The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-04-05


Roosevelt. He takes the place vacated
on the first of April by Mr.. William
A. Rodenberg.
Secretary Shaw has appointed Rob-
ert b. Armstrong, of Chicago, to be
his private secretary in place Of &.
V. Rich. who has resigned to accept
a responsible position in New York.
MIR. Armstrong has been connected
with one of the Chicago newspapers.
Mrs. William Small, of Leaven-
worth. Kas.. has donated $4,000 to
establish an Old Ladies Rest in that
city, which is to stand as a memorial
to her late husband, William Small,
vino was a pioneer merchant of Leav-
enworth. Mr.. Small died at Chicago
two years ago.
Chairman Babcock of the republic
an congressional committee. on the
27th, informed President Roosevelt
that. owing to ill-health, he desired to
r~elirquish the Craftsmanship of the
committee and that he would be glad
if the president would suggest some
one to take his place.
Owing to the action of Immigration
Commissioner Fitchie, in giving the
immigration inspectors OF Ellis island
q holiday on Easter Sunday, nearly
one thousand immigrants were de-
tanned aboard the American liner st.
Paul. and the Cunarder Umbria, which
came into port on the 3oth.
Ostcopathists were given official
recognition in Ohio, on the 2sth, by
the passage Of an act in the house
providing for a committee to examine
~ostcopathy and to regulate the prac-
tice of that system of curing human
ills. They are not to be permitted to
practice surgery or administer drugs.
The general solicitor of the Denver,
Kansas & Atlantic railroad an
nounced. on the 2Sth, that active con-
struction on the line from Denver to
New Orleans will begin at once. This
road is financed by Chicago capital
lists. and passes ~diagonally through
Oklahoma from northwest to south
east.
Senator Martin, from the commit
tee on the District of Columbia, on
the 31st, reported favorably the
amendment authorizing the construc.
ton of a Mckinley memorial bridge
across the Potomac at Washington
1t fixes the cost at S., 1000, 900, and
makes a present appropriation OF
S100,0 900.
The secretary of war, or the 27th
received a cable message from Gen
Chaffee saying that he had made &
contract for the requirement of lanC
and the construction of barracks an:
other buildings for the establishment
of a military post ear Manila in ac
c|ordancc with the recent act o
congress.
The secretary of the treasury ha
awarded Il gold life-saying medal t,
Elmer Mayo for his heroic services il
reacuing Seth l.. Ellis at the recen
Monomoy MGass.) disaster, in whicl
the entire life-saving crew of tn
Monomoy station. with one exceT
ton. were lost. The secretary ais
awarded a gold medal to Seth Ellis
the survivor of the crew.
During a destructive prairie fir
about twelve miles southeast of Ana
darko, Okla, Mrs. Hattie Hand, i
with her two small children
started to n neighbor's house to be i
a safer place. They were overtake,
and burned to death. The hous
which Mrs. Hand and her children dc
serted had a fire guard plowe
around it, and was not touched.
The attention of the secretary @
the interior has been directed to tn
state of destitution and distress whic
exists among a large number of tn
citizens of the Choctaw nation in tn
Indian territory, and in order to NEE
this condition of affairs he has abou
decided to make a per capita distr
button of the town site money be-
longing TO these Indians, which is b,
ing held in trust by the government.
]. f. Oglesby, son of the late Ricf
ard !. Oglesby, once governor of Ill
n0is. arrived at New York, on tn
goth, on the American liner st. Pau
When he stepped ashore he al
%nopnred his engagement to Miss Id
Rogers, daughter of Thomas Rogers
of New York city. The two were il
trodnced to each other when tn
steamer was two days out fror
Southampton, and the engagement
followed on the fourth day.