The Grenada sentinel., 1903-10-10

| Ex-President Cleveland denies
press reports that he is to visit the
southern states this fall. ss~~..
Yellow fever is spreading at La.
redo, Texas, and several deaths have
occurred. p" - z
George K: Thomas, county clerk
of st. Clair county, Illinois, is said
to be short $500 in his accounts
Warrants have been issued fol-
twenty-seyen men who participated
in the lynching of a negro at
Lynchburg, Tenn, charging mur-
der.
The gunboat Nashville has been
sent to st. Andrews Islands, off the
coast of Nicaragua, to protect
American citizens who have been
mistrcated by natives.
Harry Dever9ux, the young may
or of Springfield, ILL.,, has been in
dicted on the charge of permitting
gambling houses to run wide open,
and collecting money for the privi
legc.
While making an inspection of A
deep sewer, r. l.. johnson, supcrin-
tendent Of public works at Colum-
bus, Ga, together with two work
men, were killed by a great mass of
dirt caving in on them.
Five persons were killed in a COL
lision between a Chicago street car
and a Wisconsin Central passenger
train. The street car was returning
to the city from the race track and
was crowded with passengers.
The town of St. Charles, Minn.;
was almost completely wiped out by
tornado on the Sd. Besides a
large number of injured, six per-
sons were instantly killed. On the
same date a tornado swept the
town of Independence, Wis, and
surrounding country. Many houses
were demolished and five persons
killed.
The pope is gradually bringing
all his family to Rome. His broth.
er Angelo is to retire from the post
mastcrship of Mantua, and will be
appointed accountant Of the vati.
can, a position which requires, a
trustworthy employe. Other Vcne-
tian ecclesiastical friends of his ho-
illness have been appointed to lucra-
tive posts at the vatican, much to
to the disgust of the local clergy.
At conference between Prcsi-
dent Roosevelt and several leaders
among labor unions, the president
stated that his action in refusing
to permit the discharge of Foreman
Miller from the government print
ing office BECAUSE he had been cx-
PEELED from the unions was final.
The president takes the position
that under: the laws of the land the
government in no department can
discriminate against an cmployc on
the ground that he does or does not
belong to labor union or any other
order.
Willis, Frederick and Burton Van
Wormer, brothers, were put to
death in the electric chair at Danne-
more, n. y, for the murder of
their uncle. The three men went
to the home of their uncle, Peter
Hallenbeck, four miles from Hud-
son, N. y, on Christmas eve, 1901,
for the purpose of robbing him.
The old man resisted and was lit
orally shot to pieces. The murder
ers were tracked through the snow
and arrested few miles from the
scene of the crime. This is the Sec
ond time in the criminal history of
New York state that three brothers
have been put to death together for
a murder in which they were jointly
concerned.
While running at high rate Of
speed, fast mail train on the
Southern railroad jumped from
75-foot trestle north of Danville,
Va. Of the crew of sixteen men,
nine were killed, as follows: En-
gineer j. A. Brodie and Fireman
Clarence White, Conductor Tom,
Blair and Mail Clerks }. L. Thomp-
son, W. T. Chambers, D. T. Flory.
P. N. Ardanwright, fagman and
q brakeman whose names are not
known.