The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-04-28
PERSONAL AND GENERAL,

The house of bishops of the Protest
ant Episcopal church, in session in
New York, on the 10Th, accepted the
resignation of Bishop Henry Jackson,
former coadjutor bishop of the dio-
cese of Alabama. Bishop Jackson re.
signed early this year. There was no
Discussion as to his successor.
Great finds of copper are reported
ny deputy Consul Adams, at Dawson
city, as having been made in the Ia
nan district, northeast of Prince VIII.
liamtown, huge masses of nearly pure
copper from hundreds to thousands CT
pounds in weight being scattered over
the country at accessible points.
Clara Barton, president of the Amer
lean Red Cross society, who vouched
fer the Chicago ambulance corrs
which went to the Transvaal, SAYS OF
their action at Pretoria, in taking up
arms against the British: IF the re.
port be true these men have practiced
gross deception and violated a conf
dence which they sought, and the
world will not hold them guiltless."
If Convention hall at Kansas City is
not ready to receive the National dem.
ocratic convention July it will prob
ably be due TO the action of the labor
unions represented on the work of re-
building. 1t is claimed that the work
men show disposition to make I'M
reasonable demands on the con.
tractors.
Eighty Russian and Galician labor
Prs have been expelled from northern
Schleswig, Prussia.
Miss Marie Dinse, aged about thirty.
two years, dispossessed of her board
ing house for non-payment of rent,
and respondent, leaped from Brooklyn
fridge, with suicidal intent, on the
goth. Her body foated, and she was
rescued by tugboat and sent to the
Hudson Street hospital, where it was
'aid she was not seriously injured
Senator Hale, on the goth, intro
duced a bill authorizing the purchas,
OF 1880 acres of land in the vicinity
x Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, for naval
purposes. One hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars is proposed to be appro
for the purpose specified.
German officers in Woo Chang. Prov
nee of Hoo Pee, have induced the
chinese governor general of the prov
nee to engage other German officers
IS army instructors in lieu of those
The amount of bonds exchanged ot
he treasury for the new two-per
'ents, up to the goth, was $3.50
'0l 800, of which $4O,346, 700 were re.
'eiNed from individuals and institu-
ions other than national banks.
The grand jury at Frankfort, XIV.
composed of ten democrats and two
returned an indictment |
lgainst Gov. Taylor, on the Goth. for
in the ASSASSINATION of Sem
tor Goebel, and bench warrant for
Us arrest was issued. The vote to in
let was strictly partisan.
The return of the prince of Wales
o London, on the goth, was made the
ccasion for spontaneous demonstra-
ion OF enthusiasm by thousands of
ersons who thronged the Cha,inp
ross station and its approaches, wait
ne patiently to show their gladness
t the heir apparent's escape from the
ssaGsin's bullets.
Lord Roberts has placed an emf
argo on all dispatches from Bloeln-
ontein calculated to throw light ON
he movements of the British forces
his is taken to indicate that an adj
ance has begun.
Fire wiped out the entire business
ortion of Edinburgh, N. D.. on the
9th. Property to the extent of s4oo.
DO was burned, and two women ner-
he'd in the flames. Smolderinp rims
nd burnt debris are all that remain
mark the location of this hereto.
're prosperous village.
A train bearing the American For
,try building, in sections, and the
orkmen to put it together was sent
Ut from Chicago, on the Goth. ON
lie way to the Paris exposition. II
the first structure in the history ~
&c country ever shipped across the
;ean in its entirety.