The Grenada sentinel., 1903-10-03

exceeding $4,000, 900.
Four persons perished in 4 fire
which destroyed the Brunswick ho-
tel at Rochester, n. H.
A Berlin paper prints charge
that the United States has designs
| of annexing Hayti and San Domin-
go. |--. :.~ -
Lord Miner, the British high
commissioner in South Africa, has
declined the cabinet position of CO.
lonial secretary.
Curtis Jett, convicted of murder
ing James Cockrill at Jackson,
KY, has been sentenced to be hang
ed December IL.
Hon. E. H. Roberts, treasurer Of
the United States, reports the larg-
est holdings of gold in the history
of the country-$653, 100000.
! Minister Leishman has recon-
mended that the American warships
be not withdrawn from Beirut at
present, as conditions are such as to
require their presence.
! A bill has passed both branches
of the Alabama legislature prohib-
iting labor unions from issuing
boycotts against firms or corpora
tions. The bill is a strong one and
members of labor unions are strong
in denouncing its supporters.
That a person should lie ill and
actually die for the want of food in
one. of our thickly populated cities
, seems beyond comprehension but
according to a doctors certificate
Albert Hammock, who died at
Montgomery few days ago, was a
victim of starvation. The father
and mother were factory employees
and both were found to be too i'll
to wait on the sick boy, and thee
was nothing in their home to eat.
An unsuccessful attempt was
f made by an ex-convict to kidnap a
: child of the governor of Nebraska.
q The plot was Matched out Of re-
i venge for the governors failure to
q commute the death sentence of a
g noted murderer. The children
were playing in front of the gov.
ernor's mansion when the ex-con'
- - vict grabbed the 8-year-old girl Of
= the governors and started on &
- run. The screams Of the children
attracted ncighbors, and when they
- took up the chase the man drop
~ ped the child and escaped.
4 Passengers on Kansas City ex
l. press had a miraculous escape from
n death at point about two mile
- north of Independence, Kas. Will
}: the apparent intention Of holdin!
v up the train, robbers twisted ou
IF two rails at the end of high tres
tie. The train was going dow
D. grade, and the engineer was unabl
70 to stop before the cars plunge'
N across the trestle on the ties. A
IN one place the trucks of the coache
st were within four inches of the edg
al of the bridge, which is thirty fee
# above. the bed of the river.
as When Oberlin NJ. Carter, formc
in captain in the United States army
it leaves the federal prison at For
at Leavenworth on November 20, h
er will begin contest for the prop
he erty taken by the court at the tim
re of his conviction for embezzlemen
IS, in connection with the Havana hal
f. Dor improvement frauds. Since hi
,g Imprisonment, Carter has been dc
If voting himself to the study of la,
)5 and has acquired knowledge of le
ev gal subjects, which will be used i
to his battle for the property he say
ed was taken from him without wal
Sc rant of law.
I'd Officials of the street car comps
e. ny at Lynn, Mass, have discovere
as that employees defrauded the syste,
c.. of thousands Of dollars by usin
g. fraudulent transfer tickets. Sever
al arrests have been made.
"a. The state of Texas has secured
of writ of temporary injunction again'
Il. the United States to prevent inte1
" ference with quarantine building
f. on Galveston island. The land i
,le question is claimed by both tt
state and federal governments.
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