The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-02-02

| IltDdtOlt, CtC., 10 utud.
Baron Rothscild, head of the |
great banking firm of Europe, is
dead.
Orban Xivry, governor Of the Bel
gian province of Luxembourg, was as
sassinated January 25th.
The Indiana legislature passed q
bill providing for the execution Of
murdercrs by electricity.
| Gen. Tanganton, famous Flip
into leader and assassin, was killed in
battle with Americans.
Mr.. Bixley, chairman of the Dawes
commission, states that the Indian
uprising has been greatly exagger-
atcd.
January 25 the Beers near Kim
berley captured train carrying two
companies of British soldiers and sup
plies.
King Edward VII of England
took the oath and assumed the
throne the day following the death
of his mother, Queen Victoria
Recent reports from the minister
at Pekin show that peace negotiations
with China are preceding slowly, but
: it is believed the ultimate results will
be satisfactory to all concerned.
! A band of 800 full-blood Creek
Indians. well armed, went on the
warpath against the whites and COM
mitted many depradations. The
hostiles are known as the "Snake"
e tribe. Troops were ordered to the
l scene of trouble.
= An attempt was made by five
= masked men to rob a Rock Island
passenger train near Chickasaw, I
r. The robbers made a mistake and
signaled a freight When they dis.
y covered their blunder they took to
the woods.
As result of friction in Cubs
ia over political matters, fifteen thous
h and acres of cane belonging to {
/ firm which aided Spain in the lat'
r Cuban war, was burned last week
+ The parties responsible for the ac
II have not been arrested.
l. Bill Cook and John Taylor, strik
e. ing coal miners, were killed in Hop
d kins county, Kentucky, by sheriff
's posse. With other companions tn
4 men were marching to a mine t
- force non-union men to stop wor
d when the deputies were encountered
70 The figures of the treasury burea
as of statistics at Washington shov
that imports, which in 1900 wer
10 $S23.397.7 .726. were in 1900 $500
a. O52.116. an increase Of less than
or per cent in the decade while the eS
til ports, which in 1890 were 1857, ,502
as 54S, were in 1900 81, ,47s,54O, ,s54, a
in increase of ~. per cent. In 1S9
ee the excess of exports over import
ed was $5,654,390; in 1900 it wa
ia $64S,99s,73S.
an Queen Victoria died at Osborn
as house, Isle of Wight, on the 22,
81 having reigned for 63 years. n
= more benefcent ruler has ever wor
r" crown nor been better loved by
90 people. She has been aptly d.
,or scribed as "a womanly queen and
;la queenly woman" The queen ha
ho been in failing health for sever
!. months, but the immediate eau
Of death was paralysis.
ws The relations between the Uni
in cd States and Venezuela due to o.
The position of natives in revolt again
Id the American company owning va
the asphalt mines in that country, a
nd strained to a point bordering {
Tho active hostilities. Natives threat,
fly to seize the mines, in which eve
rst an American battleship would lar
the armed troops. 1t is reported
re- Venezuelan battleship fired upC
.lso and sank the British sloop Mar
ads Teresa. 1t is supposed the latt
ais vessel was carrying cargo of arr
re- intended for the Venezuela revol
noe t;cnists.
will
NIL A few months ago an old mis-
old named Christian Young, residing ne
Prescott, Wis, died. The other d
'ter administrators of his estate sold sol