The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-05-17

The American Anna Il.
J.. Morse, Capt. Parker, arrived at st.
Pierre, Martinique, April "a, from
Philadelphia, with a cargo or O
and fears are expressed in shipping
circles for her safety, as she Is sup
posed to have been there at the time
of the destruction of the city,
United States Ambassador Won
Meyer, at Rome, cabled the state de-
partment, on the 18th, to the effect
that Consul Pearson had informed
him of the arrest of Clara Taylor the
woman charged with the abduction
of her niece, Margaret Taylor, and OF
her Judgment III Jail at San Reno.
David Thompson, alias David Tullis,
the British contractor arrested in
Seattle. Wash, March ., on a charge
OF having abscondcd with $4,000,
started east from Tacoma, on the
18th. in charge of two deputy United
States marshals, who viii deliver him
TO the British authorities at Boston.
Walter l.. Myles. son of Miles
Myies, of Edwarddale, near Wilkes
barre, Pa, a junior pupil of the or-
NAL school at West Chester, Pa, died,
on the 18th. from injuries received in
being struck by a pitched ball. The
ball hit Myles behind his left ear and
felled him to the ground. He was is
years old.
NJ. Il. Clark. E. Fl. Gum and H. D.
Player, three of the most prominent
men in the British tobacco trade, ar
rived at New York, on the 18th, on
the steamship SaXonia. None of them
will commit himself to any statement
on the object of their visit, but ad-
mitted that they would leave at once
for the south.
President Roosevelt, on the 18th,
sent a communication to congress
recommending the appropriation of
half a million dollars for the imme-
date relief of the volcano sufferers
in the French West Indies. The house
and senate promptly responded by
passing an appropriation for that
purpose of $2O0. 900.
The BODY Of Most Rev, Michael
Augustine Corrigan, d. D., arch
bishop IF s. y York, was inferred, on
the 9th. 80 ne crypt of st. Patrick's
cathedral In that city. The funeral
was conducted with all the impress
i've solemnity and ceremony of his
church, and attended by a remarka-
bic gathering of clergy.
The first spike Of the Kansas City,
Mexico & Orient railway in the Unit
ed States was driven at Anthony.
Kas.. on the sth. The first rails OF
the track that is to reach from Kan
sas City to the west coast of Mexico,
were spiked down hard and fast, and
the work Of construction thus begun
will go steadily forward.
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Shortly prior to his death, Arch.
bishop Corrigan sent the rope a
check for $4,000 as a personal eff
in connection with the pontifica
jubilee. 1t is calculated that the do
cease of New York supplies the vati
can with most of the Peters pence
which has now been reduced to abou-
a third of the amount formerly re
ceived.
There has been so great a demand
for copies of the response of Score
tarv Root to the Culberson resolution
with reference to the conduct Of tn.
American army in the Philippine tina
IL bae baan fptnJ mn1c@tnIo r.. .D,,
ply with all requests for copies. \
the instance of Senator Allison tn
senate has passed an order for tn
printing of 1000 additional copies q
the secretary's Communication.
The state department received
cablegram, 1n the nth, from Unite
States Consul Ayme, at Guadeloup,
stating that he would leave for Mart
nique thai night. The state depart
ment cabled Consul Ayme, on tn
10th, to proceed at once to Ma
Unique and report upon the situatio
there, but it was thought at the d,
partment hat its instructions ha
not yet reached him, but that, realii
ing the need of prompt action, Il
had gone to Martinique of his ow
volition.
NJ. Severe, the Brazilian aeronau
who aspired to be the rival of \
Santos-Dumont, met with an accideI
while maneuvering his dirigible ba
loon. the Pax, in Paris, on the 12tl
which cost the life of the aeronat
and a machinist who had made til
ascent with him. After the balloo
had reached an altitude of 900 fee
some arrangement of the machiner
caused a leakage of gas which ignite
and the balloon exploding, its orc
pants were dashed to the earth an
both crushed into shapeless masses.