The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-12-15

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and it is a Chicago man that is en-
.gineering the scheme.
Near Ivanhoe, Va, a mob took
Dan Long, colored, from the officers
and swung him to the limb of "A tree.
Long criminally assaulted a white
The United States supreme
court has decided the separate coach
law of Kentucky to be constitu-
tional. The kentucky law is
similar to hat of Arkansas.
The faculty Of Yale university
has taken steps to stop hazing. Pres
sure is being brought to bear on the
faculty at West Point to put a stop
TO the practice. which, it is asserted,
has resulted in the death of at least
two studens the past year.
President Mckinley mas COM
muted the unexpired sentence OF
Brighten. Egan, who was EXPELLED
from the army for using violent and
unbecoming language to his super
ior officers during the embalmed
beef" wrangle. The presidents or
der was Immediately followed by
one from Gen. Miles placing Gen.
Egan on the retired list on his own
application after thirty years SER
vice.
The secretary of the interiors re-
port to congress shows that during
the fiscal year ending in June the
public lands disposed of amounted
to 13.453,SS1.9 SO acres, including
62.423. 90 acres of Indian lands,
an increase of 4,271,47S.S so over
the preceding year. The total re-
ceipts from the sale of public lands
during the fiscal year were $4,399,-
1910, an increase of $780,
620.76 over the preceding year.
There remains undisposed of 911,-
935,SS0 acres of government lands
subject to homestead
The commissioner-general of i'm
migration in the annual report Of
the operations of his bureau for thu
fiscal e a ended June 20, 1900, sub
mits tabulated statements showing
the arrival in this country during
that period of 1852 alien immi
grants, 1882 through ports of tn
United States and 23,200 through
Canada. Of these 304,14S wer
males and 144,424 females; 54,62
were under II years of age, 370,3S
were from IA to As years old. an
/, 23,566 were IS and over. The tota
immigration reported, 1882.
in excess Of that for the precedin
year, 311,r15, by l36,S57, or 43.
= per cent. As to countries of Origin
424,100 came from European, II
: 94G from Asiatic, 80 from African
and 1896 from all other source
Tables showing the pursuits of L
; immigrants reported distribu-
: them as follows: Professional, 2
: 800: skilled trades, 61,443; misce
l %lanc0us, 249,7 1876 nc occupation, i
[ Guiding women and children, 1874
OIL.
t The senate committee on relation
I with Cuba has made public its 7
e port showing the expenditures ma
by T.. c. Rathbone, late director
= the department of posts for Cut
il Of the expenditures, the sum of 81;
c31 was disallowed . The first d
g allowance was on account of an {
II penditure of $3.50 for a duchess CT
9 riage made on the 2Sth of Febr
ary, 1899. After that time the
were frequent disbursements for t
i director generals carriage servi
- March 90 he paid 5000 for a set
harness and carriage "~auxiliarie
" April Z $12 for a jipigapa hat a
for another hat for his coachm
= with rosctte and OIL the same d
1906 for harness, etc. Rent for
coachman, stable, etc, seems to HI
9 been regularly paid out of the pull
funds at the rate of $40 per mon
- and for two instances the hostile
lio salary was thus supplied. All
- coach furnishings were provided
al this way. In May, 1899, a unifo
costing $40, a pair OF boots cost
S15 and another hat costing SO W
bought for the coachman. Jun
30 a rain coat costing $26 was suppl
to that individual. The coach
ice later supplied with rubber tires
nus an expense to the public OF 81
In addition there were many mis-
.,, e., -4ol1o parf