The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-09-08

cago.
The court house at Kingfsher,
Okla, with all records, was destroy
ed by fire.
President Kruger is said to be
preparing to remove from the
Transvaal, and will take up his res
idence in Portugual.
Twelve men alleged to have taken
part in the recent rioting at Akron,
o., have been indicted and placed
under arrest.
DR.. j. N. Mccormick, who at
tended VIM. Goebel after he was shot
down at Frankfort, received a fee Of
$4,000 for his services.
Hester's annual report of the cot
ton crop of the United States for
the year 1S99-1900 shows receipts
OF cotton at all ports of 6,734,364
bales, against s,675,426 the previous
year. The report places the total
crop at 9,436,416 bales, against
11,274,S40 last year and 11,199,-
994 the year before.
The note communicated to the
powers by the state department at
Washington, signifying the acquies-
cence of the United States in the
Russian views of the expediency Of
a temporary withdrawal from PekiD
of the allied troops, in order to ia
cilitate peace negotiations, has been
agreed to by France and Japan.
Complete official returns for the
fiscal year ended June 80, 1900, show
that LAG vessels of 393,16S gross
tons were built and documented in
the United States. Since 1853 this
record has been exceeded only twice
in 1864, when 415,74O tons were
built, and in 1874, when 432,735
gross tons were built.
The Texas Pacific has announced
its withdrawal from the Southwest
ern Passenger Bureau. The effect Of
this action on the part of the Texas
Pacific may be to break up the bu.
reau. 1t is learned there has been a
divergence of opinion among the
different passenger agents on the
amount of the penalty, some of
whom objected to even $500. The
general passenger agents in May,
1899, refused to agree to a $500 pen
atty, but the matter being passed up
to the presidents of the different
roads, they fixed the penalty at that
figure.
So far as the war department has
made any plans for the return of the
volunteer troops from the Philip
pines, it is intended to commence
the homeward movement about the
middle of November. No orders
have yet been issued, but it will take
practically all Of the transport SER
vice at the command of the depart
ment to accomplish the return of
the 1000 volunteers between the
date named and June 80 of next
year, when their term of service ex.
pires by operation of law. 1t is the
intention of the department to re.
turn the organizations in the same
relative order as they were shipped
to the islands, thus equalizing as
nearly as possible their terms of for
eign service.
At Gilman, ILL.,, an attempt to
serve warrant on Mrs. DR..
Wright, charged with causing the
death of a 16-year-old girl, resulted
in the killing of two officers, the
fatal wounding of two others, and
the wounding of Mrs. Wright,
When the officer went to her home,
they found that Mrs. Wright had
barricaded the doors. When an en-
trance was forced, Mitchell Ryan.
the first to enter, was shot through
the heart. His companions retreat
ed. and three of them were shot
from the second story of the build
ing, which was finally set on fire in
order to dislodge the inmates. Mrs.
Wright then took refuge in a
clump of bushes, and continued the
battle, until mortally wounded.
Gen. Otis has been selected to fill
the post of commander of the depart
ment of the lakes, to succeed Gen.
Joe Wheeler, retired. Gen. Chaffee
succeeds Gen. Wheeler in the list of
brigadier-generals.
The monthly statement of the di.
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