The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-24


Mexican troops captured 600
Yaqui Indians in a battle near MAJ
ocoba.
Three thousand Insurgents at
tackled the garrison at Daraga, P.
l., but were defeated by the Ameri-
cans.
Gen. Pic Del Pillar, one of the
Philippine insurgent leaders, died
last week of fever, and his forces
have been disbanded.
Gen. Lord Roberts has promised
the press correspondents that they
will be allowed complete freedom of
action in sending their reports.
Mgr. Jalivet, apostolic vicar-gen-
eral in the Transvaal, writes to the
vatican that the Beers treat the
Catholic clergy with the greatest re-
spect.
Lincoln's birthday - February
12th-was duly observed in all the
principal cities and at many towns
and villages throughout the United
States.
Two robbers rode into the town
Of Las Cruces, Mex, and with
drawn revolvers forced the cashier
of the only bank in the place to
hand over to them the sum of 49,
600.
Gen. French, with Il force OF ar
tillery, cavalry and mounted infan-
try, reached the besieged town of
Kimberly on the 10th inst. At the
approach of Gen. French's forces it
is reported the Boers %retreated.
The proposition to exhume the
bones Of Commodore John Paul
Jones and bring them to this
try for burial must probably be
s%handoned, as it is deemed impossl,
bic to fully identify the remains.
Geo. Barrow, serving a sentence
in Sing Sing prison, New York, for
the part he took in kidnapping
Baby Clark last summer, is a
physical and mental wreck. He
will be transferred to the insane asy-
lum, as the physicians say he will
never regain his reason.
Reports have reached San Fran
cisco that Chinese pirates are eau
ING much trouble in Chinese waters,
having seized within the past three
months and engaged in battle with a
number of British merchant vessels,
holding them up and taking posses
sion Of their cargoes.
In railroad building Iowa holds
the lead in the new mileage for 1899,
with j64 miles. Next follow Mime
sofa. with 314 miles; Arkansas, 2S2;
Pennsylvania, 212; California, 175;
Michigan, 1863; Idaho, 161; Ala
bama, 100; Oklahoma, 1877; Missis-
sippi, 142: Florida, 1879: Louisiana,
and Georgia, each, 1877; New Mexi-
co, 1875; South Carolina, 1874; North
Carolina, 1913; Missouri, 100.
Before the Clark investigation
committee. Judge Hunt, of the
Montana supreme court, testified
that an offer of 100000 was made
to have the disbarment proceedings
against one Welcome thrown out of
court. Welcome is supposed to
have been an agent Of Clark, and is
accused Of dispensing large sums to
Legislators to influence their votes
for senator.
In response to a resolution of the
senate, the secretary of war sent to
the senate a statement showing the
receipts and disbursement; Of public
funds in the Island of Cuba for the
year 1899. The statement shows re-
ceipts amounting to $1G.3lG,015, Of
which $1j,011.0 S9 we're from Gus
toms, $244, 600 from the postal SER
vice, $,S1,5S2 from internal reve-
nue. and S303.331 from miscella-
neous sources. Expenditure amount
ed to $14,0S5,S 500, leaving S2.260,-
200 in the hands of the treasurer.
\ new short line from Kansas
City to the Pacific is the latest prof.
ect Of Arthur +. Stillwell, who built
the Kansas City, Pittsbnrg and
Gulf railroad. \ company has been
organized and incorporated in Kan
sas, and Mr.. Stillwell asserts that
the capital necessary cal be easily
secured. The western terminus Of
Tho pau, road Will 10 ~ no,oIao