The Grenada sentinel., 1898-10-01

forest fires were burning there il
many places and that hundreds O
acres of valuable timber had been de.
stroyed.
A DISPATCH to the New York Herald
on the Gath from Manila stated tina,
the sanitary conditions there were o.
the most menaciEg character, many oi
the soldiers. both Spanish and Amer
lean, were suffering from typhoid feve,
and dysentery and conditions were
likely to grow worse.
LIEUT.. HoBsoN succeeded in floating
the wrecked Spanish warship Maria
Teresa and towing her to Guam tan amo
bay amid the blowing of whistles and
the firing of salutes.
FIRE destroyed q bakery at Man.
chester, Conn.,, and two men were
burned to death.
JOHN PERRY, of Kansas City, Mo-,
has given $4,000 to the boy orphans
home in Westport for the purpose OF
erecting new building on the tract
now occupied by the home. He has
done this in memory OF his wife and
four children, who were drowned by
the sinking of the French steamer La
Bourgogne.
FOREST fires were raging in the
mountain counties of Colorado on the
25th, the worst sufferers being in
Eagle and Routt counties Half the
timber in the state was threatened.
The Spanish steamer Carthagenia
cOllided with the British vessel Rhou-
hina off Cape Villano and the latter
vessel was sunk and the crew drowned,
with the exception of the captain and
one seaman, who were landed at Glib.
raltar "
THERE were s,244 immigrants nd
mitted at New York on the 24th.
The vault of the Bethel (Me.) bank
was recently blown up by robbers
with dynamite.
By rush of coal in No. shaft at
Nanticoke, Pa, three men were en-
tombed and probably instantly killed.
REPRESENTATIVE COCHRAN, of Mis-
souri,, took to the war department a
large petition asking for the muster
ing out of the Fourth Missouri, now
at Camp Meade. 1t contained the
names of about 95 per cent. of the
regiment In addition to the petition
from the men of the regiment, Mr..
Cochran also had a petition from 49,
900 citizens of his district, requesting
the mastering out of the regiment.
The war department has taken the |
matter under advisement
HEAVY storms recently prevailed in !
the Baltic sea and 100 fishermen were
drowned between Polangen and Libau,
seaport towns of the province of Cour-
land, Russia.
SEVENTY men were entombed in the
Empire coal mine at Brownsville, Pa,
on the 2sd by an explosion of gas
Eight miners were taken out dead,
three others were more or less injured
and the balance fortunately escaped
by traversing / Il miles of underground
passages. The scene at the mouth of
the mine was heartrending, caused by
the women shrieking and the children
wailing for their loved ones.
ABOUT 500 applications for pensions
arising out of the war with Spain have
been fled at the pension office. Com
missioner Evans will create new d.
vision to adjudicate these claims.
TWELVE hundred miners quit work
IN the asd in the Dillon and Long Run
mines at Bridgeport, o., because the
operators would not concede certain
demands Of the men.
1T can be safely said that Buffalo, N.
T., will be the successor of st. Joseph,
No., in the Western Baseball league
,ext season.
OCTOBER 10 has been agreed on for
Missouri and St. Louis day at the
rransmississippi exposition at Omaha,
Neb., with one cent a mile from all
POINTS in Missouri.
The secretary Of war inspected the
hospital and regimental quarters at
lamp Poland, Knoxville, Tenn, on the
list and reviewed the enlisted men.
ie afterwards made speech to the
Ulcers, saying that the commanders
# camps were responsible for the con-
lition of their camps, and II the men
we're not we'll cared for they would
ave to answer for it.
THE new colored Territorial Agri-
ultural and Normal university has
'een dedicated. 1t is a handsome
tructure, located at Langston. Ok.
nd will give the negroes OF the terri
ory every advantage of higher edu-
alton.
A FOREST fire ragged on the crest of
dount Hayden, just south of Ouray,
'ol. It embled volcanic eruption,
nd the dense smoke rose mile high
nd the flames 100 feet The citizens
+ Montrose, 40 miles north, wired to
now IL the city was on fire. All of
he citizens viewed the grand and
wonderful spectacle. " s'T |,
THE National Carriage Builders as.
elected officers at its recent
ession in St Louis, D. M. Perry, Of In
annapolis, Ind, being chosen presi-
ent and Henry c. Mclean. of Will
Del, secretary-treasurer. L.
:. Tebbetts. of St Louis, was made
ice president a
REPORTS were being made to the OK. q
ahoma live stock sanitary board OF =
orses dying suddenly Of q strange dis
sse veterinarians have not been able
. classify or control. Fully 800 horses
ave died in the territory and many Il
armers have lost most Of their work .