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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-29
RETIRED UNDER PROTEST.
Eugene Philbfn Relieves Col. Gar
diner ms District Attorney Of
New York City.

New York, Dec. 26.-Eugene Philbin,
who last week was appointed district
attorney of New York county, has
assumed the duties of the Office.
Mr.. Gardiner surrendered his Office
under protest. He said to his sue
cessor:
81 would like it to be clearly un-
derstood that / do not voluntarily
surrender this Office, and that | pro-
test against the action of the gov
as being without authority in
law. / am anxious, whilst protesting
against this act and rescrving all my
legal rights, that the public business
shall not DE injured nor retarded, and
to that end | will be pleased to CO.
operate with you in any way that
you may think best in the public in
t~erest."
Mr.. Philbin replied:
81 thank you cordially for your
kind words and your offer. II is hard
ly necessary, because / feel that you
are ready to give me every assistance
in your power, and l shall not hesitate
10 call on you. | thank you"
Then Col. Gardiner began the work
| Of formal introduction of Mr.. Phil
bin to all Of his former staff.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-29
ROCKY MOUNTAIN SHELTER.
An Ore Reduction Plant of 600 Tons
Daily Capacity, started mt
Florence, Col.

Pueblo, Col, Dec. 26.-The new
Rocky Mountain smelter at Flor
ence, 40 miles up the Arkansas river,
has been fred up and operations be-
gun. With this addition the Arkansas
valley of Colorado is the greatest cen
ter of metalliferous reduction works
duction plants extending from Lead
vile to Pueblo. The new smelter cost
S75o,oo0. Most of the capital came
from the east. The works start with
a capacity of GOO tons of ore a day,
but this is to be doubled during the
mostly from Cripple Creek, Leadville
and Silver Cliff.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-29
REVIEWED THE EGYPTIANS.
The Egyptian Troops of the soudan
Reviewed by Lord CrOmer
at khartoun.

Khartoum, Egyptian Soudan, Dec.
26.-Lord Cromer, the British diplo-
matte agent, reviewed the Egyptian
troops of the Soudan under the sirdar,
Maj.-Gen. Sir Francis K Wingate. He
assured a deputation from the Dinka
tribe, which formerly suffered severe
ly from slave raids, that the British
and Egyptian flags guaranteed them
against a recurrence of such raids
and insured respect for their ancient
customs. The chiefs departed ex-
pressing gratitude.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-29
THE sULTAN's wARsHIP.
Details of n Deal are Not Obtaina-
BILE at Washington.

Washington, edo. 26.-Details are
not obtainable here of the placing of
an order by the sultan, with the
Cramps, for a warship, but it is un-
derstood that the statement to that
effect from Constantinople is correct.
From the character and size of the
ship ordered it is believed that the
contract will involve the payment by
the Turkish government to the
Cramps of about So, 100000, which
should afford an ample margin for the
settlement of any proper claims
against the Turkish government.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-29

Washington, Dec. 26.-A coblson.-
received at the state department from
United States Minister Conger. datas
at Pekin on the Gath inst. states ths.
the first formal meeting between ths
diplomatic representatives and pr;nas
Ching took place on the cath. Chin
presented the credentials of bimsa,,
and Lii Hung Chang, who was unabla
to attend, owing to illness, TO ths
diplomatic representatives, who
handed to him the international nota
The officials of the state department,
are unwilling to venture a guess as 10
the length of time that will be con.
sumed by the Chinese government
of the note.
The last article of the note noti-
fled tho Chinese government that tbs
occupation of Chi Lii and Pekin NAV
continue until the Chinese govern.
ment has complied with the terms
of the note.
Not Bound by This Condition.
II may be stated. however, that the
United States is not bound or affected
by this condition. Our
from a military point of view, has
terminated, and there is no disposi.
ton to renew it. As for the Other
powers, it IS expected that the main
obstacle they will encounter in with
drawing under this condition will b,
found in the difficulty in obtaining
satisfactory guarantees upon the Chi
nese promise to pay indemnities.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-29
THE CONDITIONS At P[k|N
Inhabitants Pursuing Their Ordi-
nary Avocations in the
American Quarter.
THE MARKETS, TOO, ARE IN FULL BLAST
Tn. American and Japanese Quar-
tiers are Said to be the best M"
aged in III Ctty-Amcric""'
showing Ability In landing "
Subject People.

