The Grenada sentinel., 1899-08-05

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Negotiations for . reciprocal treaty
between the United States and
France have been completed.
During the month Of June there
were 465 new cases and 1856 deaths
from yellow fever at Vera Cruez.
The army in the Philippines is to
be divided into four military depart
ments. as has been done in Cuba.
Four Mormon elders mysteriously
disappeared from Jasper county,
Georgia, and it is believed they were
lynched.
Because his wife was about to
elope, jesse Adams, of Louisa. KY,
shot and killed her and then fatally
shot himself.
Andrew Carnegie offers to donate
$50, 900 for a public library building
at San Diego, Cal., if a site is pur-
chased b. citizens.
At a meeting of bankruptcy ref
erees held last week in Chicago, reso-
lutions were adopted againsta repeal
of the bankrupt law.
The Russian government has de-
cidcd to abandon Siberia as a penal
colony, and will inaugurate court
sentences for criminals instead.
1t is claimed by those high in au-
thority the Philippine insurgents
have been receiving ammunition and
supplies from Japan and Germany.
When the autumn campaign opens
in the Philippines it is said the army
will be furnished d device for de-
tecting flashes from smokeless pow
der.
An unknown young man who said
he was in quest of work, applied to
the mayor of Garrett, Ind, for lodg-
ing. He was give bed in the
city Jail. Securing tin cupduring
the night, he tore it to pieces and
used the sharp edges to cut his
throat, dying shortly after the act
was discovered.
1t is claimed at the war depart
ment that the American steamer
Pasig. commanded by 4. F. Suffer-
lee, formerly OF Philadelphia, landed
a cargo of supplies and ammunition
to the Philippine insurgents. The
vessel was captured at Batanjas, and
is now at Manila. Suttcrlee is sup
posed to be on his way to Africa.
Asa precautionary measure against
the transmission of yellow fever tc
this country, Secretary Gage has de-
tailed Acting Assistant Surgeon S.
II. lIodgson, Of the marine hospital
,, service. to duty in the office of the
United States consul at Vera Cruez
Mex, for the purpose OF inspecting
vessels desiring to clear for tho
United States.
Ivy Crabtree, a lG-year-old girl a
Carmi, III, put rough on rats in thu
food she prepared for her father
4 brother and step-mother. All re
covered except her brother, who dice
= in great agony. The girl was ar
= rested and confessed. 1t is sait
0 she was inclined to be wayward, ant
became angered at her family be
a cause they kept close watch OIL her
u The thirty-fourth annual repor
Il of Chief Wilkie, of the secret servic
u division, shows that during the tisca
Il Il year ended June 80, 1899, there wer
u arrested for making or passing coun
/ terfeit money and kindred crimes
go persons. OF these, 2iS wer
le convicted and 293 are waiting actio
If of the courts. The acquittals wer
Il less then "a per cent. Of Z
Is cases undetermined at the clos
,s Of the previous year, 81 wer
le convicted. New York state led til
;: years record with SO cases; Penn
ID sylvania, u; Missouri, 80; Indians
Illinois, 35, and SO on down to one fo
,e South Dakota, Idaho and Mississippi
o. Neither Vermont, New Hampshi,
$. nor Rhode Island had case. The,
s, were 433 native-born American
n, among the prisoners, SO hailed frol
Sc italy, % from Germany, II fro1
I Ireland and 8 from Greece. III
o. counterfeit money captured and s.
xe cured consisted of $55, ,6s9 in not
Or and s20,77s in coins, a total Of 81
4G7.
+, Mrs. Chas. r. Houser, of Ami
IL ton, Ala, gave birth to twin girl
e, who were grown together, face
er face, from neck to navel. The COZ