The Grenada sentinel., 1899-08-12

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The Dreyfus rehearing was begul
at Rennes, France, on the 7th inst
Six cases of yellow fever were re
ported at the little town Of Phoebus
near Hampton, Va.
The s-year-oll daughter Of DR.
Stillwell, of Paris, Tex, bled tt
death from hemorrhsge Of the gums
resulting from extracting . tooth.
Four women brigands have beer
captured in province of Benevento
Italy. They are charged with hav
ing committed q number of mur'
ders.
The uprising of Indians in North
ern Mexico has been general. and
Americans Us well as Mexicans are
being slain by rowing bands of Red
men.
Gen. Fred Funston, 'the fighting
Kansan," in a letter to q personal
friend, denies the report that he
would ask to be mustered out with
his old regiment.
An unknown young man who said
he was in quest Of work, applied to
the mayor Of Garrett, Ind, for lodg.
ing. He was given a bed i'll the
city Jail. Securing tin cup during
the night, he tore it to pieces and
used the sharp edges to cut his
throat, dying shortly after the act
was discovered.
The monthly statement Of the
government receipts and expendi-
lures show that the total receipts
during July were 4s,oe4, ,25s, as
against $33, ,s47, 1os for July, 1898.
The expenditures during last month
were $50, SCI, 900, as against $71,-
1853, ATS for July, 1898.
1t is claimed at the war depart
ment that the American steamer
Pasig. commanded by I. F. Suffer-
lee, formerly of Philadelphia, landed
a cargo of supplies and ammunition
to the Philippine insurgents. The
vessel was captured at Batanjas, and
is now at Manila. Sutterlee is sup.
posed to be on his way to Africa.
The exports Of lumber and pro-
ducts Of wood from southern ports
during the fiscal year ending June
30th aggregate 1882, 457,36s feet,
against total of l,Os5, 792, ,007 feet
in 1898 and l,133, ,233,546 feet in
1897. In addition to the lumber
additional items were H.
$4,000 shingles, IS, 490,77S slaves,
and manufactures of lumber to the
value of 81. .58S,541.
The three children of Andrew
Perkey, farmer living near War
saw. Ind, died from hydrophobia
without having been bitten by a
mad-dog. A dog belonging to the
family became mad, and it was shut
up in the summer kitchen, where it
bit and scratched the walls and floor
until it was killed. Several DAYS
later Perkey's oldest daughter was
attacked with toothacke, and, pull
ing splinter from the wall of the
kitchen, used it as toothpick. She
was soon stricken with hydrophobia.
and scratched her little brother and
sister.
The report Of the geological sur
vey on the production of iron ore for
the year 1898 has been completed.
The year recorded the maximum
iron ore production for the United
States. a total Of 16,278,369 tons.
This was l,76o,323 long tons, or 10
per cent. in excess Of the pro-
duction of 1897. The total output
in long tons of all varieties by states
was: Michigan, 7,346, ,s46; Mime
sofa, 1868, 500; Alabama, 2,4O1,-
74S; Pennsylvania, 773,Os2; Ten
nessee, 593.227; Virginia, 557,7l3;
Wisconsin, 500, 9,645; Colorado, 3lS,-
4s0; New Jersey, 275,43s; New
York, 179,95l; Georgia and North
Carolina, l60, ,0s3; Montana, Nevada.
New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming,
IS, ,se9; Missouri, $4,000; Ohio,
43, 3,sGS; Kentucky, 1898; Con-
necticut and Massachusetts, 2O,25l;
Texas, 9,705; Maryland, 5,94l.
VIM. Oliver, of Junction City,
Kan, committed suicide by taking
morphine ten days after his mar
riage. He left u note stating that
as he could not quit drinking he
concluded to kill himself.