The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-19
NEWS Of THE WEEK
LATEST NEWS OF THE WORLD
TERSELY TOLD.
NORTH, EAST, SOUTH AND WEST
Foreign Lands, Throughout the Ma
ton and Particularly From the
Great Southwest.

lndOrSlnE the view OI Fothei IN
retary of State Root that Liberia IL
an American colony, Booker l.. WASH
ington declared the situation IN the
African republic was serious and tnat
the United States was in duty pouho
10 render practical assistance TO III
beria. which was established in 1918
nv the United States government ana
philanthropic individuals.
A dispatch to a German news
agency from Adds Abeba says 'ha'
Kin Menelik has returned from HIS
pilgrimage and is in the BEST OF nealtl'
Although not confirmed in ofnclai
quarters. the entire press of Portugal
states that the royal lntervle" pe-
tween King Alfonso and King Manner
related chiefly to the projected mar
rage of King Manuel to Princess be
atrioe. daughter of the late Duke VI
Edinburg and niece of Kin EDWARD
Now that the acute phases OF the
anti Japanese agitation on the rdoiie
Coast have been quoted, a more ueh-
Mite settlement of the points at issue
1--WE he United States and
probably will be reached by dlplo-
matte interchangeS.
William l.. Milne, the $15,OOO-a-year
lace salesman of New York, "honi
Mrs. Jane Parks Caldwell, the lflaf
marriage beauty Of Emlnence' n.y.
brought into public view a month ago
as her affinity" IS dead, mostly ITO"
worry. at his home in the little JersFy
suburb of Haworth.
Very much the same review program
,s eynected 10 be followed at Hampton
Roads when the president ana oecle-
tarv Newberry greet the patlleshlp
feet on it's return cruise as when the
vessels left that place more than 4
year ago.
II is said by leaders of union LABOR
that the charges made by Postmaster
General Meyer against Frank Il. r'oe-
ers president of the United Assocla-
,ion of Post Office Clerks; Wllliam
Kelley, president of the National AS
ISOLATION of Letter Carriers, n +. H.
Roberts OF Washington, representing
the railway mail clerks, OF attempting
to influence legislation in their own
interest and in the interest OF the asso-
Citations they represent, is but tne pe-
ginning of a movement to lake the en-
tire nostal service from the ranks Oh
unon labor.
Becoming suddenly insane on a
Great Western passenger train near
Berwick. Ia, Martin Oberman OF chi
csao drew a large knife and slashed
IT all within reach. Before he had
heen beaten sensless by trainmen and
messengers he stabbed three men,
lanes H. Ceiford. his daughter. Mrs.
lanes Collier, and James Colller'
prominent people of Pocahontas, Ark
have had a hearing before Commls-
sioner Parse at that place, charged
with peonage. F. H. White and Della,
his wife. who are midgets, and Homer
White of ~Pocahontas, their father,
claim they have been leased against
their will TO Ceiford and Collier for
exhibition purposes.
A tax on Merry Widows is being
urged by Senator Shirley Gilliland IN
a bill he is supporting before the pres
ent Iowa general assembly. Mr.. Gllil-
land has a supreme contempt 1or the
woman he describes as she WIN d
hat SO broad she can not squeeze INTO
= leDho booth without going SIDE
WAYS and who chucks under the chin
some rich old man in his dotage III
order 10 become his surviving spouse.
The Wright brothers have accepted
an invitation to go to London al Tue
end of March, when they will be gwen
the gold medal of the A~eronauticai
Society of Great Britain.
Railroad companies must snow mat
changes in rates or rules n regu
Iations proposed by them the just ana
reasonable, before being able 10 put
such changes in effect, if the Dill
which has been introduced by Repre-
sentative Needham Of California is
enacted into law.
Any idea that he was contemplat-
ing retirement from active partlclpa-
ton in the management of the rail-
road and other properties in when
he is interested, was secuted ny
George ]. Gould. To reporters VINO
asked him about a report to That Ell
feet, Mr.. Gould said that however
much he might desire to get out OF
business, he could not think OF do
ing SO.
The house committee on census de-
cided that there should be no attempt
on the part of the house to pass the
census bill over the veto of the presi-
dent. This action was taken after
much celebration among the leaders
of the house and senate.
Thomas oliver, inventor of the Oil
YER typewriter, died suddenly of heart
disease in Chicago. Mr.. Oliver, with
his wife, was at a railway station
ready to start for Pine Bluff, Ark
when he collapsed. He was going to
r:- p1,,eeeto rarfaof q machine which