The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-02-09

railway.
Col. C. B. Schofeld, brother of
Lieut.. Gen. Schoield, died at Ma
tanzas, Cuba, last week.
Citizens Of Oklahoma in conven-
ton at Guthrie passed memorial
to congress asking for immediate
statehood.
Russia has entered a protest
against the demand that Tuan, The
famous Chinese Boxer leader, be
put to death, and demands that he
be banished to some island instead.
The Illinois Central railroad last
week paid into the state treasury OF
Mississippi the sum Of S75O,OOO,
being the amount due for back taxes
from 1898 to 1900, under a recent
decision of the United States su-
preme court.
Since American troops were land
ed in the Philippines Methodist
missionaries have converted over
5000 natives to that religion. Mis-
sionaries of other denominations
have also been very active and made
many converts.
Cotton took a big jump on the
New York Exchange the other day,
January selling as high as II IA
cents. The rise was due to corner
of the staple by syndicate of five
operators. 1t is said this is the first
instance on record where ay clique
has been able to corner cotton.
The governor of Ohio declares the
Jeffries- Rubin prize fight, sched-
uled for February Is at Cincinnati
shall not take place if in his poweI
> to prevent The attorney general
acting under instructions from tn
, governor, caused both Jeffries AM
q Rubin to be placed under arrest.
\ 1t is the wish of President Nc
5 Kinley that Gems. Otis and Brook
: fill the office of lieutenant genera
under the new army bill, both c
4 whom have only a short time I
o serve before being retired. Tht
y would force Gen. Miles to await ii
!, honor. but it would be bestowe
about a wear before his retiremen
;. The act for organizating munic
# pal governments in the Philippine
= was passed by the Taft commissio
Al after the adoption of amendment
10 including a provision disqualifyin
At from voting and holding Office al
10 person who after April l is in arm
s. against or aiding those opposing Il
m United States authority. The pr
is vincial bill provides for a goyerno
IN a secretary of the treasury, a supe
4. visor and fiscal. The officers IN;
G. be Americans or Filipinos. II
- governor is to be elected by the ioi
~ =, ballot of the councillors of the O
~ ganized towns and his election mu
~ ho be confirmed by the Philippine COZ
~ mission.
or Frank H. Hitchcock, chief of t
ra section Of foreign markets of the a
nd ricultural department, has just
,os sued his annual review of the ira
,oo of the United States in agricultul
,is products. His report says; ST
he fiscal year 1900 brought to a close
NJ century of marvellous development
bo the history of United States co
=; merce. In 1900, century ago,
~ total value of the merchandise i
os ported and exported in our ira
81 with foreign countries was consid
+ho able less than a quarter of bill
oat dollars. The value of the goods
changed during the past fiscal y
exchanged ETAOlN AOIN n.
tho reached nearly two and quarter
81 lion, far exceeding all previous I
ors ords.
ino The saloon wrecking craze
me become epidemic in Kansas, i
Mrs. Nation started the work.
in Anthony the other day band
cad w. c. It. U. women, accompar
her by their husbands and a number
bv school girls, visited four salo'
hi and with hatchets and other We
ons, smashed every plate glass tn
,ro in, besides emptying hundreds
,rd gallons of liquor into the gut
o~ The women we're not molested,
his they state they will not desist
ond long as there is a dram shop in
tho town. The sale of liquor
Kansas is prohibited under the
d stitution, and Mrs. Nation and
=" followers. said to be among the