The Grenada sentinel., 1899-05-13

Grant is to wed Russian prince.
The Jetfries and Fitzsimmons prize
fight will take place at San Fran
cisco.
After an armistice of three days,
| fighting was resumed in the Phil
ippines.
Mrs. W. c. Whitney, wife of the
former secretary Of the navy. died
on the 9Th inst.
The St. Joseph (Mo.) Lead Co.
advanced wages of its 500 employees
10 per cent, effective May lst.
About one-half the immigrants
landed at the port of New York
the past two months were Italians.
The United States is sexpending over
100000 Il month on public roads
in Porto Rico, giving employment
to about $4,000 natives.
Newton Richardson was convicted
in Federal court at Ardmore, l. r..
of numbering his young nephew, and
sentenced to life imprisonment.
Rear Admiral E. Stewart. pay
master general of the navy. has
been retired. He was appointed
to the navy from New York in 1861.
Missouri's governors signed the beer
inspection bill passed by the legis-
lature. 1t is expected to produce
100000 revenue for the state an
nually.
The government has decided to
establish a military post at Chilkat
inlet, Alaska. near the Canadian
line, to afford protection to American
miners.
The monument erected by the
state Of Georgia to commemorate the
deeds of Georgians who fought at
Chickamauga was dedicated on the
9th inst.
1t has been discovered that neutral
PHILIPPINES have been going over
former battle lines and collecting
discharged shells, which are sold to
the insurgents for fancy price.
Martin Christian. in jail at Taloga.
Okla, charged with the murderof his
father, made a confession. in which
he said that he hired man named
Hodges to do the killing for 20 head
Of cattle.
The monthly statement of the
comptroller Of the currency shows
the total national bank note circula-
tion on April 20. 1899. to have been
242,7l4.333. an increase for the
year of SIS, 5,l01. .4SS, and a decrease
for the month Of S337,9s4. .
At Guthrie, Okla, during storm
at night the cries of thousands of
birds could be heard in the air, and
the following morning hundreds of
the feathered tribe were found on
the streets dead. many of them en-
tirely strange to that country.
The Missouri court of appeals
recently rendered a decision to the
effect that corporation organized
and operated in that state by trust
is an illegal combination, like the
trust itself, and debts due in Mis-
souri, to such corporations are de-
clared to be non-collectible.
At the next national convention
of cigar manufacturers an effort will
be made to formulate a plan which
will enable the government to pro-
tect itself and reputable tobacco
dealers from such frauds as prac-
ticed by Jacobs, the Pennsylvania
dealer. who is said to have used over
5000, 600 worth Of bogus stamps.
The aggregate strength of United
States troops during the war with
Spain was approximately 275,O00,
covering the period from May, 1898.
to April, 1899, inclusive. During
this time deaths from all causes were
G,lo0, or 2 1-2 per cent. The mean
strength Of the Union army for the
first year Of the civil war was 276,371.
with an aggregate loss by deaths of
1850, or 6.Srper cent.
A dispute about bill led to a
bloody battle at Okolona, Miss, in
which four men were killed. DR..
Murphy presented a bill to G. D.
Clarke, and after heated words the
latter drew knife and severed the
physicians jugular vein. Howard
Murphy, the doctors son, rushed to
the scene and shot Clarke to death.
Walter, Clarke's brother, then came
up and he and young Murphy en-
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