The Grenada sentinel., 1899-02-04

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wsrs killed aud the rest we're more or
lssa seriously injured.
TEE home OF w. H. Rudolph st Apex,
Col, was destroyed by snowslide and
the whole family was carried away.
The father saved himself and . search.
ing party rescued . six.year.old son
alive, but the mother and two other
children were not found.
The San Bruno hotel, IN old land.
mark near San Francisco. was burned
on the goth and the porter Of the hotel
perished in the fameA
THE First Baptist church Of Scran
ton. Pa, was burned ON the e9th.
FOURTEEN miners were killed by an
explosion Of gas in mine near Mazar'
ron, Spain.
FouR men were badly burned, one
perhaps fatally. by the explosion Of .
boiler in the basement Of the Chicago
Tribune.
Six prisoners escaped from the Jail at
Canton. O., the Other morning by saw.
ing the bars Of q window.
MRS MARY MCINTYRE, . wealthy
widow 20 years old. was found muir.
dered in her home st PanA ILL.,. on the
29th. Her body had been chopped al
most to pieces and every thing Of value
had been carried away BY the muir.
derers.
The American Missionary associa.
tion has issued an appeal from New
York to the Congregational churches
of the United States to observe Feb.
ruary ~ as Lincoln Sunday.
The frame portion OF the Norton
Brewing company's establishment at
Anderson, Ind, was burned, causing q
loss Of $4,000.
The report reached Mount Pleasant
Tex. that whitecaps had posted notices
In Morris county, about 30 miles from
there, for the negroes to leave, and
threatening violence il they did not
comply. 1t was stated that the colored
population were very much excited
and some were preparing to leave.
As result of conference between
Gov. Gen.. Brooke and Gen. Leonard
Wood, governor Of the military depart
rnent of Santiago, the customs receipts
at Santiago will not be used in other
provinces, but will be mortgaged to
defray the cost of works now under
way.
ANDREW MOORE, desperate of the
Cherokee pation, killed three men at
Whitefield. l. T., the other afternoon.
He is q Choctaw Indian with bad
record. He had an old grudge against
the men and walked deliberately up
to them and shot them down in sue
cession and then escaped.
THE Chicago packers, Swift 4 Co.
and Libby, Mcneil & Libby, As the re-
suit of the criticisms made against the
fresh meat furnished during the war.
on the 27th announced that they would
Jointly pay 800, 900 to anybody prov
ing that chemicals were used to pre-
serve any beef packed by them.
SEIsMlc disturbances were very VIC.
lent In the southern part of Greece on
the 27th. Anumber Of houses fell and
in many places the Inhabitants were
panic-stricken. a
INcEND1AR1Es set fire to the school
house in Summer City, Tenn. .,s-.-
The steam canal boat J. c. Austin
ran on the rocks off Norwalk. Conn.,,
and sank, together with her consort,
the David B. Fisk, loaded with coal
Five persons lost their lives. .
THE citizens of Asheville, n. G..
were startled by the fearful jar and
noise of dynamite explosion that oc.
Cured in the blacksmith shop of the
city quarry, demolishiug the shop,
killing one person and dangerously,
perhaps fatally, injuriug two Others.
One of the workmen had been directed
by the foreman to thaw some dynamite
on the smithy forge and the explosion
followed.
REPORTS Of 6s officers, representing
more than q dozen regiments, scores
of companies and thousands of sol.
diers were laid before the special In.
vestigating commission, at Washing.
ton. showing that the beef furnished
the soldiers was bad. Corned beet es.
capes without great censure, but
canned roast beef and the so-called
fresh beef with which the soldiers
were served is denounced without en-.
ception. ..-s,-
THE Commercial hotel at Hillsboro
Tex, was destroyed by fire aud two
men were cremated. 1t was feared
also that another man was under the
ruins ......
The robbery of over $4,000 from
E'arr's bank in London was the sensa
tion q short time ago, but 1t took I
dramatic turn on the 26th when the
chairman of the bank announced at Z
r,eeting Of the shareholders that R40,
600 in the biggest notes had been re-
turned to the bank by post.
A SPECIAL from Mount Olive, I'LL, OF
the 25th said that Peter Novak, . Croat
lis wife and three children wers
burned by coal oil explosion. A boy
six years old, and babe Of foul
u.onths, were roasted to death. Ths
third child and the mother were fatally
burned, while the fathers injuftei
were serious.
THOMAS TEAsLEY, aged SO years
died Of convulsions In Mounds, Ill.
the other evening and during th.
night three grandchildren, two girl1
aged eight and ten years, and . boy
aged 19 years, we're taken dangerously
sick. The next day the father of tha
children was stricken with severl