Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 April 1901 — Current Topics [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Current Topics

' A "Radical Earl. Earl Grey, who proposes to municipalize all the saloons of England, and thus reduce the drink evil, is one of the big commercial noblemen of Great Britain. He was appointed government manager of the South African Chartered Company in conjunction with Cecil Rhodes, was one of the company and one of its largest stockholders, and was a favorite of the late qveen, who loved him because the prince contort was his godfather. Lord Grey is a handsome man of 44, and succeeded to the title only a few years ago at the death of his granduncle, who was saia to have been the most cantankerous, censorious and quarrelsome old gentleman within the recol-

lection of the most ancient of the realm; The new earl lives in Northumberland, in one of the stateliest mansions in England, surrounded by wooded and watered estates covering 20,000 acres. In London he occupies a fine house facing Hyde Park.

Nebraska's Senators-Elect.

EARL GREY.