The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-10-08

!. w. ECtnANAN Editor asd Proprietor.
GRENADA. So, MISSISSIPPI
The post office safe at Greenwich,
Ill, was cracked by experts, on the
50th, and more than 5000 stolen.
Frederick Augusta Bartholdi, the
sculptor of the statue of liberty in
New York bay, is critically i'll in Paris
with tuberculosis.
Private reports from Port Arthur
state that the garrison there is conf
dent of being able to hold out until the
beginning of next year.
Mrs. Denman Thompson, wife of the
actor and author of the "Old Home
stead died at her home in West
Swanzey, N. H., on The I'd.
A petition calling upon the president
to intervene in the affairs of the Congo
Free State in the interests Wdcivili-
zation was presented, on the Both, TO
rresideP@SRooseTelt-
The archbishop of Canterbury
preached at Trinity church, in New
York, on the I'd. He said he never saw
anything like the American rush any
where else in the world.
David p. Rowland, uncle OF Presl-
dent David r. Francis of the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition CO., and one OF
the oldest and most highly respected
citizens OF, St. Louis, died on the Sd.
The gates at the Missouri state pen
itentiary opened, on the 10Th, n
Sam Wilson, the famous lone train
robbery passed through to liberty, al
ter a sojourn in the ~penitentiary OF II
years.
King Carlos of Portugal, in his
speech at the opening of the cortes, on
the 10Th, intimated that he and Queen
Amelie will visit England in Novem-
Der, 10 return the visit Of King Ed
ward.
The mystery of three attempts TO
wreck the ~battleShip Connecticut, now
In process of completion at the New
York navy yard, still remNns un
solved. A rigid Investigation has been
started.
The National Fraternal congress. at
its third session in the Temple of Fra
ternity, at the Worlds fair in St Louis,
OF the goth. elected officers and decided
upon Mackinaw island as the next
meeting place.
Alonzc Whiteman, arrested in st.
Louis, recently, on the complaint of a
Buffalo bank, which charged forgery,
!eaped from a moving train at Dun
kirk. n. Y, on the 29th, and escaped
from the officers.
The third Eucharistic Congress of
America adjourned at New York, on
the goth, after adopting a stinging
resolution %denouncing the action Of
France in expclling the Catholic orders
from the country.
The formal retirement of Admiral
Frederick Rogers as c~Ommandant of
the New York navy yard, took place
on the Sd, and a formal transfer of the
command was made to Rear-Admiral
Joseph B. Coghlan.
Postmaster General Payne was so
close to deaths door, on the I'd, that
Mrs. Payne and other members of the
family were called to his bedside. He
rallied, however, and by night showed
decided improvement.
Memorial services to the late Sem
ator George F. Hoar, of Massachusetts,
were held in Washington, on the I'd,
in All Souls Unitarian church, of
which the deceased statesman had been
a distinguished member.
Joseph Jefferson, after more than sew
enty years on the stage, during which
time he has become n of the most
honored and beloved members of the
dramatic profession, decided, never to
resume his theatrical career.
O4o SINC "" D0AAS I'LL y VA IA |
gineer, died at his home, No. 103 Gin
ton street, North, East Orange, N. j., |
on the Sd, a martyr to science. His
Illness was due to experimental work
In connection with the Roentgen-ray.
The gold production Of the Cripple
Creek (Col.) district for September
amounts t. 50. 041 900. This is the first
time since the miners strike was i'm
augurated in August, 1908, that the
monthly production has reached g..
00O, 900.
The London Chronicles Liao Tung
correspondent says there was a truce,
on the 1st, at Port Arthur, to bury the
dead. Russian and Japanese officers
exchanged greetings, after which the
commandment was recommended with