The Grenada sentinel., 1899-11-04
Vice President Hobert is danger.

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! A hotel at Fort Worth was de-
stroyed by fire, started by lighted
cigarette.
Three thousand immigrants were
landed at the port of New York
October 30th.
President Mckinley has desig-
mated Thursday, November 30th, as
Thanksgiving day.
The Beers claim to have 100, 1000
men in the field, of which 1000 are
said to be Americans.
Canada has submitted PROPOSE
ton to this country to arbitrate the
Alaskan boundary dispute.
The banking house of D. A. Sayre
| & Co., at Louisville, KY, founded
in 1920, made an assignment.
John Goosby, colored, was lynched
near Macon, Ca, for fatally stabbing
his employer, John Robinson.
Ex-Champion Bob Fitzsimmons
knocked out Jeff Thorne of Eng
land in one minute at Chicago.
The Beers requested President
Kruger's permission to use dum-dum
bullets, but he Indignantly refused.
The civil service commission has
decided that the solicitation of cam
paign funds from government en-
ployes by letter is a violation of the
law.
Michael Davitt, Irish national
member Of the British parliament,
resigned his seat, after denouncing
the governments course in the
Transvaal.
According to official figures in the
office of the state bureau Of labor,
the increase in wages of Illinois coal
miners has averaged 500 for each
miner in the last year.
The parties to the Philpot-Griffin
feud in Clay ounty, Kentucky, in
dicted by the grand jury, were not
tried, the judge pleading sickness as
an excuse for not holding court.
1t is said Billy Mason, the senior
member of the United States senate
from Illinois. will resign his seat if
the next republican national plat
form does not oppose the policy of
''expanslon.'
The body Of young girl named
Maggie Goddard was found in an
abandoned coal shaft near Webb
City, Mo. Matilda Hicks, Nancy
Van Fossen and Jack Lancaster were
arrested charged with numbering the
girl.
Cornelius, the eldest son of the
late Cornelius Vanderbilt, was cut
off with 81, 100000 in his fathers
will. Alfred, the second son. who
was left the bulk of the estrate.
gave his brother Sc, 100000 out of
his inheritance.
Ottman Mergenthaler. inventor of
the linotype typesetting machine,
one Of the most wonderful inven-
tions of the century, is dead. He
was born in Wurtemberg, Germany,
4G years ago. He learned the watch
makers trade. and came to this
country in 1870.
The W. c. T. e., in national
convention, adopted resolutions con-
demning the army canteen, protest
ing against the seating Of Congress-
man Roberts, denouncing immoral
shows, lynching, offensive advertise
ments, demanding the ballot for
women, and against trusts.
All the English troops are to be
inoculated with a recently discov-
cred vaccine as protection against
typhoid fever. Should the expert
ment prove success it is probable
that the medical department of the
United States army will adopt the
same measures of protection. The
question has been referred by Gen.
Sternberg to one Of the army officers
for investigation and report.
The rainy season is about over in
the Philippines.
The revenues of the United States
postal service during the fiscal year
ending June 30th, 1899, were $685.
O2l,3S4 expenditures, $107, ,632,
16l. The number Of postoffices in
the United States on June 3Oth was
74.3S4, and 27,627 Of these were