the reserves arrived. Two OF
the chiefs assailants were shot.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-07
Proof Of Precaut|

Mr.. Lansbury's conc(
pressed in the house, oY
tary drilling, going on In
Ireland, reminds one Of a
Ireland was occasionally
shoot in the past. The w
sent a famous officer ov(
the militia regiments, an
after inspecting, asKeq
words with the drill serge
these men Of your
could not hit a target I
Tower Of London. You q
On much pains to teach \
"Tache thin to shoot
sergeant. "Of course ! /
thin to shoot, yer noho.|
II l did there wouldn't !
left In Munster. "-L0nd0|
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-07
Allege 81, 900 Fraud.

New York.-Edward Russell Thomas,
former multi-millionaire broker and
banker, was charged in the supreme
court with having ~fraudulently trans.
ferred to his wife property and securi.
ties worth at least 100000 to defeat
the claims of his creditors. Linda Lee
Thomas, the beautiful wife of the de
PENDANT, recently sued him for divorce.
naming Teddy Girard of Paris and
New York, the creator of zone version
of the Vampire dance. Mrs. Thomas
lives in New York and Thomas lives in
Paris.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-07

His Birthday Observed Generally as Dec
Grafton Day.

Richmond, Va.-Exercises in honor of
the birthday of Jefferson Davis, first and
only president of the Southern Confed-
eracy, were held throughout the South
Monday. In conformity with the law
there is a suspension of studies in the
Virginia public schools, the school chill
dren observing the day in an appropriate
name The Davis section in Holly.
wood cemetery is a mass of flowers.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-07
THREE CHILDREN IN GRAVE
Two Were Bitten by Rattlesnake and
Third Drowned.

Raleigh, n. C.-Two boys, aged 8 and
6 years, died as the result of rattlesnake
bites and a baby was drowned when the
mother, Mrs. George Adams, went to
the rescue of the brothers.
The boys were attacked by a snake
when they attempted to take a hen off
her nest. The mother was washing
clothes with her baby nearby when at
tracted by their cries. After aiding
her sons, she returned t. find the baby
had climed into the tub and drowned.
The three children were buried in the
! same grave.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-07
$40, 900 TO CAPT. R0STR0N
Captain of Carpathia Rewarded by the
Titanic Survivors.

New York.-Capt. Arthur H. Rostron
of the steamship Carpathia, which
brought into port the survivors of the
Titanic disaster, was presented with a
draft for 100000, a fund subscribed by
readers of the New York American.
Capt. Rostron, in accepting the gift,
said that whatever part he had played
in the Titanic tragedy was due to the
loyalty of his crew.
The largest contributor to the fund
was Mrs. George Widener of Philadel
phia, whose husband persisted on the
Titanic. She rave So. s.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-07
DIFFERENT NJ
Since tho slugger, coifea
doned.

Coffee probably causes
ness and so-called malal
n other thing-e'en
(Tea Is just as harmiui
cause it contains caneiu'
Coffee.
A Fl Worth man say
IT have always been o.,
permanent, subject to u.
to one year ago a perez !.
fee. At times l woulo . 10
boils and full OF malS a.
very nervous and n'u
the head. "a,
IT don't know now >. !,
I finally became GOWN
sickness was due 10 u
and a little less 'aaI :.
stopped coffee anu ~
Postum. "a
"From that time ~
boil. not had malaria ia
gained Is pounds gO ~,
and know beyond all ~ !,
to the use Of Postum ~ =
fee, as I have taken :
all. ..,,r,v
"Postum has certain, n,s,
red blood for me IN p pc,
that coffee drinking S l,l,
made unhealthy. c WOO
Postum Co., Battle 81. s'S n
| Postum makes
-. +be little Do
70 MELVILLE" III .s 1--we
Ever read t t"u, time
:ss %:seeSsias, true ono
interest.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-07
Relief Fund Augmented,

