The Grenada sentinel., 1908-07-18
NEWS OF The WEEK
THE LATEST NEWS OF THE
WORLD BRIEFLY TOLD.
NORTH, EAST, SOUTH, WEST
Foreign Lands, Throughout the Ma
ton, and Particularly from the
Great Southwest.


ment of the constabulary which
stormed the stronghold of Uyan, the
outlaw at Gotta, Mindiano, according
to advices received at Manila.
The white carnaiion has been de-
clared by Secretary Taft to be his
favorite flower. The secretary has so
written Rev. J. Frederick of Newport,
KY, vice-president of the Evangelical
Protestant Ministry alliance, who
asked him to name his favorite.
The American athletes went out to
win the first two big events run and
the hammer throw, captured both, es-
tablished a new record in each and
sent the Stars and Stripes aloft on
the stadium flagstaff as the first ma
tional cOlors to be fiOated over the
arena.
The Chinese crew of the British
vessel Strathyre 20 of which tried con-
certed suicide in New York, rather
than sail with Capt. Gum, will be
sent back to Shanghai by the vessels
owners.
A mob of 100 or more men fought
for the possession Of Hugh Jones,
negro. who attempted to assault Miss
Ora Yopps. II, of Middleton, Tenn.
After four hours the negro was strung
to a tree.
The state of Iowa will prosecute
the Illinois Central, Burlington and
Great Western railroads and the Du-
buQuue & Dunleith Bridge Co. before
the interstate commerce commission
for alleged discrimination against
Iowa in rates.
Ray Stewart, 1G, of Audrain county,
Mo, will have to serve % years in
the penitentiary for criminal assault,
to which he was sentenced recenely by
the circuit court of that county. He
applied to the supreme court for
reduction of his sentence to four years
in the reform school at BOOnville. The
court denied his application.
Cleveland having municipalized its
street car lines, will try another mu-
nicipal experiment under the guild
ance of Mayor Tom l.. Johnson. Fire
council passed an ordinance making
it illegal for any one except the city
government to buy, sell or discharge
fireworks under penalty of heavy
nne or imprisonment.
An automobile containing five prom
inent young society people of Louis
vile plunged through broken bridge |
over Salt river. Every member of the |
party was injured seriously, although |
it is believed all will recover
w. P. Watson, conductor on Fris- |
GO passenger train, was killed by |
discharged brakeman, who refused TO |
pay fare at Warwick, between Tulsa, |
Okla, and Oklahoma City. Watson |
was stabbed The slayer was over
powered on the train and placed I'M
der arrest Watson resided in Mo-
nett. Mo-
NJ. Stolypin, the premier, has issued
a general order to officials throughout
Russia forbidding the use of torture
for the PURPOSE of extracting informa-
tion and evidence from prisoners and
other suspected persons.
The question of the abolition of the
death penalty in France still remains
in an unsettled state. The matter
came up for discussion before the
chamber of deputies last week, but
the debate was adjourned, which is re-
garded as a victory for the abolition
lists.
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corded in Chicago on the presidential
election was made at the Auditorium
hotel between H. G. Merry of Balti-
more and n. E. Mcbride of the Audi
torium Annex hotel. AS soon as the
nomination of Bryan and Kern was
made known at the hotel, Mr.. Merry
wagered $1,000 against $500 with Mr..
Mcbride that Taft and Sherman would
be elected.
The sheriff's office at Hillsdale,
Mich. stated over the long-distance
telephone that the report that Mrs.
Guinness had been discovered in Hills
dale county is a mistake. The sheriff
who is away, was suspicious about a
woman in the county and telephoned
to the sheriff at LapOrte, Ind, asking
him to send an officer up to investi-
gate. The Laporte sheriff declined,
saying that he considered it useless.
The prize SO eagerly sought by pub
fishers throughout the United States,
a contract with Theodore Roosevelt
for chronicle of his proposed big
game hunt in South Africa, has gone
to the firm of Charles Scribner's Sons.
Eleven thousand volts OF electricity,
more than five times the voltage or
dinarily used on condemned criminals
at Sing Sing, failed to kill James
Hayes, % years old, Westinghouse
employe in the New Haven railroad
Yards at Stamford, Conn.
The Petoskey Fiber Paper Co. of
Petoskey, Mich, indicted with % 9TH
or wrapping paper companies by the
federal grand jury for violating the
of tho Sherman |