The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-05-31
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

The Gillian minister Of foreign af-
fairs, Senior Vargara. and the Argen-
tine minister TO Chilli, Jose Antonio
Terry, are completing the details Of
the agreement which limits Gillian
and Argentine ornaments, and which
provides for the general arbitration
Of disputes between the two coun-
tries. Owing to this favorable situa-
ton, securities and bonds in Chill are
very firm. Gold is falling.
Frank N. Sturgeon, one of the old
est mail carriers in the Kansas City
(has.) service, was arrested by post
office inspectors, on the 25th, charged
with stealing a bundle of letters.
Sturgeon was caught in the act in
the post office. He confessed, say
ing that his stealings had covered
a period Of eight months. and that
debt had prompted the theft. He has
a family.
The cholera record in the Philip
pines, to the 18th, is as follows: Ma
Mia, l,1+6 cases and 61s deaths. The
provinces, 3.922 cases and 2,774 deaths.
Joseph Hubbard, an ex-oonyict,
kicked Louis Cunningham to death
in a saloon fight at Washington, Ind,
on the 25th. Cunningham was a
farmer and q son of Michael Cunning
ham, one Of the wealthiest men in the
county.
Lord Pauncefote of Preston. Brit
ish ambassador to the United States,
died al the embassy in Washington,
early on the morning of the oath,
after an Illness lasting several days.
Arrangements were made for a state
funeral 10 be held on the 2sth.
Mont Pelee. on Martinique island,
on the Gath, again belched forth tor
Z of lava and boiling mud. which
rushed down the northern slope Of
the mountain and swept away what
was left Of the town Of Basse Pointe.
New assures have opened in the side
Of the mountain.
As a result of the destruction OF
three business houses at Marion. H..
George Parker IS dead, three men are
nursing injuries and Moses Boles is
missing, supposed TO have been
crushed under the ruins.
Gen. Chafee has disapproved the
action Of the court-martial in ac-
quitting Mai. Waller and Lieut.. Day
Of the charge Of killing natives Of
Samar without legal process. Gen.
Chafee says that the verdicts are a
Inircarriage Of justice and the find
are opposed to the evidence.
Daniel Hill. a wealthy real estate
Of Morris. IL, and a partner
in the firm II George H. Phillips &
Co., on the Chicago board Of trade,
was shot by burglars. and seriously
wounded, III the morning Of the 18th.
ss he lay In bed in MS residence. in
Chicago. Six shots were fred, three
effect.
Members Of the G. A. r. assem-
bled a. various churches throughout
the country, on the 9Th. and listened
70 memorial sermons for the departed
heroes who offered their lives, On
their country's altar for the perpetu-
q the union.
III persons were k1lIEQ q q num-
be injured By a tornado which swept
Union, 8. C., and vicinity on the
afternoon of the 9th. Numerous
buildings were wrecked.
VIII passengers locked in the cars
to keep them from leaping to death,
the engineer driving his engine
at a speed Of 30 miles an hour. north
bound passenger train No. 465 ran a
race with a tornado from Arkansas
TO Winfield. Kas., on the 18th.
and won by a bare fifty feet.
The huge bronze eagle that is to
surmount the gilded dome Of Missis-
new million-dollar capitol
building has arrived at Jackson. and
viii be placed in position in a few
The bird is a magnificent piece
IF workmanship. measuring Is feet
from tip to tip Of the wings, and
about three tons.
Henri Greyille (Alice Marie Celeste
)urand), the French authorizes, died
Paris on the Goth