The Grenada sentinel., 1899-08-19

| Indiana, did thousands Of dollars
damage to crops.
VIM. Grider, o pioneer farmer
of near Emporia, Kas., was kicked
to death bya young horse.
One white man and five negroes
were wounded in q riot at 3 cotton
| mill near Greenville, s. G.
Secretary of War Root says re-
cruiting will be continued until
Aguinaldo's army is captured or sur
renders.
Frank Hopper is in jail at Okla
homa City. charged with the muir
der of A. J. Eick, whose headless
body was found floating in the river
August 4th.
NJ. Paul Deroulede, member of
the French chamber of deputies and
founder of the League of Patriots,
was arrested, together with about
fifteen others, on the charge Of plot
ting to enthrone the Due d'Orleans
and melting a revolutions against
the French republic.
The report of the G. A. R. COM
mittee appointed to investigate the
charges made by pension attorneys
against Pension Commissioner Clay
Evans, has completed its work. The
committees report contains the fol-
lowing paragraph: 'The founda-
tion of much of the criticism that
has arisen against the administration
of the bureau will be found in the
refusal of the commissioner to allow
the claim agents to run the bureau.
He has striven to afford claimants
who are not represented by attorneys
every facility for the prosecution Of
their claims" This committee was
appointed at the request of Commits
sioner Evans.
The monthly report of the statis-
tician of the department Of agricul-
ture shows the average condition of
cotton on August l to have been 81,
as compared with SIS on July l.;
9l.2 on August l, 1898; Sc. 0 at the
corresponding date in 1897, und S5.s,
the mean August averages for the
last 10 years. There was a decline
during July amounting to 5 points
in North Carolina, 10 points in South
Carolina, 6 in Georgia, Alabama and
Texas, 4 in Tennessee and 2 in Mis-
souri,. There was an improvement
of l point in Louisiana, 2 in Vir-
ginia, Oklahoma and Indian Terri
tory, 3 i'll Florida and Mississippi,
and 4 in Arkansas. The averages of
the different states on August lst
were as follows: Virginia, IS; North
Carolina, SO; South Carolina, 7S;
Georgia, ~; Florida, So; Alabama,
81; Mississippi, So; Louisiana, SC;
Texas, 81; Arkansas, S6; Tennessee,
"a: Missouri, Sc; Oklahoma, 50; In
dian Territory. 50.
Commissioner Evans annual re-
port shows that on June 3Oth the
total number of pensioners on the
rolls were 99l, ,5l9, decrease of
2.195 over the numbers for 1898.
During the year 37.o37 new pen
sions were granted; 1886 were
dropped from the roll on account Of
death, and S,S4l were stricken from
the list because of remarriage,
minors attaining their majority,
failure to claim pension, and other
causes, making total dropped from
the rolls during the year Of 43, ,ls6.
Under the general law there were
.412 claims filed and 3.G24 allowed.
! There were G,ls4 original widows
claims filed and 4.22G allowed. The
war with Spain brought a total OF
IL, 9S6 claims, of which number but
295 have been allowed. Under the
act Of June n, 1890, original in
valid pensions to the number OF
$3.50 were filed and 20, ,G4l allowed.
There were 13.S45 original widows
claims under this act filed and H..
1856 granted. Out of 34,330 eppli.
cations for increases under the gen.
eral law, 22.46 were granted, and
out of 34,770 applications for in.
crease under the act Of 1890, 49,.
so3 were granted. A recapitulation
shows that out of q total of Ill, 1882
claims filed S9,054 certificates were
issued. The total pensions paid fol
the year amounted to $l3S.253,.
, 922.9l, leaving a balance in the
treasury out Of $40, 600, 900 appro.
| nriated Of Al. .857. 1RR. 10.