The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-08-04
NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Five thousand Beers, under Gen.
Prinsloo, surrendered to the British
July goth.
Tennessee coal mine operators
have advanced the price of coal 10
cents per ton.
Bradstreet's agency reports the
iron and steel business more de-
pressed than in years.
The supreme court of Virginia
Las decided hal all acts performed
by female notaries public are void.
The marine hospital service for
Cuba reports an increase in the num-
Der of cases of yellow fever in Ha-
vana during the first three weeks OF
July.
The board of missions of the NJ.
E. Church, South, has received no.
tice that nearly all the missionaries
in China had left the interior and
gone to Shanghai.
The gold holdings In the United
States treasury July 23rd amounted
to s427. 49S, 491. This is the greatest
amount held by the government at
any time in its history.
During the week ending July 2Sti
200 Philippine insurgents were kill
ed and GO captured. During the
same period the Americans had 10
killed and IA wounded.
The japanese government, in a
communication to Secretary Hay,
has requested that the quarantine
placed against japanese subjects by
the state of Colorado be raised
Tom Gibson, IA brick mason. was
burned to death in a hotel at Fort
Worth. The mar wal drinking and
in some way overturned a lamp IN
his ROOM, setting the building on fire.
King Humbert, of Italy, was as
sassinated at Mona near Milan on
the night of July 30th. The king
was Just entering his carriage after
attending a public gathering when
the assassin fired three shots at him.
n penetrating his breast. The
murderer gave his name as Angelo
Bressi.
Because her sweetheart failed TO
keep his promise to meet her at the
home of a minister and marry her,
Mamie Spencer. aged ii, Of st. Jo-
scph, Mo, took a large dose of car
holic acid and died after suffering
great agony for an hour. The young
man had lost his job and tried tc
pursuade the girl to postpone the
wedding. to which she would not
agree.
A decree calling for a constitu.
tional convention in Cuba has beer
promulgated. The elections will be
held on the third Saturday in Sep
TENDER. and the convention will NEE
in Havana on the first Monday, IL
November. The convention, &C
cording to the terms Of the decree
is called in conformity with tn
spirit of the Joint resolution of con
grcss, and a part of its duty will b
to agree upon the relations that ar
to exist between the government o
the United States and the govern
ment of Cuba.
Upon the departure of two ba'
talions of marines from Berlin fc
China, the German emperor, in
speech to the troops, urged them
spare not a single Chinaman in ba
tie and take no prisoners.
A London dispatch of the LIST ins
saws a Chinese imperial edict mac
public through officials at Shangh
acknowledges hat the foreign el
voys at Pekin are being held
hostages to prevent an advance
Iekln by the allied forces.
Jack James, colored. was shot
death near Alexandria, La,
Frank and j. c. Squires, brother
James attempted an assault up
the 16-year-old sister of the m,
who did the shooting.
A colored highwayman made
unsuccessful attempt to rob a NJ
souri, Pacific passenger train ne
Atchison, Kan. After failing
get the safe in the express car op
the bandit took the messenge
watch and escaped.
The executive committee of I
national gold democratic party h
a meeting at indianapolis last We
and decided not to nominate can
dates for president and vice pre-
don't