The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-08-31
NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Many houses In Ohio county,
Kentucky, were washed away and
several persons drowned by a water
spout.
General Booth, founder of the
Salvation army, will arrive in this
country from England early in No
vember.
Only five deaths from yellow
fever have thus far occurred in the
island of Cuba during the month Of
August.
Work on six vessels for the United
States navy and n for the army
is being delayed by the strike of steel
workers.
Bill Stratton, a multi-millionaire
will march with the journeymen car
penters parade at Colorado Springs
on labor day.
The cotton crop of Texas this year
is stimated at 100000 bales, OF
more than a fourth of the worlds
total production.
Experts in cotton growing who
have made a survey of the situation
say the hope of the crop is heavy
dews and light rains.
The United States consul at Mar
settles SAYS that France will import
from 35, 0 900 to 10000, 900 bush.
els of American wheat the present
year.
Washington officials have decided
to take advantage of the Chinese ex.
clusion act to exclude from the
United States Chinese bound for
Mexico.
Charles J. Jones, valet to Million
aire Rice, and who planned with
Patrick to murder his employer, i:
said to be regaining his health in a
New York sanitarium.
Cotton mill owners of New Eng
land are accused of reducing wages
in order to force a strike, which will
enable them to work off the surplus
stock on hand at an advanced price.
The republicans of Pennsylvania
met in state convention at Harris
burg no the 21st and nominated
Judge William P. Potter, of Pitts
burg, for supreme court judge and
State Representative Frank G.
Harris of Clearield for state treas.
urer.
A dispatch from Constantinople
says a body of four hundred Kurds
has been raiding Damizrea, district
of Armenia, and destroyed twelve vii
lagos, leaving nothing but smoking
ruins. Only young girls were spared
and they were carried off to harems
All males were ruthlessly butchered
During the last fiscal year the
United States sold to foreign coun.
tries S1t5, 900 worth Of wheat
and wheat -four. This is 5000, 600
more than was exported during the
previous fiscal year. 1t is expected
that this year the farmers of thu
country will receive 1914, 00O,0 O(
more for their wheat than they die
during the year ended June 80 last
Dispatches from Dawson stat,
that water is very scarce on all tn,
Klondike gold creeks. Many opera
tors have been compelled. to shu
down indefinitely. Only those VIII
have pumping plants can continu'
taking out gold. These pump tn,
water into the ~sluices and use it owe
and over again. Many men on Ell
dorado, Bonanza and Sulphur creek
have been discharged because of tn
shortage.
Jim Brown, a negro who was trie'
at Ashville, Ala, August 81, an,
sentenced to be hanged for crimina
assault on a young lady name
Garrett, barely escaped bein
lynched by a mob which gathered a
the court house during the trial. j
force of twenty armed deput
, sheriffs managed to keep the mo
at bay. One man was killed and al
other fatally wounded by the officer.
The crime for which Brown wa
t tried was committed the 9TH of las
May. He confessed every poir
|, brought out in the evidence and wi
be hanged September 20.
. The Democrats of Iowa, in stat
convention or the 21st, nominate
j. P. Phillips for governor on
platform reafirming the nation;
platform adopted july 3. 1900. ;