London. Dec. 26.-In the course OF
a review published in the Morning
Post of the conditions existing at Pc
kin, II. ]. Whigham, the ~wellknown
newspaper correspondent, says there
are now a quarter million inhabitants
pursuing their ordinary avocations IN
the American quarter. The markets
are in full blast. He adds that the
American and japanese quarters are
in all respects, the best managed,
Showing ability OF the part OF the
Americans to handle a subject people
which they have not developed else
where to proper advantage
II American Police Force. q.
Continuing, Mr.. Whigham says:
This enormous portion of the city
is policed by exactly one company OF
| infantry and a few mounted men un-
| der a provost marshal. If only these
hard-headed soldiers of the provost
marshal type had been given a free
hand in the Philippines, the task OF
subjugating the unfortunate island
crs would have been much more sim
pie. If the Japanese have come out
of the muddle with flying %colors, they
at least have the American close be-
hind.
1t Was worth the Cost.
1t was worth sending an expedition
to China if only to get a few hints
on transport from the Americans
Their scheme of municipal govern
ment could not be bettered by the
British, who have learned the business
by experience in every quarter of the
globe. For the point of contrast il
is only necessary to walk down thu
avenue of the Chinese city dividing
the United States and Germany.
The Sharp Contrast.
The American side of the street ii
simply Pekin in the ordinary CARL
of peace, minus its v~ariegated smells
The opposite side is almost deserted
The Germans have to com
to the American side foi
meat and vegetables, and i
is whispered that the country PEG
pie are sometimes robbed as the.
bring in the produce, except wher'
the gates are held by British, Ameri
can or japanese. That is why tn
markets in the quarter controlled b,
these nations r the best"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-29
SUCcUMBED TO APOPLEXY.
Death of Rev. Ffdiles ID. vOight,
Formerly Chaplain of the New
Jersey State Prison.

Trenton, n. j, Dec. 26.-Rev. Fidilis
ID. Weight, formerly Catholic chaplain
of the New Jersey state prison, died
at St. Francis hospital of apoplexy,
aged As. Father Fidilis was a member
of the order of Minor C~onventuals,
and besides being st'tioned at Tren-
ton, had served as rector at the Lady
of Angels church in Albany, and st,
Joseph's in Utica. His parents live in
Jeffersonville, Ind, and have been
notified of his death.
Father Fidiles had been at ST. Fran.
els hospital for some months.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-29
UNDER british PROTECTION.
Irritation Caused by Encroachment
of German Troops.

London, Dec. 26.--A dispatch to the
Pail Mall Gazette from Pekin dated
Monday, December "a, says:
Much irritation has been caused by
the activity of the German troops in
the districts under British protection.
So acute has been the feeling, the dis
patch adds, hat there has been a
question of the British seeding from
the allied command.
The foreign office informed o repre-
sentative of the press that. there is no
truth in the Pail Mall Gazette's Pc
kin dispatch which says there. has
been a question of the British seced-
ing from the allied command owing
TO the activity of the Germans in the
districts under British protection.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-29
A MERE MATTER OF MARBLES.
Receives Appointed for the Ameri-
can Marbles Co. at steuben-
VIE, Ohio.

Steubenviue, o., Dec. 26.-J. A. Nay
Ter has been appointed receiver of
the American Marbles Co., which has
been running about two months. 1t
is the only factory of the kind in the
United States, the product being glass
marbles. It is alleged that the firm
is insolvent. There is also said to be q
mix-up in regard to the issuance of
the capital stock, which was presum-
ably based on the value of the patent
used by the concern.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-29
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

