The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-10

a bill appropriating S5,O0o,0OO
for the st. Louis worlds fair was
introduced in congress Monday.
VIM. Myers, the man who built
the first sleeping car, died last week
at Carthage, Mo-, aged 70 years.
Terry McGovern knocked out Ed
Gentry in Chicago. The battle was
for the lightweight championship.
The democratic national conven-
ton will so to either Kansas City or
Milwaukee, Cincinnati having with
drawn as a candidate.
The senate passed a bill granting
a pension of $50 a month to the
mother of Lieut.. Brumby, who was
Dewey's flag lieutenant.
Carpenters, hricklayers and other
workmen engaged in the construc-
ton of the Paris (France) exposi-
ton buildings are Oh a strike.
A bill has been introduced giving
the thanks of congress and a gold
medal to Helen Gould for patriotic
services during the war with Spain.
John James, "A ''divine healer" is
under arrest at Omaha, charged
with causing the death of Ethel
Yates, a 1,-year-old girl he was
treating.
Newspaper publishers have offer
ed a prize to the inventor who may
discover a cheap and suitable sub
stitute for wood pulp in the manu-
facture of paper.
The English press is apprehensive
of foreign intervention in the An
glo-Boer war, and is strongly urg-
ing the ACCESSIBILITY of putting the
navy on IA wal footing.
Chas. Gerhardt. a German farm
cr living near Yorktown. Tex, was
assassinated, and his wife and
daughter are in custody, charged
with committing the crime.
The news Of the shooting of Goc-
bel by an assassin caused thousands
of kentuckians to flock to Frank
fort. and the presence of the state
militia doubtless prevented great
loss Of life.
Officers of the Missouri Pacific
were appraised OF a plot to hold up a
passenger train near the little town
of Holden. Mo, and they sent an
armed posse out with the train. The
robbers tagged the train down at a
switch, when a fierce battle took
place. One of the officers, John
Jackson. WAS fatally shot. All the
bandits were captured except one.
Arthur Van Sittart. English con-
sui at New Orleans. in a recent in
tcryiew, attacked the American pco-
pie for their expressions of sympa-
thy for the Beers. asserting that
they were not sincere in their ac-
tons; that many of our leaders were
a lot Of mountcbanks. and hat SEN
ator Mason. of Illinois. was the
greatest mountchank of them all.
The matter was taken up in the sem
ate. and referred to a committee for
investigation. The consul denies
tine expressions attributed to him,
but if the interview should prove
correct Van Sittart will likely be
recalled by his government.
According to a report just rcceiv-
ed by Surgeon General Wyman
there were S,153 deaths and 4.1Sl
births in Havana during 1899. The
death rate is rapidly decreasing. Il
had dropped to 534 in December
The first month of American occu,
patton, January, 1899. it was l.2Gj
OF the 4.1S1 births, 1.516 were illc
gitimatc. There were only forty
SIN marriages among the co!orct
residents Of Havana last year O.
the S,153 deaths, CHIP were from
contagi'1s and infectious diseases
The astonishing feature of thi
class Of diseases is that 4,521 per
sons died of measles" in Havana
last year. The deaths from yellow
fever were only PSI. OF the S,15:
who died, 1858 were Cubans am
1,104 Spaniards.
Gen. White asserts that there ar,
traitors to the British in the garri
son at Ladysmith, and that the en-
envy never fails to receive notice o
the movements of British forces.
y great many p~rospectors hav,
been going into the state of Sonora