The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-01-27


The Boer losses up to January
10th are estimated at g. 25 men.
Gen. Wheeler sailed from Manila
for the United States Wednesday.
Two hundred Yaqui Indians were
slain by the Mexicans in a battle
near Nogales.
A prolonged earthquake shock
was felt in the City of Mexico on
the goth inst.
War between Russia and Japan is
predicted by naval officers of both
those countries.
The Pullman Car Company has
cut the wages of its conductors from
10 to 20 per cent.
1t is reported that Lord Dundon-
aid entered Ladysmith January 22d
with 1,600 men.
The Chinese quarter in Honolulu
where the beubonic plague broke
out has been burned.
The belief that India will shortly
have to buy silver has stimulated the
demand for the white metal.
In all the churches at Frankfort,
KY, special prayerwasoffered Sunday
for the restoration of peaceful con-
ditions.
Alfred Watts, inventor of crystal
gold, which is used in dentistry,
died January 22d at his home in
Brooklyn.
W. j. Mcconnell, a noted tenn
perance lecturer, died last week in a
Philadelphia hospital from the ex-
c%essive use of morphine.
BY the caviug in of so feet of
railroad e~mbankment neal Jackson,
Miss, three negro laborers were
buried under tons of earth.
Gov. Tanner refused to call an
extra session of the Illinois legis-
l%ature, at the request of manufac-
%turers, to amend the revenue law.
The total number of appoint
ments made during the past year on
certificates of the civil service COM
mission was 9,056. distributed as fol-
lows: Departmental service, 1856;
railway mail service, 1876; Indian
service, 21S; customs service, 351
postoffice service, 2,27S; government
printing office, 245, and internal
revenue service, 16S.
Martin Bergen, a well known pro-
fessional ball player, killed his wife
and two children and committed
suicide at his home in North Brook
field, Mass. An axe was the i'm
plement used in taking the life of
Mrs. Bergen and one of the chill
dren, while a z was employed to
cut the throat of the other child and
of the man himself. The act was
due to insanity.
Director of the Census Merriam
suggests hat the farmers of the
country use some of their spare time
between and next June in pre-.
pairing themselves to answer accur.
a%telyquestions relative to the acreage,
quantity and value of crops; the
quantity and value of all farm
products, animal and vegetable; the
cost of farm labor; and, in fact, al
the items of farm operations for tn,
calendar year 1899.
A tragedy occurred in a hotel lobb,
} at Frankfort, KY, in which Ethel
} bert Scott, Luther Demarree and C
II. Julian were instantly killed
Capt. B. b. Golden fatally, and w
o. Ridpath, Harry Ewing and Col
d. G. Colson seriously wounded
The principals in the tragedy wer,
) Scott and Colson, and the troubl,
began while they were members of IT,,
Fourth Kentucky regiment in tn
5 Spanish war, the latter being colone
of the regiment and the former
. first lieutenant. The shooting oc
) Cured about noon, when the hote
was crowded with guests, and all tn
killed and injured, except the prin
cipals, were innocent victims.
An application by the state o
a Missouri for a temporary injunction
against the Chicago canal was re
fused by the United States suprem
e court, and the court will take II
J, action in the matter until April I'd
!. when the original complaint will b
heard.
. The Mississippi legislature passe