The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-04-06
The Tennessee legislature passed
q law taxing dogs.

The Buffalo Pan-American Expo
sitlon stamps will be placed on sale
at postoffices throughout the coun-
try on May 1 next.
All American troops, with the ex-
ception of $50 men as a legation
guard, will be removed from China
by the first of April.
A. W. Hogin, prominent Men,
phis broker, was shot and killed by
Dollie Noble, notorious woman,
ON a public street. The reason of
the deed was that the woman was
liquor mad at the time, and being
accused of drunkenness by Hogin
shot him.
A bill to parole life prisonsers, af-
ter being confined certain length
OF time, was passed by the Minneso-
ia legislature. Under this bill the
famous Younger brothers, in Still
water prison for murder and bank
robbery, will gain their freedom but
cannot leave the state.
Victor Valez and Jose Betanzos,
two young men of Cuernavaca, Mex,
sons of wealthy parents, quarreled
over trivial matter. Valez chal-
lenged Betanzos to fight a duel. The
weapons used were pistols. Both men
fired at the same instant and both
were instantly killed.
The secretary of agriculture has
sent dairy experts to Japan and
China for the purpose of introduc-
ing American dairy products in the
markets of the China Sea, and an
other to the Caribbean Sea for the
same purpose. The agricultural de-
rartment also is preparing to inves-
tigate the methods of manufactur-
ing such foreign cheese as is import
ed into the United States, with a
view of having this cheese made in
this country. The value of this
cheese annually imported amounts
to over a million dollars.
The following statement, prepar-
ed at the internal revenue bureau,
shows the receipts, by items, from
the war revenue act only, from
June 13, 1898, the date on which
the act went into effect, to February
2S, 1901. Schedule A document
ary stamps), $98,42o,099; schedule
B proprietary stamps), $12,7S4,-
694; beer, $s9,154,S22; special
taxes, $14,026,359; tobacco, S42,-
$3.50; snuff, $2,393,275; cigars,
$S,291, sos; cigarettes, $3,547,49O
legacies, So, ,SS9,055; excise tax, $2,-
39S, 1928; mixed flour, $20,6O9; ad-
ditional taxes on tobacco and beer,
$97S,S16; total, $2S1,311,515.
Aguinaldo, the famous insurgent
leader, was captured March 23 at his
hiding place in the province of
Isabella, by a detachment of
four Americans and eighty
Macabees, or native Tagals, now
serving the United States. In cap
turing a leading insurgent general
several weeks before he started after
Aguinaldo Gen. Funston secured a
seal and correspondence that he used
to good advantage in his daring and
successful effort to land the much
wanted chief of the Tagals. A let
ter was written to Aguinaldo bear
ing the signature of the captured
general, who was trusted implicitly
by the former, stating that COM
pany of picked men would be sent
to his aid. This company was the
one to effect his capture. Gen. Fun
ston and the men Travelled for seven
days to reach their destination, pass
ing through a village occupied by
several hundred Filipinos, Here it
was represented that the troops had
surprised party of American sur
veyors, killed several and took five
prisoners-Funston and the four
Americans. The alleged prisoners
were kept under guard to throw off
suspicion. When within few miles
of Aguinaldo's place of abode, the
company was met by his staff and
escorted into the chiefs presence. A
body guard of about fifty Tagals
were the only troops to defend
Aguinaldo, and at signal from Fun
ston his men opened fire. but fee
BILE resistance was shown, Aguinaldo
and his followers being completely
surprised. In the short fight two
insurgent officers were killed, but not
one of the Americans were injured.
What disposition ia to be made of