The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-08-04

This governmci.t has arranged to
provide the American soldiers in
the field in China with a postal ser
vice similar to that in operation dur
ing the Spanish war.
Medical officers are wanted by the
government for service in the Phil
ippines and Cuba. Only graduates
of reputable medical colleges under
40 years of age will be accepted.
A member of the cabinet is au-
thority for the statement that under
no circumstances will the United
States government accept the offer
of China to turn over the foreign
ministers to the allied forces at Tien
Tsin in consideration of a suspen-
sion of the campaign against Pekin.
E. G. Rathbone, until recently
director general of ports in Cuba,
has been arrested on four charges.
These allege the unlawful drawing
o. two orders for $500 each, paying
his private coachman and gardner
from postal funds and drawing per
diem allowance when not entitled to
/ do Sc. Mr.. Rathbone was held in
bonds of $4,000.
A belated message received In
London from the British minister
al Pekin, dated July 9Th, states that
over 40 members in the British le-
CATION had been killed, and that
the others could hold out but a few
DAYS. In London it is generally be-
lieved all the ministers have been
murdered, despite assurances of
Chinese officials to the contrary.
An unknown negro narrowly es-
capped death at the hands of a mob
near Columbia, Mo. He was sus-
pected of an attempted assault on i
white woman. After being swung
up he was lowered in order that he
might make a confession. At this
point a well known citizen arrived
on the scene and satisfied the mob
that the negro was at his house at
the time the crime was committed.
therefore was not the guilty party.
The commissioner of internal rev
enue has submitted a preliminary re-
port of the operations of his bureau
during the fiscal year ending june
30, 1900. 1t shows the receipts from
all sources of internal revenue aggre'
gated 1895, 316, 107.57. The ex'
pense of the bureau for the year ap
proximates So, 551,7SS.S 4. Sources
o. internal revenue included; 70
bacco, s52, 493, 2O7, GA; spirits, 500,
2S3, 544. 10; fermented liquors, S6S,
644, sos. As; oleomargarine, 1886,
61S. So; filled cheese, SIS, AZ
mixed flour, s., $40. 50: special take
not otherwise enumerated, 81, 191,
1921; legacies and shares of per
sonal property, 81 ,235,435.25.
The postmaster general has mad
public the report of Fourth Assist
ant Postmaster General Bristow
who Investigated the Cuban posta
frauds. Mr.. Bristow finds tina
l Neeley's embezzlements aggregate
at least S131,713, and says he wa
, justified in recommending the rC
moval of Director General Ratf
bone. Whether or not the latte
. was guilty with Neeley in the en-
e bezzlement, he says, there a /
I no doubt that in the matter of III
+ authorized per diem allowance
personal expenses and warran
: cashed and u%naccounted for, |
II unlawfully appropriated to his ov
a use money of the Cuban postal re
o enues. For this Mr.. Bristow sa
t. he believes Mr.. Rathbone should
required to answer.
T. In a message to the navy depal
lie ment Admiral Kcmpf, U. s. \
makes the direct statement that t
4 imperial government is in symT
az thy with the Boxers. A Shangf
correspondent cables that if any
the ministers at Pekin are alive t
to Chinese government is holding the
oy as hostages, and that Ii HUI
IS. Chang has offered to transmit thu
On to Tien Tsin on condition that
IN guarantee be given by the pow
that no advance will be made
an Pekin, and that all matters in d
is pute be made the subject of frien'
ar negotiations. All foreign cons
to have demanded proof that the Pei
Ell envvys are alive before any propt
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