The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-05-14

LATEST NEWS OF THE WORLO
TERSElY TOLD.
NORTH, EAST, SOUTH AND WEST
Notes From Foreign Lands, Through
out the Nation, and Particularly
The Great Southwest.

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of Herman Kraft, of Superior. WIS
Dire wa revolver and firing a fusliaoe
of shots as he ran out OF the statlon
door. wounded three policemen.
An executive order of President
Roosevelt made on February u was
issued Friday directing that the
islands of the Culebra group, except
Culebra. be reserved, subject to hell
use for naval and light house pur-
noses. and set apart for the use or the
department of agriculture, as a pre-
serve and breeding ground for native
birds. I~-I.
Advices received Friday night are
10 the effect that the steamer oholes'
six DAYS overdue at Duluth, went GOWN
of White Fish Point in Lake superior
with all on board. The crew and pas
nge numbered twenty-one.
The New York Central lines n tne
PENNSYLVANIA system have authollzeo
;mnrovements on their roads etWeen
Now York and Chicago that Will mean
q total expenditure of s22,5Co,ooo.
At q meeting Friday the machlnis.s
of the Mount Clara shops oo1 the bai-
,iuora g. Ohio railroad, numperlns
.hout 350. voted to strike, n tnls
cotton NAV lead to the men IN all INC
shops of the system, numbering 0oo"
900. being called out
President Taft Tuesday promlSeu
coro+or Culherson Of Texas to vlslL
Galveston at the first opportunity. IL
ia makes a trip this fall the president
Intends to return through the south.
Martin J. Sheridan Of the Irish
American Athletic club made a ne"
record Sunday by throwing the Oiyni-
mic discus. free style, from ~sevenfoot
circle. 1873 feet 3 inches
Prince Karl Won Wrede was un-
borsed Tuesday while riding IN the
Radena steeplechase. The prince sus-
tanned a severe conclusion OF the
brain His horse was killed.
The will of former United states
Senator William NJ. Stewart Oh Ne
yada, who died recently, was hieo lor
probate Thursday. 1t dlscloSeS Iho
fact that he owned no rea estate II
his personal property did not exceed
81 500 in value. His deDtS dre oaAu
to aggregate $4,000.
Johnny Evers, the star second pase'
man of the Chicago Nationals Was
SUSPENDED Wednesday by the natlohai
commission for failure to report W
his team at the opening OF the seasoh.
IT is thought he will be relnstated upon
of a nominal fine.
Des Moines sweltered under a trop-
zeal sun Wednesday, the THERMOMETERS
officially registering "a at 4 oclooh
in the afternoon. Street thermometers
in some cases registered lUo. AZ
least one death resulted from th0
heat. There were numerous prosu"
+ionc and infants suffered greatly.
Canadian cowboys have gathered at
Lethbridge, Alberta, preparatory ~
leaving for Montana to assist III rouhu-
ing I'M three hundred buffalo, the re-
mainder of the big herd purchaser
two wears ago by the Canadian gov
and which burst a corrai
last summer on the eve OF their snip
ment.
Can't. Alex NJ. Wetherill OF the Nine
teentb infantry was Wednesday or
dered to duty at the Alaska uhon
Pacific exposition at Seattle, wash,
and will report to the president OF
the exposition by May 10.
The torpedo f1otilla of IL Vesseis
sailed Wednesday for Mare lslaho
whence it will proceed to Seattie u
he present at the opening OF the Alas
ka-Yukon-Pacific exposition.
Alanson Wood, aged 80, famed as
the inventor of the roller caster anu
who originated many improvements
m tho roller skate, died at Toledo, y
A mpan of infantry and halr q
division of Cossacks have been mopi
1ized to exterminate the robbers "ne
are infesting the highways OF Ciscau
vasia. Russia. In a fight with a pahc
If five Sunday all the robbers were
killed and two Cossacks were klllee
and two wounded.
The countess of Oxford, who was
Miss Louise Melissa Corbin, daughtel
Of p. C. Corbin of New York, died SUD
denly Tuesday at Dolterton Park, NOT
wich. She was married to hopef
Horace Walpole, eighth earl Oh "
ford, in 1888.
The United States Steel Corpora
tan has acquired control OF the ttltti
vermillion coal properties at George
town, Ill, in the heart of a rich mlnin'
district. In addition to this, the COT
no-atfon has acquired valuable prop
er,ies in and around the DanViiles I'll.
district.
Robert S. Mccormick, former an
hassador of the United States e. nus
sia IS reported to be ill at n stec
man private hospital, Brookline. Mass Was
Mr. stedmar, who conducts the inst
tuition. refused either to connrn =
deny the report