The Grenada sentinel., 1903-04-04

A dozen men were required to
pull tooth of a young elephant at
st. Louis.
A negro was hanged at Birming-
ham, Ala, under a new law impos-
ing the death penalty for highway
robbery. -:
It is stated that movement is on
foot for the consolidation of all
the important telegraph and tele-
phone companies in the country.
In an investigation of the police
department at Kansas City, Mo-, Of
ficers have been accused of stealing
money from drunken prisoners.
In defending her daughter from
an attack by the latter's enraged
husband, Mrs. Kate Stacktale, of
Cincinnati, was shot and instantly
killed.
Fourteen natives were killed and
forty wounded and government
buildings were destroyed in one
days rioting at Port Of Spain, on
the Island of Trinidad.
The International and Great
Northern railroad has granted an
increase of II per cent in the wages
of passenger trainmcn and Is per
cent for freight trainmen and con-
ductors.
Judge Kohlsaat, of the United
States court at Chicago, issued an
injunction against ten coal compa-
nies and ten individual operators,
restraining them from continuing
their alleged combination for the
regulation Of coal prices and output
The National Steel Company has
been incorporated in New jersey
with capitalization Of $63, 900, 900
In this company are merged the
Carnegie Company, the American
Steel Hook Company, and the
American Steel Company, with 4
combined capital of 1852 1000, 900
The bodies of A. NJ. Betty, q
: prominent business man of Clncln'
natl, and his wife and child were
found at their home and an oper
gas Jet showed the cause of the trag
edy. Betty left a note saying thai
his wife had killed the child ane
it is supposed that he and his wife
committed suicide.
Six well-known residents of Good
water, Ala, were arrested by Unitet
States deputy marshals on charg'
Of Kidnapping Madison Davis,
negro, and selling him to Elijal
Turner, to be worked in limcwork
at Calcis, Ala. 1t was alleged b.
y Davis that there were twenty-seve1
other negroes confined in stock
ade at Calcis and compelled t.
: work in the lime works. The &C
cused deny the charge.
J. c. Fremont, a negro lecturer
disclosed to Congressman Tawne
at Winona, Minn., an alleged pla
of a band of desperadoes to kidna
- and hold for ransom Secretary Q
= the Treasury Leslie NJ. Shaw, Sec
- retary of War Root and Attorne
General Knox at some point in Nor
tana Or Colorado during the west
ern trip to be taken by the pres
dent and his cabinet. Frcmor
y alleged that the first plan of tn
) plotters was to assassinate Pres
: dent Roosevelt.
e The English government has IL
+ troduced a bill into the house {
e commmons, which it is expected
= will furnish solution to the Iris
= land question and abolish the lant
- lord system in Ireland. The bill
\ which was introduced by the Iris
h secretary, Mr.. Wyndham, provide
for advances of money by the go
. ernment for the purchase of Ian
y by the tenants in Ireland. I'll
+ cash for this purpose is to be raise
o. by the floating of stock to IL
g amount of $500, 100000, if nece
k sary. These advances will be
IS the nature of loans and will be lin
le tied to $4,000 in the congested di
as tricts and $4,000 elsewhere, to eat
it tenant. In addition to this Il
s. government proposes to make fr
r, grant of 100000, 900 for the pu
e. pose of carving ont the provision