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

One of the worst billiards. Of the

One of the worst billiards Of the
winter swept over Nebraska, Kan
sas, Iowa and other western states
last week.
The state department has re-
called Minister Loomis from Cara
cas-, Venezuela, for consultation.
The issues between the government
of the United States and the gov
ernment of Venezuela have become
more acute lately, and it is desired
that the department may be able to
acquaint itself thoroughly with the
situation in Venezuela through
more direct means than the scanty
cable communications that are be-
ing exchanged. So far as can be
learned, the last protest of our
government to the Venezuelan gov.
ernment respecting the treatment OF
Consul Blaiz has not met with 9
satisfactory response, and the as
phalt controversy is still open.
The report of the secretary of the
American Tract Society shows that
during the ffty-nine years of the so.
ciety's existence over fifteen million
family visits have been made, and
nearly fifteen million families have
been prayed with or spoken to in
person on religion, while 16,50O,,
900 pages of Christian reading have
been left in their homes. The so.
ciety has been able to publish tho
gospel truth in 153 languages or dis-
lects, and has aided the denomina.
tional mission boards in their work
at home and abroad. During the
year between four and five million
pages of Christian literature in the
Spanish language have been distrib.
uted in our island possessions, and
100000 pages of selected reading
have been distributed to the army
and navy.
George Gould's plan to become the
head of a combination of railroad:
capitalized at $3oO,0OO,OOO is pro.
crossing fayorably. His plan, it i;
said, meets with the approval and
has the cooperation of j. Peirpont
Morgan, the Rockefellers and thu
Hartman syndicate. The unifica
ton of the Gould system under con
troll of the Missouri Pacific, as pre-
,iously announced, will include the
Missouri Pacific, st. Louis & Iror
Mountain, st. Louis Southwestern
International & Great Northern
Wabash, Texas & Pacific and the
Denver & Rio Grande. George
Gould has just bought a controlling
interest in this latter railrood, and
ii is intimated that he proposes tc
utilize it as an important factor il
the construction Of the greater Mis-
souri, Pacific system, of which he
will be the head.
The monthly statement of the col.
lections of internal revenue show
that for the month of February
1901, the total collections were $22,.
660,437, an increase of $1,S50,771
over the corresponding month last
year. The collections from the sew
eral sources of revenue are given a.
follows; Spirits, $9,677,764, in,
crease $1,376,242 tobacco, 1923.
115, decrease, $115,297; fermented
liquors, $4,2S7,4 ,439, increase 1884,.
666; oleomargarine, $1SI092, de.
crease $1S,551; special taxes, moi
elsewhere enumerated, $24,643, in.
crease $3.50; miscellaneous, 49,.
S63,3S2, increase $520,S62. For the
last eight months the total collec.
tions were O3,1OO,150, an increase
over the corresponding period Of
1900 of $7,491,272.
Geo. Townsend, a farmer neal
Kokomo, Ind, believes in christian
science. His wife does not. The
other day Townsend went home
from town in muddled condition
and the warm room soon put him tc
sleep. Then the wife, by way Of
testing his christian science faith
tied him fast to his chair with a
clothesline. She then went to the
barn and returned with a black
snake whip, which she applied Wig.
orously to the back and shoulder;
of her liege lord. He writhed un-
der the smart of the lash, but the
more he begged the harder she laid
on the whip. "There is no such
thing as pain" said she as she con-