The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-04-07
OTHERWISE UNNOTICED,

Va LEN WloE UNNOI'ICED.
Gov, McAdams Of Coloradobos sioro,
the Dill abolishing capital punishment
Una Melton, an American co,.ro-
Spondent' is dying in Cabannas fortress
Havana, W. -'' ''eSS'
a British steamer arrived at Della.
ware orealowater Sunday with ten
cases OF smallpox on board.
Ihe Wichita country will be onened
"oout May l. Discoveries of precious
metals will lead to a great rush.
seven thousand school children will
take part in the exercises of the com.
ing international turnfest at st. Louis.
A bill has been introduced in tho
house providing for site for the es-
taolishment of a dry dock near Sabine
Pass
bloomington lawyers are making A
strong effort to secure the removal of
the Illinois supreme court from Ottawa
to that city.
Ihe Orange Judd Farmers winter
wheat report shows the crop to be the
lightest Of record, with the single ex-
ception of 1885.
The crew of Spanish gunboat are
said to have mutinied, killed the com
mander and turned the launch over to
Cuban insurgents.
The comptroller of the currency has
granted authority for the organization
OF the Ozark national bank of SPRING
field, Mo-; capital, 100000.
Joseph Smith, of Ohio, has been Sc
lected by Secretary Sherman as di.
rector of the American Republics bu-
reau, in place of Clinton Furbish..
Edhem Pasha, the Turkish comman-
der on the Greek frontier, will have un-
der his command 100000 men, which
Will constitute his army of operations.
The senate passed the bill introduced
by Senator Berry, ratifying the terms
of the settlement of the claims of the
government against the state of Arkan-
sas.
George w. Brown, colored, has with
drawn from the race as a candidate for
mayor of Harrisburg, Ill. He was
threatened with mob violence by the
white citizens.
E. L. HaymaSer, of Canton, O., has
purchased Of Guy C. Grouse, of Dayton,
pair of chestnut sorrels for the use of
President Mckinley. They will be
driven tandem.
Frank Denton, prisoner at Macon,
Mo-, who had arranged to break Jail,
spoiled his plans by writing a letter,
with which he intended to throw the
sheriff off his guard.
Miss Mollie La Tour the champion
female cyclist of the L. A, W., has
been indefinitely suspended for failure
to show up in race at st. Louis in
which she had entered
The four young desperadoes captured
in running fight and taken to Ben
tonville, Ark, Saturday, were indicted d
and sentenced, Monday, to ten years
each in the penitentiary.
The jury in the case of Mccoy, ON
trial at Bloomington, ILL.,, for the muir
der of John Bullock, of West Virginia,
failed to agree after six days delibera-
ton, and were discharged.
The New York Herald correspondent |
in Montevideo, Uruguary, reports that
the United States cruiser Yantic ran
aground Monday at Port Nueva, Pal
mira, at the mouth of the Uruguay
river.
1t is said that Emperor William has
offered to the sultan the services of
Gen. Won Goltz and other German Of
Hcers in case the Turkish government |
desires to avail itself of them in the diff
iculty with Greece.
The best judges of popular feeling in
Athens agree that the determination of
he Greek people to accept no solution
If the Cretan difficulty but the anneXa-
ion of Crete is increasing steadily. The
,ry is for no surrender.
Judge William r. Day, of Canton, o.,
las been selected by the president as
peeial commissioner to Cuba to partici-
,ate as the representative of the presi-
lent in the investigation into the death
# DR.. Ruiz at Guanabacca.
The Spanish soldiers in Cuba are on
he verge of mutiny, apd say that
hey will not wait any longer for their
,ack pay. The officers, too, are tired
ut, and make no attempt to check the
pirit of revolt in the ranks.
A mine accident occurred at Oronogo,
10, resulting in the death of Lewis
iunning and fatal injury to Ben Brew
r. They were working at the Circle
mines, and were in the act of thawing
nut giant powde4, when an explosion
ccurred.
A dispatch from Havana says that
len. Ruis Rivera and Col. Bacallo, his
hief of staff, captured in recent en-
agement, after being dangerously .
rounded, will be tried by drumhead
which means that they
riH be shot. I
The inquest on the remains of DIR, {
gorge D. Purinton, who committed
uicide at the Lindell hotel. st. Louis,
esulted in verdict of death from
russic acid, taken with suicidal in ,
mt while suffering from temporary
rental alteration"
--- &