The Grenada sentinel., 1903-10-17

trust has made levy on the stock
holders. It is claimed that Sahwab,
the steel magnate, holds 10000.
shares Of the stock which cost him
nothing and upon which he will be
compelled to put up $10,00o,o0o. 4
The state department has not re-
ceived official notice Of the report
that Russia has refused to evacuate
Manchuria, according to treaty, un-
til her demands on China, of a ma
ture not made public, are complied
with. The populace of Japan are
very indignant over what they assert
is Russia's double dealing.
A general courtmartial has been
ordered to probe charges against
numbers of the Colorado national
guard, arising during the Cripple
Greek campaign, when the guard
was called out on account of the
miners strike. It is charged that
pay rolls were padded, and that cer-
tain officers secured rake-off for sup
plies.
The report of the St. Louis
Southwestern Railroad Cotton
Betty for the fiscal year ended
June 80, shows gross earnings of
$7,27s,574; operating expenses,
$5,256,163; net earnings, $2,o2S;-
AL; total income, $2,205,o13;
charges against income, $1,510,178,
leaving surplus of 1884, 1884. Last
years surplus was $728,189.
President Castro of Venezuela
seems in a fair way to get himself
and his followers in serious trouble
with the powers. He has ordered
his agents to collect $1,O0O,000 from
foreign merchants at Ciudad Boil
var in import duties once paid to
the de facto government. A cargo
belonging to a German merchant,
who refused to pay back duties, was
seized and sold at auction.
J. j. Ryan, the St. Louis turf
commissioner, testified before the
federal grand jury at Cincinnati
that he paid money to Joseph Jones,
United States attorney at Rock
vile, Ind, and Daniel V. Miller,
second assistant to Attorney General
Tyler, of the postoffice department.,
in order that his business might not
be interfered with by the federal
authorities. Upon Ryan's evidence
indictments have been found against
Johns and Miller, charging coospir-
acy to commit an offense against
the government.
Mr.. Carroll D. Wright, labor
commissioner, has just completed
and sent to the public printer the
manuscript, in two volumes, which
discuss at length and in detail the
conditions surrounding the labor
ing people of the United States.
From its pages some striking ex-
amples of conditions in this coun-
try and some comparisons with
| what they are in foreign lands will
be drawn. Most important will be
a specific showing that the laboring
man fares better at this time than
at any time in the history of the
United States. The report also
shows a big increase in the cost of
necessaries of life, especially food
stuffs.
John J. Murphy, a politician, and
G. E. Allen, plumber, of Memphis,
argued over a game of cards, and
by mutual agreement decided to
finish their. argument in fist
duel, with regular seconds and
Queensberry rules. Just before
reaching the appointed place Muir
ply: staggered and rceled to one
side. Allen caught him, but death
came before medical assistance could
be summoned. Heart disease, the
doctors state, caused death.
Mrs. Drew Bishop of Galatia, ILL.,,
recently gave birth to quadruplets,
two boys and two girls.
A distinct earthquake shock was
felt at several points in Missouri
on the 5th inst. =. .5..
During trial at Greenport, L. I.
the submarine boat Shark, while
making run beneath the water,
accidentally rammed the torpedo
boat Dahlgreen, tearing hole in
the vessel four feet long. The
Shark was not injured