The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-18
NEWS OF THE WORLD.

short 1000 men.
Officers killed three REGULATORS
IN Letchcr county, Kentucky.
jeff Falknor aged SO, Il pionee.
.stter Of Fort Worth, died from al
overdose of morphine.
It is reported the scheme to form
slO,0OO,OO0 cattle syndicate ii
Texas has fallen through.
The British army in the Trans.
,oal was reinforced last week by the
landing of 2LOO0 troops.
Gov Gen. Brooke issued procla-
nation calling for the observance of
Thanksgiving Day throughout Cuba.
Gen Greeley says the Marconi sys-
am of wireless telegraphy is no i'm
pavement over the army signal SER
rcc.
The widow of the late Cornelius
Vanderbilt contributed $4,000 to
he New York City police pension
hnd.
A high republican authority saws
Hanna will shortly resign from the
cbaimanship of the national com
mittee.
The next congress will be petit
toned to pass legislation to prevent
/ he slaughter of birds for decorative
purposes.
Emile lola, the French novelist.
avs his books are not of a class that
1oung girls and boys should be per-
| mttcd to read.
Gen. Wolseley says the Beers are
very ignorant. However, they have
demonstrated the fact that they
know how to shoot.
Dee Herring and William Grout,
|cOored, were shot to death in a race |
not at Henry Ellen, a small town
near Birmingham, Ala.
A lO-year-old girl died in school
rom at Kansas City, following
shipping. Her death was due to Il
gasm, caused from fright,
Reese Martin, of Portersvillc, Cal,
vs shot and killed by his 1O-year-
od son The young man claims he
shot in defense of his mother.
The l5-year-old wife of John
Glsins, Of Joplin, Mo-, committed
suicide because her husband refused
omission to visit her parents.
R. VI. Robinson, a merchant at
Dmlp, Tenn, was fatally shetland
Dbbed of $500 by highwaymen
VhiIe returning to his home from
Cincinnati.
Burglars blew open the safe of
be only bank in New London, Mo.
MT were frightened away before they
eured any booty, making their
sape on hand-car. /
During the war with Spain 2S2 .
owns and hamlets in Cuba were de-
royed. The present population of ;
uOa is estimated at 7,OS2, less
: 1914, sos than it was in 1887.
A London dispatch states that !,
EQUATIONS have resulted in an
gFeement between Great Britain,
nina and the United States to main =
IN the open door policy in China. :
Y. ". Keiser, Ezra Mullen and "
NJ Legerwood, inmates of the p
Esoun reform school at Boone s.
lie, were killed by the cellar at the c.
oye institution caving in on them. a
IN order to protect farmers, the i
nIted States department of agri- =
l'ure will add a seed testing house
which termination tests are to be st
ne' 1t is thought this will check Z
great deal Of sharp practice in the u u
d trade. nj
MIS- l.. j. Lay, divorced wife of W
H. Nrchman, shot and severely
ahded both Wirchman and his III
ae shortly after their marriage in of
lcago' Wirchman secured a di- m
&c from Mrs. Lay the day before tb
tragedy.
-s'erhazy, the reputed author of Il,
oordereaux, which caused the Of
'lctlon Of Dreyfus on the charge isl
treason, has been sentenced to ba
'e years Imprisonment on the ta'
e rye of swindling his nephew out Al
1900 francs. de
ne banks of New York City re-
greater demand for money to
! !, 'hey are able to meet. Rates zu
mat city are higher than the arI
AS IN the south and west are ask on
ne United Daughters of the Con- ch
tacy lndorse the movement to ity
Deauyoir, the Davis home, and res
" INTO home for ex-Confed- inl
soldiers and sailors. The plan SAT
issue certificates of 81 each and orr
uem throughout the south. ba,