The Grenada sentinel., 1903-01-10
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
St. Louis master plumbers, at a
meeting, on the 4th, agreed to pay
the increased scale of wages de-
manded by the union, and the men
returned to work on the 5th.
Charles j. Bell, professor of chem
istry in the University of Wisconsin,
died at Somerville, Mass, on the 4th,
where he had been spending the holi-
days with his brother.
DR.. julius Kohl died ut his home III
Belleville. ILL.,, on the 4th, aged g.
years. He was one of the oldest prac.
titioners in ST. Clair county.
w. J. Bryan and family were the
guests of Gov. Villada, at Toluca,
Mexico, on the 4th, where banquet
was given in their honor.
Fire in a lodging house in Denver,
COL, on the 4th. resulted in the death
of one man and the injury of several
others, one fatally.
Fire at Newton, ILL.,, on the 4th, de-
stroyed six business houses and
wrecked a seventh, entailing loss Of
$4,000.
len. ex-governor of Porto Rico. died
at Lowell, Mass, on the 4th, aged "a
years.
DR.. J. !. Arendale was shot and
killed during a quarrel at Waller,
Tex. on the 4th.
There is a financial panic at the
Venezuelan capital the Bank Of Ven
ezuela having closed it's doors. Bills
issued by the bank are selling at so
per cent. of their face value.
BY midnight of the 4th the Read
ing Railroad Co. had transported to
market. during 4S hours, $500 cars of
anthra cite coal. Locomotives of all
classes were pressed into service and
all available freight crews were
called upon to lend Il hand.
Quail are being shipped from
Franklin county, ILL.,. to st. Louis in
cottins to evade the game laws, ac-
cording to the confession of Noah
Moore. who was arrested for VIOLA
tion of the game law. Moore says l..
200 quail are packed in a coffin ana
shipped as a corpse.
The torpedo-boat destroyer Mac
Donough. built by the Fore River
Ship & Engine Co.. of Quincy, Mass.
was successfully sDeeded over a
measured mile off Wood End, Prov
incetown. on the 4th. She exceeded
her contract requirement of % knots.
, making one leg at 4 rate of 1856, and
an average of 2S.2.
More marriage licenses were taken
out in Beaver county, Pa. during the
l. al l>c
fore during a like period, the county
| clerk having advertised the bargain
price of 40 cents on licenses, with
trading stamps thrown in.
The federal court will again be held
at New Albany, Ind. after a hiatus of
ten years. Judge Anderson having sue
ceeded Judge Baker on the bench. The
latter cut New Albany out because Of
the conduct Of the jury in an impor-
tant criminal case, declaring he would
never hold court there again; and he
didn't.
The crown prince of SaXony has in
timated his willingness to forgive
Princess Louise if she will return TO
her family-probably cunning sub
/ terfuge to get the princess in his
|
| house or convent.
Jerseyville, ILL.,, will become the
Worlds fair rendezvous for the Jer-
sey COWS selected for the contest of
| the dairy breeds at the St. Louis
Worlds fair in 1904, Aaron O. Auten
| having rendered the use of his fine
! farm for the purpose, which has been
accepted.
Suit for damages has been brought
against the Washington, Alexandria &
Mount Vernon Railroad Co. which will
test the validity of the Jim Grow law
of Virginia, which, it. is declared, is
an interference with interstate com
merce.
! The greatest paper mill strike the
country has ever known is threatened
in the Fox River valley, in Wisconsin,
the center of the industry in the
west, on account of the refusal of the
mill owners to shut down their mills
from Saturday night till Monday
morning.
I Gov. Taft of the Philippines, in the
annual report of the Philippine com,
/ mission, says that ladropism is the
greatest peril now confronting the
government of the islands, and it may
require return to military suprema~
cy in some localities to stamp it out.
Senator Clarke went on special
train from New York to Butte, Mont,
to be present at the funeral of his
daughter-in-law, on the 5th. The
million dollar baby is doing well,