The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-03-01

At havana, on the 24tli, i9r. Tomas
Estrada Palma and Senior Estevez
were formally elected by the cleo
toral college respectively first presi-
dent and first vice-president of the
Cuban republic. Senators were also
elected.
Before the dinner at the White
House, on the night of the cath, there
was presented to the president a
large portrait of Prince Henry in
naval attire, a statuette (oust) of
the emperor and an autograph naval
scale prepared by the emperor.
Miss Ellen NJ. Stone, with Nine.
Tsilka and her babe have been re-
leased by the brigands, and arrived
at Strumitza, Macedonia, early on
the morning of the 23d. They were
all well. The kidnapping is now re-
garded as a political move on the
part of Macedonia.
A cablegram from Constantinople,
on the 23d, said: Miss Ellen NJ. Stone,
the American missionary who, with
Nine. Tsilka. was captured by br1-
gands in the district of Salonica, Sep
TENDER 3 last, has been released and
arrived at Strumitzka, Macedonia, at
three o'clock yesterday morning.
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The National Council Of Women,
on the Gath. adopted a memorial to
congress asking an annuity of $4,000
for Miss Clara Barton, for her serv-
ices for the Red Cross society, and
also decided hereafter to pay the
recording and corresponding secre-
taries of the council for their serv-
ices.
Acting Civil Gov. Wright of Ma
Mia, replying to a question adj
dressed to him by the American cham
Der of commerce, on the Esd, said
that the United States Philippine
commission unanimously favored a
modification of the present order
prohibiting Chinese from entering
the Philippines.
Rev. Calvin Holman, one of the
plt VI AhtNllbNlloAlls blt
at his home in Topeka, Kas., on the
21st, aged IS years. He had been a
Methodist minister for 60 years, SO
years of which were spent in active
service. He filled many important
charges in the New England states
before coming west.
Gan IompC ~ Nilcnn annnrnaaS nc
his aides at the coronation of King
Edward: Lieut.-Col. John Biddle,
United States engineers, and Lieut..
Col. Henry D. Borup, ordnance de-
partment. He desires Corporal JEFF
ferson Moulton, Second cavalry, for
orderly. All on the Wilson staff are
10Y in Porto Rico and Cuba.
Cabling from St. Pete. sburg, on the
goth, the correspondent of the Lon
don Daily Mail says 1.-The seismic dis
turbances at Shamaka have recon-
menced and a fresh volcano has be-
gun to erupt vigorously" The corre-
spondent adds that the number of
killed in the Shamaka district by the
recent earthquake is now estimated
at 5000.
Squads of minute men have been
organized at Wetumka, Okla, to pro-
tect the town from the Crazy Snake
Indians. The squads are on guard
alternately after night, and runners
are sent in all directions from the
town on the lookout for the hostile
Indians. The stores have supplied all
able-bodied citizens with rifles and
shotguns.
A report was received, on the 21st,
that the Pennsylvania excursion train
was wrecked on the Mexican Central
a considerable distance south of Ell
Paso, Tex. 1t was reported that five
cars left the rails, but no details as
to casualties have been received. The
week is said to have been caused by
burning ties which permitted the rails
to spread.
Richard B. Field died in Cincinnati,
on the 21st, in his ninetieth year. Mr..
- 'N' OhN VI cincinnati DlOllteT
business men, having been actively
engaged in the baking business from
1887 to 1898. During the civil war
he was a large contractor for hard
tack" He vas the survivor of the
founders of the Unitarian church in
Cincinnati.
A third warrant was issued. on the
21st, for Frank c. Andrews vice-pres-
ident of the City savings bank of De-
troit, Mich, which is in the hands of
a receiver, on a complaint charging
him with making "a false report on
the banks condition to the state
banking commissioner on February
20, 1901. MI. Andrews was sent to
Jail in default of $4,000 bail.
The trial of Gen. Osman Pasha. on
the charge of high treason, began
in Constantinople, on the Goth, behind
closed doors. Osman, who is a son of