The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-08-09
NEWS OF THE WORLD.

900.
The coal mine operators of Penn
sylvania have not been able to Sc
cure a sufficient number Of non
union men to start up any OF the
large mines, and as a result the
price of anthracite coal has climbed
to $40 a ton. President Mitchell,
of the miners union, says the men
are in good condition, and with the
system adopted of raising funds they
can hold out indefinitely.
Gen. Dalgedo, who commanded
the Cuban sharpshooters operating
against Weyler's black Spanish
guerrillas in Havana province dur
ing the last revolution, now an Of
icer of Cuban guardia rural, or
mounted genarmes force, and act
ing as chief of police of the town of
Punta Prava. where Maceo was am
pushed and killed, is under arrest
charged With having assassinated a
prisoner.
The absolute control Of the meat
and packing industry of the coun-
try by the Big Three" or what is
termed the beef trust, and which Is
now being Investigated by the gov
eminent. is best shown by an official
census bulletin just issued at Wash
ington. 1t states that a capital of
S19.1 .264 is invested in the bust
ness, and also shows that the value
of the yearly production reaches the
amazing figures of S1S5,562,433.
According to statements obtained
from reliable sources, it is the In
tention of the vatican that the frlarS
of the Augustinian, Dominican
Franciscan and Recollecto order;
now in Manila, who number about
$50 men. should leave there in small
) numbers at different times, so tina
) when the moment comes to RESUME
negotiations between Gov. Taft anC
!, the apostolic delegation, all the fri
E ars will have left the archipelago L
such a way that the friar question
will have resolved itself without tn
4 necessity of further discussion.
e Several severe earthquake shock
were felt at Los Alamos, Cal, Jul
d 81. and the damage done was yer
S heavy. Not a brick structure in tt
town escaped serious damage, an
> most Of them were RACED to Il
IS ground. The shocks seemed
l. have a spiral motion. Goods we
y hurled from the shelves Of stores an
=, piled in the middle Of rooms. Eve
~ such heavy articles as desks we
O. thrown about. Not a chimney is lie
standing in the town, and all brit
h walls are badly damaged, but fran
le structures generally escaped scrio
b. injury. In the drug stores not
ed single bottle escaped, and the saloo
oo we're flooded with liquor from brok
to bottles. The whole town was arol
nd ed and people fled from their hon
to the streets in panic.
ed For the first time in the histc
vn Of future dealing, several memb'
of the board of trade Of Chicago W
A had been caught short in the
he corner, resorted to the courts
ew protection. The parties were gra
itv ed a temporary injunction, restra
ing the holders of contracts fr
forcing up the price of oats, and
sued the following in eXplanat
rel Of their course: For a year or
ng- there has been a regular epidemic
led. manipulation and attempted {
and ners in the market of the Chic
va board Of trade. which inflicted
re- Jury to the grain interests of
city and the country tributary
Chicago. These attempts to SOU
an5 the trade have now become so
is a IRENE and INSCRIPTIONS that it
s a become high time for some ont
ose- make a fight and find out where
'I1n trade stands and whether it il
act, be for all time possible for gro
ner- of mililonaires to turn upside d
the grain business of the cou
- and infict heavy losses on
,esi- trade" The final outcome of
S a litigation will be watched with
rays terest.
his g,
that Experiments are being mad
and determine if paper cannot be I
ose- Of chaff Of sugar cane, thous
MS &c +cne of ubich ora annually