The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-02-10

er by the Beers.
The total British losses since the
beginning of the wal in South Afri-
ca foot up over 10000 men.
Ambassador Clayton reports
nothing in the alleged killing of six
Americans by Mexican troops.
European powers appear to be
growing restless at the continuance
of the struggle in South Africa.
Over $4,000 men are now at Ia
coma awaiting the opening of navi-
cation to go into the Cape Nome
mining country.
At Joplin, Mo-, J. H. Arnold
was fatally injured and his wife
seriously hurt by being run into at
a crossing by a passenger train.
A scouting party of Americans
while operating near Subj, p. l.,
was ambushed by insurgents and a
lieutenant and three ~privates were
killed.
LYDIA Cot, a widow Of Kokomo,
Ind, died of voluntary starvation.
About a month before her death,
when apparently in perfect health,
she quit eating, saying that God
would sustain her without food.
Mrs. Lawton knew nothing of the
fund raised for her benefit by the
American people until she landed at
San Francisco with the remains of
her husband. When the news was
communicated to her she broke
down and sobbed: sob. how kind
how kind. 1t has always been Hen
rvs ambition and mine to have a
home for the children, but ! had de-
SPARED of it,"
Russian and japanese relations
seem not so pleasant as they were Il
few days ago, when the Russian
press declared an alliance bel ween
the two countries inevitable. 1t az
pears, according to reports, that
Japan has been quietly buying and
selling sections of land in Corca,
and, the Russians claim, have been
indulging in anti-Russian agita-
ton. The result is that the st. Pc
tersbnrg war minister has ordered
1000 rifles and 100000 cartridges
sent from Port Arthur to Corea.
Fire destroyed property in st.
Louis of the estimated value of
$1,500,000. One fireman was kill
ed and eleven others badly injured
by falling walls. The fire started in
the big dry goods house of Penny &
Gentles, and swept away three
blocks. Among the heaviest losers
are Penny 4 Gentles, dry goods
Schaper Bros, d. Crawford & Co..
Fuch Millinery Company, Peoples
House Furnishing Company, Deer
Bros Five Cent Store, st. Louis
Dressed Beef Company, Fried &
Probst, Herboth Mercantile Com
pany.
a report just made public by the
bureau of statistics at Washington
shows that American commerce
with the islands and countries of the
Pacific shows a large gain for 1899
Our total exports increased SEQ
100000 and our exports to ASH;
and Oceania alone increased owe,
Sl9,000.000 our total imports III.
creased $lG4,000, 900 and SIS, 600.
600 Of this increase was from Asia
and Occania. Exports to Asia ani
Oceania increased q per cent whiit
imports from that part Of the worlt
increased 10 per cent. Of this in
crease of $20.000.0 900 in exports tc
Asia and oceanic. over S6.00O.0 O(
went to British Australasia, 81.
100000 to the Hawaiian islands
81, 100000 to China and the remain
der to the various countries an(
islands of that part of the Western
Pacific, while of the imports frou
Asia and Oceania, 100000 wer,
from the Dutch East Indies, $11.
100000 from Japan. So, O00,O 90,
from the British East Indies. 81,
100000 from China, and Sc, OOO,O 0t
from Hawaii.
The treaty between the United
States and England, amending tn,
Clayton-Bulwer treaty regardin
the Nicaragua canal has ben slgnec
by the secretary of state.
Thos. Lewis, a most remarkabl
man, died at Kansas CITY recently