IN
over, Ont. the largest furniture fac
tory in the Dominion of Canada, was
destroyed by fire on the Goth. The
fire spread to adjoining buildings,
causing a total loss of between $780,
600 anG 100000
Recorder Golf, of New York, on the
21st, sentenced Henry Zeimer, one of
the heads of a fraudulent divorce bu-
reau, to ten years in the states pris-
on, and James Holden, alias Frank
Wilson, a professional correspondent,
to three years in states prison.
Senator Hanna, chairman of the Re
publican National committee, IN the
21st, announced the appointment of
Gen. Francis Vinton Greene, of New
York, to be chief marshal of the in
augural parade, March 4 next.
The London Daily Mail has advices
that virtually all the districts of Cape
Colony in the vicinity of the Orange
and that there is likely to be sharp
fighting on a rather large scale be-
fore the Boer invasion is crushed.
An Il-year-old son of Valentine
- u.s;a;,r naor uaoLer m Nc
came suddenly i'll while in school on
tho o,.t and a few hours later showed
every svmntom of b~vdropbobia. He
,yos hit,en nine months AGO. nv a
dog.
Former Gov. Roger Wolcott, of
Massachusetts,. died in Boston. on the
DIST. AGED 50 wears. He was a de-
scendant of the Roger Wolcott who
was second in command in the expe-
dition of Sir William Pepperell.
against Cape Breton. in 1745.
Mrs William p. FRYE. wife of the
president oro tenn. of the senate. died
| suddenly at the Hamilton hotel, Wash
ington. on the 21st. Mrs. Frye, a rev
DAYS before her death, suffered an
acute attack of indigestion which cul-
minated in angina pectoris.
Smallpox is epidemic in the eastern
half of the United States. In Greater
/ New York there are not less than
1000 cases, while between the Missis-
sippi river and the Atlantic coast
] IntTt are AT itdtI SO.UOO CUStS.
II has lust come to light that Jessie
Il. Beckwith. daughter of Robert T.
Iincolp of Chicago. Is no longer The
wife of Warren Beckwitb. the former
baseball PLAYER of Mount Pleasant, "a.
The sensational courtship, clopement
and marriage ended in divorce by Tea.
son of non-support.
Brig.-Gen. George W. Davis. who
commanded the department of Porto
Rico up to the time of it's discontin-
uance a few weeks ago. has been AS
signed to duty as inspector general
of the division of the Philippines. ON
the staff of Gen. Macarthur.
At Tbornda,e ON the 10Th, Can
French routed . zoo poers ,ytth 60
rms and a nomnor Thorrd.Io 10 ,s
miles northeast ~ Krugersdorn mo
British had "A wounded and the poers
fed in disorder with about CT
killed.
A carriage containing two bows and
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-29

Quincy, ILL.,, Dec. 26.-Christmas
morning j. ID. Scarlet, a well-known
former, who had Just met his daugh-
ter, Minnie, at Colmar, a station on
the burlington, attempted TO drive
over the track with his farm wagon,
when it was struck by a stock train
and demolished. Scarrett and his
daughter we're both killed.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-29
UNNOTICED

The in several Kentucky
counties have been kept busy win
numerous Christmas tragedies.
Over a half a million pounds OF
candy sold in the retail stores OF st.
Louis in the week before Christmas.
Pana. ILL.,, was visited with a de-
structive fire Christmas morning. The
loss will be al least $4,000.
Leland, Tex, is reported to have
been destroyed by a fire which origi-
mated from firecrackers.
William Hillman, of st. Louis, was
found dead in bed in his room at the
Barber hotel at Texarkana, Ark.
A band of Yaqui Indians ambushed
Mexican troops, killing five officers
and about thirty soldiers.
Two Chicago university professors
claim to have discovered the elixir of
life, the secret of prolonged human
existence. The basis is common salt.
Burglars broke into the Kespohl-
Mohrenstecher c%ompany's store at
| Quincy, ILL.,, and stole 95 bolts of silks,
| valued at 81, 900.
Experiments conducted by the gov
eminent have demonstrated that
| perior Sumatra tobacco can be raised
in certain parts of the United States.
Austin p Drew. general freight
agent of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
railroad, was fatally stricken with
Bright's disease while riding in For.
est park, st. Louis.
l. Mrs. Mary Ann Fell, one Of the
pioneer women of Mclean county
died in Bloomington, at the home OF
her daughter, Mrs. John A. Fulwiler
at the age of 80 years.
A novel charity of the holiday sea
son vas carried out at the govern.
ment hospital for the insane, at Wash
ington, when 1000 presents were dis
tributed among the inmates.
George Wheeler, a resident O.
Kingston, ILL.,, on the Illinois river
was drowned by falling from a skif
while crossing the stream.
The resignation of Representative
Charles A. Boutelle, of Maine, as
member of the house for the Fifty
t'th' tohSitcSs VIII Dt tndCi
about March 4.
A dispatch from Pekin. Decembe
&c, says: Missionaries state that Box
ers IS miles east of Pekin killed 1
Catholics and burned eight in tn
temples.
Benjamin y. Todd, the hermit o
Little Oklahoma, St. Louis, Sc year
old, dropped dead soon after catin
his Christmas dinner.
William Hobbs was preparing t
blast some :, ok n few miles south O
Butler, Mo-, when the dynamite acc
dentally exploded, blowing his let
arm off and injurlng him probably fl
tally.
Near Weatherford, Okla, men VIII
were digging a well unearthed tw
teeth of a mastodon weighing !
pounds each, and an immense horn, G
tnsk, IL feet long and three feet j
circumference.
Mr.. Eugene Zimmerman, father-il
law of the duke of Manchester, sa,
that he has not given up n cent t.
ward the payment of the duke, deb
in London. or anywhere else.
The marriage of Miss Alta Rock
| Teller. to Mr.. +. Parmelee Prehtic
of Chicago. will take place in'Shic
gon on january II. ~ D.
Harry Lawrence Wilbur, n popul;
young society man, of Philadelphi
: was thrown from his horse during
a fox hunt, Christmas day, near Berwi
n and killed.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-29
FIRE AT CALGARY, N. W. T.
A Number of the Finest Structures in
the City urned mt n Loss OF
100000.

