The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-10-13

IL Is reported ina the lotal sum
to be demanded by the powers from
China will aggregate 5000, 1000, 900.
A London daily publishers a dis
patch to the effect that an immense
Chinese army of 100000 men is
gathering in the interior of China.
Prof. Koch, the German bacte-
biologist, announces that he has dis
covered means of preventing the
spread of malaria in malarial dis
tricts.
The time necessary to the consid-
GRAFTON by the powers of the pro-
posals of each for peace in China
makes the final settlement of the
troubles a long ways off.
Miss Clara Barton, president OF
the Red Cross Society, has issued an
appeal to the business men of the
country for additional aid for the
Galveston storm sufferers.
The total output of the asphalt
tum mines in the United States for
the fiscal year ending June 30th, as
given out by the government geol-
ogist, is valued at $553,904.
The ninth infantry, third squad
ron of sixth cavalry and a light bat
terry have been selected by General
Chaffee as the guard of the Ameri-
can legation in Pekin. The remain
der of the American troops in Chi
ma will be transported to the Phil
ippines.
Germany and France have sub
mitted new proposals for peace In
China, in which it is suggested that
the ministers at Pekin of the va
rious governments be left to deter
mine who of the Boxer leaders shall
be punished. The character of pun
ishment, according to the proposals.
is to be determined by a court Sc.
lected by the powers, China to exc,
cute sentence determined upon.
Mr.. Alexander Davis, of st. Jo-
seph, No., dreamed that her husband
died a mysterious death. When she
arose she awoke him an
started to tell him about ha'
dream. He was sitting on the side
Ct the bed, and when she had fin
ished the narrative he fell to The
floor dead. The coroner's jury de
cided that his death was due t
heart failure.
In a decision just rendered in
volv;ng townsite lands in Oklahoma
territory the secretary Of the int
riur holds that he has authority t.
cancel the first Or trust patents is
sued on an Indian allotment. TIL
question has been pending som
time, and since 1887 it has bee!
he'd hat the secretary had no au
thority or jurisdiction over sue
lands after the trust patent was is
Eued.
A gang of hoodlums of Chicag
surrounded Gov. Roosevelt an
party as they emerged from churc
services Sunday, the 9TH inst, an
gave one of the most disgracefu
exhibitions Of rowdyism ever vii
messed in any community. tn
crowd, composed of the scum c
the city and a few boys, threw mt
' and stones at the governors ca
Y riage and applied the most vile ep
e thets to him, all in the present
t of a large number of ladies WI
. had attended the services. 1t W;
almost by force that Gov. Rooseve
was restrained from resenting Il
4 insults of the hoodlums nearest
3 him, although he was not eve
armed with a cane or umbrella.
The French government, throue
NJ. Thibeaut, the French charg
has presented to Secretary Hay
Il programme for the complete settl
: ment of the Chinese difficulty al
p at the same time the Russian go
: eminent through NJ. De VIOLA
70 seconds the French proposal, tn
making it a joint Franco-Russi
N proposition. The proposal is und
a four heads, as follows: (1) Punis
ment of the guilty Chinese officia'
p (2) the Introduction of arms a
munitions of war to China; (3)
payment of indemnity to the pc
ers; (4) the sufficient Chin
guarantee for the future. The p
posal further asks for a compete
., legation guard at Pekin, the razi
~" of Taku forts and their destructi