The Grenada sentinel., 1903-01-03

"A fresh outbreak OF cholera In Ma
Mia is reported.
Fire damaged the Arbuckle COOP
erage plant in Brooklyn to the ex-
tent of 100000.
An amcteur came near knocking
out Champion Jeffries in a four
round bout at Butte, Mont.
Bubonic plague has made its ap-
pearance in number of towns on
the Pacific coast in Mexico.
Ovore 1000 people lost their
lives in the recent earthquake dis
aster at Andijan, in Russia.
Gov. Longino, of Mississippi, has
issued proclamation offering $50
reward for the arrest of every per-
son who engages in whitecapping.
Retail tobacco and cigar dealers
of New York city have organized
and declare they will purchase no
more trust made goods at present
prices.
Marconi, of wireless telegraph
fame, and his associates have sue
ceeded in sending and receiving
messages by his system across the
Atlantic.
The capitalization of the street
railways in Pennsylvania is more
than double the reported average
cost of road and equipment of the
steam railways in the United States.
Ex-Chief Isparacher, of the Creek
Nation, is dead, at the age of 80
years. He had been prominent in
Creek affairs for three score wears
and has been connected with every
treaty of Importance between the
United States government and In
dians during that time. Recently he
was chosen to represent the tribe in
Washington ON matters of import
ance connected with the Creek ma
tiOn
Senator Penrosc, of Pennsylva-
MIA, has forwarded to President
Roosevelt new evidence in the
charges brought several months
ago against Ambassador CLAYTON.
The new evidence is in the form of
atfidavits that Ambassador CLAYTON
is the owner of certain specified
shares in the Carmen Mining Com
pany, a Philadelphia corporation,
doing a mining business in Mexico.
The charges were received at the
executive offices, but as in the case
OF all similar matters they were
transmitted at once to the state de-
partmcnt. Whether the additional
evidence submitted by Senator Pen
rose will result in the rcopening of
the case, which attracted considera-
bic attention in and out of congress
last winter, is not known.
A careful preliminary estimate
made by individual canvass of the
railroads, and supplemented by the
Railroad Gazettes own records, fig
ures furnished by the state railroad
and other sources of
information, shows that approxi-
mately 6.O26 miles of new steam
railroad have been built within the
United States between January and
December 81, 1902. The figures are
exclusive Of second track, sidings
and all electric lines. Rebuilt mile
age is also excluded. Railroad
building was reported done in forty
two states and territories, and Okla
homa leads the list with track laid
on $40 miles of new line during the
year. Texas comes second, with
1876 miles; Arkansas is third, with
81 miles, and Indian Territory is
fourth, with 1868 miles. Georgia
built 33G miles during the year.
It turns out that the mob at Pitts
burg, kan., who lynched a negro re-
Gently, got the wrong party. The
man the mob was after escaped.
Employees of the Wells-Fargo Ex-
press Company have been granted a
voluntary increase in salary, rang
ng from 8 to 10 per cent.
While giving fire alarm with
'ix-shooter, John Secrist shot and |
fatally wounded Tell Schleup, aged
Is, at Houston, Tex, the bullet 60
ng through the stomach.
At Olivedale, Pa. Mrs. Edward
Bur1Ock shot and killed John RYAN /