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

Edward Moore, of neal Hillsboro,
ILL.,, accidentally shot and killed his
wife.
Judge Henry G. Caldwell is said
to be Bryan's choice as a running
mate.
A troop of cavalry to fight with
the Boer army is being organized in
Chicago.
The civil service commission has
submitted its annual report to the
president.
Failing health is said to be the
cause of Gen. Wheeler resigning
from the army.
The only bank at Philippi, W.
Va, was robbed by safe blowers of
$4,000 in cash.
DeArmond, of Missouri, intro
duced a bill in the house repeating
the bankruptcy law.
The German merchant ship Bun
desrath, seized by the British at sea,
was released with an apology.
Gen. Otis reports that a majority
of the Philippines have hid their
arms and returned to their homes.
The final vote on the bill fixing
gold as the standard of value will be
taken in the senate February 18th.
The bankers of Venezuela who re-
fused to advance money to the gov
eminent were arrested and thrown
into prison.
For the second time in its exist
ence, Dawson City, the great min
ing town in the klondike, was almost
wiped out by fire,
The senate passed a resolution by
Senator Hoar calling for informa-
ton respecting the conduct of affairs
in the Philippines.
Capt. Merrill. of the battleshir
Montgomery, is charged by members
of his crew with brutality. The
matter will be investigated.
The Yaqui Indians have attempted
to establish a form of civil govern
ment and proclaimed the indepen-
dence of the state of Sonora, Mex.
Brig. Gen. Thomas NJ. Anderson,
commander of the Department OF
the Lakes. has been relieved from
active duty under the law which re-
quires army officers to retire at the
age of GA.
Alfred Henry, a deputy sheriff,
was murdered in Jail at West Plains,
Mo. Henry had gone to feed the
prisoners, and, after entering the
Jail, was gagged and dragged to q
cell, where he was beaten to death
with a club. Ed Grady and Ber
Richardson, the murderers, took the
deputy's revolver, locked the iai
doors and made their escape.
The statistician of the department
of agriculture has made public hi
final estimates OF the acreage, pro
duction and value of the crops O
1899. The values are based OF
the average farm prices on De
cember LIST. The wheat acreage wa
A, 592, 416, the production 347,
303, SAG bushels, and the value 1919,
545,259, the average yield per acr
being 1873 bushels, and the averag
farm price per bushcl 5S.4. Tn
corn acreage was 80, los, 5S7, tn
production 2,07S, 143, 933 bushel
and the value s629,21O, ITO, the aver
age yield per acre being 25.3 bush
els and the average farm price pc
bushel 30. Sc. The acreage in oat
was 26, 341, $50, the production 796,
177,713 bushels, and the valu
1913, 167,575 The barley crop i
estimated at S73,3S1,56 So bushels
the rye crop at %, 96l ,74l bushels
the buckwheat crop at 1904, AZ
bushels, the potato crop at 22S, 7S3,
, 1872 bushels, and the hay crop q
1865, 756 tons.
Up to the first of January ther
had been filed at the pension burea
25,S00 claims for pensions, based o
t service in the war with Spain.
J. W. Murphey. cashier of tn
Third National Bank at Columbus
t Ga, shot and killed his assistant, 7
p. Schutze, and then ended his ow
3 existence by sending a bullet throug