The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-05-03

so that n OF the new battleShlpS OF
armored cruisers must be built in 9
government navy yard.
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The statement of the treasury bal
ances in the general fund, exclusive
of the $150,000 900 gold reserve in the
division of redemption, issued on tbs
25th. showed: Available cash bal
ance, slsO,942 1O4; gold, SOL, 69O,2s5.
Sol Smith Russell, the actor, dieo Mt
the Richmond hotel in Washington,
on the 2Sth, leaving an estate valued
at more than two million dollars.
He had been i'll for two years, but the
immediate cause of his death was per-
petual ~hiceough.
Questions in the house of commons,
on the 25th, on the subject of the
shipping combine, ELECTED informa-
ton showing that the British govern
ment was taking steps to cope with
the situation which evidently was
officially considered detrimental to
Great Britain.
The published announcement of
the presence at Pretoria of the Or
ange Free State and T%ransvaal lead
ers and generals who had been at
K%lcrk~dorp considering terms of
peace, caused a decided increase in
the hopefulness of the British public
concerning the possibilities Of peace.
The tariff committee of the Ger
man reichstag, on the gath, fixed a
uniform duty of IS marks rs pigs.
(S4,j0) per double centner (220
pounds on all %fours, pearl barley,
semoiina. grits and other millers'
products made from grain. This is
an Increase over the governments
proposals,
The surrender of the insurgents of
the island of Sanar, headed by Cen.
GIeyarra. who succeeded Gen Luc-
ban in that island, was officially an
nounced, IN the 2sth, though. some
southern ports were yet to b. heard
from. 1t is believed, however, in Ma
Mia, hat the instruction in Samar
is ended.
As a result of the intermediate ex-
aminations. the following West Point
cadets. members of the fourth class.
were, on the 25th, found deficient and
discharged from the military acade-
IN, Eugene p. Fortson. Georgia:
David Hughes. Louisiana; Fred C.
Mosor, Iowa; Louis A. Peatross, Vir-
ginia, and T. R. Ridley, Texas.
A heavy, soaking rain fell, on the
night Of the gath, in southern Nilsson
ri, southeastern Kansas and parts of
the territories, and good showers are
reported from other central Kansas
counties in the wheat belt. The rain
will at least give temporary relief to
til" crops, and in some places will eff
fectually break the long drought.
Cabling from Buenos Ayres. the
correspondent of the New York Her.
aid says: The Chilean minister here
has communicated to the Argentine
minister Of foreign affairs a dispatch
from the Chilean government that it
has not authorized any persons to
open roads in the disputed territory,
nor does it know anything about the
alleged construction of the roads"
The authorities at the Watervliet
arsenal expect to complete work on
the 1G-inch gun, to be placed at Fort
hamilton, in New York harbor, by
June first. The gun has been in the
course of construction about four
years. 1t is claimed that it will
hurl a she'll u miles. To discharge
the gun win require 1000 pounds of
powder and a 3,Oo0-pound projectile.
Ninety men belonging to the first
and third squadrons of the Second
cavalry, U. s. A., in charge of Lieu
tenants Reaney and Pope, formerly
stationed at Cienfuegos and Matan-
zas, Cuba, arrived at New York, on
the Goth, on board the steamer Albis,
and proceeded to Fort Ethan Allan,
VT, after landing. There were also
on board $50 horses belonging to the
Second cavalry.
Capt. /. w. V. Kennon, of the Sixth
infantry, reported from the Island of
Negros, on the 27th. the surrender of
the ladrone leader, Rufo, with 15s Off
GERS and men of his command, to-
gether with IL guns, 14O bolos, seven
spears and a few revolvers and dag
gers. Capt. Kennon says this sur.
render means the opening up Of the
whole Of the southern coast of the
Island of Negroes.