The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-11-26

It was reported, on the 18th, that
the japanese had destroyed another
Russian arsenal in Port Arthur.
Prince Fushimi of Japan visited
Mount Vernon, on the 18th, placed a
wreath on the tomb of Washington
and planted a tree on the old estate or
the first president.
Col. William Campbell Preston
Breckenridge, soldier, statesman, law
yer and journalist, peacefully breathed
his last at his home in Lexington, KY,
on the 10th, surrounded by his family.
A jury in the federal court at Kan
sas City, Mo-, on the 18th, returned a
verdict of guilty against John A. rags,
a former registry mail clerk, charged
with stealing a package containing SS,-
600.
1t was reported, on the 18th, that
10000 Japanese troops had been land
ed at New Chwang and 10000 others
at PitZwo, and that a turning move
ment on the Russian right was ex-
pected.
District Attorney Trowbridge, of
Cripple Creek, Col, on the 18th, dis
missed the cases of 43 men who had
been charged with completely IN the
independence depot explosion in the
Victor riot of June 6.
By unanimous vote the delegates to
the American Federation of Labor, IN
session at San Francisco, on the 18th,
decided to aid the striking textile
workers of Fall River, Mass, to the
extent of $4,000 per week for three
weeks.
The first announcement was made,
on the 18th, of a formal movement to
hold, in Chattanooga, Tenn, in 1918,
a worlds fair, to be known as h
semi-centennial peace jubilee exposi-
ton, commemorating the end of the
civil war.
H. H. Woods, said to be the oldest
man in Missouri, died at CRANKY, Mo-,
on the 18th, aged 104 years. He voted
at the recent election. Up to the time
OF his death he was actively engaged
in the drug business, and he left a for
tune of $500
Gov. Peabody of Colorado, on the
18th, issued a requisition for the re-
turn to Colorado of Wellington c.
Llewellyn, now in the Joliet (Ill.) pris-
on under the name of Mabran, and
who is charged with numbering two
policemen in Denver.
The comptroller of the currency at
Washington received a dispatch from
the cashier of the Berlin national
bank of Berlin, Wis, on the 18th, an
nouncing hat because of a run on the
bank it's doors were closed. Bank Ex-
aminer Parker Immediately was ap-
pointed receiver.
Lady Curzon was taken by a special
train, on the Goth, from Wilmer to
Bournemouth, where she will spend the
winter at Highclife castle, Christ
church, a mile outside the town. The
milder climate of Bournemouth is ex-
pected to assist her convalescence. Sha
bore the journey we'll.
Fire in Cincinnati, on the 10th, de-
stroyed buildings in the central Sec
ton Of the city valued, with their con-
tents, at 100000. For a time it was
feared there would be a general con-
fagration. The University of Cincin-
natl, which owned some of the proper
ty, was a heavy loser.
The municipality of Ascoli, Italy, has
conferred honorary citizenship upon j..
P%ierpont Morgan in recognition of his
action in restoring to the city the ia
nous Ascoli cope. 1t was also decided
to place a bust of Mr.. Morgan in the
city palace, together with a marble
tablet recording his generous action.
Richard Van Colt, who was charged
with aiding and abetting in colonial
ton in the Fifth assembly district of
VIEW 1OIh, WueI0 ne was u0I0dI0Q IOT
the assembly in the last election, was
dicharged by Justice Wyatt, in the
court of special sessions, on the 18th,
on the ground of insufficient evidence.
Four persons were killed and a score
injured, in Chicago, On the 18th, by a Sc
ries of gas explosions that destroyed the
plant of the Pyle Electric Headlight
Co. The shocks of the explosion were
so severe hat all the buildings heal
the demolished plant were damaged
and windows were shattered for blocks.
Albert E. Troy, a well-known news
paperman, died suddenly at Denver
Col, on the goth, the results of an at
tack of grip. Mr.. Troy was news ed
itor of the Denver Post, and ~previou.
to going to Denver for his health wa
managing editor of the Munsey pub
LEGATIONS in New York. A widow sur