The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-05-07

SENTINEL.
J. w. BUCHANAN. Editor aad Proprietor.
GRENADA. 80: MISSISSIPPI
William Broderick. who has been
playing in Cincinnati, o., with Francis
Wilson, at the Grand Opera house,
dropped dead from heart disease on the
18th.
The caving in of q coal mine at
Tocina, Seville, Spain, on the 2Sth,
buried a large number of miners. Fifty
bodies were recovered and ten men
rescued alive.
The closing session of the WON
ans Presbyterian Board of Missions OF
the Northwest was held, on the 2Sth, at
Grand Rapids, Mich. The next meet
ing will be held in Des Moines, la.
Congress having failed to provide
for an investigation of the post Of
flee department, he president, it is
said, will inaugurate a thorough n
by officials appointed directly by the
president.
Prospectors are rushing to the can
yon of the Shoshone river, five miles
west of Cody, Wyo., where ii is report
ed Tellurim ore assaying several hun
dred dollars in gold and silver has
been discovered.
Patrick Mcdonnell, a prominent con-
tractor of Duluth, Mimi. received word,
on the I'd, of his appointment as SER
geant-at-arms of the Democratic ma
tional convention. Mr.. Mcdonnell said
that he would accept the post.
A cl%oud-burst in the Green range,
eight miles south of Florence, Col, on
the I'd, caused the Arkansas river to
rise between eight and nine feet there
in less than an hour. The unexpected
rush of water caused great damage.
The treasury department, on the
29th, forwarded to the secretary OF
state for transmission to j. P. Morgan
& Co.. New York, financial agents of
the Republic of Panama, a warrant for
81, 900, 900 on accOun of the Panama
canal purchase.
A Shanghai dispatch of the 29th said
that it was reported there that the
Russians had suffered a disastrous re-
pulse after two days fighting on the
Yalu river. The Japanese were said
to have crossed the river, the Rus
slams re~treating.
President Loubet arrived in Naples,
on the 2Sth, from Rome, and was given
a reception equal in enthusiasm that
accorded him in the Eternal city. The
event was somewhat spoiled by the
rain, which came down in torrents, but
great crowds of people stood for hours
without umbrellas.
Immediately upon congress closing
its session without confirming DR.. w.
D. Crum as collector of the port of
Charleston, S.. c., President Roosevelt
again appointed him, and Crum will
serve during the congressional vaca-
lion, when his name will again be sent
to the senate for confirmation.
A party of young women who are on
their way to Port Arthur Il act as
Russian nurses arrived in Chicago on
the 2Sth. The party was under the
leadership of the countess Bavanda,
who has lived several years in Russia.
Countess Bavanda is an American by
birth-a native of New Orleans.
Mrs. D. R. Taylor was granted a d.
vOrce from former Gov. Rofert L. Tay-
lor in chancery court at Knoxville,
Tenn, on the 28th, after the deposi-
tiOns of a few witnesses had been read.
The question of alimony was referred
to the clerk for settlement. Mr.. Tay-
lor has served three terms as governor
of Tennessee.
Prince Pu Lun Tsee, heir to the
tHIOHe VI CnlHd, arrived IN 81. LOUIS. |
on the 2Sth, to represent his uncle-em-
peror as imperial commissioner to the
Worlds fair. He went to mis- royal
apartments in the Washington hotel
weary but delighted as a result of the
first day of his months visit to the
city.
The marriage annulment suit of First
Lieut. Sidney S. Burbank, L. S. A,
Mrs. Conception Burbank, nee
VasqueZ, was called for trial in the
district court at Leavenworth, Kas.,