The Grenada sentinel., 1898-10-01
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
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PERSONAL AsD POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AID POLITICAL.
: GEN. MILLER now in command ;
Gan Francisco. will command the reil
forcements ordered to Manila. He hs
made application to have the troop
which accompany him armed with tn
krag-Jorgensen rifle.
| Cor. THEODORE ROOSEVELT has con
municated to the war department hi
views on the conduct of the Santiag
campaign. 1t is said to make highl
interesting reading, comprising as
does all Of Col. Eoosevelt's observs
tions from the time the transports lei
Tampa up to the day of the roug
riders arrival at Montauk. The repor
was written on the suggestion of Sec
retary Alger himself
! AT the recent reunion of the Nine
teenth Michigan regiment at Constan
tine, Mich, Gen. Shafter. who was il
colonel during the civil war, gave +,
brief description of the Santiago cam
paign and said that all the hardship
of the troops uuder his command ant
the deaths could not be avoided undel
the circumstances.
AN imperial edict announced tha
the emperor of China had resigned hi.
power to the dowager empress. who
had ordered the ministers to deliver tc
her in future their official reports.
This practical deposition of the EN-.
peror blasts the hopes of reform in
Chinese affairs cherished by intelli.
gent factions of Chiuamen.
Miss WINNIE DAVIS, the Daughter
of the Confederacy," was buried at
Richmond. Va, on the c3d. An inn
mense number of people followed the
body to the grave.
The president has completed the
commission of nine members to in.
vestigate the conduct of the war de-
partment
GEN. MILES stated that the regi.
ments which were discontented and
demoralized would he soon mustered
outand also that all the volunt teers who
were found to be unfit for the service
would be weeded out
SECRETARY GAGE does not feel at
present that he will be justified in
recommending any reduction in the
revenue. He realizes that the customs
and internal revenue receipts under
the old law will not be sufficient to
meet the needs of the government.
There is, however, a likelihood that
many inequalities and annoyances in
the tax law will be modified or re-
pealed.
ADMIRAL BUNCE, commandant of the
New York naval yard. was retired on
The Goth under the age limit. He had
been in the navy 46 years.
The London Daily Telegraph's Hong
Kong correspondent on the 25th said
hat although there was no positive
all the evidence tended
20 the conviction that the emperor of
China was dead A private dispatch
laid he died on September Fl, directly
lie issued the edict giving the dowager
he regency.
THE first convention of the socialist
abor party of Texas was held at San
on the gath. The national So
'ialist platform was indorsed. 6. II.
Royal, of Lampasas, was indorsed for
governor and Edward Bellinger, of
San Antonio, for lieutenant governor.
The commission to investigate the
onduct of the war department during
he recent conflict with Spain held its
initial meeting at the white house on
he Gath. President Mckinley said
had been directed es-
ecially against the medical, commits
ary and quartermaster generals de-
but it was his wish that |
he entire military organization should |
e investigated il necessary.