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

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The republican candidate for gov
ernor of Illinois ran 10000 votes
, behind Mckinley, who was given
100000 plurality.
The city of Glasgow, Scotland,
has expended the enormous sum of
$5,Oo0,00O in an attempt to sup
press bubonic plague.
The customs receipts at Manila
for October reached the sum of ST.
OS8, 900, an increase over the pre-
vious month Of $150,000.
A case involving the right of the
| United States to collect duties from
Porto Rico will be argued before
the supreme court January z.
1t is reported in financial circles
that the German government is ne
gotiating for loan with America,
due to the extra expense of the Chi
nese trouble.
An order has been issued admit
ting free of duty presents and SOU
venirs sent by the American SOL
diers in China to friends in the
United States.
Francis Salson, the anarchist who
attempted to assassinate the Shah
of Persia on his recent visit to
Fance, has been sentenced to impris-
onment for life.
James Norton, one of the Jurors
who convicted Youtsey Of compile
ity in the Goebel assassination, was
burned to death in the prison at Sa-
dieville, KY, where he had been
placed on a charge of drunkenness.
The large rice growers of Louis
lana and Texas have perfected an
organization with the object of pro-
tecting their interests by controlling
the distribution of their products.
The Cuban constitutional conven-
ton voted to send to President Nc
Kinley the following telegram:
"The Cuban constitutional conven-
ton has the honor and satisfaction
to salute the president and congress
of the United States, and to express
sentiments of gratitude to the
American people"
VIM, Daniels and Ross johnson
were convicted at New Orleans of |
the murder of deputy sheriff who
was protecting a negro who had as
saulted a white woman at Lake
Charles, La, and sentenced to the
penitentiary for life. The case
marks the first instance in Louisi-
ana where would-be lynchers have
been caught, tried and convicted.
A desperate battle took place in
Denver election day between deputy
sheriffs and policemen, in which one
party was killed and two others bad
ly wounded. The sheriff, with his
deputies, went to a voting precinct
when they were ordered away by the
police. The trouble was the out
growth of the bitter campaign con-
Quoted in Denver.
In his annual report Brig Gen.
Geo. M. Randall. commanding the
department of Alaska, says the
beach gold diggings at Nome were
practically worked cut last year.
The tundra is believed to be rich,
but it will require large capital to
produce results. There is a large
area of country which has not vet
been prospected, where gold can yet
be found, but it requires men of ex-
perlence to develop such a country.
AS finally adopted, the United
States naval increase programme
for 1901 involves the construction
OF thirty-two vessels of ISL 600 tons
or more than double
that laid down in any preceding
year. The list which congress is
to be asked to authorize is: Three
l5,ooo-ton battleships, two $4,000
ton armored cruisers, six 2,oO0-ton
gunboats, six 800-ton gunboats, ten
2oo-ton gunboats, three 15,o00-ton
Golfers, one 7,Oo0-ton repair ship
and one 8,000-ton marine transport.
A flat increase of one cent a
pound was put on beef, pork and /
mutton last week by Chicago pack
ers. In one year the additional
cent will yield to the Chicago pack