The Grenada sentinel., 1893-11-11

MANY members Of the house lef,
Warrington immediately for theil
homes after the adjournment, On the
ID, while Q majority Of those remain'
ing in the city are clearing mp theil
department work and making all haste
to get out Of town. The members are
generally anxious to spend few days
ut home attending to urgent personal
business, 80 that they may ba ready
for the regular session in December.
A TRRlBLE locomotive boiler explo.
sion occurred ON the Iron Mountain
railroad at the foot of Neosho street,
St Louis, on the night Of the I'd, which
demolished the engine, wrecked six
freight cars and killed the engineer,
fireman and brakeman.
THE entire batch Of Carroll county
(Ga.) white caps, convicted Of riot in
April last, were, on the I'd, pardoned
by Gov. Northen. There were eight in
all. They were men, at the time of
their offense, who stood we'll and were
respected in the community. They were
given twelve months each.
BvslNEss failures for the week ended
the Sd numbered 85s in the United
States, against 2ss last year, and 20 in
Canada, against 81 last year. The az.
eregate of liabilities for the week end.
ed October 20 was larger than Of late,
amounting to s7,4oo,0o0, against s5,.
500. 00O for the previous week.
Ex-SuERlFF BowLRs of Walla Walla,
WASH. committed suicide at his coun.
try residence, on the Sd, by shooting
himself through the stomach with
Winchester rife. Bowles had been
twice committed to an insane asylum,
but was released year ago apparent-
ly cured.
GEN. R. A. ALaER. Of Detroit, Mich,
had between 600 and 700 newsboys from
Detroit as his guests at the Worlds
fair grounds on the Sd. He gave them
all ride in the Ferris wheel, let them
take hasty survey of the wonderful
White city, gave them good feed and
whirled them home again.
On the Sd President Cleveland issued
his proclamation setting apart Thurs
day, November 80, as the national day
of thanksgiving.
AN attempt was made, on the night
Of the 4th, to hold upa Missouri Pacific
train near Union, Neb. A brakeman
saw the would-be robbers board the
engine and try to overpower the en-.
gineer. He opened fire on them, and
after the exchange of several shots the
robbers fled.
COUNT Iswo1sK1, the Russian envoy
to Rome, who has been absent for some
time, will return on the 18th. He is
charged with important instructions
from the czar to the pope bearing upon
the development Of the papal policy in
France.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND celebrated
the adjournment of congress by going |
squirrel shooting on the 4th. Sccre-
tary Gresham accompanied him.
The imports of specie at the port Of |
New York for the week ended on the |
lth were s2sO,O99, of which s277,60S |
we're gold and s2,497 silver.
JAMES STONE, the murderer of the
Nratten family in Daviess county,
md, was, on the 4th, sentenced to
lang February 16 next.
On the 4th the banks Of New York
held s52,O13, ,45O in excess of the re-
luirements Of the a5-per cent. rule.
N. PIERRA EMANUEL T1RARD, form
,rly prime minister of France, died in
Paris on the 4th.
THE United States cruiser Baltimore
las arrived at Port Said, Egypt.
DESPITE the prevalent doubt that
negotiations between Ger
many and Russia will result in treaty,
many high officials in Berlin think
hat an understanding may be reached
'oon.