The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-07-13

In the British house of commons, or
the 4th. MIR. Chamberlain, the colonia
secretary, announced that a bill would
shortly he introduced, changing the
title of the king so as to more clearly
recognize his sovereignty owe the en-
tire British empire.
A number of Japanese war ships
will he present, in addition to the four
american war ships under Rcar-Ad-
.miral Rodgers. at the unwilling, on
tn l4th. at Kurihama. Japan. of the
monument 10 commemorate the land
ing there of Commodore Perry, July
IA, 1873.
There was a shortage of cars to
move the Kansas wheat crop before
the marketing Of that cereal had bare
IL gotten under way. The wheat
movement started much earlier th1n
usual this year owing to the hne
harvest weather, and the railways, it
is reported. are unable to care for it.
The financial secretary of the Brit
ish war office, Lord Stanley, in the
house of on the sth, in an
sWrr to q question, gave the total
number Of Beers killed. wounded or
made prisoners. from among the ac-
tive commands. recently. as follows:
March /. ~: April .. 434; May ., GAO;
June, incomplete, 1888.
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The Kansas state supreme court, on
,le 9TH. handed down a decision de-
claring the Kansas irrigation law to
Ic constitutional and that the con-
dcmnation of land by the Pawnee
lake and City Irrigation Co. is valid.
This will make it possible TO carry
irto effect the biggest irrigation
scheme ever attempted in Kansas.
Edward Wilder, treasurer of the
-Atchison, Topeka q Santa Fe railroad,
has returned from a two months tour
of Europe. While abroad he made an
extensive collection OF curios through
France. Germany, England and Italy,
which he will present to the public
library of Topeka. Ancient pottery
and rare wares form the donation.
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Mrs. Philip d. Armour, of Chicago,
through her attorney, on the sth, de-
clinrd to take one-half of the estate of
her brother. Frank Ogden, who died
recently in Cincinnati. Mr.. Ogden left
an estate which, by his will, was to be
equally divided between his wife and
his sister, Mrs. Armour. BY the lat
- r'- aRtfnn tho NNhnlp aEfgtn will nn
to the widow.
The excursion steamer Queen az
rived at Port Townsend, Wash, on the
eth. from the north. Her officers re-
ported Glacier bay one mass of ice.
and that no nearer than II miles OF
Muir glacier could be reached. an ice
Jam from thirty to forty feet high
extending clear across the bay. The
ice foes in the channel we're greater
than ever known before.
In arranging for the twenty-fifth
anniversary, in August, of the admis-
sion of Colorado as a state, the Colo
radio Springs committee, on the 5th,
completed the details for a banquet
to the editors of the state, 1t which
Nicc-President Roosevelt is to be the
.rucet of honor and principal speaker.
Henry Watterson and other noted ed
itors have been invited to attend.
For the tritnnial conclave of the
Knights Templar at Louisville, Ky,
August 21-30, the Central, Trunk line,
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Southwestern and Trans-Continental
passenger associations and the As
sociated Railways of the Nirginias and
C2rolinaS have made a reduced rate,
two associations granting one fare
plus two dollars, the others one fare.
The United States Philippine COM
mission has ordered II. Phelps Whit
marsh, governor of Benguet province,
10 Manila to sumbit to an ~investiga-
ton, on account of the allegation that
he has been using his position to his
personal advantage in acquiring land
and mining rights from the natives.
He is at present charged with indis-
erection and violation of his instruc-
lions.
The official reports to the New York
bureau of vital statistics of deaths
from heat for the week ending july
q show hat the actual number in the
five b%oroughs of Greater New York
was $50. For the boroughs of Man.
haitian and the Bronx the number was
500; for Richmond, 12; for Queens, "a;
for brooklyn, 264. The records cove
The days when the heat was most in
tense.
Frank Tazelow. an aeronaut from,
Grand Rapids, was killed at Muske-
gon, Mlclt., on the Ith, while making
a cannon parachute drop. When the
balloon had reached a height of 1000
feet the ropes holding the cannon
broke, and the big gun containing
Tazelow dropped into Muskegon lake.
Tazelow's body was found in a terri
bly, mangled condition. The accident
was witnessed by thousands of people.
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