The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-03-22

The vacancy IN the once OF door
keeper of the house of representa-
tives probably will be filed by tn
choice of F. b. Lyon, superintendent
of the folding room, who was an &C
tive assistant of the late doorkeeper
Mr.. Glenn.
1t having been rumored that {
change in the German embassy il
Washington was possible, the foreign
Office in Berlin has authorized the
denial hat DR.. Won Holleben, the
present ambassador, would be either
~furloughed or recalled.
Because a Cinnamon threw a stone
at Baroness Romania Avezzana, wife
of the secretary of the Italian lega-
ton in Pekin, while she was passing
in the street, the dowager empress
has issued an edict sternly admonish-
ing the Chinese against insulting
foreigners.
The Madrid Gazette published o de-
cree, on the 18th, establishing an
e~ight-hour day for all working peo-
pie on the state domains and in the
state mines, workshops, etc, and pro-
viding that each hour of overtime is
to be paid for at the rate of one
eighth of the daily wage.
---
Cornelius Vanderbilt Cross, eldest
grandson of the late Commodore VAN
derbilt, died, on the 10th, at his resi-
dence in New York city. He was s
years old, and was for many years.
eastern agent of the Red Line"
Freight Transportation Co. He re-
tired about twenty years ago.
The British admiralty officially an
n%ounced, on the 18th, that all hope of
finding the sloop-of-war Condor had
been given up, and ordered that her
books be closed and that the money
due her officers and crew to March
II be paid. The Condor was of $50
tons, and carried q complement of
1870 men.
The agreement between the Domin-
ion government and William Mar
conf for the establishment of a wire
less telegraph station at Cape Breton
has been brought to a satisfactory
issue. 1t is expected that wireless
communication will be established be-
tween the Dominion and Great Brit
ain by the beginning of June.
~-
The duke of C~onnaught, the COM
mander of the forces in Ireland, and
fba dupbaeS Of Couparrb+. Tn.l rol
erts, the commander-in-chief of the
nrmy; Earl Cadogan, the lord lieuren-
ant of Ireland, and countess Cadogan
met with a great reception at the
St. Patrick's day parade at Dublin
castle. Many thousands of people
witnessed the ceremony.
Miss Stone, the American mission
ary, has written a letter, in which
she expresses surprise and gratitude
at the universal manifestations of Joy
at the release of herself and Nine.
Tsilka. Miss Stone also conveys her
heartfelt thanks to all those who, by
their labor, their money and their
prayers, co-operated for the release
OF herself and compaSion.
The duke of Loubet, who wa re-
Gently elected to be a corresponding
member of the Paris Academy of
Bellies Lettres, has offered the col
lege of France an annuity of 6,0OO
francs to found and maintain a pro-
fessorship for the study of American
antiquities. The college has voted its
acceptance of the annuity, and an ad-
dress of gratitude to the duke.
The Windward, the Peary Arctic
clubs steamer of 1900, Capt. Samuel
w. Bartlett, which has been winter
ing at st. Johns, n. f., sailed, on the
18th, for New York, where she will
undergo extensive repairs. She will
receive new engines and boilers prior
to proceeding to the Arctic regions
the coming summer for the relief of
Lieut.. Peary, the Arctic explorer.
James Dick, the so-called rubber
who died at Glasgow, Scotland,
on the 18th, bequeathed e100,0 900 for
among his employees, and
the bulk Of the balance of his fort
tune goes to charities. His cashier
gets $4,000, his cook e2, 900, and
other domestics are to receive in the
aggregate thousands of pounds. The
get from 900 to 6 500 each.