New York.-Two of the wealthiest
women of New York City, Mrs. Russell
Sage and Mrs. E. H. Hartman, contrib
uted generously to Mayor Gaynor's re-
lief fund for the Southern flood suffer-
ers Mrs. Sage sent a check for So, 500
and Mrs. Hartman gave $1,000.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-07

Lots of jewellers In flats and closely
built districts will lout that profess
sor's idea of playing the piano contin.
uously for fifty hours and making a
worlds record. They are prepared to
testify that pianos in their neighbor.
hood have been pounded continuously
much longer than that or II hae
aaomed 10.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-07
Consolinu Thouu

DO you believe, doc
Mrs. Wumps, that m
what they eat?"
Yes, madam, | d." sail
What a comfort that
been to those early INSIST
they were eaten BY
bals!" sighed Mrs. Wuml
Weekly.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-07
La Toilette Will Stick.

Lacrosse, Wis.-Senator La Toilette
here reiterated emphatically that he
would remain in the race for the Repub-
lican presidential nomination on every
ballot taken.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-07
FEDERAL AID FOR VALLEY
Mississippi Improvement Association
Launched in Illinois.

Launched in Illinois.
Champaign, Ill.-Sufferers from the
overflow in the Mississippi valley can
hardly fail to be interested in a move
ment started here which has resulted
in the organization OF the Mississippi
Valley Improvement Association.
The result of the meeting was the or
ganization of a working body of active
men and the adoption of resolutions de-
claring the purpose OF the members to
be the creation of public sentiment suf-
ficiently strong ultimately to lead the
government to assume control of the
river improvement business and prose.
cute it upon a plan broad and compre-
hensive enough to achieve the great OBJ
jects of protection and reclamation both
together.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-07
Troubles Of Edu.,.

Chancellor Day, who ID
ago expelled a young vom|
university for complainin,|
can sympathize with NJ /
rector of the Paris Hid
Commerce, who has suspel
who sent him, by way Of
artichoke with a worm
had been served at lunch,
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-07
Lincoln Park Suggested.

Washington.-Lincoln's birthplace al
Hodgenville, Ky, is proposed as d ma
tional park in q resolution introduced
by Senator Borah. It provides that the
government accept under a private en-
dowment the land on which the Lilcoln
homestead stood.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-07
Kills Wife and Self,

Okemah, Okla.-AIuer beating his
wife to death with a spade, horribly man.
Cling her body, L. Brock, a farmer liv-
ing a mile and a half southeast OF Oke-
nah, cut his own throat with q razor.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-07
Poor Girls.

Mrs. Willis-What do VI
that Highupp girl marryi
lion?
Mrs. Gillis-Isn't It awt
some girls sell themselves
Mrs. Willis - And aid
about Miss Munney mai
chauffeur?
Mrs. Gillis-Yes. Isn't
the worst case Of infatuat
heard Of?
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-07
The meanest trick A M
play on a leap year sirl h
TO be a brother to her
Her Advant,o.

.r Her Advantage
i should think Bugs
cry uncomfortable for M
ne has a habit Of Storm
the house."
What need she care ho,
a. long as she is reignipr
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-07
Leaves Father Bleeding.

Mottville, Mich.-After he had shot
and seriously wounded George kindly,
Charles McGinnes eloped with Kindy's
daughter. The girl went willingly with
her lover, although she left her father
bleeding in the road.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-07

ed 1S.9s3.432 microbes on a dollar
bill. Probably he included those who
died OF old age while he was count
ing.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-07

We see by the papers that a Los
Angeles citizen takes nitroglycerin as
q heart tonic. 1t may not be a pleas
ant diet. but 1t renders him immune
from being kicked around
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-06-07
Eats Matches-Dead.

Cairo, Ill.-William Weisker, a Ger.
mar merchant, ended his life by swallow
ing the tops of matches. No reason is
given for the deed. He is survived by his
wife and five children.