The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-11-02

At a meeting on the gath OF the
senior class of the University of Ne
braska, il was decided to extend an
invitation to former President Cleve'
land to deliver the commencement
day address next June.
\ dispatch from Berlin, on the 2sth.
said: The German press is discuss
ing in lively fashion the following ut
terance attributed to Emperor Will
lam: If no commercial treaties are
negotiated l shall smash everything
TO pieces"
The navy department has under
consideration the taking over of the
naval reserves of the various states,
They will be under the jurisdiction of
the United States and will be paid
while ON duty III the rates which pre-
vail IN the regular navy.
The London Daily News says il
hears from a quarter usually we'll
informed that the government con-
templates a general election in 1902,
and that the conservative election
agents nave ItctlNtu lISll uSAlpliS ~
be prepared for eventualities.
The fortv-thIrd anniversary of the
birth of President Roosevelt occurred
On the 27th. 1t being Sunday, there
was no formal celebration, and the
day was spent very quietly. The
president attended religious services
at Grace Reformed church as usual.
While an undertaken was preparing
TO lift upon a cooling board the sup
posed dead body of Mrs. Julia Bullock,
of New Albany, Ind, on the 2sth, Mrs.
Bullock revived. She had been pro-
nounced dead by a physician, and had
lain for several hours with no APP
parent signs Of life.
\ comparative statement issued, on
the eth. bv the division of insular
affairs of the war department, shows
that the total receipts from customs
sources in Cuba for the first nine
months Of 1901 were 81 ,js4 .s37; for
the same period of 1900, Sl1,s2s,7 ZAP
and for 1898. $10,797,407.
Mrs. Julia Dent Grant, widow of
Gen. Z. S. Grant. was reported i'll at
her home in Washington on the 2sth.
She had been confined to her house
since her return from Canada about
fen DAYS before. Her illness was not
regarded as critical. 1t began with
a cold and the developments were
such as to alarm her friends.
"
The Prussian cabinet has resolved
TO investigate, through the various
provincial governors regarding the
number of persons out of employ
ment. the causes of recent industrial
embarrassment, and measures neces-
sary to improve conditions. The gov
eminent of Baden had taken the lead
in such Investigations, followed by
the Bavarian government.
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\ siX-inch plate from the Bethle-
hem iron works, representing group
No. l Of the rmo plate for the new
battleship Ohio, was tested at the In
dian Head proving grounds, on the
24th, under the auspices of the navy
bureau of ordnance. The test was
most satisfactory. As a result 400
tons of Kruppized armor will be ac-
cepted by the government.
--
In the menagerie of Frank c. Bos-
took. the wild animal trainer, who
has the concession for a wild animal
show at the Pan-American exposition
and who is an applicant for the same
concession at the Louisiana Purchase
exposition, three little lion cubs were
born several weeks ago. One of them
is named David X. Francis, another
Thomas Jefferson and the third
Louisiana Purchase.
The missionaries who are operating
from Samakov, Bulgaria, are at last
in touch with the %brigands who alb
Quoted Miss Ellen NJ. Stone and her
companion, Nine. X. S. Tsilka, &C
cording TO dispatches received in Con,
stantinople, on the gath, though
whether negotiations for the ransom
had actually been opened, was not dis.
closed. The missionaries on the spot
are expected to conclude the business
with the utmost dispatch.
The general ground plans and per
spective views CT the buildings of the
Louisiana Purchase Centennial expo
sition have been furnished the press
for publication. They are the designs
of the most celebrated architects OF
the country, and their setting, OF
grouping, among the forest trees in
the Forest park Worlds fair site
makes n picture so ~stupendons and
dazzlinglv beautiful in every detail as
10 fairly s~,artle the creators of the
work themselves.