The Grenada sentinel., 1907-02-23
CONDENSED NEWS BRIEFS

Memphis rumor that E. H. Hartman
has secured contfof df the Cotton Belt
is not credited at st. Louis headquar-
ters. i4}9tif.t ..sesf- k2Aal
Conference arranged fefsstedaE, be-
tween Gould lines management and
the blacksmiths committee, looking to
d settlement of the strike.
st. Louis stockholders OF the lnde-
pendent Telephone Co. agree to sell at
a loss Of 1900. 900 ~ 9 q
Miss Helen Dixon, charged with EN-.
bezzIfng $1,000 at Bloomington, IT..
says she simply spent the money.
Brother got little.
Missouri state entomologist predicts
locust pest this spring. =
Zinc mill at Alba, Mo-, is swallowed
by earth when mine caves in.
Two-cent fare bin is amended by
Missouri senate so as to allow short
lines to charge 4c mile.
The body of. Mrs. Bertha Bauduy,
who committed suicide in New York,
will be brought to st. Louis by her fa-
ther, Dr. C. H. Sawyer. WomanS last
wish was that her body. be cremated.
Gov. Folk of Missouri contemplates
sending special message to legislature
on prohibition issue. Excise commits
sioner holds that, state supervision OF
saloons is only solution to problem.
United states District Judge G: A.
Finkelnburg, st: Louis, to resign from
bench to enter private practice.
The Beck &sCorbitt Iron Co. absorbs
properties of Paddock.Hawley Iron Co.,
ST. Louis, transaction involving more
than $1,000, 900.
German emperor convenes the reich
stag with ancient pOmp. No socialists
are present.
Cuban liberals insist that Roosevelt
promised them full local autonomy and
urge friends of the republic to smite
enemies of independence"
Wall street. receives. shock at an
nouncement of a probable receivership
for the Equitable Assurance Co.
Smallpox strikes down member OF
the Missouri legislature. Capitol
rooms are fumigated and SolOns hasten
to be vaccinated, talking of adjourn
ment.
No change is reported in the Gould
| line shop strike The +blackSmithS
have not returned to work and their
places have not been filled.
Georgia turpentine trust fined $780,
| 900 on plea of guilty to violation Of
| Sherman act.
Bond of Helen Dixon, ex-church
| treasurer of Bloomington, Ill, is S3,-
| 600. -
Frank Hoffman, who helped Aggie
Meyers kill her husband, eats heads
of matches and then tries to stab HIM
self in the side in Kansas City.
President Roosevelt declares he is
opposed to the revision of the tariff
during his term of office.
Five negro railroad employees are
killed while thawing dynamite in Ken
lucky.
Harry L. Carter, of ST. Louis, ar
rested IN Chicago in connection with
Myrtle Smiths death.
Lawsons favorite Trinity stock has
another slump in Boston, Anaconda
Copper stocks make spectacular / :,
market turning heavy at opening
Avery grain bill, depriving members
of merchant exchanges of large cities
of power to weigh grain, sent to en-.
grossment in house at Jefferson City.
Speaker Cannon announces that the
Oklahoma constitutional convention
will get no further financial assistance
from congress. -.....-....
Interstate commerce commission de.
clines to issue general order for re.
funding Overcharges on the ground
that it would lead to payment of re-
bates. ..5.
Meramec grants may be allowed
Clamorgan heirs by house committee
on private claims.
Burglars wreck bank at Ellisville,
H., and get $4,000. erse
Eleven hundred mechanics on Mis-
souri, Pacific and Iron Mountain roads
quit work, refusing management's con-
concessions. ~ "'
Theodore p Shonts asks square
deal for railroads, asserting that pres
ent attitude will net crop Of receiver.
ships.
Lawson floods Wall street with bull,
ish kilograms and Anaconda Copper
shares rise in spectacular fashion.