The Grenada sentinel., 1899-05-13

mcnt was mustered out May Sd.
! Russia has placed an order in
France for 5000 rapid-fire guns.
On May 5th Standard Oil stock
went to 49S, the highest price ever
reached.
Jas Smith, near Lewiston. I'll.
fatally shot his divorced wife and
suicided.
Foreign crop statistics show that
wheat in Europe is in good condi.
ton and good yield assured.
The North Atlantic squadron,
uadcr command of Admiral Samp.
son, arrived at New York from Porto
Rico May I'd.
George X. Van Horn, the r,ur.
dcrer of Mrs. Westcott, a boarding
house keeper. was executed at Scran-
ton, Pa, May 4th.
The coal miners strike in the
Southern Indiana fields has been
settled by the operators agreeing to
the scale demanded.
BY order of President :Kinley
one man from each Of the volunteer
regiments will be appointed second
lieutenant in the army.
Keokuk. chief Of the Sac and Fox
Indians, died May 4th of smallpox.
The tribe now numbers but 3l2 full
bloods, 20s having died Of smallpox
within the past year.
Mrs. Augusta Styles. Of Chicago,
killed her mother for revealing to
the formers 16-year-old daughter
the fact that she was born before.
her parents were legally married.
The coinage executed at the mints
of the United States during the
month Of April aggregated $40, ,06G,-
994, as follows: Gold, 1854. .475;
silver, 81, $50, 40; ] cent. $1,000.
The government report shows the
production of lead in the United
States for 1898 was 80, COG net tons.
as compared with 2S9, ,59S tons dur
| ing the year 1897. and 264. 1894 tons
in 1896.
Postmaster General Smith has
issued orders to postmaste's and in
spectors to seize and stop the trans
mission to the Philippines certain
literature sent out by the secretary
of the anti-imperialistic league, on
the grounds that it is seditious and
Of a reasonable character.
An investigation of the manage
ment of the Missouri industrial home
for girls brought out facts showing
that certain parties connected with
that institution had been taking too
much liberty with some of the in
mates. An order was made that in
future no men sleep at the institu-
ton.
The monthly statement of the
public debt, issued May 1st, shows
that at the close of business April
29th the debt, less cash in the treas
ury. amounted to 81, 172, 5s7. .2G4, an
increase during the month of $780,
OSl,7 ,701. The increase in part is
accounted for by the payment Of the
$40, 1000. 600 to Spain.
W. s. Arbuckle, a wealthy Mem
phian, died from the effects of a
pistol wound inflicted by Walter
Farmbee. Arbuckle was divorced
from his wife about six months ago
and shortly thereafter secretly mar
ried the divorced wife of Farrabec.
The trouble between the men grew
out of suit instituted by Farrabcc
to Get control of his children.
The Texas court ofappealsaf1irmed
the decision of q lower court in sen-
fencing man to Jail and fining him
800 ior contempt in having violated
an injunction forbidding him in any
manner to communicate with another
mans wife. who had sued for DAM
ages for alienated affections. The
plaintiff ignored the injunction on
the ground of the constitutional
guarantee of free speech, claiming
that if the woman was willing to
talk with him no court had the
power to enjoin him. The higher
court held that "the constitutional
guarantee of free speech shall not be
stretched to permit license and con-
spiracy to ruin the domestic circle
and destroy the marriage relation. "
! The Illinois state board of arbitn.-
ton has been investigating the qucs-
| tiOn Of a comn,,lsorv arhitrHtiOn law