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

ion.
One of the worst billiards. of the
winter swept over Nebraska, Kan
sas, Iowa and other western states
last week.
Russia and England have agreed |
to withdraw their troops from dis
puted territory in China and settle
the question of title later.
Orange growers of California
have lost millions of dollars by the
rotting of oranges from lack Of
transportation facilities to move the
crop.
Jody Bell, colored, aged 25, was
lynched near Terry, Miss. He was
charged with entering young
lady's room and attempting an as
sault.
Secretary Root expresses conf
dence that it will not be necessary
to maintain the present force in the
Philippines longer than the middle
Of summer.
President Diaz, of Mexico, whose
health has been bad for several
months, has so far recovered as to
be able to resume his duties as
| chief executive.
Philip Botha, brother of the
Boer commander general, was kill
ed in battle with the British on the
goth. His two sons were wounded
in the same fight.
NJ. Jahuzot, member of the
French chamber of deputies, wa:
suspended from that body for cor
nering the sugar market and rails
ing the price of that article.
In order to keep the strength o
the Philippines up to 10000, it viii
be necessary to provide about 20,
900 fresh troops from the Unite'
States before the first of July.
Mrs. Lizzie Naramas, of Cold
brook, Mass, while in a fit of insar
: ity killed her six children b
, knocking them in the head with a
} axe and then made an unsucces!
full attempt to take her own lif
The children ranged from ten veal
, to a babe of six months.
Marine Hospital Surgeon Perr
quarantine officer for the Phili]
e pines, has forwarded an of
l cial report on leprosy in the Phi
ippines. He says: ''Leprosy
e widely prevalent over the enti
archipelago, but the greatest nun
: ber of cases exist in Southern LuzC
: and the southern islands. 1t
quite prevalent in Cebu, the nur
Der of lepers being estimated at
/, 900. The total number of cases
), the islands is estimated at 5000
e but the actual number is not know
IS and census is difficult on accou
o of the majority of cases being
" the rural districts"
The Maryland legislature pass
" a new election bill which it is clail
y ed will disfranchise $4,000 voters
= = that state. The most importa
- change in existing methods accol
I, plished by the enactment of the nj
y law lies in depriving illiterate W
ers of the assistance of ballot cleI
- in preparing their ballots. Unc
the previous practice these clel
, accompanied such voters into
booths and marked their ballots
= them or showed them how to do
" The democrats claimed that t
60 practice utterly destroyed the
" crecy of the ballot and made it p
- sible for corruptionists to lea
m me whether bargains made with corn
ci voters had been carried out.
al The report of the secretary of
,r- American Tract Society shows Il
during the fifty-nine years of the
ar ciety's existence over fifteen mill
le- family visits have been made, a
an nearly fifteen million families HI
n: been prayed with or spoken to
IN, person on religion, while 1856
nd 900 pages of Christian reading h
in been left in their homes. The
ed ciety has been able to publish
"a gospel truth in 153 languages or {
nd lects, and has aided the denomi
re- tional mission boards in their W
as at home and abroad. During
60 year between four and five mill
NO, pages of Christian literature in
IN Spanish language have been dist