The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-02-16
A force of 1000 Beers attacked
and captured the British post at
Modder .Jontein on the 2d.

IHe RoNerHllleHt summary Ol
the condition of winter wheat in the
southwestern states is very favora-
BILE.
After strike lasting several
weeks coal miners of Colorado have
returned to work at an advance of
sc per ton.
Queen Wilhelmina, of Holland,
and Duke Henry, of Meekerenburg-
Schwerin, were married at The
Hague on the 18th.
The democrats held memorial SER
vices at Frankfort, KY, on the first
anniversary Of the death of Wm.
Goebel by assassination.
Ex-Champion Fitzsimmons ex-
presses the opinion that should JEFF
fries and Rubin ever meet in a
finish fight the former will win.
Cliff Christian and Henry Ar
thur, confined in Jail at Columbus,
Mo-. set fire to their cell and
perished in the flames.
The Cuban constitutional conven.
ton adopted by large majority
the article which provides that al
debts contracted prior to the pro
, mulgation of the constitution shall
l be repudiated, except those con
tracted on behalf of the revolution
from and after February "a, 1895
In a wreck on the Erie railroad
near Greenville, Pa, five passen
gers were killed, as follows Ser
, geant Major Harry A. Hart, For
Wood, n. Y; Geo. w. Patterson
> Philadelphia, private Tenth Z. S. |
Peter J. Curry Cobero, n. Y, pri
: vate Tenth infantry, aged 21, ant
i two unknown men. Hardly a pas
senger on the train escaped injury
3. According to the latest officia
l list there are 19,446 public func
y tionaries of various kinds and de
J, grees of altitude employed exclu
II sively in the District of Columbi
in conducting the numerous dc
e partments and bureaus of the fec
Il eral government. These are tn
l. civilian appointees only in the e,
y ecutive departments, and do not il
e clude senators and representative
and several hundred employees of ii
Il two houses. The monthly compenss
k tion of these 1916 civilian en-
-e ployes amounts to 81 ,635,70S.
'e The report of the commission c
T. patients for 1900 shows that dul
ing the year there were received 80
a 673 applications for patents, 222
g applications for designs, 81 applici
[e tions for reissues, 2099 application
9r for registration of trade marks, 81
4 applications for registration {
n labels and 127 applications for regi
'e tration of prints. There were 26
ID 41S patents granted, including d,
ID signs; 81 patents reissued, 172
trade marks registered, and 73
n labels and 93 prints. The numbC
l. of patents that expired was 21,19
IL The congressional committee al
Is pointed to investigate the practit
4 of hazing at West Point has sul
c. mitted its report and presented
he bill to stop the practice. The bi
lg submitted contains eleven section
lie against hazing and provides meal
n, for its detection and punishmen
to Dismissal is provided for takir
part in a fight or a challenge, d
Of rectly or indirectly, or for any for
is of annoying, harassing or bracir
ne of cadets. Cadets dismissed a
G. made ineligible to appointment
I'd the army, navy or marine corp
I'd Provision is made for courts of il
of quiry, courts-martial, closer ass
n citation between officers and cade
er and other means for effectual
in stopping the practice of hazing.
Sc The Cuban-American League h;
at issued the following circular: "Tl
at Cuban-American League desires
OK say, at this crisis in the affairs
IT. Cuba, that any outcome Of the la
Cuban revolution and the war b
ne tween the United States and Spai
b. for Cuba, that docs not give Cul
h independence and stability-tl
ng same in practice and stability thi
nd is enjoyed by New York as pc
no manent part of the American u
ng ion, is to that extent a failure, ar
"a that any person that does anythir
e. to prevent or to delay the clear al
d. npuncement of the fact that Cuba i
We and will permanently continue