The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-04-06
NEWS OF THE WORLD.

IT., Nation has started on a lee
Euring tour Of the west
Since the capture of Aguinaldo
L,.nv leading insurgent officers
haze surrendered.
1oseph H. Millard, Of Omaha, and
-, Cbas. H. DIETRICH, of Hastings,
,s,s chosen United States senators
from Nebraska.
The pOstofiice department has re-
auced the rates of postage between
,hs limited States and Cuba to the
domestic rate.
A great gold strike has been
made in Arizona, about thirty miles
from Tombstone. An assay of the
ore shows $9S,OOO to the ton.
Secretary of War Root, in COM
r.uv with Gen. Corbin, will make
trip to the Philippines for personal
Investigation of the conditions there.
The farmers of Kansas have or-
ranized and will erect Independent
raip elevators on account of a
Combination among the grain deal
ers
II is estimated the flow from the
famous Beaumont, Tex, oil gusher,
n the same continues for twelve
months, will reach the value of $10,-
100000.
Emery Jones, foreman at a Pine
Bluff lumber mill, was attacked by
workman with a monkey wrench
and his skull was fractured in two
places.
The Chinese government has ap-
pealed to the powers to bring press
ure to bear in order to prevent Rus
sa from securing possession Of
Manchuria.
War is threatened between Js-
pan and Russia, over the possession
Of the Island Of Corea. 1t is init
mated England will back the Japs
in case Of war.
Jose Lozado and Francisco Ri
vera, members of the Filipino jun
IA at Hong Kong, were arrested by
American authorities upon landing
hom steamer at Manila.
The president has appointed e1-
representative w. A. Rodenburg, Of
Illinois, a member of the civil SER
vice commission to succeed the late
Mark S. Brewer, and F. |. Allen, Of
Auburn, n. Y, commissioner of
patents to succeed Commissioner
Duell, resigned.
While in st. Louis, Mrs. Nation
visited saloon named after her and
read the riot act to the proprietor.
After she left the owner of the place
stated that he would pay her 5000
week to visit is place daily, as her
presence had attracted crowd
which swelled his receipts several
hundred dollars over the average.
Mrs. Josephine Lindsey, of La
lontaine, Mo-, is said to have died
from fright. She was at the home
OF her son, and the only other per-
son IN the house was little grand
son' Some person attempted to en-
Ter the house by forcing the differ
ent doors, and finally broke win
dov When the glass crashed the
0ld lady expired, the fright causing
ner heart to cease beating.
birmingham, Ala, was visited by
disastrous storm March goth, and
several towns in Georgia also suf-
iered' AT Birmingham sixteen peo-
PIE were killed, and property to
,ne value of 100000 was destroyed.
III ueorgla the storm blew down the
pepot at Chambers, demolished a
Dig planning mill and several resi-
%nces at Rounsnaville; at Buena
vista two people were killed, and
:. Oartersville two children were
Killed by lightning.
an agreement has been reached
Oe'Ween Pennsylvania miners and
OPyra'ors and the threatened strike
w %ui not occur. To President Mitch
81 Is given the credit of averting
uen' Funston has been rewarded
~ ,ef the part he took in the capture
H. Agulnaldo by a commission as
mSaoler M. n, general in the regular ar
n.y. ny lhe natives who assisted are
p,o' Os gwen monetary reward and
presented with medals.
H.. iuii list of the Spanish war