st. Paul, Mimi, Dec. 26.-A dispatch
special from Calgary, N. w. T., says;
The most destructive fire in the his
tory of Calgary has wrought damage
estimated at 100000, Several of the
finest structures were destroyed,
among them being the Clarence, Eau
Claire and New Norman blocks.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-29
MORE BLoODsHED EXPECTED.
ReOpening of nm Old Feud Between
the Morris md Henderson
Families in Kentucky.

H~opkinsville, KY, Dec. 26.-At Carl,
Christmas evening, Robert Morris shot
and killed Marion Henderson, who
was advancing on him with two pis-
tolls. Morris escaped. The tragedy
was the result of a feud between
leading families, and further blood
shed is expected Ten years ago Lem
Morris wounded Cush Henderson, and
a year later Jack Henderson killed
Lem Morris.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-29
Fire mt Cbicago stock Yards.

Chicago. Dec. ga stock yards hre
early to-day caused a panic among
the guests of the Transit house, ana
resulted in the destruction OF the
noted O'Lenry club house, entaiiing
losses aggregating $4,000.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-29
HAS REACHED THE MONEY POINT
The Matter of Indemnity Will Re-
quire Much Consultation.

New York, Dec. 26.-A dispatch to
the Tribune from London says:
The China question has virtually
reached the money point. The amount
of the indemnity to be paid will prob
ably require many weeks of diplo-
matte consultation. Sir Robert Hart
knows better than anybody else what
can be paid by the Chinese govern
ment without the complete surrender
of her taxing and revenue resources
to Europe, but bankers in all the
capitals will prefer to have a great
loan underwritten by the powers
themselves and full financial control
established by an international com
mission for the payments of interest
and sinking fund service.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-29
W WHILE SKATING.
Sad Ending Of q Christmas Night
Skating at South Norwnls,
Connecticut.

South Norwalk, Conn, Dec. 26.-
John Kelly, aged 10, and Willie Hull,
aged 10, were drowned, Tuesday
night, while skating on the Union
mills pond, at Norwalk. Kelly broke
through the ice and Hull, in trying TO
save him, also persisted. Other boys
tried to rescue the drowning lads,
hut because of the thin ice could not
reach them. The bodies were recov-
cred.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-29
CHRISTMAS GOODS BURNED.
Destruction of the western Express
Omce mt Houghton, Mich,
and Contents.

Houghton, Mich. Dec. 2f.-Fre
completely destroyed the Young
block, in which was located the West
crn Express Office. Several persons
escaped with difficulty by rear win
dows. Loss about $4,000, with small
insurance. The express company had
unusually heavy cons;gnments undeliv-
cred from Christmas day. nearly all
of which were destroyed.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-29

Cementville, Ind, Dec. 26.-The
warning negroes are under control at
Cementville, and no further outbreaks
saloon a number of shots were fired,
secured warrants for the arrest of
Lee Ranger. who was wounded, and
John Redmond, his companion, but
neither was found.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-29
A CHINESE FORCE ROUTED.
A Chimes Force Fled Before &
French Column.

