The Grenada sentinel., 1899-08-05
NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Inc army worm mas appeaieu Ill
Southern Kansas.
Guzman Blanco, former president
of Venezuela, is dead.
Mr.. Root, the new secretary OF
war, took charge August 1st.
The Oklahoma wheat yield this
year will not be less than 80, 900, 900
bushels.
The cruiser New Orleans and the
gunboat Nashville have been ordered
to proceed to San Domingo.
Striking street car men at Cleve-
land, Ohio, threaten to boycott all
merchants who ride on the cars.
Two thousand coal miners have
left Virginia within the past two
weeks to work in western mines.
John Hamilton, colored, suspected
of setting fire to a church, was
lynched by mob near Houston.
Chicago bricklayers struck be-
cause they were asked to lay brick
manufactured by non-union men.
The food sufferers of Texas have
issued card Of thanks to the people
who so literally contributed to their
relief.
1t has been determined to allow
no more women and children to en-
bark from the United States fol
Manila.
Gov. Roosevelt announces that he
will use all the power at his CON-
mand to enforce the lO-hour law OF
New York state.
The farmers of Illinois will test tho
constitutionality of the law making
it compulsory to kill cattle infected
with tuberculosis.
During storm in Posey county,
Ind, William Pitcher, aged 40. ane
James Barnett, aged 80, were III
stantly killed by lightning.
Jack Buchanan, said to be mem
Der of q notorious gang OF thieve;
who operate in Oklahoma Territory
was captured at Kansas City.
Mary Newton, q l0-year-old girl
was found hanging to the limb OF
tree near her home in Fannil
county, Texas. Investigation PROVED
that the girl had been outraged.
A grand reunion of ex-Federal
and ex-Confederates will be helt
at Clinton, No., September 2sth
Veterans from every state are in
yited.
Eliza Sanford, one of the sixtee1
daughters of the revolutionary sol
dicrs on the pension list, died a
Mont Clair, n. j., July 3lst, age'
s4 years.
Yellow fever has broken out a
the National Soldiers Home, nea
Hampton, Va. Forty cases hav
been reported and several death
have occurred.
Five dynamite bombs were foan
by New York city landlady in tn
trunk of one of her former boarders
The owner of the trunk was a Ru:
sian. who committed suicide tw
weeks ago.
Mrs. Annie B. Farnham,
wealthy widow, and her o-year-ol
son were burned to death in a hot
fire at Dallas. Texas. The skulls {
both Mrs. Farnham and her so
were split open, and it is believe
they were murdered and the built
ing fred to cover up the crime.
The war department has mac
public its complete statement
customs transactions with the sever
Porto Rican ports for the SIX montl
of 1899. The receipts Of all sourc
for the six months named by Il
custom authorities are STAG, "a
San Juan furnishing s34l, ,022 al
Ponce s252,500.
The Sultan of Sulu has issued Il
following proclamation to his pc
ple: IL have met the American
They have come among us as friend
not to interfere with our religio
rights or government. All tho
who love their country or Sultan,
warn to be friendly to and not m
lest them. The Americans are Iii
q box of matches-you strike one
two and they all blaze up
Joseph Bryan, Cornelius Gardne
John Mayors and Charles James,
colored, were hanged at Baltimor
Md, the first named for murd