The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-06-14

King Victor Emmanuel, on the sth,
received George Won L. Meyer, the
United States ambassador. who is
about to leave Rome. by way of Ham,
burg, for home.
Several strikes are imminent in Ma
nila, the employers having refused
the general demand for an increase
of so per cent. in wages put forward
by the workmen.
Senator Perkins, on the 9th, intro
duced a bill authorizing the secretary
of war to favor A"merican-built ships
in transporting supplies for the gov
eminent to the Philippine islands.
Jessie d. Gillett has purchased
three lots in the village of Elkhart,
H., upon which she will erect a $10.-
900 public library building. The
structure will be a memorial to her
mother, Lemira P. Gillett, wife of
John D. Gillett.
Queen Alexandra has sent an auto
graph letter to Lady Curzon of Ked-
lesion. wife of the viceroy of India,
expressing her great pleasure at the
beauty of the Indian dresses. made
pnder the direction of the vicerine,
foi the queen to wear at the corona
ton fetes.
Whitelaw Reid. special envoy of the
United States to the coronation of
King Edward, will have the honorary
degree of doctor of laws conferred
upon him by Cambridge university
at the same time that this degree is
given to Prof. H. w. Parker, profess
sor of music at Yale university.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra
held the fourth court of the season
at Buckingham palace on the night
of the 9th. Unfortunately, as upon
the three previous occasions when
court was held. rain and a cold wind
married the spectacle for the crowd
which had assembled outside the pal
ace gates.
The president. on the 5th. sent to
the house the report of Col. Crow
der, who made the investigation of
the charges of Gov. Heard of Louisi-
ana hat the neutrality laws were
being violated by the British officers
at Chalmette, La, accompanied by
abundant evidence that no violation
had been perpetrated.
1t is expected that Lady Paunce-
fote and the honorable Misses
Pauncefote will leave Washington on
the 25th, sailing the following day
from New York for England, to make
the necessary preparations for the
reception of Lord Pauncefote's re-
mains at the late ambassador an
c%estral home at Preston.
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The bill to protect the president,
vice-president, members of the cabi-
net. foreign ministers and ambassa-
doris and to suppress the teaching Of
anarchy was passed by the house. on
the 9th. by a OF of 175 TO IS. A mo-
tion to recommit the measure with
instructions to strike out certain sec
tons was defeated, II TO 1913.
Gov, jefferson Davis of Arkansas.
on the sth, accepted the invitation of
the Baptist church Of Russellville, his
home, and ~rcioined that church. The
governors friends claim that this is
a vfndication of him by his home peo-
pie against the action of the Second
Baptist church of Little Rock in
Withdrawing fellowship from him.
All speed records on Colorado rail-
roads were lowered. on the 5th. by
the Pueblo Real Estate Exchange
special. run by the Colorado & South
ern railway over the Santa Fe tracks.
The train covered 113 miles in . hours
and 81 minutes, the actual running
time being 2 hours and II minutes. A
portion Of the run was at the rate of
80 miles an hour.
The suggestion that Lord Kitchen
er. with the connivance of the govern
ment, entered into a secret compact
with the Beers, to induce them to
surrender, was denied by the govern
ment leader, A. j. Balfour. in the
house Of commons, on the 9th. Mr..
Balfour declared that SO far as the
government was aware, no pledges
and no assurances were given BY
Lord Kitchener, which had not been
published.
At a meeting of white and Indian
citizens of the Usage nation, on the
9Th, a petition to the secretary of
the interior was drawn up and
signed, asking that n franchise to
build through the reservation he re-
fused the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Railway Co., unless the company con-
structs its line through Pawhuska,
the Usage capital. The present sur
vey of the road misses Pawhuska by
six miles.
In the trial of Peter Mortensen. at
Salt Lake City, Utah, on the 9Th, for
the murder of James K. Hay, James
rharC, f~ather-in-law of Hay, testified:
Is changed Peter MOrtensen with the
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