A Chinese Force Fled Before =
French Column.
Berlin, Dec. 26.-Count Won Valdez
see in a dispatch from Pekin, Decem-
Der "a, says:
THE French troops encountered,
December %, east of Cho-Chan, be-
tween Pekin and Pao-Ting-Fu a Chi
aese force numbering $500 men with
artillery. The Chinese fed in the di-
rection of Kuan Hsien. They suffered
losses and left behind them five
standards and four annon The Chi.
nese probably consisted of the re-
united remnants of a body already
dispersed"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-29

A dispatch to the London Daily Ex-
lress from Vienna reports recent Mos
lem excuses against the Christian
population in the central provinces OF
Turkey, in which ~ Christians have
been killed.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-29
senator warren's Christma. GIT,

Washington Dec. Ex-senator War
rem, of Wyoming, received by mail the
most f%iattering Christmas gift be-
slowed upon any n in Washington.
1t was in the form of "a letter from
So of the Sc members of the Wyoming
legislature assuring him that the
signers would take the greatest pleas
ure in ~re-electing him.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-29
One Of the Ancients,

Boston, Dec. 26.-Stin taking COM
fort in his liquor and tobacco. having
used the latter for 100 years, James
j.. Cavanaugh, with his five sons and
daughters around MIN, celebrated his
one hundred and tenth birthday ami
Sersary with a Christmas dinner.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-29

Atlanta, Ca, Dec. 26.-The Georgia
populists nave chosen j. A. Boden-
heimer aud J. r. Irwin delegates to
the convention of that party called by
Joel A. Parker for st. Louis.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-29

Theo. d. Poole, United States mar
shall for the northern district of New
York; member of the Fifty-fourth
ongress from 1894 to 1896 and n civil
war veteran, died of apoplexy at SYRIA
cuse on the 22d.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-29

The Canadian Pacific will open a
school in Winnipeg, Man., for the
teaching of shorthand and t~elegraphy
to its junior employees to enable them
to qualify for more important posi-
tions.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-29

Prof. Carl Becker, the German his
torical painter, whose eightieth birth
day anniversary was celebrated on the
18th, and who was then the recipient
of a congratulatory address from the
Berlin academy of arts, died, on the
goth, of influenza.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-29

John Riley Chamberlain, a veteran
of the civil war and a graduate of
Miami university at Oxford, o., died
in Cincinnati, ON the 23d, aged 70. He
had been engaged in newspaper work
in Cincinnati for IS years.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-29

The death of former Gov. Roger
Wolcott makes a vacancy in the cleo
toral college that is to cast the votes
of Massachusetts, for president and
vice-president of the United States.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-29

1t is reported in Wichita, Kas., that
Frank Rockefeller is negotiating for
the purchase of 100000 acres of land
IN Kiowa and Clark counties with a
view to stocking it with horses and
high grade cattle, sheep and hogs, es-
specially horses, for which he sees a
profitable future.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-29

We're Foster, who had been engaged
for SO years in assisting the emigra-
ton of nearly twenty-thousand young
of the west of ireland, and in the
building or furnishing of over twenty
two hundred national schools in every
part of Ireland, died in Belfast, on the
2lSt.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-29

The joint note to China was signed
by the foreign ministers in Pekin on
Che 22d, and was transmitted to the
Chinese ENJOYS on the GATH
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-29

Advices from southern Luzon say
that n lieutenant and 60 men of the
Ninth United States cavalry attacked
a large body of insurgents recently
near ~Guinobatan, Province of Albay.
After the battle As dead insurgents
were counted, together with many
wounded. Only one American was
wounded.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-29
Iowa state Teacher.' A~..ocintion

Des Moines. Ia. Dec. 26.-One thou
sand teachers are in attendance upon
the forty-sixth annual session OF the
Iowa State Teachers association.
which will continue for three days IN
this CITY.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-29

Marshall Nelson, the famous scou.
of the late Gen. LawtoB, has been
summoned by Gen. Wood to Cuba for
services under secret instructions.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-29

j. G. Stowe, consul general of the
United States to South Africa, with
headquarters at Cape Town, arrived
at New York, on his vacation, on the
new Red Star liner Vaderland on the
Goth. He had not been in America for
three years. He left for Kansas City,
Mo-, on the 21st, to spend Christmas
with his family.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-29
THE NATIONAL ClPIA..
State Department Notified Of -.
Presentation Of the Powers,
Note to Prince Ching.
WILL NOW AWAIT cHIAA's RESPONSE

state Department Officials VIM
Venture n Guess as to How wns'
Time the Chinese VIII Cans
In Considering the Terms q, ,ns
Note.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-29

The British secretary of state for
war, Mr.. st. John Broderick, an
nounced, on the 21st, that, in view of
the prolongation of the war in South
Africa, members of the imperial yeo-
many will be paid five shillings in
stead of one shilling and two pence
per day. Militiamen are promised
priority of return owe regulars.