The Grenada sentinel., 1909-06-04
Ne VS. Of THE WEEK
LATEST NEWS OF THE WORLD
TERSELY TOLD.
NORTH, EAST, SOUTH AND WEST
Notes From Foreign Lands, Through
out the Nation, and Particularly
The Great Southwest.

It was reported that a contract foi
105 locomotives had been placed with
the Baldwin Locomotive works by the
Hartman lines.
1t was announced at Fort Leaven
worth that the war department is con
sidering the concentration of the field
artillery at Sparta, Wis, during the
coming summer fer experimental hr'
Ing.
Philippe H. Roy, former speaker OF
the Legislature of Quebec and presi-
dent of the Bank of ST. John, was
found: guilty of falsifying returns on
the banks condition. Two days ago,
Roy attempted suicide by shooting.
CliTeland William Newman, hold-up
men, were sentenced at Greenwood,
B. c. to twenty years in the peniten-
tiary for having held up and robbed
the Great Northern railway agent at
Bridwell, B. c., last December. The
men committed the crime in company
with Ben Hart, wko turned kings evil
dence and who wss allowed his frfee-
dom.
The latest name under consideration
as a possible successor to Mr.. Rock
hill the American minister to China
is that of Prof Jeremiah w. jerks,
of Cornell university.
Senator Beveridge Of Indiana has
introduced an amendment to the taritf
bill, prohibiting any dealer or mali
ufacturer OF tobacco from giving away
coupons or devices emitting the pur-
chaser to a gift or prize.
Boatswain Alexander Hamilton OF
the United States cruiser Pennsylva-
MIA, who was injured while the ship
was dropping anchor at Seattle, suf-
fered amputation of both legs and
may not recover. Capt. A. Wilmer
has ordered an investigation OF the
accident.
It was with difficulty that scores OF
men and girls escaped from fire which
attacked the lard house of SchwarZs-
child & Sulzberger at the Chicago
stock yards. The blaze started on the
ninth. or top floor, of the the building,
and spread to the eighth, where 1t
was checked.
A. H. Lotze, head of the firm OF A
Lotze Sons & Co.. Cincinnati, we'll
known manufacturers of stoves, COM
mitted suicide by placing a revolver
to his mouth and firing a bullet into
his brain. He was sixty years old'
Cause was dependency over Ill healtn.
Mrs. Beecher Bingham, of Spring
field, Mass, was sentenced TO TWO
years in the penitentiary in common
Meas court at Cleveland, O., after
pleading guilty to the charge OF man
slaughter. She shot and killed her
common law husband, Lemuel Blng'
ham. a few weeks ago.
The Dutch ship Nederland, which |
sailed from Melbourne, Australia, 1or
Falmouth on March %, has arrived at |
Coouimbo in distress. Captain Spa
rud four seamen and a boy were |
washed overheard off Cape Horn.
The senate committee on finance
met Monday and acted on a number
of minor amendments to the tarlH
bill. The lumber tariff is to be re-
written. but it will not be disposed of
finally in the senate for several days.
Edward E. Coyle, for the past ten
years a newspaper correspondent at
died Friday night at the
home of relatives in Baltimore. Md.
w. K. Vanderbilt's Oversight won
The prix la Rochette OF $6,O0O at
eleven furlongs at the Longchamps
course. Mr.. Vanderbilts Nagofol fin
shed second in the prix du Prince de
GALES at mile and half.
Harry K. Thaw and his mother
Mary Copely Thaw, both issued state
ments attacking the affidavit made
and statement issued in New York by
Clifford w. Hartridge, formerly or
for Thaw in which the lawyer
said that he had spent approximately
s4O 600 hush money" to conciliate
persons who would otherwise have In
ured his client.
DIR. Paul Ritter, newly appointed
minister of Switzerland to the United
States, and Amos P. Wilder, United
States consul general at Shang Hal,
arrived from the Orient on the Nip
pom Maru.
Mrs. Hattie Pope was found guilty
# the murder of her mother, ,AaMary
King. at Montevalla, ae@on Marcn
! last. and was sentenced tossefve SO
,sears in the penHsentiary; Mrs. Pope
,tJlsae down when the verdict was an
lounced.
= Capt. Alex NJ. Wetherill OF the Nine
eenth infantry was Wednesday or
,ered to duty at the Alaska-fukon-
pacific exposition at Seattle, Wash,
md will report to the president OF
he exposition by May 10.
The senate program for this week
rc,udes nothing but the tariff and
here is no prospect for any of that
nice which is said to be the result OF
: ) riety The sessions will continue to
,egin early and there is now possi
,;,;+v that they will not only continue