The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-02-26
NEWS Of THE WEEK
LATEST NEWS OF THE WORLD
TERSELY TOLD.
NORTH, EAST, SOUTH AND WEST
Notes From Foreign Lands, Through
out the Nation, and Particularly
The Great Southwest.

lock type of the Panama canal, &C
cording to the opinion expressed b,
President Roosevelt in a message
transmitting to congress the repor'
made by the engineers who recently
visited the canal zone with President
elect Taft. lis in reality merely al
attack upon the policy of building an!
canal at all.
One of the most mysterious cases
with which the Chicago police nav
had to deal in many years developed
in the Wellington hotel, a standard
downtown hostelry, when the uncon'
scious form of Miss Ella Gingles was
found dashed to the supports or a
bathtub.
Discussing the action OF the senate
in restoring the marine corps TO the
battleships in connection with the
naval appropriation bill, Senator Cum
minis of Iowa, in a vigorous deiehse
of President Roosevelt, declared that
the provision would be accepted as a
rebuke TO the president.
The legislature of the territory OF
Hawaii convened and organization was
effected. The message of Gov.-Frear
was then read in both houses. the
governor urges appropriations for the
entertainment of congressman visit
Ing the islands; for a territorial dis
play at the Yukon-Pacific EXPOSITION
and for the national guard.
A rug said to be worth more imam
$50. 600 was presented to the Whlte
House and was accepted by President
Roosevelt. 1t will become the prop
erty of the nation and will be placed
in the parlors of the presidents nome.
The donor was H. H. Topakyan, a
rich Armenian of New York city, VINO
Persia. three from the sultan OF lur-
has two decorations from the shan OF
Turkey and one from Venezuela.
Plans for reorganization OF the GIN
c:nnati. Hamilton & Dayton railroad
company has been practically com
pleted and it is expected that In a
few days the official announcement
will be made that the road mas peer
sold to the Baltimore & Ohio railroad
system.
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, VINO
sailed for Europe after he a Deeh
~subpoenaed to serve as a juror IN the
court, was fined $3.50 by JUS
tice Guy. Afidavits were presented
showing that Mr.. Vanderbilt had de-
parted for Europe and, therefore, was
unable to attend. Justice Guy held
that this was not a sufficient excuse.
More than 1000 delegates to the
Mississippi grand lodge OF Masons
heard from Grand Master Edwin j..
Martin that he had committed the
grand lodge to a withdrawal OF all
fraternal correspondence and afhll-
alton with the grand lodge OF Ne"
Jersey because in the latter Jurlsdlc-
ton the grand lodge recognizes and
admits to it's work Alpha Lodge, No.
166 located at Newark, and composed
of negroes.
One half of the United States Navy
should be kept on the Pacific coast
at all times, in the opinion OF the
An amendment to the naval
bill was agreed to providing That IN
the discretion of the president one
half of the navy shall be kept in
Pacific waters so far as practicable.
The president has already the author
ity to so divide the feet, but the
amendment amounts to an expression
of congress in favor of such action.
Drought conditions in south Texas
we're relieved Sunday when more thar
an inch of rain fell. Sunday night the
temperature was below freezing.
Indorsing the view of Former Sec
of State Root that Liberia Is
an American colony, Booker T. Wash
declared the situation In the
republic was serious and That
he United States was in duty bound
@ render practical assistance to Ii
oeria. which was established in 1919
oy the United States government and
ohilanthropic individuals.
Any idea that he was contemplat-
ng retirement from active particlpa-
ion in the management of the rail-
-oad and other properties in which
ne is interested, was secuted by
George j. Gould. To reporters who
asked him about a report to that eff
'ect, Mr.. Gould said that however
much he might desire to get out of
business, he could not think Of do
so.
Sigmund Grabenheimer, treasurer of
he firm of Schwarzschild and Sulzber-
,er and well known in the beef trade,
ell dead in the arms of his brother
Nathan while walking near the Grand
station in New York. Heart
isease was the cause.
At the trial of Patrick Calhoun in
an Francisco on an Indictment charg-
ne bribery, Assistant District Attor-
ey Francis J.. Heney Monday resent
d the demeanor Monday of a witness
a the stand and declared that he had
rawn a Zine over which no living
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