The Grenada sentinel., 1904-01-09
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

brlef session. on the motion of Mr.. Payne
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
Royal Cooper Villas died in Chicago
on the goth, OF pneumonia. after s
brief illness. The body was taken tc
Cleveland, O., for interment
| J. w. Barnes, former chief of the
IRE department, and Frank Daniels
colored, were killed, on the 1st, at Mt
Sterling KY, in a fire which destroyed
the Beaumont hotel, the Methodist
church and several stores; loss, $780,.
600.
! Police Commissioner McAdoo, OF
New York city, after taking Office, on
| the 1st, issued a statement in which
he said he would do everything in his
| power to prevent blackmailing, ex-
! torting, grating or bribe-taking by
the police of New York city, but it
would be useless, he said, to expect
a policeman to be honest If he has to
pay for his appointment, promotion or
assignment. Therefore, he declared.
the preferment would rest on merit
only, judged by the best service stand
! ards.
Angry because he had been reprf-
manded by his sister-in-law and or
dered from her home, in Chicago, on
the Sd, John Pollak, a Bohemian, shot
the woman twice, killing her instantly.
After committing the murder, Pollak
shot himself through the mouth. He
died in a few minutes.
Prosecuting Attorney r. p. Stone Of
Cole county, Mo-, who was indicted by
the grand jury on a charge of ac-
cepting $500 bribe, went to trial in
the circuit court at Jefferson City, on
the 4th, before Special Judge Longan
of Sedalia, Mo.
The New York City Daily News,
which, about year ago. abandoned
the afternoon newspaper field and be-
came a morning publication, has dis
continued its publication as morn
Ing newspaper, and will appear as an
afternoon paper. = &
Announcements was made, on the I'd,
of the appointment by Gov Yates OF
Illinois of DR.. w: Harrison Hipp, of
Chicago, to be a member of the state
board of health. to succeed himself; his
term having expired.
AS a result of the alarm aroused by
the Chicago theater fire, orders were is
cation, to drill the entire school popu-
lat:on of Kansas City, Mo-, in fire ex-
orcises.
Horace G. Burt. president of ire
Union Pacific railroad, on the I'd, hand
ed his resignation to the directors. 1t
was understood that it would be acted
upon at the next meeting of the board.
The First Baptist church, one of
the finest in indianapolis, Ind, was
burned to the ground, on the Sd. The
loss was $4,000. 1t caught fire from
an overheated furnace
Gen. Stephen Moffitt, one of the most
prominent men of northern New York,
lied. on the Sd, near Plattsburg, N. ".
Zen. Moft1tt, was born in Clintonviile,
\. Y, in 1897
Gov. Bailey of Kansas, on the I'd, |
appointed w. D. Atkinson, of Parsons,
xas., a judge of the Kansas state su-
)reme court, to succeed Justice Pol |
ock.
Santos Dumont, the Brazilian aero
laut, sailed. on the I'd, for New York !
rom Havre, France, on the French line !
steamship La Savoie.
Secretary of State Hays doctor. on |
he Sd. reported that he was progress
ng satisfactorily toward complete re-
Overy.
The Princess Mathilde, only daugh-
er of Prince Jerome Bonaparte, died
It Paris, ON the I'd.
Frederick o. Arnold, Newton A. An
lrews and Charles o. Peters, aged re-
pectively 18, % and - years, pleaded
'uilty, on the 4th, to the murder of
drs. Amanda Youngblood. in Denver.
;ol. Arnold and Andrews admitted
hat they fired the shots which killed
drs. Youngblood and wounded her
on Robert.
w. S. Jackson was, on the 4th, elect
d president Of the Chicago board Of
rade. Mr.. Jackson had been prom
nent member of the board for many
ears.
Thomas Evans. miner, and his
,ife and young daughter, were arrest
d at Telluride, Col, on the 4th, and
laced in the bull pen by the military
uthorities for jeering at the soldiers |
nd non-union miners.
The barges New Jersey and Liberty.
'hich left Newport News, Va, In tow
the tug Navigator, were lost, on the
tn, in the storm, Both barges we're
opposed to have gone down with III
q board.