The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-10-14

An Athens, Tex, jury awarded
the widow Of mob victim $40, 600
damages.
The total exports from Havana
for the past eight months were SlS,-
05s, 510.
Dewey has given it ont emphati-
cally that he will not be candidate
for president
South African war news has caused
a rise in the price of all food pro-
duets, especially grains.
The German government has paid
into the Spanish treasury s., 600, 900,
the price of the Caroline Islands.
Gov Stanley and staff met the
Twentieth Kansas regiment at San
Francisco and escorted them home.
The mayor of Jefferson City, Mo-,
ordered the Midway feature OF the
street fair in that city closed on ac-
count Of the performances being in
decent.
The total coinage Of the United
States miuts during September was
| 50. 556, rg4, as follows: Gold, So
SG0,94t silver, 81, 44l,26S, minor
COINS. S2G4,579.
Six deaths have have occurred at
jackson, Miss, from yellow fever.
There is no fear of a further spread
Of the disease, and the cool weather
will soon wipe it out.
Capt, Albert S. Barker has been
assigned to command the Nor
folk navy yard, relieving Ad-
miral Farquhar, who takes command
Of the North Atlantic station.
Dispatches state England has
secured Germany's good will in
Africa by meeting the views of the
German government regarding the
settlement of the Samoan difficulty.
Sixteen miners were indicted by
the grand Jury at Marion, Ind, for
shooting into coach loaded with
colored miners and their families.
All the men indicted are negroes ex-
cept four
At Burns Okla, the lO-year-oId
son of Jas. Hastings met a terrible
death. The child was playingabout
cotton gin and in attempting to
catch some Of the seed as it came
from the saws his clothing caught |
and he was drawn in upon the saws,
his body being cut into hundreds Of f.
pieces in a moment.
President Mckinley has directed |
that all proceedings taken or pend
ing for the sale of public lands in
the Hawaiian Islands be discon-
tinued. This action was taken be-
cause the army and navy have been |
INSTRUCTED in the acquisition Of lands
in Hawaii actually needed for harbor
and other purposes.
The monthly statement of the |
public debt shows that at the close |
Of business on September 80, 1899, |.
the public debt, less cash in the
treasury, amounted to $1,14S, 9O5,-
18O, a decrease for the month of |
IS, 4OO,115. This decrease is ac-
counted for by corresponding in
crease in the cash on hand.
The flag of Terry's Texas Rangers
was returned to the commander of
Terry Rangers Association, James
Miller, by Major J. J. Weller, who
captured the flag, at Dallas last week. |
Gov. Savers, Gov. Mount and staff /.
and a G. A. r. delegation from In
diana and prominent ex-Confeder-
ates took part in the exercises cele-
brating the event.
President Mckinley has approved /
the sentence imposed by courtmar-
tial on Capt. 0. NJ. Carter, corps of |
engineers, U. S. N. The verdict of !
the court is that Carter be dismissed |
from the service and be confined at
hard labor for five years; also that
be pay fine of SIS, 900. Carter was
convicted of defrauding the govern
ment out OF nearly 100000.
In speech at adjournment of the
raads QegisIature), President Kru-
ger is reported as saying: every
thing points to war because a spirit
of falsehood has overtaken other
countries and because the people of
the Transvaal wish to govern them
selves. Although thousands may
come to attack US, we have nothing
to fear, for the Lord is the final
arbiter and he will decide"
The Cologne Gazette, said to be
the official organ Of the German gov
eminent, publishes a letter from
German merchant at johannesburg,
which declares stable business is i'm
possible under a Boer government.
The monthly statement of the
comptroller of the currency shows
that the total circulation of national
bank notes on September 30, 1899,
was $243, 29O,126, an increase for