The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-08-25

Inc UnEENuLLL IIMLO
PUBLIsHED WEEKLY.
GRFENVILLE. q: MISSISSIPPI
Geronimo, the noted Indian chief.
recently reported to have become in
IN e sene. II, II is now said. about to marry |
. young girl with bank account of
10000. The old warrior is declared to
be in his usual health.
Diamonds, considered by London |
dealers superior to those from South |
Africa, and valued at from twenty |
five, to ffty per cent. higher, have
. been discovered at the diggings OF the |
Mazaruni river in British Guiana.
= 80 President Diaz of Mexico has par
doned ]. A.. Clark, of Mobile, Ala.
u who, on March II last, was sentenced
TO IA months imprisonment for caus-
ing, as a locomotive engineer, an &C
cident in which the Mexican fireman
was killed.
George Cabot Lodge, son of Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge, of Massachusetts
and Miss Matilda Frelinghuysen DAVIS
= daughter. of Judge Davis, of the court
I of CLAIMS, Washib gtonI were married
at the GhuAchLof the Advent, In Bos-
to, on the 18th.
in AP9G-Gen. Wood met with33a ro'us sin
reception, on the 10Th, along the line
from Puerto Principe to Nqeyitas'
Cuba. The judges, the civil governor
and his staff and the mayor accom-
panied him to the Viking: The cities
49, lio@, OF much Dacl-
fed by his visit.
The order of commander Of the
= . I.exi6n of Ho43or has been bestowed
I y hpdh NJ. Pichon, French sminister TO
- China. On the 10th MSDelcasse' the
foreign minister, visited M. Pichons
mother in Paris, announced to her the
safety of her son and handed to her
the decoration for him, T. rs>
On the Goth the cornerstone OF the
monument to Sergt. Charles Floyd
of the Lewis and Clark expedition,
was laid at Sioux City, Ia. with I'M
posing ceremonies. Ex-Congressman
Perkins made the principal address,
Congress and the state legislature
both made appropriations for , the
monument.
Official confirmation OF the capture
of Pekin by the allied forces and the
relief of the foreign legations ana
white and Chinese Christians from
their long imprisonmentaDds suspense
was received by the state and navy de-
!, :. partments on the 1Yth; One report
says that the Chinese offered strong
i resistance.
LII grhe list Of awards to American ex-
hibitors at the Paris exposition was
made,public on the 18th. The United
States. in all, secured 1881 awards. Ut
these 22O were grand prizes, 4S6 gold
M 0Ilnis1als $50 silver medals, 429 bronze
medals, 27O honorable mentions. and
a long list f!gold, silver and bronze
medals for collaborators.
On the goth the Cuban teachers
spent the day at West Point military
academy. They were escorted by sol,
~ diers detailed for the purpose to and
4 {hrohghsall the buildings of interest
Adit. Rivers had a guide book printe9
II In SpanfBh Hor. their enlightenrnenl
Tbey seemed interested ana delighted
with everything they saw.
T. 1t was reported in Hong Kong, on
the 10th, that the Onnton customs de-
partment. had received dispatch say
inc that Sir Robert Hart, director
general of Chinese imperial maritime
customs, accompanied by his staff hat
left Rekin, pndersC Chinese escort, enc
That crui$er would bdAsdht to NEE
him s On bis keashing tAe'coest.l 4,
4 rss,,Is 18th th1 QUESTION q AMER
lean coal imports, on the l7th' Tn
London Daily Chronicle said: amer
Jean coal owners seem Dent on gam
ing an entrance into the British maj
lset We wish them good luck in tn
y 81 name az free trade. Let them doSthgi
bsst In the open market and Arin
~ certain greedy folk oEthis SIDE " Tn
II Svatek TO their sens9s.T
~ ~ 15sstrict Attorney WEB. Johnson c
Az southern district of Indian teri
tory has received instructions xfrol
+he department of the interidF
rrosecute all persons concerned
surveying or laying off new towns
1he territory since the passage OF u
Curtis law. This includes speculatPr
boomerseand private surveyors, ifP'
81 not Sboaafde Hrrchasys whoE p
building on theiHloM !
Nv royal decree time in Spain
hereafter to be counted from to
hours, the order to go into enc
~9. s1a6aary !, 1901, the day 70 begin
: al 1nidHigift, and one o'clock will be DC
ignated by a cipher, and the numb
al minutes by figures, as 0, 5, Q,
Ths~oficers of telegraph, telePhpr
railroad, steamship lines and all pu
lie Offices are to observe the M
rneth0d - u, o.
According to the official count
the return of the twelfth census, t
ropuIation of the city of Chicago is
follows: In 1900, Chicago city. 1,es
SIS: III $780, 1,Oo9, $50 These fgul
sbow for thei city as a whole an
crease in population of 59s,725,
:, s4.44 per cent, from 1890, to 1900. ]
.'fsisSn nopuIation in 1880 was 5O3.1s5 shS
ina an increase of SOC, 6s5, or 11a.SSI
cent from 1880 to 1890.
On the Goth James M. Morris
stat6 deb ttmtnt forhfI5pd Of Pc
avlyania of the G. A. R., announ
go l,,,4 aIree of the SO posts in p