The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-19

the reduction in the be en-
tertained seriously by congress.
A score of fishermen and their dogs
were carried out into Lake Erie Sun
day morning when the ice field was
set in motion by a shift in the wind,
All were rescued except Joseph Ga.
tusky, who is missing.
AT the close of a long conference at
the palace in Havana between Presi
dent Gomez and Vice-President Zayas,
for the purpose of deciding upon terms
for the fusion of their rival factions
of the liberal party, President Gomez
announced that a definite agreement
had been reached and that a commit
tee had been appointed to arrange the
details.
The sultan of Turkey has accepted
Kiamil Pasha's resignation as grand
vizier and has charged Hilmi Pasha,
member of the interior and formerly
inspector general of Macedonia, with
thief ormation Of a new cabinet.
Drought conditions in south Texas
were relieved Sunday when more than
an inch of rain fell. Sunday night the
temperature was below freezing.
An unidentified British steamer dur.
ing a fog ran On a rock Off Qu~essant
and then slid off and sank in deep
water. Seven persons were drowned,
but the remainder of the crew took
the ships small boats and later were
picked up by a pilot boat.
Following a cloudburst in Rubio
canon. above Pasadena, a terrific
flood of water came down the narrow
canon precipitating' the Rubio canon
pavilion into the ravine n burying
Fred T. Drew, agent Of the Pacific
Electric railroad, with his wife and
four children in the ruins.
Blood poisoning, resulting from a
slight cut on the finger during an OPP
Grafton, has caused the death of DR..
Adolph Won Duering, a noted sur
geon and physician of New York.
AS a result of an opinion by Assist
ant Attorney General Sluder of Tex
as, there is a probability some of the
textbook companies which have o n
tracts with the state will be sued for
cancellation of contract. The school
officials of Hopkins county advised
the attorney generals department
that 4,676 books needed in that county
could not be obtained from the COM
panies having contracts with the
state, and suit may be instituted
against these companies for breach of
contract.
A bill has been introduced in the
Cuban senate to annul the order OF
the American military authorities
abolishing the lottery.
R~ooseveltian doctrines of anti-race
suicide are not practiced to any ex-
tent en- the canal, zone, according TO
figures given out by the isthmian ca
nal commission. They show that the
average zone family consists of a hus-
band, wife and one child.
Yielding to the moods Of artistic
temperament and resenting criticism
leveled at his work. Oscar Mundhenk,
a young sculptor, wrecked an elabor-
ate production he was executing for
the new st. Mary's Catholic church at
Marietta. Ohio.
Complaining that the name of the
National Red Cross is being infringed
upon to sell such commonplace mate
rails as chicken feed, and that persons
have resorted to the use of the name
to collect funds not designed for the
relief of of suffering humanity. Miss
Mabel Boardman, secretary Of the
American National Red Cross, APP
pealed to the house committee on for
eign affairs for further legislation to
supplement its original Incorporation.
Senator Frye has abandoned his eff
Crum, the negro reappOinted as col
lector of customs at Charleston, S. c.,
confirmed at the present session.
Armour & Co, the largest of the
Chicago packing concerns, has been
called upon to furnish the federal gov
eminent with ammunition in the war
of the department of justice upon the
beef trust and the National Packing
Co. .
Hundreds of unemployed made a
violent demonstration in Berlin coin
cident with the arrival of the British
king and queen and were only sub
dued by the police, who drove the
mob before them with drawn sabers.
About fifty were severely wounded,
several perhaps fatally, and a score
or more were arrested.
In case of war Japan could I'M
doubtedly take the Philippines, but in
a veal we could retake the islands and
the empire of Japan with them" This
was the declaration made by former
United States Senator George F. Ed
munds of Vermont.
Leroy Cannon, a Virginian by birth
distant relative of Speaker Can
non, whose family now resides in
Harrisburg, Pa, was forcibly expelled
from Honduras, being put aboard a
steamer bound for New Orleans.
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