The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-03-30

law.
All American troops, with the ex-
option Of $50 men as legation
,uard, will be removed from China
~ the first Of April.
After May 1 the building trades
1orkmen in Pittsburg Pa, will la
oor but eight hours per day, an
agreement to that effect having been
reached with the employers.
1t was stated at the war depart |
ment last week the appointments
to be made to fill the vacancies in
the new army, both staff and line,
except in the case of general officers
and colonels of the line, will not be
published before the end of May.
The commissioner of internal
revenue announces that unused doc
umentary and proprietary stamps,
issued under the provisions of the
war revenue tax, may be redeemed
when presented in quantities of So
or more face value. Applications
for redemption should be made to
the collector of internal revenue
from whom the stamps were pur-
chased.
Harvie Jordan, president Of the
Southern Cotton Growers Protect
i've Association, has issued a call to
the cotton producers of the south
ern states, asking them to meet at
the county seat of every county in
the south on Saturday, April 6, for
the purpose of adopting some plan
to curtail the acreage of the cotton
crop for the season of 1901 and
1902.
The war department has been no.
titled of a daring attempt of Gen.
Funston to capture Aguinaldo, the
famous insurgent. The general has
left for the hiding place of Aguin.
aldo, with company of natives
who are to represent the daring
Kansan is their prisoner. These ma
tives are supposed to be insurgents
but in reality are loyal to the Unit
ed States, and when once befor
the Filipino chief will attempt t.
capture him.
Chief Wilkie, of the secret service
has announced the appearance of
new counterfeit S. national ban
note on the National Iron Bank, o
Morristown, N. J. 1t is deceptiv
countrfeit, printed on two pieces o
paper, between which silk fibre ha
been distributed. The face Of tn
note, apparently printed from a
engraved plate, is defective in dc
tail. The word Cashier" abbrt
waited in the genuine to "cash'r,
appears in the.counterfeit as ''cash.
Under the treaty with the Kiow'
Comanche and Apache Indian
a providing for the allotment of tf
= lands in severalty of the Indiar
] and the opening of the residue
homestead entry, the government
/. the United States has assumed o.
legations which will amount in tt
. aggregate to nearly $4,000. The
obligations are in the nature
q claims for depredations committt
= by the Kiowas, Comanches and A
4 aches covering a period of near
n sixty years.
Unless the plans of Secretary
the Interior Hitchcock and Secret
y ~ of Agriculture Wilson sadly mi
u - carry, in the next few weeks ra
/ ical change will be made in the co
D. duct of the forest reserves of t
10 United States. The two secretarl
IT, have consulted relative testhe ma
It ter. and all of the details have be
d arranged for the transfer from t
" land office, one of the divisions
ia the interior department, to the ag
III cultural department, of nearly
re matters in connection with the II
est reserves of the country.
ed On the 21st Secretary Of "
Ii Root received the following tie
"a gram from Judge Taft, charm
RS of the Philippine commlsslc
IS "Have organized Tayabas, Rombl'
including Tablas, Sibuyan a
lte smaller islands, and Masbate,
lc- Guiding Tiaco and Burias; vlsl1
ds Marianduque, initiated organl
lst ton of municipalities there, a
ty, will organize province before
he turn. Receptions most enthusl
tic. After visiting Negros shall
of to Jolo and Mindanao; return
red shall organize Iloilo, Capiz, 1