The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1900-11-15

low fever at Natchez, Miss.
McKinley's majority in Nebras
ka is between 5000 and 1000.
Clark will be returned to tn
United States senate from Montana
Gen. Joe Wheeler on the result o
the election: ''It was what / ex
pected."
James X. Jones, Jr., is in a Chi
cago hospital, suffering from acut
appendicitis.
/ Massachusetts, has a population
of 2,805,346, against 2,238,943 il
1890, showing a gain of 25.2 PEI
cent.
The next congress will contain
200 republicans, 147 democrats and
eight populists, according to unofi.
cial returns.
John A. Burr, an expess messen-
ger Of Milwaukee, is missing, as is
also package containing $4,000
in greenbacks.
Gen. Wood asserts that the chief
cause of yellow fever in Havana is
the constant landing at that point
of Spanish immigrants.
The Meekes sugar refinery. near
New Orleans, was destroyed by fire
on the 9th. Loss, 100000 with
$4,000 insurance.
Ventura Paco, a Mexican rob-
Der, was killed near Phoenix, Ariz.,
by Mrs. Levia Patterson. Paco
was trying to steal a horse from the
woman, when she shot him dead.
The constitutional amendments
permitting the city of st. Louis to
issue bonds for the Worlds Fair,
and also appropriating $1,0oo,000
as loan from the state of Missouri,
carried by big majority.
President Mckinley answered
Mr.. Bryan's message of congratula-
ton in the following dispatch:
''Hon. W. J. Bryan, Lincoln, Neb.:
| acknowledge with cordial thanks
your message of congratulation, and
extend to you my good wishes. VIM.
Mckinley"
In eighteen months King Alfonso
of Spain will ssume the reins of
government. While he has been
thoroughly educated in political
economy, he has been purposely
kept in ignorance of the history and
aims of the various political par
ties of his domain.
The British army is receiving re-
cruits for South Africa, to take the
places of volunteers whose terms are
daily expiring. Lord Roberts has
not yet been recalled, and unless af-
fairs take different turn shortly
it will be many months before his
successor assumes control.
The appropriation for rural de-
livery service which the postmaster
general will ask from congress for
the next fiscal year probably will be
upward Of $2,500,00O, as it is pro-
posed to extend the service to all
parts Of the country. The estimates
which will be submitted to congress
for the regular free delivery SER
vices, it is understood, will be Sly
100000, and increase of S.8 per cent
over the appropriation for last year.
Speaking Of the result of the cleo
ton Col. Bryan, among other things,
says: "The result was a surprise to
me, and the magnitude of the re-
publican victory was surprise to
our opponents as well as to those
who voted our ticket. 1 have come
out of the campaign with perfect
health and clear conscience. IL
did my utmost to bring success to the
principles for which stood. Mr..
Stevenson did all that he could;
Senator Jones and the members of !
the democratic, populist, silver re-
publican and anti-imperialist com
mittees did all they could. Mr..
Hearst and his associates in the club
organization put forth their best eff
forts. Our newspapers, our cam |
paign speakers and our local organi
cations all did their part. / have no |
fault to find and no reproaches. | |
shall continue to take an active in
terest in politics as long as | live. |
| believe it to be the duty of citi- |
zens to do SO, and in addition to
nay duty as a citizen, / feel that it |
will require lifetime of work to |